Selected Publications
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Vollenweider D. Boyd C, Puhan M.A. High prevalence of potential biases threatens the interpretation of trials in patients with chronic disease. BMC Medicine 2011;9:73
Puhan M.A., Ahuja A. Van Natta M.L, Ackatz L., Van Meinert C Interviewer versus self-administered health-related quality of life questionnaires - Does it matter? Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011. 9(1):30
Puhan M.A., Chandra D, Mosenifar Z, Ries A, Make B, Hansel NN, Wise RA, Sciurba F; for the NETT Research Group. The minimal important difference of exercise tests in severe COPD. European Respiratory Journal 2011;37(4):784-90
Puhan M.A., Van Natta M.L, Palella F.J., Adessi A., Van Meinert C., for the Ocular Complications of AIDS Research Group. Excess Mortality in Patients with AIDS in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy: Temporal Changes and Risk Factors. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2010 Oct 15;51(8):947-56.
Slankamenac K, Breitenstein S, Held U, Beck-Schimmer B, Puhan MA, Clavien PA. Development and validation of a prediction score for postoperative acute renal failure following liver resection. Ann Surg. 2009 Nov;250(5):720-8
Puhan M.A., Garcia-Aymerich J, Frey M, Ter Riet G, Antó JM, Agustí AG, Gómez FP, Rodríguez-Roisín R, Moons KG, Kessels AG, Held U. Expansion of the prognostic assessment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the updated BODE index and the ADO index. Lancet 2009;374(9691):704-11.
Puhan M.A., Bachmann L.M., Kleijnen J., ter Riet G., Kessels A.G. Inhaled drugs for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a pooled analysis of randomized trials. BMC Medicine 2009;7:2
Puhan M.A., Madlaina Scharpllatz, Thierry Troosters, Johann Steurer. Respiratory rehabilitation after acute exacerbation of COPD. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009;(1):CD005305.
Puhan M.A., Mador J.M., Held U., Goldstein R., Guyatt G.H., Schünemann H.J.: Interpretation of treatment changes in Six-minute walk distance in patients with COPD. European Respiratory Journal 2008;32(3):637-43.
Puhan M.A., Vollenweider D., Steurer J., Bossuyt P.M., ter Riet G.: Head-to head comparisons– too many too early? A historical systematic review of antibiotic trials for treating mild to moderate COPD exacerbations. BMC Medicine 2008;6:28.
Puhan M.A., Suarez A., Lo Cascio C., Zahn A., Heitz M., Braendli O.: Didgeridoo as a treatment alternative for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome - A randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal 2006;332:266-70.
Puhan M.A., Büsching G., vanOort E., Zaugg C., Schünemann H.J., Frey M.: Interval vs. Continuous High Intensity Exercise in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Randomized Trial. Annals of Internal Medicine 2006;145:816-25.
Puhan M.A., Steurer J., Bachmann L.M, ter Riet G.: A Randomized Trial of Ways to Describe Diagnostic Test Accuracy: Effect on Physicians’ Post-Test Probability Estimates. Annals of Internal Medicine 2005;143(3):184-9.
