%0 Journal Article %1 Lubsen2000 %A Lubsen, J %A Hoes, A %A Grobbee, D %D 2000 %J Lancet %K ClinicalTrialsasTopic ClinicalTrialsasTopic:standards Humans Prognosis ProportionalHazardsModels RandomizedControlledTrialsasTopic:standards SampleSize SurvivalAnalysis RCT %N 9243 %P 1757-9 %R 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)03215-3 %T Implications of trial results: the potentially misleading notions of number needed to treat and average duration of life gained. %U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11095272 %V 356 %X Consider a physician advising a patient to start antihypertensive treatment. He has the unenviable task of presenting often conflicting trial data in a comprehensible manner. He must justly represent the known risks and benefits such that his patient can make a reasonably Informed choice. Should the physician cite the number needed to treat or the average duration of life gained to clarify his explanations?

@article{Lubsen2000, abstract = {Consider a physician advising a patient to start antihypertensive treatment. He has the unenviable task of presenting often conflicting trial data in a comprehensible manner. He must justly represent the known risks and benefits such that his patient can make a reasonably Informed choice. Should the physician cite the number needed to treat or the average duration of life gained to clarify his explanations?}, added-at = {2023-02-03T11:44:35.000+0100}, author = {Lubsen, J and Hoes, A and Grobbee, D}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/28aafc4d9acd8ad9bd1c8270bafb43f5f/jepcastel}, doi = {10.1016/S0140-6736(00)03215-3}, interhash = {3ec22a46a153dbe6423a45bbef9912dc}, intrahash = {8aafc4d9acd8ad9bd1c8270bafb43f5f}, issn = {0140-6736}, journal = {Lancet}, keywords = {ClinicalTrialsasTopic ClinicalTrialsasTopic:standards Humans Prognosis ProportionalHazardsModels RandomizedControlledTrialsasTopic:standards SampleSize SurvivalAnalysis RCT}, month = {11}, note = {2825<m:linebreak></m:linebreak>NNT}, number = 9243, pages = {1757-9}, pmid = {11095272}, timestamp = {2023-05-04T08:59:38.000+0200}, title = {Implications of trial results: the potentially misleading notions of number needed to treat and average duration of life gained.}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11095272}, volume = 356, year = 2000 }