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Effects of statins to reduce all-cause mortality in heart failure patients: findings from the epical2 cohort study

Al‑Gobari, Muaamar ; Agrinier, Nelly ; Soudant, Marc ; Burnand, Bernard ; Thilly, Nathalie

In: American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs, 2019, vol. 19, no. 5, p. 497–508

Introduction: The addition of statins to standard care in heart failure (HF) patients remains controversial in clinical practice. Large-scale clinical trials failed to show mortality benefits, but uncertainty persists in real-world settings.Objective: We evaluated whether the prescription of statins at hospital discharge is associated with a reduction in all-cause mortality at up to 1 year of...

Universal Screening and Decolonization for Control of MRSA in Nursing Homes: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Study

Bellini, Cristina ; Petignat, Christiane ; Masserey, Eric ; Büla, Christophe ; Burnand, Bernard ; Rousson, Valentin ; Blanc, Dominique S. ; Zanetti, Giorgio

In: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 2015, vol. 36, no. 4, p. 401-408

Osteopathy in the French-speaking part of Switzerland: Practitioners’ profile and scope of back pain management

Bill, Anne-Sylvie ; Dubois, Julie ; Pasquier, Jérôme ; Burnand, Bernard ; Rodondi, Pierre-Yves

In: PLOS ONE, 2020, vol. 15, no. 5, p. e0232607

Background: Osteopathy is commonly used for spinal pain, but knowledge about back pain management by osteopaths is scarce.Objective: The aim of this study was to survey osteopaths across the French-speaking part of Switzerland about the scope of their practice and their management of patients with back pain.Design: This cross- sectional observational study was based on an online survey...

Appropriateness of colorectal cancer screening: appraisal of evidence by experts

Bridevaux, Isabelle Peytremann ; Silaghi, Anne-Melody ; Vader, John-Paul ; Froehlich, Florian ; Gonvers, Jean-Jacques ; Burnand, Bernard

In: International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 2006, vol. 18, no. 3, p. 177-182

Does a single item question identify elderly medical inpatients who report significant depressive symptoms?

Büla, Christophe J. ; Wietlisbach, Vincent ; Yersin, Bertrand ; Burnand, Bernard

In: Age and Ageing, 2003, vol. 32, no. 2, p. 231-233

Book Review: Clinical Epidemiology, The Study of the Outcome of Illness : Clinical Epidemiology, The Study of the Outcome of Illness, WeissNoel S.. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986, 144 pp

Burnand, Bernard

In: International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 1987, vol. 3, no. 4, p. 632-633

Book reviews

Burnand, Bernard

In: The European Journal of Public Health, 1999, vol. 9, no. 1, p. 71-72

Meta-analyses: with confidence or prediction intervals?

Chiolero, Arnaud ; Santschi, Valérie ; Burnand, Bernard ; Platt, Robert ; Paradis, Gilles

In: European Journal of Epidemiology, 2012, vol. 27, no. 10, p. 823-825

Reproducibility of diabetes quality of care indicators as reported by patients and physicians

Collet, Tinh-Hai ; Taffé, Patrick ; Bordet, Julie ; Burnand, Bernard ; Peytremann-Bridevaux, Isabelle

In: The European Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 24, no. 6, p. 1004-1009

How many diagnosis fields are needed to capture safety events in administrative data? Findings and recommendations from the WHO ICD-11 Topic Advisory Group on Quality and Safety

Drösler, Saskia E. ; Romano, Patrick S. ; Sundararajan, Vijaya ; Burnand, Bernard ; Colin, Cyrille ; Pincus, Harold ; Ghali, William

In: International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 2014, vol. 26, no. 1, p. 16-25