MetaWorks' experts regularly publish their work in leading, peer-reviewed journals. To request reprints of any of the following publications, please contact Mr. Matthew Bush at 781-395-0700 or e-mail your request to reprints@metaworksinc.com (please include your name, title, affiliation and shipping address).

• Efficacy of Selected Treatments of HIV Wasting: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
  Moyle G, Schoelles K, Fahrbach K, Frame D, James K, Scheye R, Cure-Bolt N. [JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. Management of HIV Wasting Syndrome: A Consensus Conference. 37 Supplement 1:S262-S276, Dec. 1, 2004.
  
  
• Warfarin Anticoagulation and Outcomes in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
  Reynolds M, Fahrbach K, Hauch O, Wygant G, Estok R, Cella C, Nalysnyk L. [CHEST, December 2004; 126, 6: 1938-1945]
  
  
• Bariatric Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
  Buchwald H, Avidor Y, Braunwald E, Jensen MD, Pories W, Fahrbach K, Schoelles K. [JAMA 2004;292:1724-1737]
  
  
• Management of Patients with Newly Diagnosed Epilepsy: A Systematic Literature Review.
  Ross SD, Estok RP, Chopra SS, French J. [American Family Physician, September 1, 2004]
  
  
• Disability and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Focus on Function.
  Ross SD, Estok RP, Frame D, Stone LR, Ludensky V, Levine CB. [Arch Intern Med 2004, 164: 1098-1107]
  
  
• The effect of anemia treatment on selected health-related quality-of-life domains: A systematic review.
  Ross SD, Fahrbach K, Frame D, Scheye R, Connelly JE, Glaspy J. [Clinical Therapeutics 2003; 26(6): 1786-1805]
  
  
• The relationship between age, renal function and bone mineral density in the US population.
  Klawansky S, Komaroff E, Cavanaugh Jr PF, Mithcell DY, Gordon MJ, Connelly JE, Ross SD. [Osteoporos Int 2003; 14: 570-576]
  
  
• Clinical Evidence is Fundamental to Commercial Success.
  Ross S. [Product Management Today, May 2003: 34-36;43]
  
  
• Mucositis incidence, severity and associated outcomes in patients with head and neck cancer receiving radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy: a systematic literature review.
  Trotti A et. al. [Radiotherapy and Oncology 2003;66:253-262]
  
  
• Effect of Amlodipine on Systolic Blood Pressure. Levine CL, Fahrbach K, Frame D, Connelly JE, Estok R, Stone L, Ludensky V.
  [Clinical Therapeutics 2003; 25(1): 35 - 55]
  
  
• Adverse events in CABG trials: a systematic review and analysis.
  L Nalysnyk, K Fahrbach, M W Reynolds, S Z Zhao, Metaworks CABG Review Group, and S Ross. [Heart 2003;89:767-772]
  
  
• Drug-related adverse events: A reader's guide to assessing literature reviews and meta-analyses.
  Ross SD [Arch Intern Med 2001; 161: 1041-1046]
  
  
• Discontinuation of antihypertensive drugs due to adverse events: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  Ross SD, Akhras KS, Zhang S, Rozinsky M, Nalysnyk L. [Pharmacotherapy 2001; 21(8): 940-953]
  
  
• Clinical Outcomes in Reduction Mammaplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-anlysis of Published Studies.
  Chadbourne EB, Zhang S, Gordon MJ, Ro EY, Ross SD, Schnur PL, Schneider-Redden PR. [Mayo Clinical Proceedings 2001; 76: 503-510]
  
  
• Meta-Analysis to Assess the Efficacy of Interferon-alpha in Patients With Follicular Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
  Allen IE, Ross SD, Borden SP, Monroe M, Kupelnick B, Connelly J, Ozer H. [Journal of Immunotherapy 2001; 24(1): 58-65]
  
  
• Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Literature Regarding the Diagnosis of Sleep Apnea.
  Ross SD, Sheinhait I, Harrison K, Kvasz M, Connelly J, Shea S, Allen IE. [Sleep 2000; 23: 519-532]
  
  
• Adverse Drug Reactions in Hospitalized Patients: A Critique of a Meta-analysis.
  Kvasz M, Allen IE, Gordon MJ, Ro EY, Estok R, Olkin I, Ross SD. [Medscape General Medicine 2000: April 27, 2000]
  
  
• Effect of Postmenopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy on Dental Outcomes: Systematic Review of the Literature and Pharmacoeconomic Analysis.
  Allen IE, Monroe M, Connelly JE, Cintron R, Ross SD. [Managed Care Interface 2000]
  
  
• Meta-analysis of outcome studies in end-stage renal disease.
  Ross SD, Dong E, Gordon M, Connelly J, Kvasz M, Iyengar M, Mujais SK. [Kidney International 2000; 57: S-28 - S-38.]
  
  
• Clinical Outcomes in Statin Treatment Trials.
  Ross SD, Allen IE, Connelly JE, Korenblat BM, Smith ME, Bishop D, Luo D. [Archives of Internal Medicine 1999; 159: 1793-1802]
  
  
• Maximum androgen blockade with medical or surgical castration in advanced prostate cancer: A meta-analysis of nine published randomized control trials and 4128 patients using flutamide.
  Bennett CL, Tosteson TD, Schmitt B, Weinberg PD, Ernstoff MS, Ross SD. [Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases 1999; 2: 4-8]
  
  
• Omeprazole plus antibiotics in the eradication of Heliobacter pylori infection: A meta-regression analysis of randomized, controlled trials.
  Schmid CH, Whiting G, Cory D, Ross SD, Chalmers TC. [American Journal of Therapeutics 1999; 6: 25-36]
  
  
• Safety of nifedipine in angina pectoris: A meta-analysis.
  Stason WB, Schmid CH, Niedzwiecki D, Whiting G, Caubet JF, Cory D, Luo D, Ross SD, Chalmers TC. [Hypertension 1999; 33: 24-31]
  
  
• Safety of GM-CSF in patients with AIDS: A review of the literature.
  Ross SD, DiGeorge A, Connelly J, Whiting G, McDonnell N [Pharmacotherapy 1998; 18: 1290-7]
  
  
• Efficacy of interleukin-2 in the treatment of metastatic melanoma: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
  Allen IE, Kupelnick B, Kumashiro M, Luo D, Ross SD, Wolin MJ. [Cancer Therapeutics 1998; 1: 168-73]
  
  
• The role of systematic reviews in pharmacovigilance: A case study of granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factors in AIDS.
  Ross SD. [Drug Information Journal 1998; 32: 639-47]
  
  
• Safety of nifedipine in patients with hypertension.
  Stason WB, Schmidt CH, Niedzwiecki D, Whiting GW, Luo D, Ross SD, Chalmers TC. [Hypertension. 1997; 30 (part1): 7-14]
  
  
• Maximum androgen blockade in advanced prostate cancer: a meta-analysis of published randomized controlled trials using nonsteroidal antiandrogens.
  Caubet J, Tosteson TD, Dong EW, Naylon M, Whiting GW, Ernstoff MC, Ross SD. [Urology 1997; 49: 71-78]
  
  
• A systematic review and meta-analysis of the incidence of cancer in randomized, controlled trials of verapamil.
  Dong, EW, Connelly JE, Borden SP, Yorzyk W, Passov DG, Kupelnick B, Luo D, Ross SD. [Pharmacotherapy 1997; 17(6): 1210-1219]
  
  
• Risk of serious adverse events in hypertensive patients receiving isradipine: a meta-analysis.
  Ross SD, Kupelnick B, Kumashiro M, Arellano FM, Mohanty N, Allen IE. [Journal of Human Hypertension 1997; 11: 743-751]
  
  
• Lansoprazole compared with histamine2-receptor antagonists in healing gastric ulcers: a meta-analysis.
  Tunis SR, Sheinhait IA, Schmidt CH, Bishop DJ, Ross SD. [Clinical Therapeutics 1997; 19(4) 743-57]
  
  
• Searching for signals: mortality and cardiovascular events in published randomized control trials of nifedipine in ischemic heart disease and hypertension.
  Stason WB, Schmidt CH, Caubet J, Kupelnick B, Cory D, Whiting G, Chalmers TC, Ross SD. [Journal of Hypertension 1996, 14 (Suppl 2): S5-S7]
  
  
• Sample sizes and withdrawals in clinical trials.
  Caubet JF, Stason WB, Bishop DJ, Ross SD. [Lancet 1996; 348: 895]
  
  
• Cumulative meta-analysis of clinical trials builds evidence for exemplary medical care.
  Lau J, Schmid CH, Chalmers TC. [J Clin Epidemiol 1995; 48: 45-57]