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1. Coomarasamy A, Khan KS. What is the evidence that postgraduate teaching in evidence based medicine changes anything? A systematic review. BMJ. 2004 Oct 30;329(7473):1017.
2. Thangaratinam S, Coomarasamy A. Progestational agents to prevent preterm birth: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Obstet Gynecol. 2005 Jun;105(6):1483-4.
3. Thornton J, Bossuyt P, Khan KS, Coomarasamy A. Registering protocols for studies of test accuracy with BJOG. BJOG. 2005 Jun;112(6):683.
4. Bullock R, Martin WL, Coomarasamy A, Kilby MD.Prediction of fetal anemia in pregnancies with red-cell alloimmunization: comparison of middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity and amniotic fluid OD450. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2005 Apr;25(4):331-4.
5. Clark TJ, Ter Riet G, Coomarasamy A, Khan KS. Bias associated with delayed verification in test accuracy studies: accuracy of tests for endometrial hyperplasia may be much higher than we think! BMC Med. 2004 May 11;2(1):18.
6. Brealey S, Scally A, Hahn S, Thomas N, Godfrey C, Coomarasamy A. Accuracy of radiographer plain radiograph reporting in clinical practice: a meta-analysis. Clin Radiol. 2005 Feb;60(2):232-41.
7. Papaioannou S, Bourdrez P, Varma R, Afnan M, Mol BW, Coomarasamy A. Tubal evaluation in the investigation of subfertility: a structured comparison of tests. BJOG. 2004 Dec;111(12):1313-21.
8. Jha S, Coomarasamy A, Chan KK. Ureteric injuries in obstetrical and gynaecological surgery. The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist. 2004 (in press: scheduled for publication in October 2004)
9. Chryssafidou E, Arvanitis TN, Khan KS, Coomarasamy A. South Asian health: what is to be done? Skills of evidence based medicine need to be taught. BMJ. 2004 Apr 3;328(7443):839.
10. Coomarasamy A, Knox EM, Gee H, Song F, Khan KS. Effectiveness of nifedipine versus atosiban for tocolysis in preterm labour: a meta-analysis with an indirect comparison of randomised trials. BJOG. 2003 Dec;110(12):1045-9.
11. Coomarasamy A, Braunholtz D, Song F, Taylor R, Khan KS. Individualising use of aspirin to prevent pre-eclampsia: a framework for clinical decision making. BJOG. 2003 Oct;110(10):882-8. Review.
12. Honest H, Coomarasamy A, Bachmann LM, Khan KS. Cervical cerclage for prevention of preterm delivery: meta-analysis of randomized trials. Obstet Gynecol. 2004 Mar;103(3):584-5; author reply 585-6.
13. Sorinola O, Olufowobi O, Coomarasamy A, Khan KS. Instructions to authors on case reporting is limited: A review of a core journals list. BMC Med Educ. 2004 Mar 25;4(1):4.
14. Coomarasamy A, Taylor R, Khan KS. A systematic review of postgraduate teaching in evidence-based medicine and critical appraisal. Med Teach. 2003 Jan;25(1):77-81.
15. Coomarasamy A, Ola B, Gee H, Khan KS. Quality of brief guidelines produced by professional bodies: a study of the 'green-top' guidelines by the UK Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. J Obstet Gynaecol. 2003 Sep;23(5):479-83.
16. Honest H, Bachmann LM, Coomarasamy A, Gupta JK, Kleijnen J, Khan KS. Accuracy of cervical transvaginal sonography in predicting preterm birth: a systematic review. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2003 Sep;22(3):305-22.
17. Ola B, Afnan M, Papaioannou S, Sharif K, Bjorndahl L, Coomarasamy A. Accuracy of sperm-cervical mucus penetration tests in evaluating sperm motility in semen: a systematic quantitative review. Hum Reprod. 2003 May;18(5):1037-46.
18. Bachmann LM, Coomarasamy A, Honest H, Khan KS. Elective cervical cerclage for prevention of preterm birth: a systematic review. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2003 May;82(5):398-404.
19. Jha S, Gee H, Coomarasamy A. Women's attitudes to HIV screening in pregnancy in an area of low prevalence. BJOG. 2003 Feb;110(2):145-8.
20. Papaioannou S, Afnan M, Girling AJ, Ola B, Olufowobi O, Coomarasamy A, Sharif K. Diagnostic and therapeutic value of selective salpingography and tubal catheterization in an unselected infertile population. Fertil Steril. 2003 Mar; 79(3):613-7.
21. Papaioannou S, Afnan M, Girling AJ, Coomarasamy A, McHugo JM, Sharif K.The potential value of tubal perfusion pressures measured during selective salpingography in predicting fertility. Hum Reprod. 2003 Feb;18(2):358-63.
22. Coomarasamy A, Gee H, Khan KS. Low dose acetylsalicylic acid in prevention of pregnancy-induced hypertension and intrauterine growth retardation in women with bilateral uterine artery notches. BJOG. 2002 Dec;109(12):1420-1.
23. Coomarasamy A, Knox EM, Gee H, Khan KS. Oxytocin antagonists for tocolysis in preterm labour - a systematic review. Med Sci Monit. 2002 Nov;8(11):RA268-73.
24. Papaioannou S, Afnan M, Girling AJ, Coomarasamy A, Ola B, Olufowobi O, McHugo JM, Hammadieh N, Sharif K. Long-term fertility prognosis following selective salpingography and tubal catheterization in women with proximal tubal blockage. Hum Reprod. 2002 Sep;17(9):2325-30.
25. Papaioannou S, Afnan M, Girling AJ, Coomarasamy A, Ola B, Olufowobi O, McHugo JM, Hammadieh N, Sharif K. The effect on pregnancy rates of tubal perfusion pressure reductions achieved by guide-wire tubal catheterization. Hum Reprod. 2002 Aug;17(8):2174-9.
26. Papaioannou S, Afnan M, Girling AJ, Ola B, Hammadieh N, Coomarasamy A, Sharif K. The learning curve of selective salpingography and tubal catheterization. Fertil Steril. 2002 May;77(5):1049-52.
27. Ola B, Afnan M, Sharif K, Hammadieh N, Papaioannou S, Coomarasamy A. Cost-effectiveness of recombinant versus urinary follicle stimulating hormone; whose point of view? Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2001 Dec;80(12):1141-2.
28. Papaioannou S, Afnan M, Coomarasamy A, Ola B, Hammadieh N, Temperton DH, McHugo JM, Sharif K. Long term safety of fluoroscopically guided selective salpingography and tubal catheterization. Hum Reprod. 2002 Feb;17(2):370-2.
29. Coomarasamy A, Gee H, Publicover M, Khan KS. Medical journals and effective dissemination of health research. Health Info Libr J. 2001 Dec;18(4):183-91.
30. Coomarasamy A, Papaioannou S, Gee H, Khan KS. Aspirin for the prevention of preeclampsia in women with abnormal uterine artery Doppler: a meta-analysis. Obstet Gynecol. 2001 Nov;98(5 Pt 1):861-6.
31. Coomarasamy A, Latthe P, Papaioannou S, Publicover M, Gee H, Khan KS. Critical appraisal in clinical practice: sometimes irrelevant, occasionally invalid. J R Soc Med. 2001 Nov;94(11):573-7.
32. Papaioannou S, Afnan M, Coomarasamy A, Ola B, Hammadieh N, Sharif K. The use of repeat hysterosalpingography. Fertil Steril. 2001 Oct;76(4):849-50.
33. Papaionnou S, Afnan M, Ola B, Coomarasamy A, Hammadieh N, Sharif K. Validity of comparisons? Fertil Steril. 2001 Aug;76(2):427-8.
34. Coomarasamy A, Van Der Berg D. Open access follow up for inflammatory bowel disease. Ability of any method of follow up to detect cancer must be stated. BMJ. 2000 Jun 24;320(7251):1730.
35. Coomarasamy A, Gee H. Reviews in feto-maternal medicine. Advances in Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2001;19: 23-24
36. Papaionnou S, Afnan M, Ola B, Coomarasamy A, Sharif K. Modification of the coaxial technique for selective salpingography with measurement of tubal perfusion pressures. Hum Fertil 2003 (in press)
37. Coomarasamy A, Gee H, Khan KS, Braunholtz D. Aspirin has clinically significant benefit in high risk groups – Summary NNT can mislead clinicians. eBMJ 21.02.2001 (Also simultaneously published in the Cochrane Database – Identifier: CD000492)
38. Coomarasamy A, Gee H. Elective delivery in diabetic pregnant women [letter] Cochrane Database CRG:PREG – Identifier: CD001997
39. Coomarasamy A, Ayuk J. How helpful is NHS Direct: postal survey of callers [letter] eBMJ 18.04.2000
40. Coomarasamy A, Fisk N, Gee H, Robson SC. Investigation and management of the small for gestational age fetus – RCOG Green Top Guideline No 31, Nov 2002, RCOG, London.
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41. Kamal NG, Coomarasamy A, Khan KS, Kehoe S, Luesley DM. Diagnostic accuracy of clinical examination of the inguinal lymph nodes in vulval cancer. [29 th British Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 10-13 th July 2001, Birmingham, UK]
42. Kamal NG, Coomarasamy A, Mann C, Watson E, Kehoe S. When does parametrial involvement in cervical cancer dictate post-operative radiotherapy? [29 th British Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 10-13 th July 2001, Birmingham, UK]
43. Papaioannou S, Afnan M, Coomarasamy A, Hammadieh N, Ola B, McHugo J, Sharif K. The learning curve of selective salphingography. [17 th Annual Meeting of European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, 1-4 th July 2001, Lausanne, Switzerland]
44. Papaioannou S, Afnan M, Coomarasamy A, Hammadieh N, Ola B, McHugo J, Sharif K. Live birth rates after guide-wire tubal recanalization in cases of proximal tubal obstruction. [17 th Annual Meeting of European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, 1-4 th July 2001, Lausanne, Switzerland]
45. Bullock R, Martin W, Coomarasamy A, Kilby MD. Diagnostic accuracy of middle cerebral artery velocity compared to amniotic fluid optical density to predict fetal anaemia. [British Maternal Fetal Medicine Society, March 2003, York, UK.]
46. Honest H, Bachman L, Coomarasamy A, Gupta JK, Khan KS. Cervical ultrasound to predict preterm labour: A systematic quantitative review. [British Maternal Fetal Medicine Society, March 2003, York, UK.]

Coomarasamy A, Latthe M. Evidence-based Medicine in General Practice in ‘Obstetrics and Gynaecology for General Practioners’, RCGP Publications, London, 2003.

Coomarasamy A, van der Berg D. Problems in Later Pregnancy in ‘Obstetrics and Gynaecology for General Practioners’, RCGP Publications, London, 2003.

Coomarasamy A, Kilby MD. Intrauterine Growth Restriction in ‘Vignettes for the MRCOG’ Quay Books, Wilts, 2003.

Ola B, Coomarasamy A, Sharif K. Bed Rest in In-vitro Fertilisation in ‘Evidence-based Infertility Treatment’ (Editor: Professor S Daya, in press)

Coomarasamy A, Khan KS. Evidence-based Continuing Medical Education in ‘Evidence-based Obstetrics’ (Editor: Professor S Daya, in press)

Krakow, Poland. Invited speaker on ‘Meta-analysis of diagnostic data’ International Health Technology Assessment Conference, 2004.

Birmingham, UK. Invited speaker on ‘Effective teaching of Evidence-based Medicine’ International Conference on Enhancing the Education of Doctors and Dentists, 2004.

Dhaka, Bangladesh. Invited speaker on ‘Aspirin to prevent pre-eclampsia: an evidence-based appraisal’ Developing EBM in the Developing World . Tele-streamed Conference, 2004.

RCOG, London, UK. Invited speaker on ‘Guidelines for growth restriction’. International Symposium on In-utero Surveillance (ISIS) Conference. 2003.