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Arnav Agarwal

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Assistant Professor (Part-Time)MedicineMcMaster University

Research

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From the 150 most recent of 394 publications.

01

Smoking cessation for people with severe mental illness: systematic review and network meta-analysis

Bekkering GE, Detraux J, López-López JA, De Hert M, Evins AE, Vanhove A-C, Cloetens H, Algarni AM, Vandendriessche T, Agarwal A

BMJ Medicine20267 citationsSenior author
02

Comparative effects of drugs for adults with overweight or obesity: systematic review and network meta-analysis

Nong K, Shi Q, Xie X, Wang Y, Agarwal A, Guyatt GH, Zhang H, Gao Y, Khunti K, Le Roux CW

The BMJ20266 citations
03

Discriminating clinical prediction models: how outcome incidence and decision thresholds shape clinical utility and apt AUROC values

Foroutan F, Weiss J, Mayer M, Bache-Mathiesen LK, Agoritsas T, Vandvik PO, Signorile M, Ensor J, Agarwal A, Guyatt G

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology20264 citations
04

Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in adults hospitalised for psychiatric illness: an evidence-based clinical practice guideline developed using GRADE

Purcell A, Ní Áinle F, Hunt BJ, Delluc A, Roberts L, Jenkinson J, Hoblyn J, Keating D, Carolan A, Roche E

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy20264 citations
05

CVOT Summit Report 2025: advances along the cardiovascular–kidney–metabolic disease continuum

Schnell O, Agarwal A, Azizi M, Ballwieser D, Barnard-Kelly K, Battelino T, Ballwieser D, Blüher M, Bugianesi E, Cebrian A

Cardiovascular Diabetology20263 citations
06

Summary of WHO clinical practice guidelines for influenza

Vandvik PO, Agarwal A, Rylance J, Agoritsas T, Guyatt G, Leo Y-S, McGloughlin S, Diaz J

The BMJ20263 citations
07

Crossing the null does not mean “no effect”: a survey of internal medicine physicians on the interpretation of effect estimates with wide confidence intervals

Agarwal A, Santesso N, Agoritsas T, Guyatt G, Brignardello-Petersen R

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology20262 citationsFirst author
08

Barriers and Facilitators to Interest-Holder Engagement in Health Guideline Development: A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis

Magwood O, Petkovic J, Lytvyn L, Khabsa J, Raymond A, Palm M, Pollock D, Campbell P, Concannon TW, Lee AYS

Campbell Systematic Reviews20261 citations
09

In patients with chronic lung disease, 4 existing PE diagnostic strategies were assessed.

Agarwal A, Goumeniouk N, Lang E

ACP journal club20261 citationsFirst author
10

Antibiotic Use in Patients with Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study

Agarwal A, Shin S, Malecki S, Towfighi S, Gupta S, Fralick M, Kwan J, Lapointe-Shaw L, Rawal S, Tang T

Journal of General Internal Medicine20261 citationsFirst author
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