@article{080e24b87b294680aefad89508130b94,
title = "Implementing the number needed to harm in clinical practice: risk of myocardial infarction in HIV-1-infected patients treated with abacavir",
abstract = "The D:A:D study group reported a 1.9-fold increased relative risk (RR) of myocardial infarction (MI) associated with current or recent use of abacavir. The number needed to harm (NNH) incorporates information about the underlying risk of MI and the increased RR of MI in patients taking abacavir.",
keywords = "Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, HDL, Diabetes Mellitus, Dideoxynucleosides, HIV Infections, HIV-1, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Models, Statistical, Myocardial Infarction, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors, Risk, Smoking, Uncertainty",
author = "Kowalska, {Justyna Dominika} and O Kirk and A Mocroft and H{\o}j, {Line Weiland} and N Friis-M{\o}ller and P Reiss and I Weller and Lundgren, {J D}",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1111/j.1468-1293.2009.00763.x",
language = "English",
volume = "11",
pages = "200--8",
journal = "Topics in HIV Medicine",
issn = "1542-8826",
publisher = "International Antiviral Society",
number = "3",
}