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Gordon H. Guyatt

Gordon H. Guyatt

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Canada Leader Award
  • 2016 - Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
  • 2012 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Gordon H. Guyatt is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada and has a significant body of work in the field of Medicine with a focus on clinical epidemiology and health systems. Their research spans various subfields including Surgery, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty.

The scientist's research frequently addresses topics such as Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, and Quality of Life; Meta-analysis and Systematic Reviews; Clinical Practice Guidelines Implementation; COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies; Healthcare Cost, Quality, and Practices; Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes; and Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Gordon H. Guyatt include:

  • 2019 American College of Rheumatology/Arthritis Foundation Guideline for the Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hand, Hip, and Knee, 2020, published in Arthritis Care & Research
  • 2019 American College of Rheumatology/Arthritis Foundation Guideline for the Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hand, Hip, and Knee, 2020, published in Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • Drug treatments for covid-19: living systematic review and network meta-analysis, 2020, published in BMJ
  • 2020 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Management of Gout, 2020, published in Arthritis Care & Research
  • 2020 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Management of Gout, 2020, published in Arthritis & Rheumatology

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Romina Brignardello-Petersen
  • Lehana Thabane
  • Reem A. Mustafa
  • Per Olav Vandvik
  • Thomas Agoritsas

Gordon H. Guyatt's publications are commonly found in venues such as:

  • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
  • BMJ
  • BMJ Open
  • Arthritis Care & Research
  • Arthritis & Rheumatology

The scientist has been recognized by awards including induction into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame in 2016 and being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2012 within the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations

    Gordon H Guyatt;Andrew David Oxman;Gunn Elisabeth Vist;Regina Kunz

  • GRADE guidelines: 1. Introduction-GRADE evidence profiles and summary of findings tables

    Gordon Guyatt;Andrew D Oxman;Elie A Akl;Regina Kunz

  • Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations.

    David Atkins;Dana Best;Peter A Briss;Martin Eccles

  • GRADE guidelines: 3. Rating the quality of evidence

    Howard Balshem;Mark Helfand;Mark Helfand;Holger J. Schünemann;Andrew D. Oxman

  • Measuring health-related quality of life.

    Gordon H. Guyatt;David H. Feeny;Donald L. Patrick

  • Measurement of health status: Ascertaining the minimal clinically important difference

    Roman Jaeschke;Joel Singer;Gordon H. Guyatt

  • Measurement of health-related quality of life in heart failure

    Gordon H. Guyatt

  • Evidence-Based Medicine: A New Approach to Teaching the Practice of Medicine

    Gordon Guyatt;John Cairns;David Churchill;Deborah Cook

  • American College of Rheumatology 2012 recommendations for the use of nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic therapies in osteoarthritis of the hand, hip, and knee

    Marc C. Hochberg;Roy D. Altman;Karine Toupin April;Maria Benkhalti

  • Users' guides to the medical literature : a manual for evidence-based clinical practice

    Gordon H. Guyatt;Drummond Rennie;Maureen O. Meade;Deborah J. Cook

  • What is “quality of evidence” and why is it important to clinicians?

    Gordon H Guyatt;Andrew D Oxman;Regina Kunz;Gunn E Vist

  • GRADE guidelines: A new series of articles in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology △

    Gordon H. Guyatt;Andrew D. Oxman;Holger J. Schünemann;Peter Tugwell

  • Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: III. How to Use an Article About a Diagnostic Test: B. What Are the Results and Will They Help Me In Caring for My Patients?

    Roman Jaeschke;Gordon H. Guyatt;David L. Sackett

  • Users' Guides to the Medical Literature

    Gordon H. Guyatt;Drummond Rennie

  • GRADE guidelines: 4. Rating the quality of evidence—study limitations (risk of bias)

    Gordon H. Guyatt;Andrew D. Oxman;Gunn Vist;Regina Kunz

  • The 6-minute walk: a new measure of exercise capacity in patients with chronic heart failure

    G H Guyatt;M J Sullivan;P J Thompson;E L Fallen

  • Development and validation of a questionnaire to measure asthma control

    E. F. Juniper;P. M. O'Byrne;G. H. Guyatt;P. J. Ferrie

  • Users' guides to the medical literature. III. How to use an article about a diagnostic test. B. What are the results and will they help me in caring for my patients? The Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group.

    Jaeschke R;Guyatt Gh;Sackett Dl

  • GRADE guidelines: 6. Rating the quality of evidence-imprecision

    Gordon H. Guyatt;Andrew D. Oxman;Regina Kunz;Jan Brozek

  • Health Care Technology: Effectiveness, Efficiency and Public Policy@@@Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes

    Brian Ferguson;David Feeny;Gordon Guyatt;Peter Tugwell

Frequent Co-Authors

Elie A. Akl
Elie A. Akl American University of Beirut
Holger J. Schünemann
Holger J. Schünemann Humanitas University
Deborah J. Cook
Deborah J. Cook McMaster University
Per Olav Vandvik
Per Olav Vandvik University of Oslo
Roman Jaeschke
Roman Jaeschke McMaster University
Matthias Briel
Matthias Briel University Hospital of Basel
Stephen D. Walter
Stephen D. Walter McMaster University
Mohit Bhandari
Mohit Bhandari McMaster University

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