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Overview

Heiner C. Bucher is affiliated with the University Hospital of Basel in Switzerland and has a significant publication record primarily in the field of Medicine, with 225 publications. Their research spans several key subfields including Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Emergency Medicine, Surgery, and Virology.

The topics most frequently addressed in their work include:

  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • HIV-related health complications and treatments
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Heiner C. Bucher has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including:

  • Huldrych F. Günthard
  • Enos Bernasconi
  • Alexandra Calmy
  • Matthias Cavassini
  • Roger D. Kouyos

The most frequent venues for their publications are:

  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • BMJ Open

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Heiner C. Bucher include:

  • "Prospective validation of classification of intraoperative adverse events (ClassIntra): international, multicentre cohort study," 2020, BMJ
  • "Cohort Profile Update: The Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS)," 2021, International Journal of Epidemiology
  • "Clinical Trial Evidence Supporting US Food and Drug Administration Approval of Novel Cancer Therapies Between 2000 and 2016," 2020, JAMA Network Open
  • "Delayed antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections: individual patient data meta-analysis," 2021, BMJ
  • "Knowledge gaps in oncoplastic breast surgery," 2020, The Lancet Oncology

Best Publications

  • The results of direct and indirect treatment comparisons in meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

    Heiner C. Bucher;Gordon H. Guyatt;Lauren E. Griffith;Stephen D. Walter

  • Bariatric surgery versus non-surgical treatment for obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

    Viktoria L Gloy;Matthias Briel;Matthias Briel;Deepak L Bhatt;Sangeeta R Kashyap

  • Effects of Low-Carbohydrate vs Low-Fat Diets on Weight Loss and Cardiovascular Risk Factors A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

    Alain J. Nordmann;Abigail Nordmann;Matthias Briel;Ulrich Keller

  • Effect of Procalcitonin-Based Guidelines vs Standard Guidelines on Antibiotic Use in Lower Respiratory Tract Infections: The ProHOSP Randomized Controlled Trial

    Philipp Schuetz;Mirjam Christ-Crain;Robert Thomann;Claudine Falconnier

  • N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

    Heiner C Bucher;Peter Hengstler;Christian Schindler;Gabriela Meier

  • Randomized trials stopped early for benefit: a systematic review

    Victor M. Montori;P. J. Devereaux;Neill K. J. Adhikari;Neill K. J. Adhikari;Karen E. A. Burns;Karen E. A. Burns

  • Procalcitonin to initiate or discontinue antibiotics in acute respiratory tract infections

    Philipp Schuetz;Yannick Wirz;Ramon Sager;Mirjam Christ-Crain

  • Mortality in randomized controlled trials comparing drug-eluting vs. bare metal stents in coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis

    Alain Joel Nordmann;Matthias Briel;Heiner Claudins Bucher

  • Association between change in high density lipoprotein cholesterol and cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality: systematic review and meta-regression analysis

    Matthias Briel;Matthias Briel;Ignacio Ferreira-Gonzalez;John J You;Paul J Karanicolas

  • Association between Ambient Air Pollution and Diabetes Mellitus in Europe and North America: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Ikenna Collins Eze;Lars G. Hemkens;Heiner C. Bucher;Barbara Hoffmann

  • The effect of combined antiretroviral therapy on the overall mortality of HIV-infected individuals

    Maile Ray;Roger Logan;Jonathan A C Sterne;Sonia Hernández-Díaz

  • Effect of procalcitonin-guided antibiotic treatment on mortality in acute respiratory infections: a patient level meta-analysis

    Philipp Schuetz;Yannick Wirz;Ramon Sager;Mirjam Christ-Crain;Mirjam Christ-Crain

  • Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic use vs a standard approach for acute respiratory tract infections in primary care.

    Matthias Briel;Philipp Schuetz;Beat Mueller;Jim Young

  • The influence of dietary and nondietary calcium supplementation on blood pressure: an updated metaanalysis of randomized controlled trials.

    Lauren E. Griffith;Gordon H. Guyatt;Richard J. Cook;Heiner C. Bucher

  • Isoniazid prophylaxis for tuberculosis in HIV infection: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

    Heiner C. Bucher;Lauren E. Griffith;Gordon H. Guyatt;Philippe Sudre

  • Effect of different antilipidemic agents and diets on mortality: a systematic review.

    Marco Studer;Matthias Briel;Bernd Leimenstoll;Tracy R. Glass

  • Effects of Dietary Calcium Supplementation on Blood Pressure: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

    Heiner C. Bucher;Richard J. Cook;Gordon H. Guyatt;Jefferey D. Lang

  • Meta-Analysis Comparing Mediterranean to Low-Fat Diets for Modification of Cardiovascular Risk Factors

    Alain J. Nordmann;Katja Suter-Zimmermann;Heiner C. Bucher;Iris Shai

  • Users' Guides to the Medical Literature XIX. Applying Clinical Trial Results A. How to Use an Article Measuring the Effect of an Intervention on Surrogate End Points

    Heiner C. Bucher;Gordon H. Guyatt;Deborah J. Cook;Anne Holbrook

  • Procalcitonin to initiate or discontinue antibiotics in acute respiratory tract infections (Review)

    Schuetz P;Müller B;Christ-Crain M;Stolz D

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias Briel
Matthias Briel University Hospital of Basel
Manuel Battegay
Manuel Battegay University Hospital of Basel
Enos Bernasconi
Enos Bernasconi Universita della Svizzera Italiana
Hansjakob Furrer
Hansjakob Furrer University of Bern
Matthias Cavassini
Matthias Cavassini University of Lausanne
Pietro Vernazza
Pietro Vernazza University of St. Gallen
Gordon H. Guyatt
Gordon H. Guyatt McMaster University
Rainer Weber
Rainer Weber University of Zurich
Elie A. Akl
Elie A. Akl American University of Beirut
Matthias Egger
Matthias Egger University of Bern

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