Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have rights to this item. Sign in to continue.TitleNumbers needed to treat derived from meta-analysis: a word of caution.AuthorsMarx, Arthur; Bucher, Heiner C.AbstractEditorial. Presents suggestions on the application of number needed to treat (NNT) from meta-analysis to an individual patient. Definition of NNT; Problems in the use of NNT; Approaches in deriving NNT from summary risk estimates of meta-analysis.SubjectsTHERAPEUTICS; META-analysis; PATIENTSPublicationACP Journal Club, 2003, Vol 138, Issue 2, pA-11ISSN1056-8751Publication typeEditorialDOI10.7326/acpjc-2003-138-2-a11