Publications

For the most up-to-date list of my publications, please visit my Google Scholar profile. The publication list below was last updated on June 18, 2025.

Academic Publications

Corresponding author underlined.
Ordered by descending authorship (first-author papers listed first).

• Halme ALE Roshanov PS, SV Tornberg, et al. Timing of Major Postoperative Bleeding Among Patients Undergoing Surgery. JAMA Netw Open. 2024.
• Halme ALE Laakkonen S, Rutanen J, et al. Short- and long-term effects of imatinib in patients hospitalised for COVID-19 infection: A randomised controlled trial. J. Infect. 2024.
• Halme ALE, McAlpine K, Martini A. Fixed-effect versus random-effects models for meta-analyses: Pro random-effects. Eur Urol Focus. 2023.
• KAO Tikkinen, Halme ALE, Guyatt GH, Glasziou P. The Impact of Definitions of Disease on Overdiagnosis. JAMA Intern Med. 2025.
• Barchuk A, Nordlund NK, Halme ALE, Tikkinen KAO. Evidence categories in systematic assessment of cancer overdiagnosis. BMJ Evid Based Med. 2025.
• Singh T, Lavikainen LI, Halme ALE, et al. Timing of symptomatic venous thromboembolism after surgery: meta-analysis. Br J Surg. 2023.
• Pourjamal N, Lavikainen LI, Halme ALE, et al. Global practice variation in pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis for general and gynaecological surgery: systematic review. BJS Open. 2022.
• Lavikainen LI, Guyatt GH, Sallinen VJ, …, Halme ALE, et al. Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses of the Procedure-specific Risks of Thrombosis and Bleeding in General Abdominal, Colorectal, Upper-Gastrointestinal and Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery. Ann Surg. 2024.
• Lavikainen LI, Guyatt GH, Luomaranta AL, …, Halme ALE, et al. Risk of Thrombosis and Bleeding in Gynecologic Cancer Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2023.
• Lavikainen LI, Guyatt GH, Kalliala IEJ, …, Halme ALE,> et al. Risk of Thrombosis and Bleeding in Gynecologic Non-Cancer Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2023.

Conference Presentations

• ERS Congress 2024, Vienna, Austria. September 2024. Short- and long-term effects of imatinib in patients hospitalised for COVID-19 infection: A randomised controlled trial. Poster presentation.
• 39th Annual European Association of Urology Congress, Paris, France. April 2024. Fixed-effect versus random-effects models for meta-analyses: Pro random-effects. Oral presentation.
• Operatiiviset päivät (Operative Days), Helsinki, Finland. November 2023. Timing of Bleeding Among Patients Undergoing Surgery. Oral presentation.