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- Continuous passive motion following total knee arthroplasty in people with arthritis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 3-Mar-2014
Arthritis of the knee is a common problem causing pain and disability. If severe, knee arthritis can be surgically managed with a total knee arthroplasty. Rehabilitation following knee arthroplasty often includes continuous passive motion (CPM). CPM is ap
- Contracting out to improve the use of clinical health services and health outcomes in low‐ and middle‐income countries
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 3-Apr-2018
Contracting out of governmental health services is a financing strategy that governs the way in which public sector funds are used to have services delivered by non-governmental health service providers (NGPs). It represents a contract between the governm
- Contracts between patients and healthcare practitioners for improving patients' adherence to treatment, prevention and health promotion activities
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 13-May-2009
Contracts are a verbal or written agreement that a patient makes with themselves, with healthcare practitioners, or with carers, where participants commit to a set of behaviours related to the care of a patient. Contracts aim to improve the patients' adhe
- Cooling therapy for acute stroke
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 21-Jan-2009
Increased body temperatures are common in patients with acute stroke and are associated with poor outcome. In animal models of focal cerebral ischaemia, temperature-lowering therapy reduces infarct volume. In patients with acute stroke, lowering temperatu
- Day‐surgery versus overnight stay surgery for laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 31-Jul-2013
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is used to manage symptomatic gallstones. There is considerable controversy regarding whether it should be done as day-surgery or as an overnight stay surgery with regards to patient safety.
- Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 12-Apr-2017
Decision aids are interventions that support patients by making their decisions explicit, providing information about options and associated benefits/harms, and helping clarify congruence between decisions and personal values.
- Developmental care for promoting development and preventing morbidity in preterm infants
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-Apr-2006
Preterm infants experience a range of morbidity related to the immaturity of their organ systems and to concurrent disease states. There is concern that an unfavourable environment in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) may compound this morbidity. Mo
- Diet or exercise, or both, for weight reduction in women after childbirth
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 23-Jul-2013
Weight retention after pregnancy may contribute to obesity. It is known that diet and exercise are recommended components of any weight loss programme in the general population. However, strategies to achieve healthy body weight among postpartum women hav
- Disposable surgical face masks for preventing surgical wound infection in clean surgery
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 26-Apr-2016
Surgical face masks were originally developed to contain and filter droplets containing microorganisms expelled from the mouth and nasopharynx of healthcare workers during surgery, thereby providing protection for the patient. However, there are several w
- Double gloving to reduce surgical cross‐infection
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-Jul-2006
The invasive nature of surgery, with its increased exposure to blood, means that during surgery there is a high risk of transfer of pathogens. Pathogens can be transferred through contact between surgical patients and the surgical team, resulting in post-
- Dressings and topical agents for surgical wounds healing by secondary intention
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 26-Jan-2004
Many different wound dressings and topical applications are used to cover surgical wounds healing by secondary intention. It is not known whether these dressings heal wounds at different rates.
- Early discharge hospital at home
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 26-Jun-2017
Early discharge hospital at home is a service that provides active treatment by healthcare professionals in the patient's home for a condition that otherwise would require acute hospital inpatient care. This is an update of a Cochrane review.
- Early versus delayed oral fluids and food for reducing complications after major abdominal gynaecologic surgery
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 12-Dec-2014
This is an updated version of the original Cochrane review published in 2007. Traditionally, after major abdominal gynaecologic surgery postoperative oral intake is withheld until the return of bowel function. There has been concern that early oral intake
- Education interventions for adults who attend the emergency room for acute asthma
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 24-Apr-2013
The use of educational and behavioural interventions in the management of chronic asthma have a strong evidence base. There may be a role for educative interventions following presentation in an emergency setting in adults.
- Educational outreach visits: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 17-Oct-2007
Educational outreach visits (EOVs) have been identified as an intervention that may improve the practice of healthcare professionals. This type of face-to-face visit has been referred to as university-based educational detailing, academic detailing, and e
- Effect of early treatment with anti‐hypertensive drugs on short and long‐term mortality in patients with an acute cardiovascular event
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-Oct-2009
Acute cardiovascular events represent a therapeutic challenge. Blood pressure lowering drugs are commonly used and recommended in the early phase of these settings. This review analyses randomized controlled trial (RCT) evidence for this approach.
- Effects of changes in the pre‐licensure education of health workers on health‐worker supply
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 15-Apr-2009
The current and projected crisis because of a shortage of health workers in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) requires that effective strategies for expanding the numbers of health workers are quickly identified in order to inform action by policyma
- Effects of communicating DNA-based disease risk estimates on risk-reducing behaviours
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-Sep-2010
There are high expectations regarding the potential for the communication of DNA-based disease risk estimates to motivate behaviour change.
- Effects of nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs on postoperative renal function in adults with normal renal function
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 18-Apr-2007
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can play a major role in the management of acute pain in the peri-operative period. However, there are conflicting views on whether NSAIDs are associated with adverse renal effects.
- Electromagnetic fields for treating osteoarthritis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 10-Dec-2013
This is an update of a Cochrane review first published in 2002. Osteoarthritis is a disease that affects the synovial joints, causing degeneration and destruction of hyaline cartilage and subchondral bone. Electromagnetic field therapy is currently used b
