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New & Updated Reviews and Protocols from The Cochrane Library, Issue 3, 2008


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Abatacept for rheumatoid arthritis (protocol stage)
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Acupuncture for dysphagia in acute stroke
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Acupuncture for treatment of erectile dysfunction (protocol stage)
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Acupuncture for uterine fibroids (protocol stage)
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Adjunctive therapies for AIDS dementia complex
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Adjuvant radiotherapy following radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer (protocol stage)
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Adjuvant Therapy for completely resected Stage II Colon Cancer
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Amniotic fluid index versus single deepest vertical pocket as a screening test for preventing adverse pregnancy outcome
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Amphotericin B deoxycholate versus liposomal amphotericin B: effects on kidney function (protocol stage)
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Anaesthetic interventions for prevention of awareness during surgery (protocol stage)
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Antenatal breast examination for promoting breastfeeding
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Anti-inflammatory drugs and analgesics for managing symptoms in people with cystic fibrosis-related arthritis
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Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor for macular edema secondary to central retinal vein occlusion (protocol stage)
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Antibiotic prophylaxis for leptospirosis (protocol stage)
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Antibiotic prophylaxis for patients undergoing elective endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (protocol stage)
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Antibiotics for preventing complications in children with measles
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Anticoagulants versus non-steroidal anti-inflammatories or placebo for treatment of venous thromboembolism
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Antiepileptic drugs as prophylaxis for postcraniotomy seizures (protocol stage)
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Antifibrinolytic agents for reducing blood loss in scoliosis surgery in children
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Antifungal therapies for allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in people with cystic fibrosis
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Antigen-specific active immunotherapy for ovarian cancer (protocol stage)
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Antioxidant supplements for preventing gastrointestinal cancers
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Antiplatelet therapy for acute ischaemic stroke
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Antithrombin III for critically ill patients
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Aripiprazole versus typical antipsychotic drugs for schizophrenia
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Arthroscopic lavage for osteoarthritis of the knee (protocol stage)
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Azithromycin versus penicillin G Benzathine (protocol stage)
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Bariatric surgery for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in obese patients (protocol stage)
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Behavioural and cognitive-behavioural interventions for outwardly-directed aggressive behaviour in people with learning disabilities
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Beta-2 receptor antagonists for acute traumatic brain injury
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Black cohosh (Cimicifuga spp.) for menopausal symptoms (protocol stage)
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Bladder neck needle suspension for urinary incontinence in women
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Botulinum toxin type A and serial casting versus botulinum toxin type A or serial casting in treating equinus gait of children with cerebral palsy (protocol stage)
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Budesonide for induction of remission in Crohn's disease
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Cannabinoids for the treatment of dementia (protocol stage)
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Cannabis and schizophrenia
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Carbohydrates for improving the cognitive performance of independent-living older adults with normal cognition or mild cognitive impairment (protocol stage)
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Carnitine for fatigue in multiple sclerosis (protocol stage)
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Cervical assessment by ultrasound for preventing preterm delivery (protocol stage)
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Cervical preparation for first trimester surgical abortion (Protocol) (protocol stage)
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Cervical preparation for second trimester surgical abortion (protocol stage)
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Chemotherapeutic wafers for High Grade Glioma
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Chemotherapy and supportive care versus supportive care alone in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (protocol stage)
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Chest physiotherapy for reducing respiratory morbidity in infants requiring ventilatory support
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Chitosan for overweight or obesity
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Cognitive-behavioural therapy for parents who have physically abused their children (protocol stage)
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Combination antimicrobial susceptibility testing for acute exacerbations in chronic infection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis
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Combination fluticasone and salmeterol versus fixed dose combination budesonide and formoterol for chronic asthma in adults and children
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Combination formoterol and inhaled steroid as maintenance and reliever therapy versus inhaled steroid maintenance for chronic asthma in adults and children (protocol stage)
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Combined pharmacotherapy and psychological therapies for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (protocol stage)
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Community screening for visual impairment in the elderly
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Comparison of intraocular lens types for cataract surgery in eyes with uveitis (protocol stage)
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Competitions and incentives for smoking cessation
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Complex behavioural and educational interventions for nocturnal enuresis in children
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Corticosteroids as adjuvant to antiviral treatment in Ramsay Hunt syndrome (herpes zoster oticus with facial palsy) in adults
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Corticosteroids for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
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Corticosteroids for preventing graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic myeloablative stem cell transplantation
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Cox-2 Inhibitors in the Prevention of Melanoma (protocol stage)
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Culturally appropriate health education for type 2 diabetes mellitus in ethnic minority groups
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Custom-made foot orthoses for the treatment of foot pain
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Day-case versus overnight stay for laparoscopic cholecystectomy
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Debridement for surgical wounds
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Decompressive surgery of lower limbs for symmetrical diabetic peripheral neuropathy
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Decongestants and antihistamines for acute otitis media in children
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Dietary advice for the prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults
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Dilute versus full strength preterm formula in preterm or very low birth weight infants (protocol stage)
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Disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs in people with cystic fibrosis-related arthritis (protocol stage)
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Donor organ preservation techniques for kidney transplantation (protocol stage)
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Doxycycline for osteoarthritis of the knee or hip (protocol stage)
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Drug management for acute tonic-clonic convulsions including convulsive status epilepticus in children
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Drug therapy for pain in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or motor neuron disease
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Drug treatment for faecal incontinence in adults
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Drug treatment for myotonia
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Drugs for the prevention and treatment of pruritus in patients receiving neuraxial opioids (protocol stage)
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Drugs for treating urinary schistosomiasis
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Duration of intravenous antibiotic therapy in people with cystic fibrosis
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Early referral to specialist nephrology services for preventing the progression to end-stage kidney disease (protocol stage)
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Early versus delayed refeeding for children with acute diarrhoea (protocol stage)
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Early versus late initiation of epidural analgesia for labour (protocol stage)
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Early versus late tracheostomy for critically ill patients (protocol stage)
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Echinacea for preventing and treating the common cold
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Edaravone for acute ischaemic stroke (protocol stage)
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Effectiveness and safety of first-line fixed-dose TNF + EMC + EFZ for patients with HIV (protocol stage)
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Effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions in primary care populations
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Effectiveness of vocational rehabilitation intervention on the return to work and employment of persons with multiple sclerosis. (protocol stage)
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Effects of communicating DNA-based disease risk estimates on risk-reducing behaviours (protocol stage)
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Effects of interventions aimed at changing the length of primary care physicians' consultation
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Electromagnetic therapy for treating pressure ulcers
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Emergency ultrasound-based algorithms for diagnosing blunt abdominal trauma
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Enhanced external counterpulsation for chronic angina pectoris (protocol stage)
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Enhancing partner support to improve smoking cessation
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Enteral feeding for older people with advanced dementia (protocol stage)
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Enteral tube feeding for cystic fibrosis
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Erythromycin for the prevention and treatment of feeding intolerance in preterm infants
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Erythropoietin or Darbepoetin for patients with cancer - meta-analysis based on individual patient data (protocol stage)
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Exercise for older depressed people (protocol stage)
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Exercise or exercise and diet for preventing type 2 diabetes mellitus
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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe respiratory failure in newborn infants
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Fibrin sealant use for minimising peri-operative allogeneic blood transfusion
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Fluid replacement therapy for acute episodes of pain in people with sickle cell disease
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Fluid therapy for pneumonia (protocol stage)
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Fluoxetine for overweight and obesity (protocol stage)
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Fraction size in radiation treatment for breast conservation in early breast cancer
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Ganoderma lucidum for the treatment of cardiovascular risk factors (protocol stage)
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Gauze and tape and transparent polyurethane dressings for central venous catheters
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Haloperidol plus promethazine for psychosis-induced aggression
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Health examination for preventing occupational injuries and disease in workers (protocol stage)
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Heliox for prevention of morbidity and mortality in ventilated newborn infants (protocol stage)
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Hepatitis B immunisation in persons not previously exposed to hepatitis B or with unknown exposure status
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Herbal medicines for type 1 diabetes mellitus (protocol stage)
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High dose versus low dose oxytocin for augmentation of labour (protocol stage)
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High feedback versus low feedback of routine prenatal ultrasound for improving outcomes (protocol stage)
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Home intravenous antibiotics for cystic fibrosis
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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for Bell's palsy (protocol stage)
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Hypolipidemic and antihypertensive drugs for prevention of cardiovascular complications in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (protocol stage)
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Hysterectomy versus hysterectomy plus oophorectomy for premenopausal women
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Immunosuppressive T cell antibodies for liver transplant recipients (protocol stage)
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Immunosuppressive treatment for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in adults
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Influenza vaccines for preventing coronary heart disease
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Injection therapy for subacute and chronic low-back pain
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Intermediate acting versus long acting insulin for type 1 diabetes mellitus
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Intervention for childhood apraxia of speech
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Intervention for dysarthria associated with acquired brain injury in children and adolescents
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Interventions for Bowen's Disease (protocol stage)
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Interventions for improving sit-to-stand ability in patients with stroke (protocol stage)
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Interventions for ketosis during labour
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Interventions for preventing depression after stroke
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Interventions for preventing mastitis after childbirth (protocol stage)
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Interventions for preventing tobacco sales to minors
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Interventions for renal vasculitis in adults
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Interventions for replacing missing teeth: antibiotics at dental implant placement to prevent complications
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Interventions for replacing missing teeth: bone augmentation techniques for dental implant treatment
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Interventions for skin changes caused by nerve damage in leprosy
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Interventions for smoking cessation and reduction in individuals with schizophrenia (protocol stage)
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Interventions for the management of temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis (protocol stage)
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Interventions for the treatment of twin-twin transfusion syndrome
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Interventions for treating mallet finger injuries
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Interventions implemented through sporting organisations for increasing participation in sport
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Interventions to improve question formulation in professional practice and self-directed learning (protocol stage)
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Interventions to reduce Staphylococcus aureus in the management of atopic eczema
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Intra-peritoneal local anaesthetic instillation for laparoscopic cholecystectomy (protocol stage)
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Intranasal corticosteroids for nasal airway obstruction in children with moderate to severe adenoidal hypertrophy
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Intravenous fluid therapy for management of acute infections (protocol stage)
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Intravitreal steroids versus observation for macular edema secondary to central retinal vein occlusion (protocol stage)
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L-ornithine-L-aspartate for hepatic encephalopathy (protocol stage)
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Laser peripheral iridoplasty for angle-closure
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Lateral positioning for critically ill adult patients (protocol stage)
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Levonorgestrel intrauterine system for endometrial protection in women with breast cancer on adjuvant tamoxifen (protocol stage)
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Long-acting beta2-agonists for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: serious adverse events (protocol stage)
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Low-molecular-weight heparins or heparinoids versus standard unfractionated heparin for acute ischaemic stroke
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Maintenance treatments for opiate dependent adolescent (protocol stage)
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Mechanical chest compressions versus manual chest compressions for cardiac arrest (protocol stage)
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Mechanical traction for neck pain with or without radiculopathy
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Mediastinal chest drain clearance for cardiac surgery
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Medical treatments for incomplete miscarriage (less than 24 weeks) (protocol stage)
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Methadone at tapered doses for the management of opioid withdrawal
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Methods of delivering the placenta at caesarean section
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Methylxanthine treatment for apnea in preterm infants
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Metrifonate for Alzheimer's disease
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Modest cooling therapies (35ºC to 37.5ºC) for traumatic brain injury
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Neonatal screening for sickle cell disease
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Neurosurgical interventions for the treatment of classical trigeminal neuralgia (protocol stage)
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Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (CPAP or bilevel NPPV) for cardiogenic pulmonary edema
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Non-surgical interventions to decrease blood loss and blood transfusion requirements for liver resection (protocol stage)
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Normobaric and hyperbaric oxygen therapy for migraine and cluster headache
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Occlusal interventions for periodontitis in adults
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Off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting for ischaemic heart disease (protocol stage)
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Open surgical procedures for incisional hernias
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Oral anti-pseudomonal antibiotics for cystic fibrosis
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Oral zinc for treating diarrhoea in children
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Outcomes of patients who participate in randomized controlled trials compared to similar patients receiving similar interventions who do not participate
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Ovulation triggers in anovulatory women undergoing ovulation induction
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Oxygen therapy for dyspnoea in adults
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Pacifier use versus no pacifier use in breastfeeding term infants for increasing duration of breastfeeding (protocol stage)
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Pelargonium sidoides extract for acute respiratory tract infections
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Pentoxifylline for alcoholic hepatitis (protocol stage)
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Peribulbar versus retrobulbar anaesthesia for cataract surgery
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Perinatal safety of topical corticosteroids for pregnant women (protocol stage)
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Perioperative glycaemic control for diabetic patients undergoing surgery (protocol stage)
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Personal assistance for adults (19-64) with physical impairments
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Personal assistance for children and adolescents (0-18) with both physical and intellectual impairments
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Personal assistance for children and adolescents (0-18) with intellectual impairments
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Personal assistance for children and adolescents (0-18) with physical impairments
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Pharmacologic treatment of depression in multiple sclerosis (protocol stage)
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Pharmacological interventions for clozapine-induced hypersalivation
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Physical activity and enhanced fitness to improve cognitive function in older people without known cognitive impairment
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Physical activity programs for persons with dementia
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Physical therapies for reducing and controlling lymphoedema of the limbs
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Physical therapy for Bell´s palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
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Piracetam for dementia or cognitive impairment
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Plasmakinetic resection versus transurethral resection of the prostate for benign prostatic hyperplasia (protocol stage)
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Policy interventions implemented through sporting organisations for promoting healthy behaviour change
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Preconception counselling for women with epilepsy to reduce adverse pregnancy outcome
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Preoperative biliary drainage for obstructive jaundice
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Preoperative medical testing for cataract surgery (protocol stage)
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Prevention of suicide and suicidal behaviour in adolescents (protocol stage)
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Primary repair for penetrating colon injuries
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Printed educational materials: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes
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Probiotics for induction of remission in Crohn's disease
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Propentofylline for dementia
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Prophylactic chemotherapy for hydatidiform mole (protocol stage)
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Prophylactic methylxanthines for extubation in preterm infants
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Propofol for procedural sedation/anesthesia in neonates (protocol stage)
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Psychological interventions for people with cystic fibrosis and their families
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Psychological interventions for women with metastatic breast cancer
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Psychological therapies versus pharmacotherapy for obsessive compulsive disorder (protocol stage)
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Psychological treatments for epilepsy
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Psychosocial interventions for prevention of psychological disorders in law enforcement officers
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Psychosocial interventions for women enrolled in alcohol treatment during pregnancy.
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Radioiodine treatment for pediactric Graves' disease
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Rapid versus stepwise negative pressure application for vacuum extraction assisted vaginal delivery
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Recordings or summaries of consultations for people with cancer
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Regular self-examination or clinical examination for early detection of breast cancer
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Regular treatment with salmeterol for chronic asthma: serious adverse events
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Rehabilitation for ankle fractures in adults
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Rehabilitation programmes for schizophrenia (protocol stage)
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Removal of nail polish and finger rings to prevent surgical infection
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Respite care for people with dementia and their carers
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Risk assessment tools for the prevention of pressure ulcers
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Routine intraoperative ureteric stenting for kidney transplant recipients
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S-Adenosylmethionine for osteoarthritis of the knee or hip (protocol stage)
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Screening for gestational diabetes mellitus for improving maternal and infant health (protocol stage)
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Sedative techniques for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (protocol stage)
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Servo-control for maintaining abdominal skin temperature at 36C in low birth weight infants
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Shared decision making interventions for people with mental health conditions (protocol stage)
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Snoezelen for dementia
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Somatostatin analogues for acute bleeding oesophageal varices
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Stem cell transplantation for ischemic stroke (protocol stage)
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Structured telephone support or telemonitoring programs for patients with chronic heart failure (protocol stage)
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Substitution of nurses for doctors in managing HIV/AIDS antiretroviral therapy (protocol stage)
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Surgery for post-vitrectomy cataract
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Surgery for tubal infertility
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Surgery or embolisation for varicoceles in subfertile men
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Surgery versus primary endocrine therapy for operable primary breast cancer in elderly women (70 years plus)
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Surgery versus radical endotherapies for early cancer and high grade dysplasia in Barrett's oesophagus (protocol stage)
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Surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation (protocol stage)
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Surgical resection and whole brain radiation therapy versus whole brain radiation therapy alone for single brain metastases
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Surgical techniques for uterine incision and uterine closure at the time of caesarean section
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Surgical versus conservative interventions for treating fractures of the middle third of the clavicle (protocol stage)
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Systemic antimicrobial prophylaxis for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
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Tacrolimus (FK506) for induction of remission in refractory ulcerative colitis
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Target-controlled infusion versus manually-controlled infusion of propofol for general anaesthesia or sedation in adults
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Theory-based interventions for contraception (protocol stage)
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Therapeutic drug monitoring of antiretrovirals for people with HIV (protocol stage)
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Therapeutic ultrasound for pressure ulcers
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Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT) for tinnitus (protocol stage)
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Topical retinoids for acne vulgaris (protocol stage)
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Topical use of antifibrinolytic drugs for preventing bleeding in surgery and trauma patients (protocol stage)
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Topiramate add-on for drug-resistant partial epilepsy
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Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) for cancer pain in adults
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Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for chronic pain
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Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for persistent phantom and stump pain following amputation in adults (protocol stage)
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Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for pain relief in labour (protocol stage)
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Trazodone for agitation in dementia
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Treatment for meralgia paraesthetica
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Treatment for thoracic outlet syndrome (protocol stage)
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Trypanocidal drugs for late stage, symptomatic Chagas disease (Trypanosoma cruzi infection)
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Type I interferons for induction of remission in ulcerative colitis
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Ursodeoxycholic acid for primary biliary cirrhosis
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Uterine massage for preventing postpartum haemorrhage
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Vaccines for post-exposure prophylaxis against varicella (chickenpox) in children and adults
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Vaginal dilator therapy for women receiving pelvic radiotherapy (protocol stage)
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Valproate for schizophrenia
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Vigabatrin for refractory partial epilepsy
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Vitamin A supplementation for cystic fibrosis
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Vitamin A supplementation for reducing the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection
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Vitamin B for treating peripheral neuropathy
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Vitamin B6 for cognition
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Vitamin D supplementation for cystic fibrosis (protocol stage)
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Vitamin K for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with liver diseases
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Wound drainage after plastic and reconstructive surgery of the breast (protocol stage)
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Wound drains after incisional hernia repair
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Zhiling decoction for vascular dementia