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Updated Reviews and Protocols from The Cochrane Library, Issue 4, 2009

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-Non-pharmacological interventions for wandering of people with dementia in the domestic setting
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Abdominal decompression in normal pregnancy
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Acellular vaccines for preventing whooping cough in children
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Addition of inhaled long-acting beta2-agonists to inhaled steroids as first line therapy for persistent asthma in steroid-naive adults and children
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Antenatal day care units versus hospital admission for women with complicated pregnancy
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Antenatal lower genital tract infection screening and treatment programs for preventing preterm delivery
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Antenatal phenobarbital for reducing neonatal jaundice after red cell isoimmunization
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Anti-inflammatory treatment for carditis in acute rheumatic fever
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Antibiotic prophylaxis for hernia repair.
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Antibiotic prophylaxis to reduce respiratory tract infections and mortality in adults receiving intensive care
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Antibiotic strategies for eradicating Pseudomonas aeruginosa in people with cystic fibrosis
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Antibiotics for brain abscesses in people with cyanotic congenital heart disease
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Antibiotics for community acquired pneumonia in adult outpatients
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Antibiotics for gonorrhoea in pregnancy
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Antibiotics for preventing infection in open limb fractures
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Antibiotics for syphilis diagnosed during pregnancy
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Antibiotics for treating community acquired pneumonia in people with sickle cell disease
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Anticholinergics for prolonged non-specific cough in children
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Antidepressants for patients with tinnitus
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Antidepressants for smoking cessation
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Antiviral treatment for Bell's palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
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Area-wide traffic calming for preventing traffic related injuries
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Aromatase inhibitors for treatment of advanced breast cancer in postmenopausal women
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Artichoke leaf extract for treating hypercholesterolaemia
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Azathioprine or 6-mercaptopurine for induction of remission in Crohn's disease
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Barbiturates for acute traumatic brain injury
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Betamimetics for suspected impaired fetal growth
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Bisphosphonates for osteoporosis in people with cystic fibrosis
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Blood pressure lowering in patients without prior cerebrovascular disease for prevention of cognitive impairment and dementia
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Blood transfusion for preventing stroke in people with sickle cell disease
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Bronchodilators for the prevention and treatment of chronic lung disease in preterm infants
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Calcium channel blockers for potential impaired fetal growth
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Chemotherapy versus best supportive care for extensive small cell lung cancer
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Chinese medicinal herbs for measles
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Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or motor neuron disease
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Clinical pathways for chronic cough in children
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Clomiphene and anti-oestrogens for ovulation induction in PCOS
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Cryoplasty for peripheral vascular disease
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Day hospital versus outpatient care for people with schizophrenia
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Diuretics for Ménière's disease or syndrome
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Donepezil for mild cognitive impairment
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Double gloving to reduce surgical cross-infection
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Doxapram treatment for apnea in preterm infants
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Drugs for discoid lupus erythematosus
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Effects and safety of preventive oral iron or iron+folic acid supplementation for women during pregnancy
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Electrotherapy for neck pain
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Enamel matrix derivative (Emdogain®) for periodontal tissue regeneration in intrabony defects
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Endometrial resection / ablation techniques for heavy menstrual bleeding
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Eradication therapy for peptic ulcer disease in Helicobacter pylori positive patients
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Extra-amniotic prostaglandin for induction of labour
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Functional endoscopic sinus surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis
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Fundoplication versus post-operative medication for gastro-oesophageal reflux in children with neurological impairment undergoing gastrostomy
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Gastro-oesophageal reflux treatment for prolonged non-specific cough in children and adults
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Glucosamine therapy for treating osteoarthritis
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Growth hormone for in vitro fertilization
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Habit retraining for the management of urinary incontinence in adults
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Haemostatic drug therapies for acute spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage
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Heliox for non-intubated acute asthma patients
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Hepatic artery adjuvant chemotherapy for patients having resection or ablation of colorectal cancer metastatic to the liver
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Hormones for suspected impaired fetal growth
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Hyaluronidase for cervical ripening and induction of labour
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Hydration for treatment of preterm labour
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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for acute ischaemic stroke
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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the adjunctive treatment of traumatic brain injury
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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for thermal burns
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Hypothermia for traumatic head injury
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Individual psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis for schizophrenia and severe mental illness
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Induction of labour for suspected fetal macrosomia
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Influenza vaccine for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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Interventions for cutaneous molluscum contagiosum
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Interventions for idiopathic intracranial hypertension
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Interventions for increasing pedestrian and cyclist visibility for the prevention of death and injuries
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Interventions for preventing oral candidiasis for patients with cancer receiving treatment
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Interventions for preventing venous thromboembolism following abdominal aortic surgery
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Interventions for replacing missing teeth: horizontal and vertical bone augmentation techniques for dental implant treatment
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Intranasal steroids for acute sinusitis
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Intrapartum interventions for preventing shoulder dystocia
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Intravenous oxytocin alone for cervical ripening and induction of labour
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Ivermectin for onchocercal eye disease (river blindness)
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Laparoscopic surgery for pelvic pain associated with endometriosis
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Laparoscopic surgery for presumed benign ovarian tumor during pregnancy
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Leflunomide for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
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LHRH agonists for adjuvant therapy of early breast cancer in premenopausal women
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Lifestyle modification for obstructive sleep apnoea
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Light therapy for managing cognitive, sleep, functional, behavioural, or psychiatric disturbances in dementia
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Low-dose dopamine for women with severe pre-eclampsia
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Maternal glucose administration for facilitating tests of fetal wellbeing
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Maternal oxygen administration for suspected impaired fetal growth
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Near-infrared spectroscopy for fetal assessment during labour
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Nebulised morphine for severe interstitial lung disease
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Neuromuscular paralysis for newborn infants receiving mechanical ventilation
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Neuroreflexotherapy for non-specific low-back pain
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Operative versus conservative management for 'fetal distress' in labour
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Opioid antagonists for smoking cessation
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Opioid antagonists with minimal sedation for opioid withdrawal
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Oral contraceptive pill for heavy menstrual bleeding
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Oral paliperidone for schizophrenia
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Ovulation suppression for endometriosis for women with subfertility
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Oxygen therapy during exercise training in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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Patch angioplasty versus primary closure for carotid endarterectomy
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Penicillin for secondary prevention of rheumatic fever
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Pharmacological interventions for spasticity following spinal cord injury
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Photodynamic therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration
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Physical fitness training for stroke patients
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Piracetam for fetal distress in labour
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Plugs for containing faecal incontinence
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Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines for preventing vaccine-type invasive pneumococcal disease and X-ray defined pneumonia in children less than two years of age
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Post-operative radiotherapy for ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast
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Premedication for anxiety in adult day surgery
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Preoperative fasting for preventing perioperative complications in children
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Pressure modification for improving usage of continuous positive airway pressure machines in adults with obstructive sleep apnoea
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Prevention and treatment of postpartum hypertension
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Prolotherapy injections for chronic low-back pain
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Prophylactic doxapram for the prevention of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants undergoing endotracheal extubation
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Prophylactic oral/topical non-absorbed antifungal agents to prevent invasive fungal infection in very low birth weight infants
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Pulse oximetry for perioperative monitoring
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Recombinant factor VIIa for the prevention and treatment of bleeding in patients without haemophilia
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Recombinant growth hormone therapy for X-linked hypophosphatemia in children
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Ribavirin monotherapy for chronic hepatitis C
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Routine or selective carotid artery shunting for carotid endarterectomy (and different methods of monitoring in selective shunting)
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Scopolamine (hyoscine) for preventing and treating motion sickness
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Screening for breast cancer with mammography
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Steroid hormones for contraception in men
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Steroidal contraceptives: effect on carbohydrate metabolism in women without diabetes mellitus
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Steroids for idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss
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Surgery for thumb (trapeziometacarpal joint) osteoarthritis
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Thienopyridine derivatives versus aspirin for preventing stroke and other serious vascular events in high vascular risk patients
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Thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke
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Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for primary dysmenorrhoea
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Transcutaneous electrostimulation for osteoarthritis of the knee
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Transcutaneous electrostimulation for suspected placental insufficiency (diagnosed by Doppler studies)
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Treatment of hypertension in peripheral arterial disease
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Unit-dose packaged drugs for treating malaria
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Urinary catheter policies for long-term bladder drainage
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Vaccines for preventing infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis
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Vaccines for preventing influenza in people with cystic fibrosis
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Vaginal prostaglandin (PGE2 and PGF2a) for induction of labour at term