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- Factor Xa inhibitors for acute coronary syndromes
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 14-Feb-2011
The activation of coagulation mechanisms plays a central role in the pathogenesis of acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Administration of unfractionated heparin (UFH) and low molecular weight heparins (LMWH), agents preventing the progression of thrombus for
- Factor Xa inhibitors versus vitamin K antagonists for preventing cerebral or systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 16-Feb-2015
Anticoagulant treatment with vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) is aimed at preventing thromboembolic complications and has been the therapy of choice for most people with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) for many decades. A new class of anticoagulants, th
- Factors that influence parents' and informal caregivers' views and practices regarding routine childhood vaccination: a qualitative evidence synthesis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 27-Oct-2021
Childhood vaccination is one of the most effective ways to prevent serious illnesses and deaths in children. However, worldwide, many children do not receive all recommended vaccinations, for several potential reasons. Vaccines might be unavailable, or pa
- Family and carer smoking control programmes for reducing children's exposure to environmental tobacco smoke
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 31-Jan-2018
Children's exposure to other people's tobacco smoke (environmental tobacco smoke, or ETS) is associated with a range of adverse health outcomes for children. Parental smoking is a common source of children's exposure to ETS. Older children in child care o
- Family and parenting interventions in children and adolescents with conduct disorder and delinquency aged 10-17
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 11-Nov-2008
Conduct disorder and delinquency are significant problems for children and adolescents and their families, with the potential to consume much of the resources of the health, social care and juvenile justice systems. A number of family and parenting interv
- Family intervention (brief) for schizophrenia
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 3-Mar-2014
Supportive, positive family environments have been shown to improve outcomes for patients with schizophrenia in contrast with family environments that express high levels of criticism, hostility, or over-involvement, which have poorer outcomes and have mo
- Family intervention for schizophrenia
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 17-Oct-2012
People with schizophrenia from families that express high levels of criticism, hostility, or over involvement, have more frequent relapses than people with similar problems from families that tend to be less expressive of emotions. Forms of psychosocial i
- Family interventions for bipolar disorder
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 31-Oct-2008
Pharmacological treatments are the principal intervention for bipolar disorder. Alone, however, they are not sufficient to control symptoms and maintain psychosocial functioning. Adjunctive psychosocial interventions may help to improve the patient's cond
- Family support for reducing morbidity and mortality in people with HIV/AIDS
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 13-May-2009
Care and support play a critical role in assisting people who are HIV-positive to understand the need for prevention and to enable them to protect others. As the HIV/AIDS pandemic progresses and HIV-seropositive individuals contend with devastating illnes
- Family therapy for anorexia nervosa
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 12-May-2010
Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is characterised by distorted body image and deliberately maintained low body weight. The long term prognosis is often poor, with severe medical, developmental and psychosocial complications, high rates of relapse and mortality. Diff
- Family therapy for asthma in children
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 29-Mar-2009
Psychosocial and emotional factors are important in childhood asthma. Nevertheless, drug therapy alone continues to be the main treatment. Treatment programmes that include behavioural or psychological interventions have been developed to improve disturbe
- Family therapy for attention-deficit disorder or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 16-Feb-2010
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is diagnosed in between 3% and 7% of school-age children and consists of the core symptoms of inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity. Children are often treated with medication, usually stimulant medicat
- Family therapy for depression
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 31-Oct-2008
People with depression often experience interpersonal problems. Family therapy for depression is a widely used intervention, but it is unclear whether this is an effective therapy for the treatment of depression.
- Family-based programmes for preventing smoking by children and adolescents
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 4-Feb-2015
There is evidence that family and friends influence children's decisions to smoke.
- Family-centred care for hospitalised children aged 0-12 years
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 14-Nov-2012
This is an update of the Cochrane systematic review of family-centred care published in 2007 (Shields 2007). Family-centred care (FCC) is a widely used model in paediatrics, is thought to be the best way to provide care to children in hospital and is ubiq
- Fast track surgery versus conventional recovery strategies for colorectal surgery
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 4-Jan-2011
In recent years the Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) postoperative pathway in (ileo-)colorectal surgery, aiming at improving perioperative care and decreasing postoperative complications, has become more common.
- Fast-track cardiac care for adult cardiac surgical patients
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 6-Sep-2012
Fast-track cardiac care is a complex intervention involving several components of care during cardiac anaesthesia and in the postoperative period, all with the ultimate aim of early extubation after surgery, to reduce the length of stay in the intensive c
- Fat supplementation of human milk for promoting growth in preterm infants
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 22-Oct-2008
For term infants, human milk provides adequate nutrition to facilitate growth, as well as potential beneficial effects on immunity and the maternal-infant emotional state. However, the role of human milk in premature infants is less well defined as it con
- Feather versus non-feather bedding for asthma
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 1-Mar-2009
Two recent epidemiological studies have reported that children using non-feather pillows suffered from more frequent episodes of wheeze than those using feather pillows
- Febuxostat for treating chronic gout
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-Sep-2012
Gout is the most common inflammatory arthritis in men over 40 years and has an increasing prevalence among postmenopausal women. Lowering serum uric acid levels remains one of the primary goals in the treatment of chronic gout. In clinical trials, febuxos
