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- Interprofessional collaboration: effects of practice-based interventions on professional practice and healthcare outcomes
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 12-May-2009
Poor interprofessional collaboration (IPC) can negatively affect the delivery of health services and patient care. Interventions that address IPC problems have the potential to improve professional practice and healthcare outcomes.
- Interprofessional education: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 28-Mar-2013
The delivery of effective, high-quality patient care is a complex activity. It demands health and social care professionals collaborate in an effective manner. Research continues to suggest that collaboration between these professionals can be problematic
- Interrupted versus uninterrupted anticoagulation therapy for catheter ablation in adults with arrhythmias
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 21-Oct-2021
The management of anticoagulation therapy around the time of catheter ablation (CA) procedure for adults with arrhythmia is critical and yet is variable in clinical practice. The ideal approach for safe and effective perioperative management should balanc
- Interspace/interdental brushes for oral hygiene in orthodontic patients with fixed appliances
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 18-Sep-2013
Accumulation of plaque on tooth surfaces that have fixed orthodontic appliances is increased. Effective removal is essential to maintain oral health but it is unclear whether the use of interdental or interspace brushes is useful.
- Interval debulking surgery for advanced epithelial ovarian cancer
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-Jan-2016
Interval debulking surgery (IDS), following induction or neoadjuvant chemotherapy, may have a role in treating advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (stage III to IV) where primary debulking surgery is not an option.
- Intervention for childhood apraxia of speech
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 9-Aug-2009
The diagnostic criteria for Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS), and the underlying cause(s) for this disorder, remain heavily debated. Some agreement exists that children with CAS may have impairments in one or more of the following domains: non-speech ora
- Intervention for dysarthria associated with acquired brain injury in children and adolescents
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 13-May-2008
The term 'acquired brain injury' (ABI) incorporates a range of aetiologies including cerebrovascular accident, brain tumour and traumatic brain injury. ABI is a common cause of disability in the paediatric population, and dysarthria is a common and often
- Interventionist versus expectant care for severe pre-eclampsia between 24 and 34 weeks' gestation
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 25-Jul-2013
Severe pre-eclampsia can cause significant mortality and morbidity for both mother and child, particularly when it occurs remote from term, between 24 and 34 weeks' gestation. The only known cure for this disease is delivery. Some obstetricians advocate e
- Interventions (other than pharmacological, psychosocial or psychological) for treating antenatal depression
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 22-Jul-2013
A meta-analysis of 21 studies suggests the mean prevalence rate for depression across the antenatal period is 10.7%, ranging from 7.4% in the first trimester to a high of 12.8% in the second trimester. Due to maternal treatment preferences and potential c
- Interventions aimed at communities to inform and/or educate about early childhood vaccination
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 11-Nov-2014
A range of strategies are used to communicate with parents, caregivers and communities regarding child vaccination in order to inform decisions and improve vaccination uptake. These strategies include interventions in which information is aimed at larger
- Interventions at caesarean section for reducing the risk of aspiration pneumonitis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 27-Jan-2014
Aspiration pneumonitis is a syndrome resulting from the inhalation of gastric contents. The incidence in obstetric anaesthesia has fallen, largely due to improved anaesthetic techniques and the increased use of regional anaesthesia at caesarean section. H
- Interventions based on the Theory of Mind cognitive model for autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 20-Mar-2014
The 'Theory of Mind' (ToM) model suggests that people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have a profound difficulty understanding the minds of other people - their emotions, feelings, beliefs, and thoughts. As an explanation for some of the characteristi
- Interventions before consultations for helping patients address their information needs
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 26-Oct-2008
Patients often do not get the information they require from doctors and nurses. To address this problem, interventions directed at patients to help them gather information in their healthcare consultations have been proposed and tested.
- Interventions designed to prevent healthcare bed-related injuries in patients
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 9-Feb-2012
Every patient in residential healthcare has a bed. Falling out of bed is associated with preventable patient harm. Various interventions to prevent injury are available. Bed rails are the most common intervention designed to prevent patients falling out o
- Interventions for actinic keratoses
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 14-Nov-2012
Actinic keratoses are a skin disease caused by long-term sun exposure, and their lesions have the potential to develop into squamous cell carcinoma. Treatments for actinic keratoses are sought for cosmetic reasons, for the relief of associated symptoms, o
- Interventions for acute auricular haematoma
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 31-Jan-2011
This is an update of a Cochrane Review first published in The Cochrane Library in Issue 2, 2004 and previously updated in 2005 and 2008.
- Interventions for acute internal hordeolum
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 29-Mar-2013
Hordeolum is a common, painful inflammation of the eyelid margin that is usually caused by bacterial infection. The infection affects oil glands of the eyelid and can be internal or external. In many cases, the lesion drains spontaneously and resolves unt
- Interventions for acute non-arteritic central retinal artery occlusion
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 9-Nov-2008
Acute central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) occurs as a sudden interruption of the blood supply to the retina and results in an almost complete loss of vision in the affected eye. There is no generally agreed treatment regimen although a number of thera
- Interventions for acute otitis externa
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 10-Nov-2009
Acute otitis externa is an inflammatory condition of the ear canal, with or without infection. Symptoms include ear discomfort, itchiness, discharge and impaired hearing. It is also known as 'swimmer's ear' and can usually be treated successfully with a c
- Interventions for age-related visual problems in patients with stroke
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 31-Jan-2012
The prevalence of eye problems increases with age and, consequently, so does the level of visual impairment. As the incidence of stroke also increases with age, a significant proportion of stroke patients will have age-related visual problems. It is possi
