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- Interventions for preventing eating disorders in children and adolescents
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 1-Nov-2008
Eating disorders represent an extremely difficult, time-consuming and costly condition to treat. Being young, female, and dieting are some of the few identified risk factors that have been reliably linked to the development of eating disorders. There is c
- Interventions for preventing falls in elderly people
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 10-Nov-2009
Approximately 30 per cent of people over 65 years of age and living in the community fall each year; the number is higher in institutions. Although less than one fall in 10 results in a fracture, a fifth of fall incidents require medical attention.
- Interventions for preventing falls in older people in care facilities and hospitals
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-Sep-2018
Falls in care facilities and hospitals are common events that cause considerable morbidity and mortality for older people. This is an update of a review first published in 2010 and updated in 2012.
- Interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 30-Apr-2015
Approximately 30% of people over 65 years of age living in the community fall each year. This is an update of a Cochrane review first published in 2009.
- Interventions for preventing falls in Parkinson's disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 6-Jun-2022
Most people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) experience at least one fall during the course of their disease. Several interventions designed to reduce falls have been studied. An up-to-date synthesis of evidence for interventions to reduce falls in people wi
- Interventions for preventing falls in people after stroke
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 8-Apr-2013
Falls are one of the most common medical complications after stroke with a reported incidence of 7% in the first week after stroke onset. Studies investigating falls in the later phase after stroke report an incidence of up to 73% in the first year post-s
- Interventions for preventing hamstring injuries
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 25-Nov-2009
Some sports, such as football, have a high incidence of hamstring injuries. Various interventions targeting the prevention of such injuries are in common use.
- Interventions for preventing high altitude illness: Part 1. Commonly‐used classes of drugs
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 27-Jun-2017
High altitude illness (HAI) is a term used to describe a group of cerebral and pulmonary syndromes that can occur during travel to elevations above 2500 metres ( ˜ 8200 feet ). Acute hypoxia, acute mountain sickness (AMS), high altitude cerebral oedema (H
- Interventions for preventing infection in nephrotic syndrome
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 20-Feb-2012
Infection is one of the most common complications and still remains a significant cause of morbidity and occasionally mortality in patients, especially children with nephrotic syndrome. Many different prophylactic interventions have been used or recommend
- Interventions for preventing infectious complications in haemodialysis patients with central venous catheters
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 8-Nov-2009
Central venous catheters (CVC) continue to play a prominent role in haemodialysis vascular access with 46% to 70% of patients commencing haemodialysis via a CVC. CVC access is associated with catheter-related infections, increased patient hospitalisations
- Interventions for preventing injuries in problem drinkers
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 15-Sep-2008
Alcohol consumption has been linked with injuries through motor vehicle crashes, falls, drowning, fires and burns, and violence. In the US, half of the estimated 100,000 deaths attributed to alcohol each year are due to intentional and unintentional injur
- Interventions for preventing injuries in the agricultural industry
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 30-Mar-2009
Agriculture is more hazardous than most other industries. Many strategies have been introduced to reduce injuries in the field, yet the effectiveness of different interventions on occupational injuries still remains unclear.
- Interventions for preventing late postnatal mother-to-child transmission of HIV
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 9-Nov-2009
Worldwide, mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV) represents the most common means by which children acquire HIV infection. Efficacious and effective interventions to prevent in utero and intrapartum transmission
- Interventions for preventing lower limb soft-tissue running injuries
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 15-Aug-2011
Overuse soft-tissue injuries occur frequently in runners. Stretching exercises, modification of training schedules, and the use of protective devices such as braces and insoles are often advocated for prevention. This is an update of a review first publis
- Interventions for preventing mastitis after childbirth
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 29-Sep-2020
Despite the health benefits of breastfeeding, initiation and duration rates continue to fall short of international guidelines. Many factors influence a woman's decision to wean; the main reason cited for weaning is associated with lactation complications
- Interventions for preventing nausea and vomiting in women undergoing regional anaesthesia for caesarean section
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 25-Jul-2012
Nausea and vomiting are distressing symptoms which are experienced commonly during caesarean section under regional anaesthesia and can also occur in the period following the procedure.
- Interventions for preventing neuropathy caused by cisplatin and related compounds
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 27-Feb-2014
Cisplatin and several related antineoplastic drugs used to treat many types of solid tumours are neurotoxic, and most patients completing a full course of cisplatin chemotherapy develop a clinically detectable sensory neuropathy. Effective neuroprotective
- Interventions for preventing non-melanoma skin cancers in high-risk groups
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 18-Feb-2015
Some groups of people have a greater risk of developing common non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSC).
- Interventions for preventing obesity in children
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 9-Nov-2011
Prevention of childhood obesity is an international public health priority given the significant impact of obesity on acute and chronic diseases, general health, development and well-being. The international evidence base for strategies that governments,
- Interventions for preventing occupational irritant hand dermatitis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 11-May-2010
Occupational irritant hand dermatitis (OIHD) is an important cause of discomfort in the working population. Different preventive measures are in place but it is not clear how effective these are.
