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- Hormone therapy for endometriosis and surgical menopause
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 21-Jan-2009
Endometriosis is characterized by the presence of ectopic endometrial tissue that might lead to many distressing and debilitating symptoms. Despite available studies supporting standard hormone therapy for women with endometriosis and post-surgical menopa
- Hormone therapy for preventing cardiovascular disease in post‐menopausal women
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 10-Mar-2015
Evidence from systematic reviews of observational studies suggests that hormone therapy may have beneficial effects in reducing the incidence of cardiovascular disease events in post-menopausal women, however the results of randomised controlled trials (R
- Hormone therapy for sexual function in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 31-May-2013
The perimenopausal and postmenopausal periods are associated with many symptoms, including sexual complaints.
- Hormone therapy in postmenopausal women and risk of endometrial hyperplasia
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 15-Aug-2012
Reduced circulating estrogen levels around the time of the menopause can induce unacceptable symptoms that affect the health and well-being of women. Hormone therapy (both unopposed estrogen and estrogen/progestogen combinations) is an effective treatment
- Hormones for suspected impaired fetal growth
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 20-Jan-2003
It has been suggested that oestrogens may improve fetal growth due to an increase in nutritional supply to the fetus from greater uterine blood flow.
- Horse chestnut seed extract for chronic venous insufficiency
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 14-Nov-2012
Conservative therapy of chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) consists largely of compression treatment. However, this often causes discomfort and has been associated with poor compliance. Therefore, oral drug treatment is an attractive option. This is an up
- Horticultural therapy for schizophrenia
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-May-2014
Horticultural therapy is defined as the process of utilising fruits, vegetables, flowers and plants facilitated by a trained therapist or healthcare provider, to achieve specific treatment goals or to simply improve a person's well-being. It can be used f
- Hospital at home for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 13-Apr-2012
Hospital at home schemes are a recently adopted method of service delivery for the management of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) aimed at reducing demand for acute hospital inpatient beds and promoting a patient-centred
- Hospital at home: home‐based end‐of‐life care
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 15-Mar-2021
The policy several countries is to provide people with a terminal illness the choice of dying at home; this is supported by surveys that indicate that the general public and people with a terminal illness would prefer to receive end-of-life care at home.
- Hospital nurse‐staffing models and patient‐ and staff‐related outcomes
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 23-Apr-2019
Nurses comprise the largest component of the health workforce worldwide and numerous models of workforce allocation and profile have been implemented. These include changes in skill mix, grade mix or qualification mix, staff-allocation models, staffing le
- Hospitalisation and bed rest for multiple pregnancy
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-Jul-2010
Bed rest used to be widely advised for women with a multiple pregnancy.
- Hospitalisation in short‐stay units for adults with internal medicine diseases and conditions
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 13-Aug-2018
Short-stay units are hospital units that provide short-term care for selected patients. Studies have indicated that short-stay units might reduce admission rates, time of hospital stays, hospital readmissions and expenditure without compromising the quali
- House dust mite avoidance measures for perennial allergic rhinitis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-Jul-2010
This is an update of a Cochrane Review first published in The Cochrane Library in Issue 4, 2001 and previously updated in 2003 and 2007.
- House dust mite control measures for asthma
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 16-Apr-2008
The major allergen in house dust comes from mites. Chemical, physical and combined methods of reducing mite allergen levels are intended to reduce asthma symptoms in people who are sensitive to house dust mites.
- House dust mite reduction and avoidance measures for treating eczema
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-Jan-2015
Eczema is an inflammatory skin disease that tends to involve skin creases, such as the folds of the elbows or knees; it is an intensely itchy skin condition, which can relapse and remit over time. As many as a third of people with eczema who have a positi
- House modifications for preventing malaria
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 20-Jan-2021
Despite being preventable, malaria remains an important public health problem. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that overall progress in malaria control has plateaued for the first time since the turn of the century. Researchers and policymaker
- Household interventions for secondary prevention of domestic lead exposure in children
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 6-Oct-2020
Lead exposure is a serious health hazard, especially for children. It is associated with physical, cognitive and neurobehavioural impairment in children. There are many potential sources of lead in the environment, therefore trials have tested many househ
- Housing improvements for health and associated socio‐economic outcomes
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 28-Feb-2013
The well established links between poor housing and poor health indicate that housing improvement may be an important mechanism through which public investment can lead to health improvement. Intervention studies which have assessed the health impacts of
- Human albumin for intradialytic hypotension in haemodialysis patients
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 4-Oct-2010
Intradialytic hypotension (IDH) occurs in 20% to 55% of haemodialysis sessions and is more frequent among patients on long-term haemodialysis. Symptomatic IDH is generally defined as a decrease in systolic blood pressure (BP) of at least 10 mm Hg or a sys
- Human albumin infusion for treating oedema in people with nephrotic syndrome
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 12-Jul-2019
Oedema is a common clinical symptom in people with nephrotic syndrome and human albumin has been widely used in the treatment of oedema by increasing vascular volume and this inducing diuresis. It may be used with or without diuretics such as furosemide.
