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- 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, 6-Oct-2022
Malaria remains an important public health problem. Research in 1900 suggested house modifications may reduce malaria transmission. A previous version of this review concluded that house screening may be effective in reducing malaria. This update includes
- 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.
- Human albumin solution for resuscitation and volume expansion in critically ill patients
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 9-Nov-2011
Human albumin solutions are used for a range of medical and surgical problems. Licensed indications are the emergency treatment of shock and other conditions where restoration of blood volume is urgent, such as in burns and hypoproteinaemia. Human albumin
- Human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) for preventing miscarriage
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 10-Dec-2012
Recurrent miscarriage (RM) is defined as the loss of three or more consecutive pregnancies. Further research is required to understand the causes of RM, which remain unknown for many couples. Human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) is vital for maintaining th
- Human chorionic gonadotrophin for recurrent miscarriage
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 11-Jun-2008
There may be an association between recurrent miscarriage and abnormal hormone function in the follicular phase. Human chorionic gonadotrophin may play a role in preventing miscarriages.
- Human chorionic gonadotrophin for threatened miscarriage
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 13-Apr-2010
Miscarriage is a common occurrence in early pregnancy. Human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) is secreted by the syncytiotrophoblast. It promotes the corpus luteum to secrete progesterone and helps in maintaining the pregnancy. Hence, there has been much int
- Human chorionic gonadotrophin priming for fertility treatment with in vitro maturation
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 16-Nov-2016
In vitro maturation (IVM) is a fertility treatment that involves the transvaginal retrieval of immature oocytes, and their subsequent maturation and fertilisation. Although the live birth rate is lower than conventional in vitro fertilisation (IVF) with o
