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- Antibiotic prophylaxis for preventing meningitis in patients with basilar skull fractures
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 8-Apr-2015
Basilar skull fractures predispose patients to meningitis because of the possible direct contact of bacteria in the paranasal sinuses, nasopharynx or middle ear with the central nervous system (CNS). Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage has been associated w
- Antibiotic prophylaxis for surgical introduction of intracranial ventricular shunts
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 31-Aug-2008
Systemic antibiotics and antibiotic-impregnated shunt systems are often used to prevent shunt infection.
- Antibiotics for brain abscesses in people with cyanotic congenital heart disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 12-Feb-2013
Brain abscess is a focal, intracerebral infection that begins as a localized area of brain infection and develops into a collection of pus surrounded by a well-vascularized capsule. People with cyanotic congenital heart disease are at risk of developing b
- Antibiotics for preventing meningococcal infections
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 22-Oct-2013
Meningococcal disease is a contagious bacterial infection caused by Neisseria meningitidis (N. meningitidis). Household contacts have the highest risk of contracting the disease during the first week of a case being detected. Prophylaxis is considered for
- Anticholinergic medication for neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-Nov-2012
Neuroleptic medication is used extensively to treat people with chronic mental illnesses. However, it is associated with a wide range of adverse effects, including movement disorders. Because of this, many acutely psychotic patients being treated with neu
- Anticholinergics for symptomatic management of Parkinson´s disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 20-Oct-2008
Anticholinergics were the first drugs available for the symptomatic treatment of Parkinson´s disease and they are still widely used today, both as monotherapy and as part of combination regimes. They are commonly believed to be associated with a less favo
- Anticonvulsant drugs for acute and chronic pain
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 3-Sep-2009
Anticonvulsant drugs have been used in the management of pain since the 1960s. The clinical impression is that they are useful for chronic neuropathic pain, especially when the pain is lancinating or burning. Readers are referred to reviews of carbamazepi
- Anticonvulsant drugs for migraine prophylaxis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 9-Jul-2015
This review has been split and updated in a series of four new reviews, all with the author byline Linde M, Mulleners WM, Chronicle EP, McCrory DC. The new titles are:
- Anticonvulsant therapy for status epilepticus
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 5-Aug-2014
Status epilepticus is a medical emergency associated with significant mortality and morbidity that requires immediate and effective treatment.
- Anticonvulsants for alcohol withdrawal
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 14-Feb-2010
Alcohol abuse and dependence represents a most serious health problem worldwide with major social, interpersonal and legal interpolations. Besides benzodiazepines, anticonvulsants are often used for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal symptoms. Anticonvul
- Anticonvulsants for cocaine dependence
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 8-Jun-2015
Cocaine dependence is a major public health problem that is characterised by recidivism and a host of medical and psychosocial complications. Although effective pharmacotherapy is available for alcohol and heroin dependence, none is currently available fo
- Anticonvulsants for neonates with seizures
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 11-Nov-2008
Neonatal seizures are a common problem and most neonates with seizures are treated with anticonvulsants. There is wide variation in clinical practice in both diagnosis and treatment of such seizures and this reflects the lack of clear evidence of the rela
- Anticonvulsants for preventing mortality and morbidity in full term newborns with perinatal asphyxia
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 12-Aug-2008
Seizures are common following perinatal asphyxia and may exacerbate secondary neuronal injury by increasing cerebral metabolic demand, causing fluctuations in oxygenation and perfusion, and triggering the release of excitatory neurotransmitters. Anticonvu
- Anticonvulsants for preventing seizures in patients with chronic subdural haematoma
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 28-May-2013
Anticonvulsant therapy is sometimes used prophylactically in patients with chronic subdural haematoma, although the benefit is unclear.
- Antidepressant drugs for narcolepsy
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 11-May-2010
This is an updated version of the original Cochrane review published in Issue 1, 2008.
- Antidepressants for neuropathic pain
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 27-Jan-2014
This is an updated version of the original Cochrane review published in Issue 3, 2005 of The Cochrane Library
. For many years antidepressant drugs have been used to manage neuropathic pain, and are often the first choice treatment. It is not clear, howev
- Antidepressants for treating depression in dementia
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 22-Oct-2008
The use of antidepressants for patients with dementia accompanied by depressive symptoms is widespread, but their clinical efficacy is uncertain. Many of the individual trials of antidepressants have been too small to provide precise estimates of the mode
- Antiepileptic drugs for preventing seizures following acute traumatic brain injury
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 16-May-2012
Seizure activity in the early post-traumatic period following head injury may cause secondary brain damage as a result of increased metabolic demands, raised intracranial pressure and excess neurotransmitter release.
- Antiepileptic drugs for preventing seizures in people with brain tumors
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-Oct-2008
Seizures can present at any time before or after diagnosis of a brain tumor. The risk of seizures varies by tumor type and its location in the brain. For a long time we believed that preventing seizures with antiepileptic drugs (seizure prophylaxis) was e
- Antiepileptic drugs for the primary and secondary prevention of seizures after intracranial venous thrombosis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 25-Jul-2014
Intracranial venous thrombosis (ICVT) commonly presents with seizures in the acute period, and some people may develop recurrent seizures in the long term. The prophylactic use of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) for the management of post-ICVT seizures is cont
