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- Interventions for treating traumatised permanent front teeth: luxated (dislodged) teeth
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 30-Apr-2013
Dental trauma is common especially in children and young adults. One group of dento-alveolar injuries is classified as luxation. This group includes a subgroup of severe injuries where the tooth is displaced from its original position. These injuries are
- Interventions for treating trichomoniasis in women
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 26-Oct-2008
Around 120 million women worldwide suffer fromTrichomonas vaginalis vaginitis every year. The infection is sexually transmitted and is believed to facilitate HIV transmission.
- Interventions for treating tuberculous pericarditis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 10-Sep-2017
Tuberculous pericarditis can impair the heart's function and cause death; long term, it can cause the membrane to fibrose and constrict causing heart failure. In addition to antituberculous chemotherapy, treatments include corticosteroids, drainage, and s
- Interventions for treating urinary incontinence after stroke in adults
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 1-Feb-2019
Urinary incontinence can affect 40% to 60% of people admitted to hospital after a stroke, with 25% still having problems when discharged from hospital and 15% remaining incontinent after one year.
- Interventions for treating wrist fractures in children
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-Dec-2018
Wrist fractures, involving the distal radius, are the most common fractures in children. Most are buckle fractures, which are stable fractures, unlike greenstick and other usually displaced fractures. There is considerable variation in practice, such as t
- Interventions for treating wrist fractures in children
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 28-Feb-2013
Approximately a third of all fractures in children occur at the wrist, usually from falling onto an outstretched hand.
- Interventions for treatment of neonatal hyperglycemia in very low birth weight infants
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 5-Oct-2011
Early neonatal hyperglycemia is common among very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates. Increased risks for death and major morbidities have been observed among VLBW neonates who develop hyperglycemia. It is uncertain whether the hyperglycemia per se is a cau
- Interventions for trichomoniasis in pregnancy
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 11-May-2011
Vaginitis due to Trichomonas vaginalis is one of the most common of sexually transmitted diseases. Trichomoniasis affects women during pregnancy as well but it is not clearly established whether it causes preterm birth and other pregnancy complications.
- Interventions for tubal ectopic pregnancy
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 24-Jan-2007
Treatment options for tubal ectopic pregnancy are; (1) surgery, e.g. salpingectomy or salpingo(s)tomy, either performed laparoscopically or by open surgery; (2) medical treatment, with a variety of drugs, that can be administered systemically and/or local
- Interventions for ulceration and other skin changes caused by nerve damage in leprosy
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 31-Jul-2019
At the end of 2016, 145 countries reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) over 173,000 new cases of leprosy worldwide. In the past 20 years, over 16 million people have been treated for leprosy globally. The condition's main complications are inju
- Interventions for unexplained infertility: a systematic review and network meta‐analysis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 5-Sep-2019
Clinical management for unexplained infertility includes expectant management as well as active treatments, including ovarian stimulation (OS), intrauterine insemination (IUI), OS-IUI, and in vitro fertilisation (IVF) with or without intracytoplasmic spe
- Interventions for unilateral and bilateral refractive amblyopia
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 15-May-2012
Refractive amblyopia is a common cause of reduced visual acuity in childhood, but optimal treatment is not well defined. This review examined the treatment effect from spectacles and conventional occlusion.
- Interventions for vaginismus
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 12-Dec-2012
Vaginismus is an involuntary contraction of the vaginal muscles which makes sexual intercourse difficult or impossible. It is one of the more common female psychosexual problems. Various therapeutic strategies for vaginismus, such as sex therapy and desen
- Interventions for varicose veins and leg oedema in pregnancy
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-Oct-2015
Pregnancy is presumed to be a major contributory factor in the increased incidence of varicose veins in women, which can in turn lead to venous insufficiency and leg oedema. The most common symptom of varicose veins and oedema is the substantial pain expe
- Interventions for visual field defects in people with stroke
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 23-May-2019
Visual field defects are estimated to affect 20% to 57% of people who have had a stroke. Visual field defects can affect functional ability in activities of daily living (commonly affecting mobility, reading and driving), quality of life, ability to parti
- Interventions for vitiligo
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 9-Sep-2015
Vitiligo is a chronic skin disorder characterised by patchy loss of skin colour. Some people experience itching before the appearance of a new patch. It affects people of any age or ethnicity, more than half of whom develop it before the age of 20 years.
- Interventions for waterpipe smoking cessation
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 31-Jul-2015
Waterpipe tobacco smoking is a traditional method of tobacco use, especially in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), but its use is now spreading worldwide. Recent epidemiological data, for example, show that waterpipe smoking has become the most preva
- Interventions for weight loss in people with chronic kidney disease who are overweight or obese
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 30-Mar-2021
Obesity and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are highly prevalent worldwide and result in substantial health care costs. Obesity is a predictor of incident CKD and progression to kidney failure. Whether weight loss interventions are safe and effective to impa
- Interventions for weight reduction in obesity to improve survival in women with endometrial cancer
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 1-Feb-2018
Diagnoses of endometrial cancer are increasing secondary to the rising prevalence of obesity. Obesity plays an important role in promoting the development of endometrial cancer, by inducing a state of unopposed oestrogen excess, insulin resistance and inf
- Interventions for women in subsequent pregnancies following obstetric anal sphincter injury to reduce the risk of recurrent injury and associated harms
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 24-Oct-2014
Perineal damage occurs frequently during childbirth, with severe damage involving injury to the anal sphincter reported in up to 18% of vaginal births. Women who have sustained anal sphincter damage are more likely to suffer perineal pain, dyspareunia (pa
