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- Haemoglobin and haematocrit targets for the anaemia of chronic kidney disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 13-Jan-2010
Anaemia affects 60% to 80% of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) reduces quality of life and is a risk factor for early death. Treatment options are blood transfusion, erythropoietin (EPO) and darbepoetin alfa. Recently higher haemoglobin (Hb) and
- Haloperidol plus promethazine for psychosis‐induced aggression
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 25-Nov-2016
Health services often manage agitated or violent people, and such behaviour is particularly prevalent in emergency psychiatric services (10%). The drugs used in such situations should ensure that the person becomes calm swiftly and safely.
- Hand and ultrasonic instrumentation for orthograde root canal treatment of permanent teeth
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-Feb-2019
Endodontic treatment of root canals or root canal treatment is a frequently performed dental procedure and is carried out on teeth in which irreversible pulpitis has led to necrosis (death) of the dental pulp (nerve). Removal of the necrotic tissue remnan
- Healing by primary versus secondary intention after surgical treatment for pilonidal sinus
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 20-Jan-2010
Pilonidal sinus arises in the hair follicles in the buttock cleft. The estimated incidence is 26 per 100,000, people, affecting men twice as often as women. These chronic discharging wounds cause pain and impact upon quality of life. Surgical strategies c
- Healthcare financing systems for increasing the use of tobacco dependence treatment
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 12-Sep-2017
Tobacco smoking is the leading preventable cause of death worldwide, which makes it essential to stimulate smoking cessation. The financial cost of smoking cessation treatment can act as a barrier to those seeking support. We hypothesised that provision o
- Helminth therapy (worms) for allergic rhinitis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 21-Jun-2013
Allergic rhinitis is a disorder of the nasal membranes and surrounding tissues, and a worldwide cause of illness and disability. Helminths are complex tissue-dwelling or lumen-dwelling organisms that inhabit larger organisms and are frequently asymptomati
- Heparin for pregnant women with acquired or inherited thrombophilias
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 22-Apr-2003
Thrombophilias, which are associated with a predisposition to thrombotic events, have been implicated in adverse obstetrical outcomes such as intrauterine growth restriction, stillbirth, severe early onset pre-eclampsia, and placental abruption. Heparin a
- Heparin for prolonging peripheral intravenous catheter use in neonates
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 14-Jun-2011
Mechanical or infectious complications often necessitate their removal and/or replacement of peripheral intravenous catheters. Heparin has been shown to be effective in prolonging the patency of peripheral arterial catheters and central venous catheters,
- Heparin, low molecular weight heparin and physical methods for preventing deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism following surgery for hip fractures
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 21-Oct-2002
Hip fracture patients have a high risk of thrombo-embolic complications following surgical management.
- Heparins and mechanical methods for thromboprophylaxis in colorectal surgery
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 26-Jan-2004
Colorectal surgery implies higher risk of postoperative thromboembolic complications as deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) than general surgery. The best prophylaxis in general surgery is heparin and graded compression stockings. No
- Hepatic artery adjuvant chemotherapy for patients having resection or ablation of colorectal cancer metastatic to the liver
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 18-Oct-2006
Colorectal cancer metastatic to the liver, when technically feasible, is resected with a moderate chance of cure. The most common site of failure after resection is within the remaining liver. With this pattern of clinical failure in mind and in order to
- Hepatitis B immunisation for newborn infants of hepatitis B surface antigen‐positive mothers
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-Apr-2006
Hepatitis B vaccine and hepatitis B immunoglobulin are considered for newborn infants of HBsAg-positive mothers to prevent hepatitis B infection.
- Hepatitis B vaccination for patients with chronic renal failure
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-Jul-2004
Chronic renal failure patients are at particular risk of hepatitis B virus infection. Early studies have demonstrated that renal failure patients benefit from vaccination; however, not all studies have consistently shown benefit.
- Herbal therapy for treating rheumatoid arthritis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 17-Jan-2011
Herbal medicine interventions have been identified as having potential benefit in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
- Heroin maintenance for chronic heroin‐dependent individuals
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-Dec-2011
Several types of medications have been used for stabilizing heroin users: Methadone, Buprenorphine and levo-alpha-acetyl-methadol (LAAM.) The present review focuses on the prescription of heroin to heroin-dependent individuals.
- High‐dose chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow or stem cell transplantation versus conventional chemotherapy for women with early poor prognosis breast cancer
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 20-May-2016
Overall survival rates are disappointing for women with early poor prognosis breast cancer. Autologous transplantation of bone marrow or peripheral stem cells (in which the woman is both donor and recipient) has been considered a promising technique becau
- High‐dose chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow or stem cell transplantation versus conventional chemotherapy for women with metastatic breast cancer
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 20-Jul-2005
Although metastatic breast cancer is often responsive to conventional chemotherapy, it remains ultimately incurable. Autologous transplantation of bone marrow or peripheral stem cells (in which the patient is both donor and recipient) has been considered
- High-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell transplantation in the first line treatment of aggressive Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) in adults
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 2-Apr-2011
High-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell support (HDT) has been proven effective in relapsed aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). However, conflicting results of HDT as part of first-line treatment have been reported in randomised controlled tri
- High‐frequency oscillatory ventilation versus conventional ventilation for acute respiratory distress syndrome
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 4-Apr-2016
High-frequency oscillation (HFO) is an alternative to conventional mechanical ventilation that is sometimes used to treat people with acute respiratory distress syndrome, but effects on oxygenation, mortality and adverse clinical outcomes are uncertain. T
- Hip protectors for preventing hip fractures in older people
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 31-Mar-2014
Older people living in nursing care facilities or older adults living at home are at high risk of falling and a hip fracture may occur after a fall. Hip protectors have been advocated as a means to reduce the risk of hip fracture. Hip protectors are plast
