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- Nutritional support for acute kidney injury
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 15-Aug-2012
Treatment for acute kidney Injury (AKI) primarily relies on treating the underlying cause and maintaining the patient until kidney function has recovered. Enteral and parenteral nutrition are commonly used to treat nutritional disorders in AKI patients, h
- Nutritional support for critically ill children
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 27-May-2016
Nutritional support in the critically ill child has not been well investigated and is a controversial topic within paediatric intensive care. There are no clear guidelines as to the best form or timing of nutrition in critically ill infants and children.
- Nutritional support for head‐injured patients
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 18-Oct-2006
Head injury increases the body's metabolic responses, and therefore nutritional demands. Provision of an adequate supply of nutrients is associated with improved outcome. The best route for administering nutrition (parenterally (TPN) or enterally (EN)), a
- Nutritional support for liver disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 18-Apr-2012
Weight loss and muscle wasting are commonly found in patients with end-stage liver disease. Since there is an association between malnutrition and poor clinical outcome, such patients (or those at risk of becoming malnourished) are often given parenteral
- Nutritional support in children and young people with cancer undergoing chemotherapy
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 24-Aug-2015
It is well documented that malnutrition is a common complication of paediatric malignancy and its treatment. Malnutrition can often be a consequence of cancer itself or a result of chemotherapy. Nutritional support aims to reverse malnutrition seen at dia
- Nutrition‐specific interventions for preventing and controlling anaemia throughout the life cycle: an overview of systematic reviews
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 26-Sep-2021
Anaemia is a prevalent health problem worldwide. Some types are preventable or controllable with iron supplementation (pills or drops), fortification (sprinkles or powders containing iron added to food) or improvements to dietary diversity and quality (e.
- Nystatin prophylaxis and treatment in severely immunodepressed patients
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 4-Sep-2014
Nystatin is sometimes used prophylactically in patients with severe immunodeficiency or in the treatment of fungal infection in such patients, although its effect seems to be equivocal.
- Obstetric outcomes after conservative treatment for cervical intraepithelial lesions and early invasive disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 2-Nov-2017
The mean age of women undergoing local treatment for pre-invasive cervical disease (cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia; CIN) or early cervical cancer (stage IA1) is around their 30s and similar to the age of women having their first child. Local cervical
- Occlusal adjustment for treating and preventing temporomandibular joint disorders
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 4-Jan-2016
There has been a long history of using occlusal adjustment in the management of temporomandibular disorders (TMD). It is not clear if occlusal adjustment is effective in treating TMD.
- Occlusal interventions for periodontitis in adults
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 28-Nov-2016
Occlusal interventions may be used in adults with periodontitis. At present there is little consensus regarding the indications and effectiveness of occlusal interventions in periodontal patients.
- Occlusal splints for treating sleep bruxism (tooth grinding)
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 17-Oct-2007
Sleep bruxism is an oral activity characterised by teeth grinding or clenching during sleep. Several treatments for sleep bruxism have been proposed such as pharmacological, psychological, and dental.
- Occlusion for stimulus deprivation amblyopia
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 23-Mar-2020
Stimulus deprivation amblyopia (SDA) develops due to an obstruction to the passage of light secondary to a condition such as cataract. The obstruction prevents formation of a clear image on the retina. SDA can be resistant to treatment, leading to poor vi
- Occupational safety and health enforcement tools for preventing occupational diseases and injuries
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 30-Aug-2013
There is uncertainty as to whether and what extent occupational safety and health regulation and legislation enforcement activities, such as inspections, are effective and efficient to improve workers' health and safety. We use the term regulation to refe
- Occupational therapy delivered by specialists versus non‐specialists for people with schizophrenia
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 5-Oct-2018
Schizophrenia is a severe mental health condition that is characterised by positive symptoms, such as hallucinations and delusions; negative symptoms, such as flattened affect, thought disorder (disrupted speech), and lack of motivation; and cognitive sym
- Occupational therapy for adults with problems in activities of daily living after stroke
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-Jul-2017
A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off. Activities of daily living (ADL) are daily home-based activities that people carry out to maintain health and well-being. ADLs include the ability to: eat and drink unassisted, move, g
- Occupational therapy for care home residents with stroke
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 30-May-2013
Stroke is a worldwide problem and is a leading cause of adult disability, resulting in dependency in activities of daily living (ADL) for around half of stroke survivors. It is estimated that up to 25% of all care home residents in the USA and in the UK h
- Occupational therapy for cognitive impairment in stroke patients
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 14-Jul-2010
Cognitive impairment is a frequent consequence of stroke and can impact on a person's ability to perform everyday activities. There are a number of different intervention strategies that occupational therapists may use when working with people who have co
- Occupational therapy for multiple sclerosis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 18-Sep-2008
Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients are referred to occupational therapy with complaints about fatigue, limb weakness, alteration of upper extremity fine motor coordination, loss of sensation and spasticity that causes limitations in performance of activitie
- Occupational therapy for patients with Parkinson's disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 18-Jul-2007
Despite drug and surgical therapies for Parkinson's disease, patients develop progressive disability. It has both motor and non-motor symptomatology, and their interaction with their environment can be very complex. The role of the occupational therapist
- Occupational therapy for rheumatoid arthritis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 26-Jan-2004
For persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) the physical, personal, familial, social and vocational consequences are extensive. Occupational therapy (OT), with the aim to facilitate task performance and to decrease the consequences of rheumatoid arthritis
