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- Radiotherapy versus open surgery versus endolaryngeal surgery (with or without laser) for early laryngeal squamous cell cancer
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-Nov-2014
This is an update of a Cochrane review first published in The Cochrane Library in Issue 2, 2002 and previously updated in 2004, 2007 and 2010.
- Ranolazine for stable angina pectoris
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 8-Feb-2017
Stable angina pectoris is a chronic medical condition with significant impact on mortality and quality of life; it can be macrovascular or microvascular in origin. Ranolazine is a second-line anti-anginal drug approved for use in people with stable angina
- Rapid COJEC versus standard induction therapies for high-risk neuroblastoma
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-May-2015
Neuroblastoma is a rare malignant disease and mainly affects infants and very young children. The tumors mainly develop in the adrenal medullary tissue and an abdominal mass is the most common presentation. The high-risk group is characterized by metastas
- Rapid correction of early metabolic acidaemia in comparison with placebo, no intervention or slow correction in LBW infants
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 11-Nov-2008
Metabolic or mixed (metabolic and respiratory) acidosis are commonly encountered problems in the low birth weight (LBW) infant after delivery, and they may contribute to mortality and morbidity. Causes for the lactic acidosis are multiple and include mate
- Rapid diagnostic tests for diagnosing uncomplicated non-falciparum or Plasmodium vivax malaria in endemic countries
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 22-Apr-2015
In settings where both Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum infection cause malaria, rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) need to distinguish which species is causing the patients' symptoms, as different treatments are required. Older RDTs incorporated two
- Rapid diagnostic tests for diagnosing uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria in endemic countries
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 1-Dec-2011
Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for Plasmodium falciparum malaria use antibodies to detect either HRP-2 antigen or pLDH antigen, and can improve access to diagnostics in developing countries.
- Rapid diagnostic tests versus clinical diagnosis for managing people with fever in malaria endemic settings
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 15-Apr-2014
In 2010, the World Health Organization recommended that all patients with suspected malaria are tested for malaria before treatment. In rural African settings light microscopy is often unavailable. Diagnosis has relied on detecting fever, and most people
- Rapid molecular tests for tuberculosis and tuberculosis drug resistance: a qualitative evidence synthesis of recipient and provider views
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 26-Apr-2022
Programmes that introduce rapid molecular tests for tuberculosis and tuberculosis drug resistance aim to bring tests closer to the community, and thereby cut delay in diagnosis, ensure early treatment, and improve health outcomes, as well as overcome prob
- Rapid tests for the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in patients with suspected disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 13-Jun-2014
The diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in patients with fever and a large spleen relies on showing Leishmania parasites in tissue samples and on serological tests. Parasitological techniques are invasive, require sophisticated laboratories, consume
- Rapid versus slow withdrawal of antiepileptic drugs
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 10-Jan-2022
The ideal objective of treating a person with epilepsy is to induce remission (free of seizures for some time) using antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and withdraw the AEDs without causing seizure recurrence. Prolonged usage of AEDs may have long-term adverse ef
- Rapid versus standard antimicrobial susceptibility testing to guide treatment of bloodstream infection
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 4-May-2021
Rapid antimicrobial susceptibility tests are expected to reduce the time to clinically important results of a blood culture. This might enable clinicians to better target therapy to a person's needs, and thereby, improve health outcomes (mortality, length
- Rapid versus stepwise negative pressure application for vacuum extraction assisted vaginal delivery
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 2-Jul-2012
Vacuum extraction is a common technique of assisted vaginal delivery. Traditionally, it has been recommended that the pressure is increased slowly in a stepwise procedure; some have advocated rapid increases in pressure.
- Rapid viral diagnosis for acute febrile respiratory illness in children in the Emergency Department
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 10-Sep-2014
Pediatric acute respiratory infections (ARIs) represent a significant burden on pediatric Emergency Departments (EDs) and families. Most of these illnesses are due to viruses. However, investigations (radiography, blood, and urine testing) to rule out bac
- Rapid, point‐of‐care antigen tests for diagnosis of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 22-Jul-2022
Accurate rapid diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2 infection would be a useful tool to help manage the COVID-19 pandemic. Testing strategies that use rapid antigen tests to detect current infection have the potential to increase access to testing, speed detec
- Reactive air surfaces for preventing pressure ulcers
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-May-2021
Pressure ulcers (also known as pressure injuries, pressure sores, decubitus ulcers and bed sores) are localised injuries to the skin or underlying soft tissue, or both, caused by unrelieved pressure, shear or friction. Reactive air surfaces (beds, mattres
- Reading aids for adults with low vision
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 22-Oct-2013
The purpose of low-vision rehabilitation is to allow people to resume or to continue to perform daily living tasks, with reading being one of the most important. This is achieved by providing appropriate optical devices and special training in the use of
- Ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) for home‐based nutritional rehabilitation of severe acute malnutrition in children from six months to five years of age
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 15-May-2019
Management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in children comprises two potential phases: stabilisation and rehabilitation. During the initial stabilisation phase, children receive treatment for dehydration, electrolyte imbalances, intercurrent infections
- Reality orientation for dementia
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 6-Nov-2008
Reality Orientation (RO) was first described as a technique to improve the quality of life of confused elderly people, although its origins lie in an attempt to rehabilitate severely disturbed war veterans, not in geriatric work. It operates through the p
- Recall intervals for oral health in primary care patients
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 18-Dec-2013
The frequency with which patients should attend for a dental check-up and the potential effects on oral health of altering recall intervals between check-ups have been the subject of ongoing international debate in recent decades. Although recommendations
- Recombinant factor VIIa concentrate versus plasma-derived concentrates for treating acute bleeding episodes in people with haemophilia and inhibitors
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 29-Oct-2015
In people with haemophilia, therapeutic clotting agents might be recognised as a foreign protein and induce anti-factor VIII antibodies, known as 'inhibitors'. Drugs insensitive to such antibodies, either recombinant or plasma-derived, are called factor V
