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- 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, 29-Mar-2022
Cognitive impairment is a frequent consequence of stroke and can impact on a person's ability to perform everyday activities. Occupational therapists use a range of interventions when working with people who have cognitive impairment poststroke. This is a
- 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
- Ocrelizumab for multiple sclerosis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 18-May-2022
Ocrelizumab is a humanised anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody developed for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). It was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in March 2017 for using in adults with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS)
- Ocriplasmin for symptomatic vitreomacular adhesion
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 17-Oct-2017
Symptomatic vitreomacular adhesion (sVMA) is a recognised cause of visual loss and by tradition has been managed by pars plana vitrectomy (PPV). A less invasive alternative to surgery in some people is enzymatic vitreolysis, using an intravitreal injectio
- Octreotide for the treatment of chylothorax in neonates
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 28-Jul-2010
Routine care for chylothorax in neonate includes either conservative or surgical approaches. Octreotide, a somatostatin analogue, has been used for the management of patients with refractory chylothorax not responding to conservative management.
- Oestrogen and progestogen hormone replacement therapy for peri-menopausal and post-menopausal women: weight and body fat distribution
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 14-Mar-2011
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is commonly prescribed to treat menopausal symptoms and to prevent post-menopausal bone loss. However, many women are concerned about hormonal replacement therapy because they believe that such treatment will result in we
- Oestrogen supplementation, mainly diethylstilbestrol, for preventing miscarriages and other adverse pregnancy outcomes
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 3-Nov-2008
Laboratory evidence in the 1940s demonstrated a positive role of placental hormones in the continuation of pregnancy. It was suggested that diethylstilbestrol was the oestrogen of choice for prevention of miscarriages. Observational studies were carried o
- Oestrogen therapy for urinary incontinence in post‐menopausal women
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 17-Oct-2012
It is possible that oestrogen deficiency may be an aetiological factor in the development of urinary incontinence in women. This is an update of a Cochrane review first published in 2003 and subsequently updated in 2009.
- Oestrogens alone or with amniotomy for cervical ripening or induction of labour
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 23-Oct-2001
It is suggested that oestrogen may promote changes in cervical favourability with minimal effect on uterine activity and could be used to induce labour or prime the cervix. A variety of oestrogen preparations (infusions, gels, creams and tablets) and rout
- Oestrogens and progestins for preventing and treating postpartum depression
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 8-Oct-2008
Postpartum depression is a common complication of childbirth, affecting approximately 13% of women. A hormonal aetiology has long been hypothesised due to the sudden and substantial fluctuations in concentrations of steroid hormones associated with pregna
- Oestrogens for preventing recurrent urinary tract infection in postmenopausal women
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 13-May-2008
Recurrent urinary tract infection (RUTI) is defined as three episodes of urinary tract infection (UTI) in the previous 12 months or two episodes in the last six months. The main factors associated with RUTI in postmenopausal women are vesical prolapse, cy
- Oestrogens for treatment or prevention of pelvic organ prolapse in postmenopausal women
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 3-Aug-2010
Pelvic organ prolapse is common and can be detected in up to 50% of parous women although many are asymptomatic. Oestrogen preparations are used to improve vaginal thinning (atrophy). It is possible that oestrogens, alone or in conjunction with other inte
- Off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting for ischaemic heart disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 29-Feb-2012
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is performed both without and with cardiopulmonary bypass, referred to as off-pump and on-pump CABG respectively. However, the preferable technique is unclear.
- Oil-soluble versus water-soluble media for assessing tubal patency with hysterosalpingography or laparoscopy in subfertile women
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 17-Jul-2008
There has been debate in the literature for more than 40 years as to whether flushing of the Fallopian tubes enhances fertility and whether this presumed therapeutic effect is greater with oil-soluble media than with water-soluble media.
- Olanzapine alone or in combination for acute mania
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 20-Jan-2003
Olanzapine, an atypical antipsychotic, is used in the treatment of mania both as monotherapy and combined with other medicines.
- Olanzapine for schizophrenia
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 12-Dec-2012
Olanzapine is an atypical antipsychotic reported to be effective without producing disabling extrapyramidal adverse effects associated with older, typical antipsychotic drugs.
