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- Peer support telephone calls for improving health
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 8-Oct-2008
Peer support telephone calls have been used for a wide range of health-related concerns. However, little is known about their effects.
- Peginterferon alpha-2a versus peginterferon alpha-2b for chronic hepatitis C
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-Feb-2014
A combination of weekly pegylated interferon (peginterferon) alpha and daily ribavirin still represents standard treatment of chronic hepatitis C infection in the majority of patients. However, it is not established which of the two licensed peginterferon
- Peginterferon plus ribavirin versus interferon plus ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 24-Feb-2014
Pegylated interferon (peginterferon) plus ribavirin is the recommended treatment for patients with chronic hepatitis C, but systematic assessment of the effect of this treatment compared with interferon plus ribavirin is needed.
- Pegloticase for chronic gout
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 17-Mar-2010
Pegloticase is a potential new treatment option for patients with chronic gout intolerant to other urate-lowering therapies.
- Pegylated liposomal doxorubicin for first‐line treatment of epithelial ovarian cancer
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 21-Oct-2013
Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is often diagnosed at an advanced stage, requiring primary cytoreductive surgery and combination chemotherapy for its first-line management. Currently, the recommended standard first-line chemotherapy is platinum-based, usu
- Pegylated liposomal doxorubicin for relapsed epithelial ovarian cancer
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 9-Jul-2013
Ovarian cancer is the eighth most common cancer in women and it is usually diagnosed at an advanced stage. The majority of ovarian tumours are epithelial in origin. Women with relapsed epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) often have a reduced performance statu
- Pelargonium sidoides extract for treating acute respiratory tract infections
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 2-Oct-2013
Pelargonium sidoides (P. sidoides), also known as Umckaloabo, is a herbal remedy thought to be effective in the treatment of acute respiratory infections (ARIs).
- Pelvic floor muscle training added to another active treatment versus the same active treatment alone for urinary incontinence in women
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 3-Nov-2015
Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) is a first-line conservative treatment for urinary incontinence in women. Other active treatments include: physical therapies (e.g. vaginal cones); behavioural therapies (e.g. bladder training); electrical or magnetic s
- Pelvic floor muscle training for preventing and treating urinary and faecal incontinence in antenatal and postnatal women
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-May-2020
About one-third of women have urinary incontinence (UI) and up to one-tenth have faecal incontinence (FI) after childbirth. Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) is commonly recommended during pregnancy and after birth for both preventing and treating incon
- Pelvic floor muscle training for urinary incontinence in women
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 12-Nov-2008
Pelvic floor muscle training is the most commonly recommended physical therapy treatment for women with stress leakage of urine. It is also used in the treatment of women with mixed incontinence, and less commonly for urge incontinence. Adjuncts, such as
- Pelvic floor muscle training versus no treatment, or inactive control treatments, for urinary incontinence in women
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 4-Oct-2018
Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) is the most commonly used physical therapy treatment for women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). It is sometimes also recommended for mixed urinary incontinence (MUI) and, less commonly, urgency urinary incontinen
- Pelvimetry for fetal cephalic presentations at or near term for deciding on mode of delivery
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 30-Mar-2017
Pelvimetry assesses the size of a woman's pelvis aiming to predict whether she will be able to give birth vaginally or not. This can be done by clinical examination, or by conventional X-rays, computerised tomography (CT) scanning, or magnetic resonance i
- Pembrolizumab monotherapy versus chemotherapy for treatment of advanced urothelial carcinoma with disease progression during or following platinum-containing chemotherapy. A Cochrane Rapid Review
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 20-Jul-2018
The use of systemic immunotherapy targets is emerging as an important treatment option for metastatic urothelial carcinoma, particularly for patients who cannot tolerate or who fail cisplatin-based chemotherapy. One such target is the inhibition of the ch
- Pemetrexed disodium in combination with cisplatin versus other cytotoxic agents or supportive care for the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 24-Jan-2007
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a highly aggressive malignancy whose incidence is expected to increase in the United Kingdom, Western Europe, and Australia over the next 20 years as a result of occupational exposure to asbestos fibres. Surgery is
- Penfluridol for schizophrenia
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-Nov-2012
Penfluridol, available since 1970, is an unusual long acting oral antipsychotic agent for the treatment of schizophrenia. It may be considered a depot medication as it is administered once a week.
- Penicillamine for treating rheumatoid arthritis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 23-Oct-2000
D-penicillamine is a penicillin derived compound originally used to treat patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the 1950's. Although frequently used in the past, its use has declined with the increasing use of other disease modifying anti-rheumatic d
- Penicillin for secondary prevention of rheumatic fever
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 22-Jul-2002
People with a history of rheumatic fever are at high risk of recurrent attacks of rheumatic fever and developing rheumatic heart disease following a streptococcal throat infection. Giving penicillin to these people can prevent recurrent attacks of rheumat
- Penile rehabilitation for postprostatectomy erectile dysfunction
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 23-Oct-2018
Despite efforts to preserve the neurovascular bundles with nerve-sparing surgery, erectile dysfunction remains common following radical prostatectomy. Postoperative penile rehabilitation seeks to restore erectile function but results have been conflicting
- Pentasaccharides for the prevention of venous thromboembolism
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 31-Oct-2016
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common condition with potentially serious and life-threatening consequences. The standard method of thromboprophylaxis uses an anticoagulant such as low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) or warfarin. In recent years, anothe
- Pentasaccharides for the treatment of deep vein thrombosis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 2-Dec-2017
Standard treatment of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is based on antithrombotic therapy, initially with parenteral administration of unfractionated heparin or low molecular weight heparins (LMWH) for five to seven days, then subsequent long-term therapy with
