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- Treatment of hypertension in peripheral arterial disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 4-Dec-2013
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) causes considerable morbidity and mortality. Hypertension is a risk factor for PAD. Treatment for hypertension must be compatible with the symptoms of PAD. Controversy regarding the effects of beta-adrenoreceptor blockade
- Treatment of urinary incontinence after stroke in adults
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 5-Nov-2008
Urinary incontinence can affect 40-60% of people admitted to hospital after a stroke, with 25% still having problems on hospital discharge and 15% remaining incontinent at one year.
- Treatment of valvular heart disease during pregnancy for improving maternal and neonatal outcome
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 3-Apr-2011
Valvular heart disease constitutes the majority of all causes of heart disease in pregnancy. In the presence of valvular heart disease, the necessary haemodynamic changes of pregnancy might cause heart failure, leading to severe maternal and fetal morbidi
- Triflusal for preventing serious vascular events in people at high risk
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-Oct-2008
Aspirin is the standard treatment for secondary prevention of stroke and other vascular events. Several studies suggest that triflusal may have a better safety profile.
- Trimetazidine for stable angina
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 30-Sep-2008
Patients with stable angina not controlled by monotherapy with nitrates, beta blockers, or calcium channel blockers are often treated with combinations of these drugs. There may be adverse effects from, or contraindications to, the use of combinations. In
- Unfractionated or low-molecular weight heparin for induction of remission in ulcerative colitis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 4-Aug-2015
There are a limited number of treatment options for patients with ulcerative colitis (UC). An increased risk of thrombosis in UC coupled with an observation that UC patients being treated with anticoagulant therapy for thrombotic events had an improvement
- Use of plastic adhesive drapes during surgery for preventing surgical site infection
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 15-Apr-2015
Surgical site infection has been estimated to occur in about 15% of clean surgery and 30% of contaminated surgery cases. Using plastic adhesive drapes to protect the wound from organisms that may be present on the surrounding skin during surgery is one st
- Vasoactive drugs for acute stroke
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 3-Jun-2010
It is unclear whether blood pressure (BP) should be altered actively during the acute phase of stroke.
- Vasopressors for hypotensive shock
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 5-Feb-2016
Initial goal-directed resuscitation for hypotensive shock usually includes administration of intravenous fluids, followed by initiation of vasopressors. Despite obvious immediate effects of vasopressors on haemodynamics, their effect on patient-relevant o
- Vena caval filters for the prevention of pulmonary embolism
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-Dec-2009
Pulmonary emboli (PE) can have potentially fatal consequences. Inferior vena caval filters (VCFs) are metal alloy devices that mechanically trap fragmented thromboemboli from the deep leg veins en route to the pulmonary circulation. Filters are designed t
- Vinpocetine for acute ischaemic stroke
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 2-Sep-2008
Vasoactive and neuroprotective drugs such as vinpocetine are used to treat stroke in some countries.
- Virtual reality for stroke rehabilitation
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 3-Feb-2015
Virtual reality and interactive video gaming have emerged as recent treatment approaches in stroke rehabilitation. In particular, commercial gaming consoles have been rapidly adopted in clinical settings. This is an update of a Cochrane Review published i
- Visual feedback of individuals' medical imaging results for changing health behaviour
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 10-Nov-2009
Feedback of medical imaging results can reveal visual evidence of actual bodily harm attributable to a given behaviour. This may offer a particularly promising approach to motivating changes in health behaviour to decrease risk. Applicable behaviours incl
- Vitamin E for intermittent claudication
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 16-Oct-2008
It is thought that vitamin E may improve tolerance to intermittent claudication (i.e. pain caused by ischaemia in the muscles of the leg during exercise), thereby relieving the pain, through a variety of mechanisms.
- Vitamin E supplementation for prevention of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 12-Aug-2008
Treating very low birth weight (VLBW) infants with pharmacologic doses of vitamin E as an antioxidant agent has been proposed for preventing or limiting retinopathy of prematurity, intracranial hemorrhage, hemolytic anemia, and chronic lung disease. Howev
- Vitamin K antagonists or low-molecular-weight heparin for the long term treatment of symptomatic venous thromboembolism
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 11-Sep-2012
People with venous thromboembolism (VTE) are generally treated for five days with intravenous unfractionated heparin or subcutaneous low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) followed by three months of vitamin K antagonist treatment. Treatment with vitamin K a
- Vitamin K antagonists versus antiplatelet therapy after transient ischaemic attack or minor ischaemic stroke of presumed arterial origin
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 14-Jan-2013
People who have had a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) or non-disabling ischaemic stroke have an annual risk of major vascular events of between 4% and 11%. Aspirin reduces this risk by 20% at most. Secondary prevention trials after myocardial infarction
- Vitamin K for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in people with acute or chronic liver diseases
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 8-Jun-2015
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is one of the most frequent causes of morbidity and mortality in the course of liver cirrhosis. Several treatments are used for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in people with liver diseases. One of them is vitamin K adminis
- Water-based exercises for improving activities of daily living after stroke
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 21-Nov-2010
Water-based exercises are used in rehabilitation and might help to reduce disability after stroke.
- Weight reduction for primary prevention of stroke in adults with overweight or obesity
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 4-Nov-2008
Obesity is seen as a worldwide chronic disease with high prevalence that has been associated with increased morbidity from many conditions including stroke, which is the third leading cause of death in developed countries and a leading cause of severe lon
