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- Psychosocial interventions to improve quality of life and emotional wellbeing for recently diagnosed cancer patients
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 14-Nov-2012
A cancer diagnosis may lead to significant psychological distress in up to 75% of cases. There is a lack of clarity about the most effective ways to address this psychological distress.
- Psychosocial interventions to reduce alcohol consumption in concurrent problem alcohol and illicit drug users
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 5-Dec-2018
Problem alcohol use is common among people who use illicit drugs (PWID) and is associated with adverse health outcomes. It is also an important factor contributing to a poor prognosis among drug users with hepatitis C virus (HCV) as it impacts on progress
- Psychosocial treatment for opiate abuse and dependence
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 15-Apr-2014
Substance dependence is a social and public health problem; therefore it is a priority to develop effective treatments. Previous Cochrane reviews have explored the efficacy of pharmacotherapy for opiate dependence. This current review focuses on the role
- Psychostimulant drugs for cocaine dependence
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 27-Sep-2016
Cocaine dependence is a severe disorder for which no medication has been approved. Like opioids for heroin dependence, replacement therapy with psychostimulants could be an effective therapy for treatment.
- Psychostimulants for depression
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 4-Nov-2008
Depression is common, disabling, costly and under-treated. There are problems in the current first-line drug treatment, antidepressants, for moderate or severe depression. There is a body of research that has evaluated the effect of psychostimulants (PS)
- Psychostimulants for hypersomnia (excessive daytime sleepiness) in myotonic dystrophy
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 18-Jan-2011
Excessive daytime sleepiness is a common symptom of myotonic dystrophy. Psychostimulants are drugs increasingly used to treat hypersomnia in myotonic dystrophy.
- Psychotherapeutic treatments for older depressed people
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 4-Nov-2008
Despite a number of reviews advocating psychotherapy for the treatment of depression, there is relatively little evidence based on randomised controlled trials that specifically examines its efficacy in older people.
- Psychotherapies for hypochondriasis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 17-Oct-2007
Hypochondriasis is associated with significant medical morbidity and high health resource use. Recent studies have examined the treatment of hypochondriasis using various forms of psychotherapy.
- Psychotherapy for depression among incurable cancer patients
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 22-Nov-2018
The most common psychiatric diagnosis among cancer patients is depression; this diagnosis is even more common among patients with advanced cancer. Psychotherapy is a patient-preferred and promising strategy for treating depression among cancer patients. S
- Psychotropic analgesic nitrous oxide for alcoholic withdrawal states
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 12-Aug-2008
Alcoholism is a global problem with 5-10% of the world's population demonstrating alcohol-related diseases. One of the most severe consequences of alcohol dependence is the withdrawal syndrome, for which benzodiazepines are the most popular current treatm
- Public health deworming programmes for soil‐transmitted helminths in children living in endemic areas
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 11-Sep-2019
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends treating all school children at regular intervals with deworming drugs in areas where helminth infection is common. Global advocacy organizations claim routine deworming has substantive health and societal ef
- Public stewardship of private for-profit healthcare providers in low- and middle-income countries
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 8-Sep-2016
Governments use different approaches to ensure that private for-profit healthcare services meet certain quality standards. Such government guidance, referred to as public stewardship, encompasses government policies, regulatory mechanisms, and implementat
- Puerarin for ischaemic stroke
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 18-Feb-2016
Puerarin, a form of herbal medicine, is widely used in the treatment of ischaemic stroke in China.
- Puerarin injection for unstable angina pectoris
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 3-May-2016
Puerarin is extracted from the Chinese herb puerariae lobata. Many users of Chinese herbal medicine believe that puerarin has positive effects in the treatment of coronary heart disease (CHD). In recent years puerarin injection has been widely used to tre
- Pulmonary artery catheters for adult patients in intensive care
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 28-Feb-2013
Since pulmonary artery balloon flotation catheterization was first introduced in 1970, by HJ Swan and W Ganz, it has been widely disseminated as a diagnostic tool without rigorous evaluation of its clinical utility and effectiveness in critically ill pati
- Pulmonary artery flow catheters for directing management in pre-eclampsia
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 16-Oct-2012
Gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia can cause fluid shifts. Pulmonary oedema and renal failure can result from these shifts. Fluid management is crucial in managing pre-eclampsia, especially in the context of pulmonary oedema and renal failure. Pul
- Pulmonary artery perfusion versus no perfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass for open heart surgery in adults
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 8-Feb-2018
Available evidence has been inconclusive on whether pulmonary artery perfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is associated with decreased or increased mortality, pulmonary events, and serious adverse events (SAEs) after open heart surgery. To our kn
- Pulmonary rehabilitation following exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 18-Nov-2019
Guidelines have provided positive recommendations for pulmonary rehabilitation after exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but recent studies indicate that postexacerbation rehabilitation may not always be effective in patients wi
- Pulmonary rehabilitation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 21-Apr-2015
Widespread application of pulmonary rehabilitation (also known as respiratory rehabilitation) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) should be preceded by demonstrable improvements in function (health-related quality of life, functional and maxim
- Pulmonary rehabilitation for interstitial lung disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 1-Feb-2021
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is characterised by reduced functional capacity, dyspnoea and exercise-induced hypoxia. Pulmonary rehabilitation is often used to improve symptoms, health-related quality of life and functional status in other chronic lung
