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- Respiratory muscle training for multiple sclerosis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 21-Dec-2017
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease of the central nervous system, affecting approximately 2.5 million people worldwide. People with MS may experience limitations in muscular strength and endurance – including the respiratory muscles, affecting f
- Respiratory muscle training in children and adults with neuromuscular disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 5-Sep-2019
Neuromuscular diseases (NMDs) are a heterogeneous group of diseases affecting the anterior horn cell of spinal cord, neuromuscular junction, peripheral nerves and muscles. NMDs cause physical disability usually due to progressive loss of strength in limb
- Respite care for people with dementia and their carers
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 16-Jan-2014
Caring for someone with dementia can be emotionally and physically demanding. Respite care is any intervention designed to give rest or relief to caregivers. It is not clear what positive and negative effects such care may have on them, or on people with
- Responsive versus scheduled feeding for preterm infants
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 31-Aug-2016
Feeding preterm infants in response to their hunger and satiation cues (responsive, cue-based, or infant-led feeding) rather than at scheduled intervals might enhance infants' and parents' experience and satisfaction, help in the establishment of independ
- Rest during pregnancy for preventing pre-eclampsia and its complications in women with normal blood pressure
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-Jan-2010
Women at risk of pre-eclampsia or gestational hypertension are sometimes advised to rest. Whether this, overall, does more good than harm is unclear.
- Restorative justice conferencing for reducing recidivism in young offenders (aged 7 to 21)
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 28-Feb-2013
Restorative justice is "a process whereby parties with a stake in a specific offence resolve collectively how to deal with the aftermath of the offence and its implications for the future" (Marshall 2003). Despite the increasing use of restorative justice
- Restricted versus liberal oxygen exposure for preventing morbidity and mortality in preterm or low birth weight infants
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 21-Jan-2009
While the use of supplemental oxygen has a long history in neonatal care, resulting in both significant health care benefits and harms, uncertainty remains as to the most appropriate range to target blood oxygen levels in preterm and low birth weight infa
- Restricted versus liberal water intake for preventing morbidity and mortality in preterm infants
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 4-Dec-2014
Most premature infants are physiologically not sufficiently mature to orally ingest all of their required water and nutrients. Therefore, premature infants rely on their caregivers to regulate their volume of water intake. Thus, the caregiver must determi
- Restricting or banning alcohol advertising to reduce alcohol consumption in adults and adolescents
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 10-Nov-2014
Alcohol is estimated to be the fifth leading risk factor for global disability-adjusted life years. Restricting or banning alcohol advertising may reduce exposure to the risk posed by alcohol at the individual and general population level. To date, no sys
- Restricting oral fluid and food intake during labour
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 22-Aug-2013
Restricting fluids and foods during labour is common practice across many birth settings with some women only being allowed sips of water or ice chips. Restriction of oral intake may be unpleasant for some women, and may adversely influence their experien
- Restriction of oral intake of water for aspiration lung disease in children
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 12-Sep-2012
Primary aspiration of food and fluid is commonly seen in children with feeding and swallowing difficulties associated with a range of diseases and complex medical conditions. Respiratory sequelae and pneumonia are known to be associated with primary aspir
- Restriction of salt, caffeine and alcohol intake for the treatment of Ménière's disease or syndrome
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 31-Dec-2018
Ménière's disease or syndrome is a chronic inner ear disorder that results in sporadic attacks of vertigo, sensorineural hearing loss, aural fullness and tinnitus.
- Restrictive versus liberal red blood cell transfusion strategies for people with haematological malignancies treated with intensive chemotherapy or radiotherapy, or both, with or without haematopoietic stem cell support
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 27-Jan-2017
Many people diagnosed with haematological malignancies experience anaemia, and red blood cell (RBC) transfusion plays an essential supportive role in their management. Different strategies have been developed for RBC transfusions. A restrictive transfusio
- Resveratrol for adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 17-Jan-2020
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic disorder that is characterised by insulin resistance and hyperglycaemia, which over time may give rise to vascular complications. Resveratrol is a plant-derived nutritional supplement shown to have anti-diabeti
- Retention procedures for stabilising tooth position after treatment with orthodontic braces
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 29-Jan-2016
Retention is the phase of orthodontic treatment that attempts to keep teeth in the corrected positions after treatment with orthodontic braces. Without a phase of retention, there is a tendency for teeth to return to their initial position (relapse). To p
- Retention versus sacrifice of the posterior cruciate ligament in total knee arthroplasty for treating osteoarthritis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 24-Sep-2013
The functional and clinical basis on which to choose whether or not to retain the posterior cruciate ligament during total knee arthroplasty surgery remained unclear after a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis in 2005, which contained eight clini
- Retinoic acid postconsolidation therapy for high‐risk neuroblastoma patients treated with autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 25-Aug-2017
Neuroblastoma is a rare malignant disease and mainly affects infants and very young children. The tumours mainly develop in the adrenal medullary tissue, with an abdominal mass as the most common presentation. About 50% of patients have metastatic disease
- Retinoids for preventing the progression of cervical intra‐epithelial neoplasia
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 6-Jun-2013
Invasive cervical carcinoma is preceded by a precancerous phase, cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia (CIN), which can be detected on cervical smears and confirmed by colposcopy and biopsy. Moderate and severe cases of intra-epithelial neoplasia (CIN2 and
- Retroperitoneal drainage versus no drainage after pelvic lymphadenectomy for the prevention of lymphocyst formation in women with gynaecological malignancies
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 29-Jun-2017
This is an updated version of an original Cochrane review published in Issue 6, 2014. Pelvic lymphadenectomy is associated with significant complications including lymphocyst formation and related morbidities. Retroperitoneal drainage using suction drains
- Retroperitoneal versus transperitoneal approach for elective open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 21-Jun-2021
There has been extensive debate in the surgical literature regarding the optimum surgical access approach to the infrarenal abdominal aorta during an operation to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The published trials comparing retroperitoneal (RP) and
