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- Steroid hormones for contraception in women with sickle cell disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 18-Apr-2007
Whether steroid contraceptives are appropriate for women with homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease remains unresolved. Historically, women with sickle cell disease have experienced difficult pregnancies, characterized by high rates of maternal mortality an
- Steroid sex hormones for lower limb atherosclerosis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 17-Oct-2012
There is accumulating evidence that steroid sex hormones have a beneficial effect on a number of risk factors for peripheral arterial disease.
- Steroid therapy for meconium aspiration syndrome in newborn infants
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 20-Oct-2003
Meconium aspiration syndrome may cause severe respiratory distress in the newborn infant, with an associated high morbidity and mortality. A chemical pneumonitis is believed to occur secondary to bile, bile acids and pancreatic secretions contained in mec
- Steroidal contraceptives and bone fractures in women: evidence from observational studies
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 21-Jul-2015
Age-related decline in bone mass increases the risk of skeletal fractures, especially those of the hip, spine, and wrist. Steroidal contraceptives have been associated with changes in bone mineral density in women. Whether such changes affect the risk of
- Steroidal contraceptives: effect on bone fractures in women
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 16-Jun-2014
Steroidal contraceptive use has been associated with changes in bone mineral density in women. Whether such changes increase the risk of fractures later in life is not clear. Osteoporosis is a major public health concern. Age-related decline in bone mass
- Steroidal contraceptives: effect on carbohydrate metabolism in women without diabetes mellitus
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 30-Apr-2014
Many hormonal contraceptives have been associated with changes in carbohydrate metabolism. Alterations may include decreased glucose tolerance and increased insulin resistance, which are risk factors for Type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease
- Steroid-eluting sinus stents for improving symptoms in chronic rhinosinusitis patients undergoing functional endoscopic sinus surgery
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 8-Jun-2015
Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) has become a well-established approach for treating patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) refractory to medical management. However, the surgical outcome may be compromised by postoperative inflammation, pol
- Steroids for acute spinal cord injury
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 18-Jan-2012
Acute spinal cord injury is a devastating condition typically affecting young people, mostly males. Steroid treatment in the early hours after the injury is aimed at reducing the extent of permanent paralysis during the rest of the patient's life.
- Steroids for idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 2-Jul-2013
This is an update of a Cochrane review first published in The Cochrane Library in Issue 1, 2006 and previously updated in 2009.
- Steroids for improving recovery following tonsillectomy in children
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 10-Aug-2011
This is an update of a Cochrane Review first published in The Cochrane Library in Issue 1, 2003.
- Steroids for symptom control in infectious mononucleosis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 8-Nov-2015
Infectious mononucleosis, also known as glandular fever or the kissing disease, is a benign lymphoproliferative disorder. It is a viral infection caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a ubiquitous herpes virus that is found in all human societies and cu
- Steroids for traumatic optic neuropathy
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 17-Jun-2013
Traumatic optic neuropathy (TON) is an important cause of severe visual loss following blunt or penetrating head trauma. Following the initial injury, optic nerve swelling within the optic nerve canal can result in secondary retinal ganglion cell loss. Op
- Steroids for treating cerebral malaria
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 26-Jul-1999
Cerebral malaria is associated with swelling of the brain. Corticosteroid drugs could reduce the harmful effects of this swelling, but they could also suppress host immunity to infection.
- Steroids, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and stents for superior vena caval obstruction in carcinoma of the bronchus
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 9-Mar-2015
Superior vena caval obstruction (SVCO) is an uncommon manifestation of carcinoma of the bronchus characterised by neck swelling and distended veins over the chest. Treatment options include radiotherapy, chemotherapy, steroids and insertion of an expandab
- Stimulant and non‐stimulant drug therapy for people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and epilepsy
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 13-Jul-2022
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) can co-occur in up to 40% of people with epilepsy. There is debate about the efficacy and tolerability of stimulant and non-stimulant drugs used to treat people with ADHD and co-occurring epilepsy.
- Stimulant laxatives for constipation and soiling in children
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 23-Jul-2001
Constipation is extremely common in childhood and may lead to overflow soiling/encopresis. Standard treatment of the more severe case is to empty the bowels of impacted faeces by the use of oral or rectal laxatives and then maintain regular bowel movement
- Stimulation of the wrist acupuncture point PC6 for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 2-Nov-2015
Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) are common complications following surgery and anaesthesia. Antiemetic drugs are only partially effective in preventing PONV. An alternative approach is to stimulate the PC6 acupoint on the wrist. This is an update
- Stiripentol add‐on therapy for drug‐resistant focal epilepsy
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 6-Sep-2022
This is an updated version of the Cochrane Review first published in 2014 and last updated in 2020.
- Stopping enteral feeds for prevention of transfusion‐associated necrotising enterocolitis in preterm infants
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 28-Oct-2019
Feeding practices around the time of packed red blood cell transfusion have been implicated in the subsequent development of necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) in preterm infants. Specifically, it has been suggested that withholding feeds around the time of
- Stopping long-acting beta2-agonists (LABA) for adults with asthma well controlled by LABA and inhaled corticosteroids
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 12-Jun-2015
Poorly controlled asthma often leads to preventable exacerbations that require additional medications, as well as unscheduled hospital and clinic visits.
