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- Telephone interventions, delivered by healthcare professionals, for providing education and psychosocial support for informal caregivers of adults with diagnosed illnesses
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 14-May-2019
Maintaining care for ill persons in the community is heavily dependent on support from unpaid caregivers. Many caregivers, however, find themselves in a caring role for which they are ill prepared and may require professional support. The telephone is an
- Telephone support for women during pregnancy and the first six weeks postpartum
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 18-Jul-2013
Telephone communication is increasingly being accepted as a useful form of support within health care. There is some evidence that telephone support may be of benefit in specific areas of maternity care such as to support breastfeeding and for women at ri
- Telerehabilitation for chronic respiratory disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 29-Jan-2021
Pulmonary rehabilitation is a proven, effective intervention for people with chronic respiratory diseases including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), interstitial lung disease (ILD) and bronchiectasis. However, relatively few people attend or
- Telerehabilitation for people with low vision
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 13-Jan-2023
Low vision affects over 300 million people worldwide and can compromise both activities of daily living and quality of life. Rehabilitative training and vision assistive equipment (VAE) may help, but some visually impaired people have limited resources to
- Telerehabilitation for persons with multiple sclerosis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 9-Apr-2015
Telerehabilitation, an emerging method, extends rehabilitative care beyond the hospital, and facilitates multifaceted, often psychotherapeutic approaches to modern management of patients using telecommunication technology at home or in the community. Alth
- Telerehabilitation services for stroke
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 31-Jan-2020
Telerehabilitation offers an alternate way of delivering rehabilitation services. Information and communication technologies are used to facilitate communication between the healthcare professional and the patient in a remote location. The use of telereha
- Temozolomide for high grade glioma
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 30-Apr-2013
High grade glioma (HGG) is an aggressive form of brain cancer. Treatment of HGG usually entails biopsy, or resection if safe, followed by radiotherapy. Temozolomide is a novel oral chemotherapy drug that penetrates into the brain and purportedly has a low
- Temperature of embryo culture for assisted reproduction
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 17-Sep-2019
'Infertility' is defined as the failure to achieve pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse. One in six couples experience a delay in becoming pregnant. In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is one of the assisted reproductive te
- Tenofovir or zidovudine in three‐drug combination therapy with one nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor and one non‐nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor for initial treatment of HIV infection in antiretroviral‐naïve individuals
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 6-Oct-2010
The introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (ART) as treatment for HIV infection has greatly improved mortality and morbidity for adults and children living with HIV around the world. Two of the most common medications given in first-line ART
- Terbutaline pump maintenance therapy after threatened preterm labor for preventing preterm birth
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 21-Oct-2002
This review has been updated by a new team. The new review title is:?
Chawanpaiboon S, Laopaiboon M, Lumbiganon P, Sangkomkamhang US, Dowswell T. Terbutaline pump maintenance therapy after threatened preterm labour for reducing adverse neonatal outcomes.
- Terbutaline pump maintenance therapy after threatened preterm labour for reducing adverse neonatal outcomes
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 21-Mar-2014
After successful inhibition of threatened preterm labour women are at high risk of recurrent preterm labour. Terbutaline pump maintenance therapy has been used to reduce adverse neonatal outcomes. This review replaces an earlier Cochrane review, published
- Teriflunomide for multiple sclerosis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 22-Mar-2016
This is an update of the Cochrane review "Teriflunomide for multiple sclerosis" (first published in The Cochrane Library 2012, Issue 12).
- Terlipressin for acute esophageal variceal hemorrhage
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 20-Jan-2003
Terlipressin (triglycyl lysine vasopressin) is a synthetic analogue of vasopressin, which has been used in the treatment of acute variceal haemorrhage. In contrast to vasopressin, terlipressin can be administered as intermittent injections instead of cont
- Terlipressin versus other vasoactive drugs for hepatorenal syndrome
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 27-Sep-2017
Hepatorenal syndrome is defined as severe renal failure occurring in people with cirrhosis and ascites. Systematic reviews of randomised clinical trials found that, compared with placebo, terlipressin may reduce mortality and improve renal function in peo
- Terlipressin versus placebo or no intervention for people with cirrhosis and hepatorenal syndrome
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 14-Jun-2017
Hepatorenal syndrome is a potentially reversible renal failure associated with severe liver disease. The disease is relatively common among people with decompensated cirrhosis. Terlipressin is a drug that increases the blood flow to the kidneys by constri
- Testosterone for peri and postmenopausal women
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 3-May-2010
The question of whether adding testosterone therapy to conventional postmenopausal hormone therapy (HT) is effective or safe is unresolved. Therefore, we aimed to determine the efficacy and safety of testosterone therapy for postmenopausal women using HT.
- Testosterone for schizophrenia
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 18-Jan-2012
Recently, sex hormones such as estrogens and testosterone or its derivatives have been the focus of interest for treatment of persistent symptoms associated with schizophrenia.
- Tests for detecting strabismus in children aged 1 to 6 years in the community
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 6-Nov-2017
Strabismus (misalignment of the eyes) is a risk factor for impaired visual development both of visual acuity and of stereopsis. Detection of strabismus in the community by non-expert examiners may be performed using a number of different index tests that
- Tests to detect and inform the diagnosis of root caries
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-Dec-2020
Root caries is a well-recognised disease, with increasing prevalence as populations age and retain more of their natural teeth into later life. Like coronal caries, root caries can be associated with pain, discomfort, tooth loss, and contribute significan
- Thalidomide and thalidomide analogues for induction of remission in Crohn's disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 15-Apr-2009
Crohn's disease is a chronic relapsing condition of the alimentary tract with a high morbidity secondary to bowel inflammation. High levels of tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-a) have been associated with the development of intestinal inflammation in Cro
