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- Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 27-Jan-2011
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is found in 5% to 10% of men aged 65 to 79 years. The major complication is rupture which presents as a surgical emergency. The mortality after rupture is high, 80% for patients reaching hospital and 50% for those undergoin
- Seclusion and restraint for people with serious mental illnesses
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 24-Jan-2000
Seclusion and restraint are interventions used in the treatment and management of disruptive and violent behaviours in psychiatry. The use of seclusion varies widely across institutions. The literature does offer numerous suggestions for interventions to
- Second or third additional chemotherapy drug for non-small cell lung cancer in patients with advanced disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 8-Mar-2012
Randomized trials have demonstrated that adding a drug to a single-agent or to a two-agent regimen increased the tumor response rate in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), although its impact on survival remains controversial.
- Sedation of children undergoing dental treatment
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 17-Dec-2018
Children's fear about dental treatment may lead to behaviour management problems for the dentist, which can be a barrier to the successful dental treatment of children. Sedation can be used to relieve anxiety and manage behaviour in children undergoing de
- Selenium for alleviating the side effects of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery in cancer patients
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-Jul-2006
This is an updated version of the original Cochrane review published in Issue 3, 2006. Selenium supplements are frequently used by cancer patients. Selenium is an essential trace element and is involved in antioxidant protection and the redox-regulation i
- Selenium supplementation for critically ill adults
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 27-Jul-2015
Selenium is a trace mineral essential to health and has an important role in immunity, defence against tissue damage and thyroid function. Improving selenium status could help protect against overwhelming tissue damage and infection in critically ill adul
- Self-help and guided self-help for eating disorders
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 5-Nov-2008
Anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), binge eating disorder (BED) and eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS) are common and disabling disorders. Many patients experience difficulties accessing specialist psychological treatments. Pure self
- Self‐management education and regular practitioner review for adults with asthma
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 22-Jul-2002
A key component of many asthma management guidelines is the recommendation for patient education and regular medical review. A number of controlled trials have been conducted to measure the effectiveness of asthma education programmes. These programmes im
- Self-management education programmes by lay leaders for people with chronic conditions
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 30-Oct-2008
Lay-led self-management programmes are becoming widespread in the attempt to promote self-care for people with chronic conditions.
- Self‐management interventions for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 10-Jan-2022
Self-management interventions help people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to acquire and practise the skills they need to carry out disease-specific medical regimens, guide changes in health behaviour and provide emotional support to ena
- Self-monitoring of blood glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who are not using insulin
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 5-Apr-2012
Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) has been found to be effective for patients with type 1 diabetes and for patients with type 2 diabetes using insulin. There is much debate on the effectiveness of SMBG as a tool in the self-management for patients w
- Sequencing of chemotherapy and radiotherapy for early breast cancer
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 30-Apr-2013
After surgery for localised breast cancer, radiotherapy (RT) improves both local control and breast cancer-specific survival. In patients at risk of harbouring micro-metastatic disease, adjuvant chemotherapy (CT) improves 15-year survival. However, the be
- Serenoa repens for benign prostatic hyperplasia
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 12-Dec-2012
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a nonmalignant enlargement of the prostate, which can lead to obstructive and irritative lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). The pharmacologic use of plants and herbs (phytotherapy) for the treatment of LUTS associat
- Services for helping acute stroke patients avoid hospital admission
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 28-Nov-2011
Stroke patients are usually admitted to hospital for their acute care and rehabilitation. Services to help acute stroke patients avoid admission to hospital ('hospital-at-home') have now been developed.
- Shared care across the interface between primary and specialty care in management of long term conditions
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 23-Feb-2017
Shared care has been used in the management of many chronic conditions with the assumption that it delivers better care than primary or specialty care alone; however, little is known about the effectiveness of shared care.
- Shengmai (a traditional Chinese herbal medicine) for heart failure
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 29-Apr-2016
This systemic review is an update of a review previously published in 2011. Heart failure is a major public health problem worldwide. Shengmai (a traditional Chinese herbal medicine) has long been used as a complementary treatment for heart failure in Chi
- Shock wave therapy for lateral elbow pain
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-Oct-2005
This review is one in a series of reviews of interventions for lateral elbow pain.
- Short term benefits for laparoscopic colorectal resection
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 20-Apr-2005
Colorectal resections are common surgical procedures all over the world. Laparoscopic colorectal surgery is technically feasible in a considerable amount of patients under elective conditions. Several short-term benefits of the laparoscopic approach to co
- Short term urinary catheter policies following urogenital surgery in adults
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 5-Nov-2008
Urinary catheterisation (by the urethral or suprapubic routes) is common following urogenital surgery. There is no consensus on how to minimize complications and practice varies.
- Short‐term psychodynamic psychotherapies for common mental disorders
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 1-Jul-2014
Since the mid-1970s, short-term psychodynamic psychotherapies (STPP) for a broad range of psychological and somatic disorders have been developed and studied. Early published meta-analyses of STPP, using different methods and samples, have yielded conflic
