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- Systemic therapy for treating locoregional recurrence in women with breast cancer
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 10-Jun-2008
Between 10% and 35% of women with operable breast cancer will experience an isolated locoregional recurrence following their primary treatment. There is currently no good evidence that adjuvant systemic treatment is effective in this situation and there i
- Tacrolimus versus cyclosporin as primary immunosuppression for kidney transplant recipients
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 25-Aug-2008
Kidney transplantation is the treatment of choice for most patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Standard protocols in use typically involve three drug groups each directed to a site in the T-cell activation or proliferation cascade which are cent
- Tailored interventions to address determinants of practice
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 29-Apr-2015
Tailored intervention strategies are frequently recommended among approaches to the implementation of improvement in health professional performance. Attempts to change the behaviour of health professionals may be impeded by a variety of different barrier
- Target of rapamycin inhibitors (TOR-I; sirolimus and everolimus) for primary immunosuppression in kidney transplant recipients
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 14-Oct-2008
Target of rapamycin inhibitors (TOR-I) (sirolimus, everolimus) are immunosuppressive agents with a novel mode of action but an uncertain clinical role.
- Target payments in primary care: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 11-Nov-2008
The method by which physicians are paid may affect their professional practice. Although payment systems may be used to achieve policy objectives (e.g. improving quality of care, cost containment and recruitment to under-served areas), little is known abo
- Targeted therapy for advanced renal cell carcinoma
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-Nov-2011
Advanced renal cell carcinoma has been resistant to drug therapy of different types and new types of drug therapy are needed. Targeted agents inhibit known molecular pathways and have been tested in renal cancer for just over a decade.
- Tartrazine exclusion for allergic asthma
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 11-Jul-2012
Tartrazine is the best known and one of the most commonly used food additives. Food colorants are also used in many medications as well as foods. There has been conflicting evidence as to whether tartrazine causes exacerbations of asthma with some studies
- Taxanes for adjuvant treatment of early breast cancer
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 2-Sep-2010
Adjuvant chemotherapy improves survival in pre- and post-menopausal women with early breast cancer. Taxanes are highly active chemotherapy agents in metastatic breast cancer. Their role in early breast cancer was examined in this review.
- Teaching critical appraisal skills in healthcare settings
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 29-Sep-2011
Critical appraisal is the process of assessing and interpreting evidence by systematically considering its validity, results and relevance to an individual's work. Within the last decade critical appraisal has been added as a topic to many medical school
- Techniques and materials for closure of the abdominal wall in caesarean section
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 12-Aug-2008
There is a variety of techniques for closing the abdominal wall during caesarean section. Some methods may be better in terms of postoperative recovery and other important outcomes.
- Techniques and materials for skin closure in caesarean section
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 17-Oct-2012
Caesarean section is a common operation with no agreed upon standard regarding certain operative techniques or materials to use. With regard to skin closure, the skin incision can be re-approximated by a subcuticular suture immediately below the skin laye
- Techniques for caesarean section
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 8-Aug-2012
Rates of caesarean section (CS) have been rising globally. It is important to use the most effective and safe technique.
- Techniques for pelvic surgery in subfertility
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 20-Sep-2010
Since the introduction of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) tubal surgery has been less frequently undertaken as a technique to improve fertility in women with damaged fallopian tubes. There are various surgical techniques that can be used to repair blocked or
- Telephone consultation and triage: effects on health care use and patient satisfaction
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 11-Nov-2008
Telephone consultation is the process where calls are received, assessed and managed by giving advice or by referral to a more appropriate service. In recent years there has been a growth in telephone consultation developed, in part, as a response to incr
- Telephone counselling for smoking cessation
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 23-Oct-2013
Telephone services can provide information and support for smokers. Counselling may be provided proactively or offered reactively to callers to smoking cessation helplines.
- Telephone follow-up, initiated by a hospital-based health professional, for postdischarge problems in patients discharged from hospital to home
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 13-May-2008
It is known that many patients encounter a variety of problems in the first weeks after they have been discharged from hospital to home. In recent years many projects have addressed discharge planning, with the aim of reducing problems after discharge. Te
- The effect of financial incentives on the quality of health care provided by primary care physicians
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-Aug-2011
The use of blended payment schemes in primary care, including the use of financial incentives to directly reward ‘performance’ and ‘quality’ is increasing in a number of countries. There are many examples in the US, and the Quality and Outcomes Framework
- The effectiveness of strategies to change organisational culture to improve healthcare performance
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-Dec-2010
Organisational culture is an anthropological metaphor used to inform research and consultancy and to explain organisational environments. Great emphasis has been placed during the last years on the need to change organisational culture in order to pursue
- Theophylline, aminophylline, caffeine and analogues for acute ischaemic stroke
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-Oct-2008
Theophylline causes potent cerebral vasoconstriction which decreases blood flow in the non-ischaemic areas of the brain and increases collateral blood flow surrounding the ischaemic region. NOTE: This review covers an area where no active research is taki
- Therapeutic exercise for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or motor neuron disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 2-Apr-2013
Despite the high incidence of muscle weakness in individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or motor neuron disease (MND), the effects of exercise in this population are not well understood. This is an update of a review first published in 2008.
