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- Vaccines for preventing influenza in people with asthma
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-Dec-2012
Influenza vaccination is recommended for asthmatic patients in many countries as observational studies have shown that influenza infection can be associated with asthma exacerbations. However, influenza vaccination has the potential to cause wheezing and
- Vaccines for preventing influenza in people with cystic fibrosis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 12-Feb-2014
Viral respiratory tract infections in people with cystic fibrosis have a deteriorating effect on their lung function and disease progression. Annual influenza vaccination is therefore commonly recommended for people with cystic fibrosis.
- Vaccines for preventing influenza in the elderly
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 1-Feb-2018
The consequences of influenza in the elderly (those age 65 years or older) are complications, hospitalisations, and death. The primary goal of influenza vaccination in the elderly is to reduce the risk of death among people who are most vulnerable. This i
- Vaccines for preventing Japanese encephalitis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 9-Nov-2008
Vaccination is recognized as the only practical measure for preventing Japanese encephalitis. Production shortage, costs, and issues of licensure impair vaccination programmes in many affected countries. Concerns over vaccine effectiveness and safety also
- Vaccines for preventing malaria (blood-stage)
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 9-Nov-2008
A malaria vaccine is needed because of the heavy burden of mortality and morbidity due to this disease. This review describes the results of trials of blood (asexual)-stage vaccines. Several are under development, but only one (MSP/RESA, also known as Com
- Vaccines for preventing malaria (pre-erythrocytic)
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 9-Nov-2008
Vaccines against all stages of the malaria parasite are in development, mainly for Plasmodium falciparum, which causes the most serious form of malaria. Pre-erythrocytic vaccines act to prevent or delay a malaria attack by attacking the sporozoite and liv
- Vaccines for preventing malaria (SPf66)
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 17-Feb-2009
A malaria vaccine is badly needed. SPf66 was one of the earliest vaccines developed. It is a synthetic peptide vaccine containing antigens from the blood stages of malaria linked together with an antigen from the sporozoite stage, and is targeted mainly a
- Vaccines for preventing pneumococcal infection in adults
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-Nov-2012
Diseases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) continue to cause substantial morbidity and mortality globally. Whilst pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines (PPVs) have the potential to prevent disease and death, the degree of protection afford
- Vaccines for preventing smallpox
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 9-Nov-2008
Smallpox was eradicated by 1980, but its possible use as a bioweapon has rekindled interest in the development of protective vaccines. Therefore, stockpiled calf lymph-derived vaccines and recently developed cell-cultured vaccines have been investigated t
- Vaccines for preventing typhoid fever
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 4-Dec-2013
Typhoid fever and paratyphoid fever continue to be important causes of illness and death, particularly among children and adolescents in south-central and southeast Asia. Two typhoid vaccines are commercially available, Ty21a (oral) and Vi polysaccharide
- Vaccines for women for preventing neonatal tetanus
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 23-Jun-2015
Tetanus is an acute, often fatal, disease caused by an exotoxin produced by Clostridium tetani. It occurs in newborn infants born to mothers who do not have sufficient circulating antibodies to protect the infant passively, by transplacental transfer. Pre
- Vancomycin for prophylaxis against sepsis in preterm neonates
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 22-Oct-2008
Nosocomial, late onset, sepsis occurs in up to 50% of infants of less than 1000gm at birth. The most frequent organism isolated is coagulase negative staphylococcus (CoNS). A number of studies have evaluated the efficacy of prophylactic low dose vancomyci
- Vasectomy occlusion techniques for male sterilization
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 12-Mar-2014
Vasectomy is an increasingly popular and effective family planning method. A variety of vasectomy techniques are used worldwide, including vas occlusion techniques (excision and ligation, thermal or electrocautery, and mechanical and chemical occlusion me
- Vena caval filters for the prevention of pulmonary embolism
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-Dec-2009
Pulmonary emboli (PE) can have potentially fatal consequences. Inferior vena caval filters (VCFs) are metal alloy devices that mechanically trap fragmented thromboemboli from the deep leg veins en route to the pulmonary circulation. Filters are designed t
- Venepuncture versus heel lance for blood sampling in term neonates
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-Dec-2011
Heel lance has been the conventional method of blood sampling in neonates for screening tests. Neonates undergoing heel lance experience pain which cannot be completely alleviated.
- Vestibular rehabilitation for unilateral peripheral vestibular dysfunction
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 11-Jan-2015
This is an update of a Cochrane review first published in The Cochrane Library in Issue 4, 2007 and previously updated in 2011.
- Virtual reality simulation training for health professions trainees in gastrointestinal endoscopy
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-May-2012
Traditionally, training in gastrointestinal endoscopy has been based upon an apprenticeship model, with novice endoscopists learning basic skills under the supervision of experienced preceptors in the clinical setting. Over the last two decades, however,
- Viscosupplementation for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 12-Nov-2014
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent chronic joint disorder worldwide and is associated with significant pain and disability.
- Vitamin A supplementation to prevent mortality and short- and long-term morbidity in very low birthweight infants
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 6-Sep-2011
Vitamin A is necessary for normal lung growth and the integrity of respiratory tract epithelial cells. Preterm infants have low vitamin A status at birth, and this has been associated with increased risk of developing chronic lung disease.
- Vitamin C supplementation for asthma
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 23-Oct-2013
Vitamin C is one of the key antioxidant vitamins which is abundant in the extracellular fluid lining the lung and low vitamin C intake has been associated with pulmonary dysfunction.
