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- Continuous versus bolus intermittent intragastric tube feeding for preterm and low birth weight infants with gastro‐oesophageal reflux disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 6-Aug-2021
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease is a particularly common condition among preterm and low birth weight infants. These infants are more likely to have excessive regurgitation, as they do not have a fully developed antireflux mechanism. Preterm and low bir
- Continuous versus intermittent antibiotics for bronchiectasis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 3-Jun-2018
Bronchiectasis is a chronic airway disease characterised by a destructive cycle of recurrent airway infection, inflammation and tissue damage. Antibiotics are a main treatment for bronchiectasis. The aim of continuous therapy with prophylactic antibiotics
- Continuous versus intermittent beta‐agonists for acute asthma
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 20-Oct-2003
Patients with acute asthma treated in the emergency department are frequently treated with intermittent inhaled beta-agonists delivered by nebulisation. The use of continuous beta-agonist (CBA) via nebulisation in the emergency setting may offer additiona
- Continuous versus intermittent infusions of antibiotics for the treatment of severe acute infections
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 29-May-2013
Intravenous broad–spectrum antibiotics are indicated for the treatment of severe infections. However, the emergence of infections caused by multiple-drug resistant organisms in conjunction with a lack of novel antibiotics has prompted the investigation of
- Continuous versus intermittent physiological monitoring for acute stroke
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 8-Apr-2013
Explanations for the effectiveness of stroke units compared with general wards in reducing mortality, institutionalisation and dependence of people with stroke remain undetermined, and the discussion on the most effective stroke unit model is still up for
- Continuous versus interrupted skin sutures for non-obstetric surgery
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 11-Feb-2014
Most surgical procedures involve a cut in the skin, allowing the surgeon to gain access to the surgical site. Most surgical wounds are closed fully at the end of the procedure; this review focuses on these closed wounds. There are many ways to close the s
- Contracting out to improve the use of clinical health services and health outcomes in low‐ and middle‐income countries
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 3-Apr-2018
Contracting out of governmental health services is a financing strategy that governs the way in which public sector funds are used to have services delivered by non-governmental health service providers (NGPs). It represents a contract between the governm
- Contracts between patients and healthcare practitioners for improving patients' adherence to treatment, prevention and health promotion activities
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 13-May-2009
Contracts are a verbal or written agreement that a patient makes with themselves, with healthcare practitioners, or with carers, where participants commit to a set of behaviours related to the care of a patient. Contracts aim to improve the patients' adhe
- Controlled cord traction for the third stage of labour
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 29-Jan-2015
Active management of the third stage of labour (AMTSL) consists of a group of interventions, including administration of a prophylactic uterotonic (at at or after delivery of the baby), baby, cord clamping and cutting, controlled cord traction (CCT) to de
- Controlled hypotension versus normotensive resuscitation strategy for people with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 13-Jun-2018
An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is the pathological enlargement of the aorta and can develop in both men and women. Progressive aneurysm enlargement can lead to rupture. The rupture of an AAA is frequently fatal and accounts for the death from haemorrh
- Convalescent plasma or hyperimmune immunoglobulin for people with COVID‐19: a living systematic review
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 20-May-2021
Convalescent plasma and hyperimmune immunoglobulin may reduce mortality in patients with viral respiratory diseases, and are being investigated as potential therapies for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). A thorough understanding of the current body of
- Convective radiofrequency water vapour thermal therapy for lower urinary tract symptoms in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 25-Mar-2020
New minimal invasive surgeries have been suggested as alternative options to transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) for the management of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Convective radiofrequency
- Conventional chest physiotherapy compared to other airway clearance techniques for cystic fibrosis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 24-Jan-2013
Cystic fibrosis is an inherited life-limiting disorder, characterised by pulmonary infections and thick airway secretions. Chest physiotherapy has been integral to clinical management in facilitating removal of airway secretions. Conventional chest physio
- Conventional occlusion versus pharmacologic penalization for amblyopia
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 28-Aug-2019
Amblyopia is defined as impaired visual acuity in one or both eyes without demonstrable abnormality of the visual pathway, and is not immediately resolved by wearing glasses.
- Conventional versus LigaSure hemorrhoidectomy for patients with symptomatic Hemorrhoids
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 21-Jan-2009
Hemorrhoidectomy is a frequently performed surgical procedure and associated with postprocedural pain. The use of the Ligasure could result in a decreased incidence of pain as coagulation with high frequency currency and active feedback control over the p
- Cooling for cerebral protection during brain surgery
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 28-Jan-2015
Patients undergoing neurosurgery are at risk of cerebral ischaemia with resultant cerebral hypoxia and neuronal cell death. This can increase both the risk of mortality and long term neurological disability. Induced hypothermia has been shown to reduce th
- Cooling for newborns with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 31-Jan-2013
Newborn animal studies and pilot studies in humans suggest that mild hypothermia following peripartum hypoxia-ischaemia in newborn infants may reduce neurological sequelae without adverse effects.
- Cooling therapy for acute stroke
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 21-Jan-2009
Increased body temperatures are common in patients with acute stroke and are associated with poor outcome. In animal models of focal cerebral ischaemia, temperature-lowering therapy reduces infarct volume. In patients with acute stroke, lowering temperatu
- Co-ordinated multidisciplinary approaches for inpatient rehabilitation of older patients with proximal femoral fractures
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 11-Aug-2009
Hip fracture is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in older people and its impact, both on the individual and to society, is substantial.
- Copper containing intra-uterine devices versus depot progestogens for contraception
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 9-Aug-2011
Highly effective contraception is essential to reduce unintended pregnancies and the effect these have on individuals, society and public health resources. Intrauterine devices (IUDs) and depot progestogens are two commonly used long-acting, reversible co
