Absorbable staples for uterine incision at caesarean section.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) including in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), combine gametes to enhance the probability of fertilisation and pregnancy. Advanced sperm selection techniques are increasingly employed in ART, most commonly in cycles utilising ICSI....

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Lepine S,McDowell S,Searle LM,Kroon B,Glujovsky D,Yazdani A

更新日期：2019-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enuresis (bedwetting) is a socially disruptive and stressful condition which affects around 15-20% of five year olds, and up to 2% of young adults. Although there is a high rate of spontaneous remission, the social, emotional and psychological costs to the children can be great. OBJECTIVES:To assess the eff...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Glazener CM,Evans JH

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genital infections caused by Chlamydia trachomatis are the most prevalent bacterial sexually transmitted infection worldwide. Screening of sexually active young adults to detect and treat asymptomatic infections might reduce chlamydia transmission and prevent reproductive tract morbidity, particularly pelvic...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Low N,Redmond S,Uusküla A,van Bergen J,Ward H,Andersen B,Götz H

更新日期：2016-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heat and cold therapy are often used as adjuncts in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis by rehabilitation specialists. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effects of heat and cold on objective and subjective measures of disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. SEARCH STRATEGY:We searched Medline, E...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Welch V,Brosseau L,Shea B,McGowan J,Wells G,Tugwell P

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Seizure activity in the early post-traumatic period following head injury may cause secondary brain damage as a result of increased metabolic demands, raised intracranial pressure and excess neurotransmitter release. OBJECTIVES:To determine the effects of prophylactic anti-epileptic agents for acute traumat...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Schierhout G,Roberts I

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many small, sick and premature infants are unable to coordinate sucking, swallowing and breathing, and therefore, require gavage feeding. In gavage feeding, milk feeds are delivered through a tube passed via the nose or mouth into the stomach. Intermittent bolus milk feeds may be administered using a syringe...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Dawson JA,Summan R,Badawi N,Foster JP

更新日期：2012-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heatwaves are hot weather events, which breach regional or national thresholds, that last for several days. They are likely to occur with increasing frequency in some parts of the world. The potential consequences were illustrated in Europe in August 2003 when there were an estimated 30,000 excess deaths due...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Gupta S,Carmichael C,Simpson C,Clarke MJ,Allen C,Gao Y,Chan EY,Murray V

更新日期：2012-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the commonest skin cancer in the white population. It is traditionally treated by surgical excision (SE) or by Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS). OBJECTIVES:The objective of this review was to compare the effectiveness, cost, complications and acceptability of periocular BCCs whe...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Narayanan K,Hadid OH,Barnes EA

更新日期：2009-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND: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 improve patient knowledge, but their impact on health ou...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Gibson PG,Powell H,Coughlan J,Wilson AJ,Hensley MJ,Abramson M,Bauman A,Walters EH

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogues (GnRHas) are generally well tolerated, and are effective in relieving the symptoms of endometriosis (Prentice 2003). Unfortunately the low oestrogen state that they induce is associated with adverse effects including an acceleration in bone mineral density (BMD) loss...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Sagsveen M,Farmer JE,Prentice A,Breeze A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammation and oedema of the facial nerve due to viral infection by the herpes zoster virus are implicated in the aetiology and clinical manifestation of Ramsay Hunt syndrome (herpes zoster oticus with facial palsy). Corticosteroids, with their powerful anti-inflammatory effect, have a potential role to pl...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Uscategui T,Doree C,Chamberlain IJ,Burton MJ

更新日期：2008-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with chronic kidney disease have significant abnormalities of bone remodelling and calcium homeostasis and are at increased risk of fracture. The fracture risk for a kidney transplant recipient is four times that of the general population and higher than that for a patient on dialysis. Trials report...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Palmer S,McGregor DO,Strippoli GF

更新日期：2005-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cognitive deficits are common in people who have received cranial irradiation and have a serious impact on daily functioning and quality of life. The benefit of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of cognitive deficits in this population is unclear. OBJECTIVES:To assess the effectiveness of in...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Day J,Zienius K,Gehring K,Grosshans D,Taphoorn M,Grant R,Li J,Brown PD

更新日期：2014-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of sleep problems in adulthood increases with age. While not all sleep changes are pathological in later life, severe disturbances may lead to depression, cognitive impairments, deterioration of quality of life, significant stresses for carers and increased healthcare costs. The most common tr...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Montgomery P,Dennis J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vitamin B12 deficiency is common and rises with age. Most people with vitamin B12 deficiency are treated in primary care with intramuscular vitamin B12 which is a considerable source of work for health care professionals. Several case control and case series studies have reported equal efficacy of oral admin...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Vidal-Alaball J,Butler CC,Cannings-John R,Goringe A,Hood K,McCaddon A,McDowell I,Papaioannou A

更新日期：2005-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immediate delivery of the preterm fetus with suspected compromise may decrease the risk of damage due to intrauterine hypoxia. However, it may also increase the risks of prematurity. OBJECTIVES:To assess the effects of immediate versus deferred delivery of preterm babies with suspected fetal compromise on n...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Stock SJ,Bricker L,Norman JE

更新日期：2012-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This is an update of a review first published in The Cochrane Library in Issue 3, 2013. Cancer-related pain places a heavy burden on public health with related high expenditure. Severe pain is associated with a decreased quality of life in patients with cancer. A significant proportion of patients with cance...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Peng L,Min S,Zejun Z,Wei K,Bennett MI

更新日期：2015-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Venous leg ulcers (VLUs) or varicose ulcers are the final stage of chronic venous insufficiency (CVI), and are the most common type of leg ulcer. The development of VLUs on ankles and lower legs can occur spontaneously or after minor trauma. The ulcers are often painful and exudative, healing is often protra...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： de Oliveira Carvalho PE,Magolbo NG,De Aquino RF,Weller CD

更新日期：2016-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many dental procedures cause bacteraemia and it is believed that this may lead to bacterial endocarditis (BE) in a few people. Guidelines in many countries recommend that prior to invasive dental procedures antibiotics are administered to people at high risk of endocarditis. However, it is unclear whether th...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Oliver R,Roberts GJ,Hooper L

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fractures of the patella (kneecap) account for around 1% of all human fractures. The treatment of these fractures can be surgical or conservative (such as immobilisation with a cast or brace). There are many different surgical and conservative interventions for treating fractures of the patella in adults. O...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Sayum Filho J,Lenza M,Teixeira de Carvalho R,Pires OG,Cohen M,Belloti JC

更新日期：2015-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glutamine is a conditionally essential amino acid. Endogenous biosynthesis may be insufficient for tissue needs in states of metabolic stress. Evidence exists that glutamine supplementation improves clinical outcomes in critically ill adults. It has been suggested that glutamine supplementation may also bene...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Moe-Byrne T,Brown JV,McGuire W

更新日期：2016-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND: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. Prevention may be possible by the vaccination of pregnant...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Demicheli V,Barale A,Rivetti A

更新日期：2013-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the short-term effects of azathioprine for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). SEARCH STRATEGY:We searched the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group's trials register, the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (issue 3, 2000), Medline up to and including August 2000 and Embase from 1988 to August 2...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Suarez-Almazor ME,Spooner C,Belseck E

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Advances in minimally invasive surgery for live kidney donors have led to the development of laparoendoscopic single site donor nephrectomy (LESS-DN). At present, laparoscopic donor nephrectomy is the technique of choice for donor nephrectomy globally. Compared with open surgical approaches, laparoscopic don...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Gupta A,Ahmed K,Kynaston HG,Dasgupta P,Chlosta PL,Aboumarzouk OM

更新日期：2016-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cystic fibrosis (CF) a life-limiting inherited disease affecting a number of organs, but classically associated with chronic lung infection and progressive loss of lung function. Chronic infection by Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality and therefore represe...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Frost F,Shaw M,Nazareth D

更新日期：2019-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Febrile seizures occurring in a child older than one month during an episode of fever affect 2% to 4% of children in Great Britain and the United States and recur in 30%. Rapid-acting antiepileptics and antipyretics given during subsequent fever episodes have been used to avoid the adverse effects of continu...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Offringa M,Newton R,Cozijnsen MA,Nevitt SJ

更新日期：2017-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preventing active tuberculosis (TB) from developing in people with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is important for global TB control. Isoniazid (INH) for six to nine months has 60% to 90% protective efficacy, but the treatment period is long, liver toxicity is a problem, and completion rates outside tr...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Sharma SK,Sharma A,Kadhiravan T,Tharyan P

更新日期：2013-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression is the most common psychological problem in the chronic dialysis population. The diagnosis of depression in patients on chronic dialysis is confounded by the fact that several symptoms of uraemia mimic the somatic components of depression. It affects their physical, psychological and social well-b...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Rabindranath KS,Butler JA,Macleod AM,Roderick P,Wallace SA,Daly C

更新日期：2005-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nosocomial infections continue to be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among preterm and/or low birth weight (LBW) infants. Preterm infants are deficient in immunoglobulin G (IgG); therefore, administration of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) may have the potential of preventing or altering the...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Ohlsson A,Lacy JB

更新日期：2020-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Embryo transfer (ET) was traditionally performed two days after oocyte retrieval; however, developments in culture media have allowed embryos to be maintained in culture for longer periods. Delaying transfer from Day two to Day three would allow for further development of the embryo and might have a positive...

journal_title：The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

authors： Brown J,Daya S,Matson P

更新日期：2016-12-14 00:00:00