Health policy

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Treatment
Intravascular catheter dressings with chlorhexidine-impregnated sponges reduced infections in the ICU

Stephen D Krau
Evid. Based Nurs. 2009; 12: 115. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Treatment
Review: evidence on dressings for superficial burns is of poor quality

Pam Hubley
Evid. Based Nurs. 2009; 12: 78. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Treatment
Home-based cardiac rehab was as effective as hospital-based rehab in improving cardiac risk factors

David R Thompson
Evid. Based Nurs. 2009; 12: 83. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical prediction guide
Review: the STRATIFY prediction tool has limited accuracy for predicting falls in hospital and geriatric rehabilitation inpatients

Susan Kasseroler
Evid. Based Nurs. 2009; 12: 91. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Treatment
Review: weight-reducing agents improve glycaemic control and reduce progression to diabetes

Diane Berry
Evid. Based Nurs. 2009; 12: 45. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Economics
Nurse-led heart failure management improved quality of life and was cost-effective

Patricia W Stone
Evid. Based Nurs. 2009; 12: 59. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Treatment
General practitioners’ advice to use topical rather than oral ibuprofen resulted in equivalent effects on chronic knee pain

Gene Elizabeth Harkless
Evid. Based Nurs. 2009; 12: 25. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Treatment
Review: some interventions may reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections and colonisation in the ICU

Stephen D Krau
Evid. Based Nurs. 2008; 11: 114. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Treatment
Review: low-molecular-weight heparin prevented recurrent VTE more than oral anticoagulants in patients with cancer

A Fuchsia Howard
Evid. Based Nurs. 2008; 11: 117. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Treatment
Review: cranberry products may prevent urinary tract infection in women with recurrent infections

Donna Moralejo
Evid. Based Nurs. 2008; 11: 74. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]