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January 2007, Volume 10, Issue 1

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  1. Glossary
  2. Purpose and procedure
  3. EBN notebook
  4. Treatment
  5. Economics
  6. Causation
  7. Quality improvement
  8. Qualitative
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Glossary

  • Glossary

    Evid Based Nurs 2007;10:1 1 doi:10.1136/ebn.10.1.1

Purpose and procedure

EBN notebook

  • Why fair tests are needed: a brief history

    • Iain Chalmers
    Evid Based Nurs 2007;10:1 4-5 doi:10.1136/ebn.10.1.4

  • Of studies, syntheses, synopses, summaries, and systems: the “5S” evolution of information services for evidence-based healthcare decisions

    • Brian Haynes
    Evid Based Nurs 2007;10:1 6-7 doi:10.1136/ebn.10.1.6

  • Star ratings—a new feature coming soon to EB Nursing!

    • Donna Ciliska,
    • Brian Haynes
    Evid Based Nurs 2007;10:1 8 doi:10.1136/ebn.10.1.8

Treatment

  • Review: antibiotics are effective for acute purulent rhinitis but are associated with increased gastrointestinal side effects

    1. Commentator:
      • Caroline Dorsen
    Evid Based Nurs 2007;10:1 9 doi:10.1136/ebn.10.1.9

  • Immediate or delayed prescribing of antibiotics reduced duration of symptoms in acute infective conjunctivitis

    1. Commentator:
      • Paula Renouf
    Evid Based Nurs 2007;10:1 10 doi:10.1136/ebn.10.1.10

  • Review: exercise improves glycaemic control and reduces plasma triglycerides and visceral adipose tissue in type 2 diabetes

    1. Commentator:
      • Judith Carrier
    Evid Based Nurs 2007;10:1 11 doi:10.1136/ebn.10.1.11

  • Review: regular exercise improves quality of life and physical fitness in women with breast cancer

    1. Commentator:
      • Barbara Fitzgerald
    Evid Based Nurs 2007;10:1 12 doi:10.1136/ebn.10.1.12

  • Review: various interventions prevent or reduce oral mucositis in patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy

    1. Commentator:
      • Paula R Sherwood
    Evid Based Nurs 2007;10:1 13 doi:10.1136/ebn.10.1.13

  • Review: sparse good quality evidence supports the use of alternative therapies for menopausal symptoms

    1. Commentator:
      • M Kay Libbus
    Evid Based Nurs 2007;10:1 14 doi:10.1136/ebn.10.1.14

  • Review: sparse evidence supports non-pharmacological interventions for preventing wandering in people with dementia

    1. Commentator:
      • Dorothy A Forbes
    Evid Based Nurs 2007;10:1 15 doi:10.1136/ebn.10.1.15

  • Review: a low protein diet delays end stage renal disease or death in chronic kidney disease

    1. Commentator:
      • Bernard Mark Garrett
    Evid Based Nurs 2007;10:1 16 doi:10.1136/ebn.10.1.16

  • Review: evidence from ⩽2 low quality studies suggests no difference in surgical site infection with or without preoperative hair removal; depilatory cream and clipping are better than shaving

    1. Commentator:
      • Margaret Heaton
    Evid Based Nurs 2007;10:1 17 doi:10.1136/ebn.10.1.17

  • Review: double gloving during surgery prevents perforations of the inner glove, but its effect on infection is unknown

    1. Commentator:
      • Eileen M Scott
    Evid Based Nurs 2007;10:1 18 doi:10.1136/ebn.10.1.18

  • Oral decontamination with chlorhexidine reduced ventilator associated pneumonia in patients needing mechanical ventilation for ⩾48 hours

    1. Commentator:
      • Ee Yuee Chan
    Evid Based Nurs 2007;10:1 19 doi:10.1136/ebn.10.1.19

  • Paraffin ointment or mupirocin ointment did not differ from no ointment under moist occlusive dressings on non-contaminated surgical wounds for wound infections

    1. Commentator:
      • Denis Anthony
    Evid Based Nurs 2007;10:1 20 doi:10.1136/ebn.10.1.20

  • Review: insufficient evidence exists for any one dressing type (used beneath compression) for venous leg ulcer healing

    1. Commentator:
      • Julie Betts
    Evid Based Nurs 2007;10:1 21 doi:10.1136/ebn.10.1.21

  • Similar proportions of patients developed pressure ulcers on alternating pressure overlays and alternating pressure mattresses

    1. Commentator:
      • Annette Hoskins
    Evid Based Nurs 2007;10:1 22 doi:10.1136/ebn.10.1.22

Economics

  • Alternating pressure mattresses were more cost effective than alternating pressure overlays for preventing pressure ulcers

    1. Commentator:
      • Annette Hoskins
    Evid Based Nurs 2007;10:1 23 doi:10.1136/ebn.10.1.23

Causation

  • Review: good adherence to drug therapy is associated with reduced mortality

    1. Commentator:
      • Valerie Abbott-Mitchell
    Evid Based Nurs 2007;10:1 24 doi:10.1136/ebn.10.1.24

Quality improvement

  • Review: case management and team changes are particularly effective strategies for reducing HbA1c concentrations in type 2 diabetes

    1. Commentator:
      • Sandra L Upchurch
    Evid Based Nurs 2007;10:1 25 doi:10.1136/ebn.10.1.25

  • Audit and feedback and educational outreach did not differ from printed educational materials for improving community nursing practice

    1. Commentator:
      • Ruth Hannon
    Evid Based Nurs 2007;10:1 26 doi:10.1136/ebn.10.1.26

Qualitative

  • Oral and written information about newborn screening should be concise and given to parents by primary prenatal care providers

    1. Commentator:
      • Jacqueline Cusworth-Aerts
    Evid Based Nurs 2007;10:1 27 doi:10.1136/ebn.10.1.27

  • Children as young as 4 years of age with type 1 diabetes showed understanding and competence in managing their condition

    1. Commentator:
      • Kathryn Rousseau
    Evid Based Nurs 2007;10:1 28 doi:10.1136/ebn.10.1.28

  • Children of mothers with breast cancer were distressed by hair loss; those >10 years of age wanted more information about their mother’s condition

    1. Commentator:
      • Gladys McPherson
    Evid Based Nurs 2007;10:1 29 doi:10.1136/ebn.10.1.29

  • Community nurse behaviours related to patient involvement in decision making varied on a continuum of non-involving to involving

    1. Commentator:
      • Dorothy McCaughan
    Evid Based Nurs 2007;10:1 30 doi:10.1136/ebn.10.1.30

  • Patients with cancer used numerical information to calculate the odds and mobilise their coping responses

    1. Commentator:
      • Karen Moore Schaefer
    Evid Based Nurs 2007;10:1 31 doi:10.1136/ebn.10.1.31

  • Men treated for prostate cancer did not consider urinary, bowel, or sexual dysfunction as problems of health

    1. Commentator:
      • John Oliffe
    Evid Based Nurs 2007;10:1 32 doi:10.1136/ebn.10.1.32

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