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April 2001, Volume 4, Issue 2

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  1. Purpose and procedure
  2. Treatment
  3. Assessment
  4. Causation
  5. Quality improvement
  6. Clinical prediction guide
  7. Qualitative
  8. Glossary
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Purpose and procedure

  • Purpose and procedure

    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:2 34-35 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.2.34

  • Clinically useful measures of the effects of treatment

    • Alba DiCenso
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:2 36-39 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.2.36

  • Evidence-based practice contest: innovations in clinical excellence

    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:2 40 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.2.40

Treatment

  • Routine primary immunisation using a longer needle resulted in fewer local reactions in infants

    1. Commentator:
      • Colleen Van Berkel
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:2 41 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.2.41

  • Few young children had mild reactions to the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine and older children had nearly no vaccine related reactions

    1. Commentator:
      • Mary Anne Carson
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:2 42 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.2.42

  • Review: recall or reminder systems improve the rate of childhood and adult immunisation

    1. Commentator:
      • Belinda Coates
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:2 43 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.2.43

  • A clinical pathway reduced use of nebulised β agonists and length of hospital stay in children with asthma exacerbations

    1. Commentator:
      • Cecilia Lau
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:2 44 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.2.44

  • Review: brief primary care interventions are moderately effective for increasing physical activity

    1. Commentator:
      • Stephanie P Fein and
      • Scott E Sherman
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:2 45 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.2.45

  • Contamination of urine specimens from women with acute dysuria did not differ with collection technique

    1. Commentator:
      • Johanne Mousseau
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:2 46 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.2.46

  • Review: NSAIDs, paracetamol, and analgesic/anti-inflammatory oral rinse reduce sore throat symptoms

    1. Commentator:
      • Sue Lebeau and
      • Sharon Goodwin
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:2 47 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.2.47

  • Docusate sodium with irrigation was better than triethanolamine polypeptide with irrigation for dissolving earwax

    1. Commentator:
      • Amanda Robinson
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:2 48 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.2.48

  • Early feeding after major non-laparoscopic gynaecological surgery did not increase gastrointestinal symptoms

    1. Commentator:
      • Hilaire J Thompson
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:2 49 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.2.49

  • Adjunctive nurse telehealth care reduced depressive symptoms and improved functioning

    1. Commentator:
      • Jeannette LeGris
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:2 50 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.2.50

  • A shared care system of hospital follow up reduced pain and use of healthcare resources and increased satisfaction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

    1. Commentator:
      • Elizabeth M Barrett
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:2 51 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.2.51

  • A cognitive behavioural family intervention reduced psychiatric morbidity in caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease

    1. Commentator:
      • E Ann Mohide
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:2 52 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.2.52

  • Integrated care pathway based rehabilitation for acute stroke did not reduce length of hospital stay

    1. Commentator:
      • Maureen Shaw
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:2 53 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.2.53

  • Intensive geriatric rehabilitation reduced hospital stay and time to independent living in hip fracture patients with mild to moderate dementia

    1. Commentator:
      • Michael Schulz
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:2 54 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.2.54

Assessment

  • A clear urine specimen on visual inspection cannot totally exclude a diagnosis of urinary tract infection

    1. Commentator:
      • Gene Elizabeth Harkless
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:2 55 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.2.55

Causation

  • Children who were exposed to antenatal corticosteroids and had birth weights ⩽1500 g did not have adverse growth, cognitive, or lung function outcomes at age 14 years

    1. Commentator:
      • Sharon Dore
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:2 56 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.2.56

Quality improvement

  • A nurse led clinic and computer decision support system for anticoagulation decisions was at least as effective as a hospital clinic

    1. Commentator:
      • Stephanie Wright
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:2 57 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.2.57

Clinical prediction guide

  • An antenatal index predicted postpartum depression with high sensitivity and moderate specificity

    1. Commentator:
      • Violeta Lopez-Nahas
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:2 58 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.2.58

Qualitative

  • Late adolescent girls used 4 stories to describe their smoking patterns

    1. Commentator:
      • Marjorie MacDonald
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:2 59 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.2.59

  • Teenage mothers with oppressive pasts created new family caregiving traditions

    1. Commentator:
      • Susan Jack
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:2 60 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.2.60

  • Individuals with HIV/AIDS ascribed several different meanings to their use of complementary therapy

    1. Commentator:
      • Annette Schultz
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:2 61 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.2.61

  • Inpatients had mostly negative experiences of seclusion during short term treatment in a mental health facility

    1. Commentator:
      • Helen Kirkpatrick
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:2 62 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.2.62

  • Properly planned de-institutionalisation for mental illness maintained most in community living with enhanced quality of life

    1. Commentator:
      • Cheryl Forchuk
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:2 63 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.2.63

  • Elderly women described 5 phases of living with change after myocardial infarction

    1. Commentator:
      • Karen Moore Schaefer
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:2 64 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.2.64

Glossary

  • Glossary

    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:2 64 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.2.64-a

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