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October 2001, Volume 4, Issue 4

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  1. Web only
  2. Purpose and procedure
  3. Other articles noted
  4. Treatment
  5. Prognosis
  6. Quality assurance
  7. Qualitative
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Web only

  • Other Articles Noted

    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:4 E1-E11 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.4.E1

Purpose and procedure

  • Purpose and procedure

    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:4 98-99 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.4.98

  • Evaluation of systematic reviews of treatment or prevention interventions

    • Donna Ciliska,
    • Nicky Cullum,
    • Susan Marks
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:4 100-104 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.4.100

  • Glossary

    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:4 128 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.4.128-a

Other articles noted

Treatment

  • Review: insufficient evidence exists for regular use of loop diuretics in preterm infants with chronic lung disease

    1. Commentator:
      • Mary McAllister
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:4 105 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.4.105

  • A breastfeeding intervention increased breast feeding and reduced GI tract infections and atopic eczema

    1. Commentator:
      • Soraya Meah
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:4 106 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.4.106

  • Delayed prescribing of antibiotics increased duration of acute otitis media symptoms in children but reduced diarrhoea

    1. Commentator:
      • Stephanie Wright
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:4 107 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.4.107

  • Developmental outcomes did not differ for early or delayed tympanostomy tube insertion in young children with otitis media

    1. Commentator:
      • Jeanette Robertson
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:4 108 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.4.108

  • Parent training improved maternal wellbeing and reduced attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in children

    1. Commentator:
      • Laurence Baldwin
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:4 109 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.4.109

  • Review: alarm interventions reduce nocturnal enuresis in children

    1. Commentator:
      • Elizabeth Hawkins-Walsh
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:4 110 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.4.110

  • Combined permethrin (PER) and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) was better than PER alone but not better than TMP/SMX alone for treating head lice infestation in children

    1. Commentator:
      • Lynda Slimmer
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:4 111 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.4.111

  • Review: oral and intravaginal agents are equally effective for treatment of uncomplicated vulvovaginal candidiasis

    1. Commentator:
      • M Kay Libbus
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:4 112 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.4.112

  • Continuous topical heat was as effective as ibuprofen for dysmenorrhoea

    1. Commentator:
      • Cathy R Kessenich
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:4 113 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.4.113

  • Agnus castus fruit extract was safe and effective for relieving symptoms of premenstrual syndrome

    1. Commentator:
      • Gene Elizabeth Harkless
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:4 114 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.4.114

  • Review: social skills training, supported employment programmes, and cognitive behaviour therapy improve some outcomes in schizophrenia

    1. Commentator:
      • Janet Landeen
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:4 115 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.4.115

  • Review: pelvic floor muscle training is effective for stress or mixed urinary incontinence in women

    1. Commentator:
      • Jennifer Skelly
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:4 116 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.4.116

  • A strategy of evaluation and delayed closure of dirty abdominal wounds reduced wound infections

    1. Commentator:
      • Andrew Jull
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:4 117 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.4.117

  • Infusion of low dose dopamine did not reduce renal failure in at risk patients in the intensive care unit

    1. Commentator:
      • Brenda Lynn Morgan
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:4 118 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.4.118

  • Ethics consultations in the intensive care unit (ICU) reduced duration of ICU stay and time on aggressive, life sustaining treatments with no change in overall mortality

    1. Commentator:
      • Mary Cooke
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:4 119 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.4.119

  • Cognitive behavioural therapy plus medical management reduced depression and joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis

    1. Commentator:
      • Sandra LeFort
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:4 120 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.4.120

  • Review: glucosamine is more effective than selected non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and placebo for reducing pain and more effective than placebo for improving function in patients with osteoarthritis

    1. Commentator:
      • Donna D Ignatavicius
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:4 121 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.4.121

Prognosis

  • Fracture risk was increased after stroke with a marked increase immediately after stroke

    1. Commentator:
      • Julie Bliss
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:4 122 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.4.122

Quality assurance

  • Review: questionnaire feedback to clinicians improves recognition of psychiatric disorders in high risk patients but not in all patients in non-psychiatric settings

    1. Commentator:
      • Gina Browne
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:4 123

Qualitative

  • Older adolescents with cerebral palsy perceived success to mean being happy, believing in themselves, and being believed in and accepted by others

    1. Commentator:
      • M Janice Radford
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:4 124 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.4.124

  • Adolescents from different socioeconomic backgrounds had different attitudes about teen pregnancy

    1. Commentator:
      • Hope Schreiber
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:4 125 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.4.125

  • Women with HIV/AIDS described several forms of positive change resulting from their illness

    1. Commentator:
      • France Bouthillette
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:4 126 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.4.126

  • Informal caregivers described 3 strategies to search for meaning in caring for a person with HIV

    1. Commentator:
      • Lorly McClure
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:4 127 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.4.127

  • Patients in stroke units have better outcomes, but receive less personal nursing care

    1. Commentator:
      • Joanne V Hickey
    Evid Based Nurs 2001;4:4 128 doi:10.1136/ebn.4.4.128

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