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April 2006, Volume 9, Issue 2

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

EBN notebook

  • Reporting of weighted event rates in Evidence-Based Nursing abstracts of systematic reviews

    • Stephen R Werre,
    • Cindy Walker-Dilks,
    • Andrew Jull
    Evid Based Nurs 2006;9:2 36-37 doi:10.1136/ebn.9.2.36

  • Evidence-based nursing: how far have we come? What’s next?

    • Donna Ciliska
    Evid Based Nurs 2006;9:2 38-40 doi:10.1136/ebn.9.2.38

Treatment

  • Use of 2% lidocaine gel during bladder catheterisation did not reduce procedure related pain in young children

    1. Commentator:
      • Bonnie Stevens
    Evid Based Nurs 2006;9:2 41 doi:10.1136/ebn.9.2.41

  • Need for endoscopic removal of oesophageal coins in children was similar for strategies of immediate removal and watchful waiting

    1. Commentator:
      • David Foley
    Evid Based Nurs 2006;9:2 42 doi:10.1136/ebn.9.2.42

  • Review: antibiotics are more effective than placebo for acute bacterial rhinosinusitis

    1. Commentator:
      • Claudia Mariano
    Evid Based Nurs 2006;9:2 43 doi:10.1136/ebn.9.2.43

  • Review: physical training increases cardiopulmonary fitness in asthma and does not decrease lung function

    1. Commentator:
      • Lisa Cicutto
    Evid Based Nurs 2006;9:2 44 doi:10.1136/ebn.9.2.44

  • Paracetamol, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and combination treatment did not differ for pain relief after musculoskeletal injury

    1. Commentator:
      • Patricia Kelly Rosier
    Evid Based Nurs 2006;9:2 45 doi:10.1136/ebn.9.2.45

  • Review: dietary intervention plus exercise is no better than dietary intervention alone for inducing long term weight loss

    1. Commentator:
      • Colleen Keller
    Evid Based Nurs 2006;9:2 46 doi:10.1136/ebn.9.2.46

  • Review: dietary plus pharmacological intervention (orlistat or sibutramine) induces long term weight loss in overweight or obese adults

    1. Commentator:
      • Colleen Keller
    Evid Based Nurs 2006;9:2 47 doi:10.1136/ebn.9.2.47

  • Review: dietary advice improves dietary intake and reduces cardiovascular risk factors

    1. Commentator:
      • Catherine Goetz-Perry
    Evid Based Nurs 2006;9:2 48 doi:10.1136/ebn.9.2.48

  • Inhaled insulin added to or replacing 2 oral agents reduced haemoglobin A1c concentrations in type 2 diabetes

    1. Commentator:
      • Linda J Patrick
    Evid Based Nurs 2006;9:2 49 doi:10.1136/ebn.9.2.49

  • Review: antibiotic prophylaxis reduces mortality in patients with neutropenia

    1. Commentator:
      • Sarah Hart
    Evid Based Nurs 2006;9:2 50 doi:10.1136/ebn.9.2.50

  • Review: once daily LMWH is as effective as twice daily LMWH for initial treatment of venous thromboembolism

    1. Commentator:
      • Maureen Markle-Reid
    Evid Based Nurs 2006;9:2 51 doi:10.1136/ebn.9.2.51

  • Supplemental perioperative oxygen at 80% FIO2 reduced surgical site infections in elective colorectal surgery

    1. Commentator:
      • Emil Schmidt
    Evid Based Nurs 2006;9:2 52 doi:10.1136/ebn.9.2.52

  • Management of critically ill patients with a pulmonary artery catheter did not reduce all cause mortality

    1. Commentator:
      • Marsha E Fonteyn
    Evid Based Nurs 2006;9:2 53 doi:10.1136/ebn.9.2.53

  • Review: hospital based case management does not reduce length of hospital stay or readmissions in adults

    1. Commentator:
      • Ruth Harris
    Evid Based Nurs 2006;9:2 54 doi:10.1136/ebn.9.2.54

  • A telephone intervention reduced combined all cause mortality or admission for worsening heart failure in chronic heart failure

    1. Commentator:
      • Karen Harkness
    Evid Based Nurs 2006;9:2 55 doi:10.1136/ebn.9.2.55

  • Review: existing evidence does not support nurse led interventions in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    1. Commentator:
      • Bruce Leonard
    Evid Based Nurs 2006;9:2 56 doi:10.1136/ebn.9.2.56

Causation

  • An operational definition of frailty predicted death and other adverse outcomes in older women

    1. Commentator:
      • Karen Moore Schaefer
    Evid Based Nurs 2006;9:2 57 doi:10.1136/ebn.9.2.57

Quality improvement

  • Educational outreach visits to primary care nurses improved tuberculosis detection and treatment of obstructive lung disease

    1. Commentator:
      • Judith Carrier
    Evid Based Nurs 2006;9:2 58 doi:10.1136/ebn.9.2.58

  • A multifaceted intervention reduced antimicrobial prescriptions for suspected urinary tract infections in nursing home residents

    1. Commentator:
      • Jennifer Skelly
    Evid Based Nurs 2006;9:2 59 doi:10.1136/ebn.9.2.59

Qualitative

  • Patterns of tobacco use became an integral component of intimate partner relationships

    1. Commentator:
      • Nancy Edwards and
      • Sonia Semenic
    Evid Based Nurs 2006;9:2 60 doi:10.1136/ebn.9.2.60

  • The complex self perceptions and relationships of patients who attended free clinics affected their attendance and ability to benefit from care

    1. Commentator:
      • Patricia Larson
    Evid Based Nurs 2006;9:2 61 doi:10.1136/ebn.9.2.61

  • Review: delays in help seeking for cancer symptoms related to recognition and interpretation of symptoms and fear of consultation and were affected by gender and sanctioning of help seeking

    1. Commentator:
      • A Fuchsia Howard
    Evid Based Nurs 2006;9:2 62 doi:10.1136/ebn.9.2.62

  • Conflicts within and between patients and health professionals characterised poorly controlled diabetes

    1. Commentator:
      • Debbie Kralik
    Evid Based Nurs 2006;9:2 63 doi:10.1136/ebn.9.2.63

  • 4 themes described the sexual concerns and educational needs of patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator

    1. Commentator:
      • Sandra L Carroll
    Evid Based Nurs 2006;9:2 64 doi:10.1136/ebn.9.2.64

Glossary

  • Glossary

    Evid Based Nurs 2006;9:2 62a doi:10.1136/ebn.9.2.62a

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