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Contents: April 2000, Volume 3, Number 2 [Index by Author]

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Purpose and procedure: Back

Purpose and procedure
Evid Based Nurs 2000; 3: 34. doi:10.1136/ebn.3.2.34
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EBN notebook: Back

Estimating treatment effects: real or the result of chance?
Trevor A Sheldon
Evid Based Nurs 2000; 3: 36. doi:10.1136/ebn.3.2.36
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Resource corner: Back

Clinical Evidence
Andrew Polmear
Evid Based Nurs 2000; 3: 40. doi:10.1136/ebn.3.2.40
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Treatment: Back

A 42 day tapering course of dexamethasone reduced duration of assisted ventilation in very low birthweight infants, but increased risk of cerebral palsy at age 1 year
Debbie Fraser Askin (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2000; 3: 41. doi:10.1136/ebn.3.2.41
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Compared with dimethicone, 2 weeks of spinal manipulation reduced infantile colic behaviour at 4–11 days after initial treatment
Francine R Margolius (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2000; 3: 42. doi:10.1136/ebn.3.2.42
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A school based intervention to reduce television use decreased adiposity in children in grades 3 and 4
Kathy Shadle James (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2000; 3: 43. doi:10.1136/ebn.3.2.43
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A comprehensive educational programme was effective for inner city patients with asthma
Lisa Cicutto (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2000; 3: 44. doi:10.1136/ebn.3.2.44
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Review: healthcare decision aids improve knowledge, decrease decisional conflict, and increase active participation
Ann-Louise Caress (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2000; 3: 45. doi:10.1136/ebn.3.2.45
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Brief counselling by a primary care physician or nurse practitioner reduced alcohol consumption in high risk drinkers
Robert Johnson (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2000; 3: 46. doi:10.1136/ebn.3.2.46
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Review: nursing interventions increase smoking cessation rates in adults
Nancy Edwards (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2000; 3: 47. doi:10.1136/ebn.3.2.47
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Review: antibiotics have a slight beneficial effect on acute bronchitis
Rosanne Pruitt (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2000; 3: 48. doi:10.1136/ebn.3.2.48
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Review: penicillin V is better than placebo and equal to non-penicillins for acute maxillary sinusitis
Tammy Anderer (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2000; 3: 49. doi:10.1136/ebn.3.2.49
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Review: allylamines, azoles, undecenoic acid, and tolnaftate are effective for fungal skin infections of the foot
Mary Jo Gagan (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2000; 3: 50. doi:10.1136/ebn.3.2.50
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Insulin adjustment by a diabetes nurse educator improved glucose control in patients with poorly controlled, "insulin requiring" diabetes
Eileen Turner (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2000; 3: 51. doi:10.1136/ebn.3.2.51
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Review: early mobilisation is better than bed rest for medical conditions and after healthcare procedures
Tish Butson (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2000; 3: 52. doi:10.1136/ebn.3.2.52
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Patient controlled analgesia was more effective than nurse controlled analgesia after cardiac surgery
Gareth Parsons (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2000; 3: 53. doi:10.1136/ebn.3.2.53
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Review: specially designed products to prevent or heal pressure sores are more effective than standard mattresses
Nancy Bergstrom (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2000; 3: 54. doi:10.1136/ebn.3.2.54
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Stroke unit care decreased mortality and increased the number of patients who were living at home 10 years after stroke
Maureen Shaw (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2000; 3: 55. doi:10.1136/ebn.3.2.55
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The addition of a home visit by a cardiac nurse to usual multidisciplinary care reduced deaths and readmissions in patients with chronic congestive heart failure
Vicki R Strang (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2000; 3: 56. doi:10.1136/ebn.3.2.56
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Causation: Back

Fruit and vegetable intake decreased risk of ischaemic stroke
Pamela A Ratner (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2000; 3: 57. doi:10.1136/ebn.3.2.57
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Review: postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy is associated with a decreased risk of colorectal cancer
Dinah Gould and Alba DiCenso (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2000; 3: 58. doi:10.1136/ebn.3.2.58
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Decision making between women and their caregivers during labour ranged from being unilateral to joint and was associated with various emotions
Soraya Meah (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2000; 3: 59. doi:10.1136/ebn.3.2.59
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Women had an inherent sense of knowing how to manage their lives after sexual assault by men they knew
Colleen Varcoe (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2000; 3: 60. doi:10.1136/ebn.3.2.60
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Women with fibromyalgia struggled to gain integrity, understanding, symptom relief, and freedom in their everyday lives
M Kay Libbus (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2000; 3: 61. doi:10.1136/ebn.3.2.61
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Women's decision making about hormone replacement therapy balanced being in control with fear, uncertainty, and dislike of medications
Karen Moore Schaefer (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2000; 3: 62. doi:10.1136/ebn.3.2.62
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Women with breast cancer decided whether to use complementary/alternative medicine through a process of discovery and investigation
Diane Wardell (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2000; 3: 63. doi:10.1136/ebn.3.2.63
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Caregivers of family members with dementia described the experience of quality respite as a 3 phase cognitive journey towards a sense of "being free"
Deborah Messecar (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2000; 3: 64. doi:10.1136/ebn.3.2.64
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Glossary: Back

Glossary
Evid Based Nurs 2000; 3: 64. doi:10.1136/ebn.3.2.64-a
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