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Contents: April 2002, Volume 5, Number 2 [Index by Author]

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Purpose and procedure: Back

Purpose and procedure
Evid Based Nurs 2002; 5: 34. doi:10.1136/ebn.5.2.34
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EBN notebook: Back

"Double blind, you are the weakest link — goodbye!"
PJ Devereaux, Mohit Bhandari, Victor M Montori, Braden J Manns, William A Ghali, and Gordon H Guyatt
Evid Based Nurs 2002; 5: 36. doi:10.1136/ebn.5.2.36
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So much research evidence, so little dissemination and uptake: mixing the useful with the pleasing
Charlotte Waddell
Evid Based Nurs 2002; 5: 38. doi:10.1136/ebn.5.2.38
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Treatment: Back

Review: continuous nasogastric milk feeding leads to a longer time to reach full feeds in premature infants < 1500 g
Madge E Buus-Frank (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2002; 5: 41. doi:10.1136/ebn.5.2.41
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A 30 mg/kg loading dose of acetaminophen was more effective than a 15 mg/kg maintenance dose in febrile children
Gene Harkless (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2002; 5: 42. doi:10.1136/ebn.5.2.42
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Regular drinking of cranberry-lingonberry juice concentrate reduced recurrent urinary tract infections in women
Wendy Goodine (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2002; 5: 43. doi:10.1136/ebn.5.2.43
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Review: pressurised metered dose inhalers are as effective as other hand held inhalers for delivering corticosteroids in stable asthma
Lisa Cicutto (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2002; 5: 44. doi:10.1136/ebn.5.2.44
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Review: pressurised metered dose inhalers are as effective as other hand held inhalers for delivering ß2 agonist bronchodilators in stable asthma
Lisa Cicutto (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2002; 5: 45. doi:10.1136/ebn.5.2.45
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Review: behavioural interventions show the most promise for chronic fatigue syndrome
Philip Kinsella (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2002; 5: 46. doi:10.1136/ebn.5.2.46
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A short term education intervention but not peer discussion improved vitality and pain in women with breast cancer
Carolyn Ingram (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2002; 5: 47. doi:10.1136/ebn.5.2.47
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Warming patients before clean surgery reduced the incidence of postoperative wound infection
Sally Borbasi and Lyell Brougham (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2002; 5: 48. doi:10.1136/ebn.5.2.48
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Review: antibiotics reduce wound infections and intra-abdominal abscesses in patients having appendectomy
Heidi L Kalinowski (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2002; 5: 49. doi:10.1136/ebn.5.2.49
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Thromboprophylaxis with low dose unfractionated heparin plus compression stockings reduces thromboembolic complications of colorectal surgery
Andrew Jull (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2002; 5: 50. doi:10.1136/ebn.5.2.50
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Review: several techniques optimise oxygenation during suctioning of patients
Ruth Taylor-Piliae (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2002; 5: 51. doi:10.1136/ebn.5.2.51
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Prone positioning for acute respiratory failure improved short term oxygenation but not survival
Maureen Meade (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2002; 5: 52. doi:10.1136/ebn.5.2.52
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Intensive insulin treatment reduced mortality and morbidity in critically ill patients
Jan M Binnekade (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2002; 5: 53. doi:10.1136/ebn.5.2.53
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Review: multidisciplinary disease management programmes do not reduce death or recurrent myocardial infarction but reduce admission to hospital
Vaska Micevski (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2002; 5: 54. doi:10.1136/ebn.5.2.54
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A specialist nurse intervention reduced hospital readmissions in patients with chronic heart failure
Mark Newman (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2002; 5: 55. doi:10.1136/ebn.5.2.55
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Dietary fibre supplementation with psyllium or gum arabic reduced incontinent stools and improved stool consistency in community living adults
Susan Campbell (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2002; 5: 56. doi:10.1136/ebn.5.2.56
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Review: some herbal medicines and plant extracts reduced pain and disability and improved function in osteoarthritis
Violeta Ribeiro (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2002; 5: 57. doi:10.1136/ebn.5.2.57
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A support programme for patients with dementia and their caregivers lowered institutionalisation rates initially
Dorothy Forbes (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2002; 5: 58. doi:10.1136/ebn.5.2.58
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Prognosis: Back

Children infected with meningitis before 1 year of age were at increased risk of disability at 5 years of age
Edward Purssell (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2002; 5: 59. doi:10.1136/ebn.5.2.59
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Qualitative: Back

While leaving abusive male partners, women engaged in a 4 stage process of reclaiming self
Sheila Harvin (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2002; 5: 60. doi:10.1136/ebn.5.2.60
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Fathers experienced stillbirth as a waste of life and needed to protect their partners and express grief in their own way
Cynthia Kitson (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2002; 5: 61. doi:10.1136/ebn.5.2.61
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Practitioners' actions inhibited patient participation in self care decision making
Carolyn Spence Cagle (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2002; 5: 62. doi:10.1136/ebn.5.2.62
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The experiences of patients with rheumatoid arthritis admitted to hospital focused on 5 interrelated themes
Michael Carter (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2002; 5: 63. doi:10.1136/ebn.5.2.63
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Providers tried to help patients and families make realistic end of life decisions
Stephen D Krau (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2002; 5: 64. doi:10.1136/ebn.5.2.64
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Glossary: Back

Glossary
Evid Based Nurs 2002; 5: 64. doi:10.1136/ebn.5.2.64-a
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