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Contents: October 2005, Volume 8, Number 4 [Index by Author]

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Purpose and procedure: Back

Purpose and procedure
Evid Based Nurs 2005; 8: 98-99. doi:10.1136/ebn.8.4.98
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EBN notebook: Back

Teaching evidence-based practice on foot
W Scott Richardson and Dawn Dowding
Evid Based Nurs 2005; 8: 100-103. doi:10.1136/ebn.8.4.100
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Letter: Back

Letter
Nancy Edwards, Koreen E Fahey, and Peter Griffiths
Evid Based Nurs 2005; 8: 103-104. doi:10.1136/ebn.8.4.103
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Treatment: Back

Clinician advice, an interactive computer program, and motivational counselling during routine medical visits increased reported smoking abstinence among teens
Dawn Kingston (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2005; 8: 105. doi:10.1136/ebn.8.4.105
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Review: various devices for delivery of aerosol treatment can be equally efficacious
Sharon D Horner (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2005; 8: 106. doi:10.1136/ebn.8.4.106
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Aspirin, 1000 mg, reduced moderate to severe pain in acute migraine headache
Diana E McMillan (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2005; 8: 107. doi:10.1136/ebn.8.4.107
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Low dose aspirin lowered stroke risk but not risk of myocardial infarction or cardiovascular death in women
David R Thompson (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2005; 8: 108. doi:10.1136/ebn.8.4.108
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Review: good evidence supports use of polyethylene glycol and tegaserod for constipation
Jane P Joy (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2005; 8: 109. doi:10.1136/ebn.8.4.109
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Review: non-pharmacological interventions induce or maintain weight loss in adults with prediabetes
Gail D’Eramo Melkus (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2005; 8: 110. doi:10.1136/ebn.8.4.110
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Review: group based education in self management strategies improves outcomes in type 2 diabetes mellitus
Arlene Smaldone and Katie Weinger (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2005; 8: 111. doi:10.1136/ebn.8.4.111
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Review: self monitoring interventions modestly reduce diastolic blood pressure (BP) but do not improve BP control in hypertension
Ruth Martin Misener (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2005; 8: 112. doi:10.1136/ebn.8.4.112
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Review: some evidence suggests that cognitive behaviour therapy may reduce chest pain in the short term in patients with non-specific chest pain and normal coronary anatomy
Michael McGillion (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2005; 8: 113. doi:10.1136/ebn.8.4.113
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Review: subglottic secretion drainage reduces ventilator associated pneumonia
Bronagh Blackwood (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2005; 8: 114. doi:10.1136/ebn.8.4.114
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Relaxing hip precautions increased patient satisfaction and promoted quicker return to normal activities after total hip arthroplasty
Faith J Forster (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2005; 8: 115. doi:10.1136/ebn.8.4.115
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Protein energy supplementation of usual hospital diet did not improve outcomes in inpatients with recent stroke
Cami D’Uva and Charmaine Martin (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2005; 8: 116. doi:10.1136/ebn.8.4.116
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Timing and route of enteral tube feeding did not affect death or combined death or poor outcome in stroke and dysphagia
Robert Lindeboom (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2005; 8: 117. doi:10.1136/ebn.8.4.117
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Review: early supported discharge reduces death or dependence after stroke
David Stevenson (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2005; 8: 118. doi:10.1136/ebn.8.4.118
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Review: counselling and education may improve outcomes in caregivers of patients with stroke
Nancy Boaro and Karima Velji (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2005; 8: 119. doi:10.1136/ebn.8.4.119
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A multifactorial intervention reduced the mean number of falls but not the proportion who fell in older people with recurrent falls
Judith A Lever (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2005; 8: 120. doi:10.1136/ebn.8.4.120
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Assessment (screening or diagnosis): Back

Review: fever and cough are the most accurate single tests for diagnosing influenza
Judith Carrier (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2005; 8: 121. doi:10.1136/ebn.8.4.121
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Quality improvement: Back

An educational programme for primary healthcare providers improved functional ability in older people living in the community
Dorothy A Forbes (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2005; 8: 122. doi:10.1136/ebn.8.4.122
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Qualitative: Back

Mothers of children at risk described engaging with home visitors in terms of limiting family vulnerability
Karen I Chalmers (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2005; 8: 123. doi:10.1136/ebn.8.4.123
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Parents of children with diabetes described the transition to the insulin pump in terms of enhanced freedom and quality of life for all family members
Lesley Lowes (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2005; 8: 124. doi:10.1136/ebn.8.4.124
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Parents of young people with mental health problems experienced a deskilling and had to learn to reskill themselves
Jeannette LeGris (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2005; 8: 125. doi:10.1136/ebn.8.4.125
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The media contributed to the knowledge and decision making of patients throughout their cancer experiences
Helen Roberts (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2005; 8: 126. doi:10.1136/ebn.8.4.126
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Community living older adults described using medical, collaborative, and self agency models for asthma self management
Carol Jillings (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2005; 8: 127. doi:10.1136/ebn.8.4.127
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"Multiple margins" (being older, a woman, or a visible minority) constrained older women’s access to Canadian health care
Diane Pirner (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2005; 8: 128. doi:10.1136/ebn.8.4.128
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Glossary: Back

Glossary
Evid Based Nurs 2005; 8: 128a. doi:10.1136/ebn.8.4.128a
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