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Treatment

• 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 (1 April, 2000)
• Compared with dimethicone, 2 weeks of spinal manipulation reduced infantile colic behaviour at 4–11 days after initial treatment (1 April, 2000)
• A school based intervention to reduce television use decreased adiposity in children in grades 3 and 4 (1 April, 2000)
• A comprehensive educational programme was effective for inner city patients with asthma (1 April, 2000)
• Review: healthcare decision aids improve knowledge, decrease decisional conflict, and increase active participation (1 April, 2000)
• Brief counselling by a primary care physician or nurse practitioner reduced alcohol consumption in high risk drinkers (1 April, 2000)
• Review: nursing interventions increase smoking cessation rates in adults (1 April, 2000)
• Review: antibiotics have a slight beneficial effect on acute bronchitis (1 April, 2000)
• Review: penicillin V is better than placebo and equal to non-penicillins for acute maxillary sinusitis (1 April, 2000)
• Review: allylamines, azoles, undecenoic acid, and tolnaftate are effective for fungal skin infections of the foot (1 April, 2000)
• Insulin adjustment by a diabetes nurse educator improved glucose control in patients with poorly controlled, “insulin requiring” diabetes (1 April, 2000)
• Review: early mobilisation is better than bed rest for medical conditions and after healthcare procedures (1 April, 2000)
• Patient controlled analgesia was more effective than nurse controlled analgesia after cardiac surgery (1 April, 2000)
• Review: specially designed products to prevent or heal pressure sores are more effective than standard mattresses (1 April, 2000)
• Stroke unit care decreased mortality and increased the number of patients who were living at home 10 years after stroke (1 April, 2000)
• 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 (1 April, 2000)