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Treatment

• Routine primary immunisation using a longer needle resulted in fewer local reactions in infants (1 April, 2001)
• Few young children had mild reactions to the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine and older children had nearly no vaccine related reactions (1 April, 2001)
• Review: recall or reminder systems improve the rate of childhood and adult immunisation (1 April, 2001)
• A clinical pathway reduced use of nebulised β agonists and length of hospital stay in children with asthma exacerbations (1 April, 2001)
• Review: brief primary care interventions are moderately effective for increasing physical activity (1 April, 2001)
• Contamination of urine specimens from women with acute dysuria did not differ with collection technique (1 April, 2001)
• Review: NSAIDs, paracetamol, and analgesic/anti-inflammatory oral rinse reduce sore throat symptoms (1 April, 2001)
• Docusate sodium with irrigation was better than triethanolamine polypeptide with irrigation for dissolving earwax (1 April, 2001)
• Early feeding after major non-laparoscopic gynaecological surgery did not increase gastrointestinal symptoms (1 April, 2001)
• Adjunctive nurse telehealth care reduced depressive symptoms and improved functioning (1 April, 2001)
• A shared care system of hospital follow up reduced pain and use of healthcare resources and increased satisfaction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (1 April, 2001)
• A cognitive behavioural family intervention reduced psychiatric morbidity in caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease (1 April, 2001)
• Integrated care pathway based rehabilitation for acute stroke did not reduce length of hospital stay (1 April, 2001)
• Intensive geriatric rehabilitation reduced hospital stay and time to independent living in hip fracture patients with mild to moderate dementia (1 April, 2001)