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Treatment

• Review: insufficient evidence exists for regular use of loop diuretics in preterm infants with chronic lung disease (1 October, 2001)
• A breastfeeding intervention increased breast feeding and reduced GI tract infections and atopic eczema (1 October, 2001)
• Delayed prescribing of antibiotics increased duration of acute otitis media symptoms in children but reduced diarrhoea (1 October, 2001)
• Developmental outcomes did not differ for early or delayed tympanostomy tube insertion in young children with otitis media (1 October, 2001)
• Parent training improved maternal wellbeing and reduced attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in children (1 October, 2001)
• Review: alarm interventions reduce nocturnal enuresis in children (1 October, 2001)
• Combined permethrin (PER) and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) was better than PER alone but not better than TMP/SMX alone for treating head lice infestation in children (1 October, 2001)
• Review: oral and intravaginal agents are equally effective for treatment of uncomplicated vulvovaginal candidiasis (1 October, 2001)
• Continuous topical heat was as effective as ibuprofen for dysmenorrhoea (1 October, 2001)
• Agnus castus fruit extract was safe and effective for relieving symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (1 October, 2001)
• Review: social skills training, supported employment programmes, and cognitive behaviour therapy improve some outcomes in schizophrenia (1 October, 2001)
• Review: pelvic floor muscle training is effective for stress or mixed urinary incontinence in women (1 October, 2001)
• A strategy of evaluation and delayed closure of dirty abdominal wounds reduced wound infections (1 October, 2001)
• Infusion of low dose dopamine did not reduce renal failure in at risk patients in the intensive care unit (1 October, 2001)
• Ethics consultations in the intensive care unit (ICU) reduced duration of ICU stay and time on aggressive, life sustaining treatments with no change in overall mortality (1 October, 2001)
• Cognitive behavioural therapy plus medical management reduced depression and joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (1 October, 2001)
• Review: glucosamine is more effective than selected non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and placebo for reducing pain and more effective than placebo for improving function in patients with osteoarthritis (1 October, 2001)