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Treatment

• Providing free smoke alarms did not reduce fire related injuries in a deprived multiethnic urban population (25 September, 2003) Free
• Review: self management education improves outcomes in children and adolescents with asthma (25 September, 2003) Free
• Review: regular medical review is not better than written self management plans for optimising asthma control (25 September, 2003) Free
• Review: day hospital is as effective as inpatient care but has lower costs for patients with acute psychiatric disorders (25 September, 2003) Free
• Treatment of hypertension reduces risk of complications in type 2 diabetes (25 September, 2003) Free
• An intensive, target driven intervention reduced cardiovascular and microvascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes and microalbuminuria (25 September, 2003) Free
• A COPD self management programme reduced hospital use and improved health status (25 September, 2003) Free
• Review: several interventions prevent ventilator associated pneumonia in critically ill patients (25 September, 2003) Free
• Oral vitamin D₃ supplementation reduced fractures in community dwelling elderly people (25 September, 2003) Free
• A multifactorial intervention after a fall did not prevent falls in elderly patients with cognitive impairment and dementia (25 September, 2003) Free
• A structured education programme increased hip protector use and may reduce hip fractures in nursing homes (25 September, 2003) Free
• Resistance exercises or vitamin D did not improve physical health or reduce falls in frail older people (25 September, 2003) Free
• An exercise and incontinence intervention did not reduce the incidence or cost of acute conditions in nursing home residents (25 September, 2003) Free