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Treatment

• Topical anaesthetic applied at triage reduced treatment time in children presenting to the emergency department with minor lacerations (17 February, 2004)
• Family focused teamwork prevented deterioration in diabetes control in children and adolescents (17 February, 2004)
• Review: HIV risk reduction interventions reduce some HIV risk behaviours in adolescents (17 February, 2004)
• Review: metered dose inhalers with a holding chamber do not differ from nebulisers for hospital admission rates in asthma (17 February, 2004)
• Review: stage based interventions did not influence smoking behaviour (17 February, 2004)
• Review: personalised risk communication may improve uptake of screening tests more than general risk communication (17 February, 2004)
• Review: limited evidence on regular breast examination does not support its effectiveness for reducing breast cancer deaths (17 February, 2004)
• Oestrogen plus progestogen increased risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women (17 February, 2004)
• Decision aids reduced decisional conflict in patients with newly diagnosed hypertension (17 February, 2004)
• Lifestyle recommendations reduced blood pressure in patients with above optimal blood pressure (17 February, 2004)
• Changing patients’ position in bed after non-emergency coronary angiography reduced back pain (17 February, 2004)
• Cardiac rehabilitation improved exercise tolerance after a myocardial infarction in older patients (17 February, 2004)
• 3 layer paste bandages were more effective than 4 layer bandages for healing venous leg ulcers (17 February, 2004)
• Review: rehabilitation improves exercise capacity and alleviates shortness of breath in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (17 February, 2004)
• Daily oral supplementation during and after a hospital stay improved nutritional status in elderly patients, but did not affect weight change (17 February, 2004)