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Treatment

• Review: insufficient evidence exists on the effectiveness of proton pump inhibitors for adults with prolonged non-specific cough associated with gastro-oesophageal reflux (23 June, 2006)
• Review: some barrier creams and moisturisers are effective for irritant contact dermatitis; steroids are effective for allergic contact dermatitis (23 June, 2006)
• Review: lifestyle education programmes lower glucose concentrations and reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes (23 June, 2006)
• Review: aspirin was effective for primary prevention of stroke in women and MI in men but increased major bleeding (23 June, 2006)
• Review: secondary prevention programmes with and without exercise reduced all cause mortality and recurrent myocardial infarction (23 June, 2006)
• Review: lorazepam provides the best control for status epilepticus (23 June, 2006)
• Review: laxatives in the form of fibre reduce symptoms in patients with symptomatic haemorrhoids (23 June, 2006)
• Review: ginger prevents 24 hour postoperative nausea and vomiting (23 June, 2006)
• Review: routine changes of IV administration sets (not containing lipids or blood products) at intervals ⩽96 hours do not affect infusate or catheter related bloodstream infection (23 June, 2006)
• Mechanical ventilation with heated humidifiers or with heat and moisture exchangers with microbiological filters did not reduce ventilator associated pneumonia in adults (23 June, 2006)
• A pre-dialysis psychoeducational intervention increased length of survival more than usual care in patients with chronic kidney disease (23 June, 2006)
• Oestrogen and progestin increased urge and stress incontinence in postmenopausal women with coronary heart disease (23 June, 2006)
• A nurse led continence service reduced symptoms of incontinence, frequency, urgency, and nocturia (23 June, 2006)
• Adding topical pale sulfonated shale oil to compression therapy and moist wound care reduced venous leg ulcer size but had no effect on complete wound healing after 20 weeks (23 June, 2006)
• Review: sedative hypnotics may improve sleep quality but increase adverse effects in elderly people with insomnia (23 June, 2006)
• Review: protein and energy supplements reduce mortality and complications in undernourished elderly people in hospital (23 June, 2006)
• A discharge planning intervention improved outcomes in older people admitted to hospital for hip fracture after a fall (23 June, 2006)
• Moving elderly inpatients to a transitional care facility reduced hospital stay but increased time to transfer to long term care (23 June, 2006)