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Abdominal Lift for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Acupuncture for Bell's Palsy
Acute Coronary Syndrome and Myocardial Infarction - Related Resources
Advanced Life Support Training in Trauma Life Support for Ambulance Crews
Aldosterone Receptor Antagonists Spironolactone and Eplerenone for Congestive Heart Failure
Alpha-Glucosidase Inhibitors for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Amifostine for Salivary Glands in High-Dose Radioactive Iodine Treated Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
Amniotic Fluid Index Versus Single Deepest Vertical Pocket as a Screening Test for Preventing Adverse Pregnancy Outcome
Anaesthesiology
Angiotensin Receptor Blockers for Heart Failure
Antenatal Cardiotocography for Fetal Assessment
Antenatal Clinics: Care and Examinations - Related Resources
Antenatal Clinics and Specialist Care: Consultations, Referrals, Treatment Guidelines - Related Resources
Antibiotic Prophylaxis Versus No Prophylaxis for Preventing Infection after Cesarean Section
Antibiotics for Eradicating Pseudomonas Aeruginosa in People with Cystic Fibrosis
Antibiotics for Preterm Rupture of Membranes
Antibiotics for Short-Term Urethral Catheterization
Antibiotics for Treating Bacterial Vaginosis in Pregnancy in Women with Previous Preterm Birth
Antibiotics to Reduce Post-Tonsillectomy Morbidity
Anti-D Administration after Spontaneous Miscarriage for Preventing Rhesus Alloimmunisation
Antiproteinuric and Renoprotective Effects of ACE Inhibitors and Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers
Aspirin Resistance and Risk of Cardiovascular Morbidity
Association Between Smoking and Incidence of Cancer
Association of Glycaemic Control and Complications of Type 2 Diabetes
Association of Systolic Blood Pressure and Complications of Type 2 Diabetes
Atorvastatin Vs Simvastatin or Pravastatin for Cholesterol Lowering in Primary Hypercholesterolemia and Mixed Dyslipidemias
Betamimetics for Preterm Labour
Bladder Neck Needle Suspension for Urinary Incontinence in Women
Blood Pressure Targets for People with Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease
Breastfeeding: Advice and Difficulties - Related Resources
Breastfeeding and the Late Postnatal Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV
By How Much and How Quickly Does Reduction in Serum Cholesterol Concentration Lower Risk of Ischaemic Heart Disease
Cabg Versus Ptca in Multi-Vessel Coronary Disease
Calcium Channel Blockers for Inhibiting Preterm Labour
Calcium Supplementation during Pregnancy for Preventing Hypertensive Disorders
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy for Patients with Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction
Cardiology
Cardiovascular diseases
Cervical Stitch (Cerclage) for Preventing Preterm Birth in Multiple Pregnancy
Cervical Stitch (Cerclage) for Preventing Preterm Birth in Singleton Pregnancy
Chitosan for Obesity
Choice of Antihypertensive Drug in the Diabetic Patient from Prognostic Point of View
Cholecystectomy for Suspected Gallbladder Dyskinesia
Cholelithiasis - Related Resources
Chronic Heart Failure - Related Resources
Clinical pharmacology
Cochrane review
Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion for Type 1 Diabetes
Coronary Heart Disease - Related Resources
Corticosteroids for Kawasaki Disease in Children
Corticosteroids for Preventing Neonatal Respiratory Morbidity after Elective Caesarean Section at Term
Day-Case Versus Overnight Stay in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Dietary Advice for Illness-Related Malnutrition in Adults
Dietary Sodium Restriction, Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Morbidity
Different Types of Dietary Advice for Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Doppler Ultrasound for Foetal Assessment in High Risk Pregnancies
Drugs for Preventing Malaria-Related Illness in Pregnant Women and Death in the Newborn
Drug Treatment for Hypertension - Related Resources
Early Additional Food and Fluids for Healthy Breastfed Full-Term Infants
Early Amniotomy and Early Oxytocin in First Stage Spontaneous Labour Compared with Routine Care
Early Treatment with ACE Inhibitors in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Early Versus Delayed Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Biliary Colic
Early Versus Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping in Preterm Infants
Educational Interventions for Asthma in Children
Effect of Weight-Reducing Drugs in Hypertensive Patients
Evening Versus Morning Dosing of Antihypertensive Drugs
Evidence summary
Exercise Training in Patients with Heart Failure
External Cephalic Version for Breech Presentation at Term
External Cephalic Version for Breech Presentation Before Term
Female Sterilisation
Female
Fetal Movement Counting for Assessment of Fetal Wellbeing
First-Line Renin Angiotensin System Inhibitors Versus other Drug Classes for Hypertension
First-Trimester Use of Selective Serotonin-Reuptake Inhibitors and the Risk of Birth Defects
Flecainide for Maintaining Sinus Rhythm after Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation
Foley Catheter for Induction of Labour at Term
Garlic and Cardiovascular Risk Factors
General Health Checks in Adults for Reducing Morbidity and Mortality from Disease
Geriatrics
Gestational Weight Gain below Instead of Within the Guidelines Per Class of Maternal Obesity: Obstetrical and Neonatal Outcomes
Glucagon-Like Peptide Analogues (GLP-1 Analogues) for Type 2 Diabetes
Glyceryl Trinitrate in the Treatment of Anal Fissure
Hawthorn Extract for Treating Chronic Heart Failure
HIV Infection - Related Resources
Home Blood Pressure (Bp) Measurement Compared to Office Bp
Home-Like Versus Conventional Institutional Settings for Birth
Home Uterine Activity Monitoring for Detection of Preterm Labour
Hydration for Treatment of Preterm Labour
Hypertension: Diagnosis, Initial Investigations and Starting Treatment - Related Resources
Immediate Referral to Colposcopy Versus Cytological Surveillance for Minor Cervical Cytological Abnormalities in the Absence of HPV Test
Improvement of Survival with Antihypertensive Drugs in Mild-to-Moderate Hypertension
Indications for Fibrinolytic Therapy in Suspected Myocardial Infarction
Induction of Labour for Suspected Fetal Macrosomia
Infectious diseases
Insectiside Treated Nets for Preventing Malaria
Insulin Versus Oral Anti-Diabetic Pharmacological Therapies for Gestational Diabetes
Internal medicine
Interventions for Educating Children Who are at Risk of Asthma-Related Emergency Department Attendance
Interventions for Preoperative Smoking Cessation
Interventions for Weight Loss in Overweight or Obese People with Chronic Kidney Disease
Interventions to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing Practices in Ambulatory Care
Intrapartum Foetal Scalp Lactate Sampling for Foetal Assessment in the Presence of a Non-Reassuring Foetal Heart Rate Trace
Intra-Peritoneal Prophylactic Agents for Preventing Adhesions and Obstruction after Non-Gynaecological Abdominal Surgery
Intravenous Oxytocin Alone for Cervical Ripening and Induction of Labour
Ischaemic Pre-Conditioning for Elective Liver Resections Performed Under Vascular Occlusion
Isoflavones for Hypercholesterolaemia in Adults
Kangaroo Mother Care to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in Low Birthweight Infants
Labour and Delivery - Related Resources
Laparoscopic Colorectal Resection
Laparoscopicendoscopic Rendezvous Versus Preoperative Endoscopic Sphincterotomy in People Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Stones in the Gallbladder and Bile Duct
Laparoscopic Versus Open Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer
Lay Health Workers in Primary and Community Health Care
Lifestyle Interventions for the Treatment of Women with Gestational Diabetes
Lipid-Lowering Pharmacotherapy for Lower Limb Ischaemia
Long Term Hormone Therapy for Perimenopausal and Postmenopausal Women for Chronic Conditions
Losartan Versus Atenolol for Diabetic Hypertensive Patients with LVH
Low Glycaemic Index, or Low Glycaemic Load, Diets for Diabetes Mellitus
Lymphadenectomy for the Management of Endometrial Cancer
Magnesium Sulphate for Eclampsia and Pre-Eclampsia
Magnesium Sulphate for Women at Risk of Preterm Birth for Neuroprotection of the Foetus
Maintenance Therapy with Atosiban for Inhibiting Preterm Birth after Threatened Preterm Labour
Maintenance Therapy with Calcium Channel Blockers or Oxytocin Antagonists for Preventing Preterm Birth
Maternal Health Advantages of Breastfeeding
Medication Review in Hospitalised Patients to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality
Meglitinide Analogues (Glinides) for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Membrane Sweeping for Induction of Labour
Meningitis - Related Resources
Metformin Monotherapy for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Method of Delivery and Pregnancy Outcomes
Micronutrient Supplementation in Children and Adults with HIV Infection
Misoprostol for Preventing Postpartum Haemorrhage
Neonatology
Nitric Oxide Donors for Delaying Preterm Birth
Nutritional Interventions for Reducing Morbidity and Mortality in People with HIV
Nutritional medicine
Nutritional Support for Liver Disease - Parenteral Nutrition for Alcoholic Liver Disease
Obstetrics
Off-Pump or Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Compared with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Oncology
Open Retropubic Colposuspension for Urinary Incontinence in Women
Optimal Duration of Exclusive Breastfeeding
Optimal Serum Digoxin Concentration in Heart Failure
Oral Antidiabetic Drugs and GLP-1 Analogues in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes - Related Resources
Oral Contraceptives and the Risk of Endometrial Cancer
Oral Vaccines for Preventing Cholera
Otorhinolaryngology
Oxytocin Receptor Antagonists for Inhibiting Preterm Labour
Paediatrics
Pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple's Procedure) for Pancreatic Cancer
Patient Education in the Management of Coronary Heart Disease
Perioperative Betablockers for Preventing Surgeryrelated Mortality and Morbidity in Adults Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
Peri-Operative Glycaemic Control Regimens for Preventing Surgical Site Infections in Adults
Pharmacological Interventions for Hypertensive Emergencies
Pharmacology
Pharmacotherapy for Hypertension in the Elderly
Pioglitazone for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Planned Caesarean Section for Term Breech Delivery
Planned Caesarean Section for Women with a Twin Pregnancy
Planned Early Birth Versus Expectant Management for Women with Preterm Prelabour Rupture of Membranes for Improving Pregnancy Outcome
Planned Early Delivery Versus Expectant Management for Hypertensive Disorders from 34 Weeks Gestation to Term
Planned Early Delivery Versus Expectant Management of the Term Suspected Compromised Baby
Planned Home Vs Hospital Care for Preterm Prelabour Rupture of the Membranes (Pprom)
Plasma Homocysteine Level as a Risk Factor for Major Coronary Events
Pneumococcal Vaccines for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Postmenopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy and Risk of Endometrial Hyperplasia and Endometrial Cancer
Postpartum Haemorrhage and Endometritis - Related Resources
Pre-Hospital Antibiotics for Meningococcal Disease
Prehospital Emergency Care - Related Resources
Prenatal Administration of Progesterone for Preventing Preterm Birth
Preoperative Assessment - Related Resources
Preoperative Biliary Drainage for Obstructive Jaundice
Preoperative Chemoradiation Versus Radiation Alone for Stage II and III Resectable Rectal Cancer
Preoperative Fasting for Adults to Prevent Perioperative Complications
Preoperative Medical Therapy Before Surgery for Uterine Fibroids
Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation - Related Resources
Prevention of Foot Ulcers in Diabetics
Prevention of Hypothermia at Birth in Preterm and/or Low Birthweight Babies
Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes by Life-Style Changes
Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes in Persons at Increased Risk for the Development of T2d
Primary Closure Versus T-Tube Drainage after Open Common Bile Duct Exploration
Probiotics for Preventing Gestational Diabetes
Prophylactic Gastrojejunostomy for Unresectable Periampullary Carcinoma
Prophylactic Intravenous Indomethacin for Preventing Mortality and Morbidity in Preterm Infants
Prophylactic Oxytocin to Prevent Postpartum Haemorrhage
Psychological Debriefing for Preventing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Psychosocial Interventions for Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
Psychosocial Interventions for Supporting Women to Stop Smoking in Pregnancy
Radiotherapy
Recurrent Miscarriage - Related Resources
Repeated Exposure to Antenatal Corticosteroids
Resource-poor settings
Ribavirin Monotherapy for Chronic Hepatitis C
Ribavirin Plus Interferon Versus Interferon for Chronic Hepatitis C
Risk of Morbidity and Mortality from Cardiovascular Disease Following Radiotherapy for Childhood Cancer
Robot Assistant for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Rosiglitazone for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Routine Ultrasound in Late Pregnancy (after 24 Weeks Gestation)
Safety of Early Postpartum Discharge
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Sore Throat and Tonsillitis - Related Resources
Sound Therapy (Masking or Using Amplification Devices and/or Sound Generators) in the Management of Tinnitus
Statin Administration in the Morning or in the Evening
Statins for People with Chronic Kidney Disease Not Requiring Dialysis
Statin Treatment for Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease and Abnormal Liver Tests
Stem Cell Treatment for Acute Myocardial Infarction
Sulphonylurea for Type 2 Diabetes
Surgery for Faecal Incontinence in Adults
Surgery for Morbid Obesity
Surgery
Surgical Management of Pelvic Organ Prolapse in Women
Surgical Versus Endoscopic Treatment of Bile Duct Stones
Systematic review
Testing for Cancer in Patients with Unprovoked Venous Thromboembolism
The Effect of Bisphosphonates on Skeletal Morbidity in Metastatic Cancer
The Effect on ACE Inhibitors on Mortality and Morbidity in Patients with Heart Failure
The Premature Infant in Outpatient Care - Related Resources
Thyroid Hormone Replacement for Subclinical Hypothyroidism
Timing of Umbilical Cord Clamping
Total Versus Subtotal Hysterectomy for Benign Gynaecological Conditions
Tourniquet in Varicose Vein Surgery
Transfusion Thresholds for Guiding Allogeneic Red Blood Cell Transfusion
Treatment of Dyslipidaemias - Related Resources
Treatment of Obesity - Related Resources
Treatment of Premature Rupture of Membranes
Treatments for Gestational Diabetes
Trial of Labour or Repeated Caesarean Section
Trimethoprim or Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole and Risk of Hyperkalaemia Among Patients Taking Renin-Angiotensin System Blockers
Urinary Incontinence in Women - Related Resources
Uterotonic Agents for Firstline Treatment of Postpartum Haemorrhage
Vascular Occlusion for Elective Liver Resections
Viral Hepatitis - Related Resources
Viral Influenza Vaccinations in Pregnancy for Improving Maternal, Neonatal and Infant Health Outcomes
Vitamin A for Non-Measles Pneumonia in Children
Vitamin A Supplementation in Children at Risk of Vitamin A Deficiency
Wound Drainage for Caesarean Section