Smoking cessation
Commissioned by the United Health Foundation, we present the findings of a systematic review on the interventions for smoking cessation, together with the evidence on health benefits from quitting. Scott Sherman provides a toolkit that equips primary care clinicians with a 12-step guide to a systems approach to help patients stop smoking.
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[Erratum] Interventions for smoking cessation, Antidepressants, p 19: Bupropion is not a selective serotonin/norepinephrine uptake inhibitor (SSNRI). Its mechanism of action in promoting smoking cessation is unknown, but presumed related to noradrenergic and/or dopaminergic pathways.[Zyban, Physician' Desk Reference 2007, Thomson PDR, Montvale, NJ, p 1644.] We regret the error.
Managing HIV/AIDS in resource poor settings
Commissioned by Johnson and Johnson, and in association with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, we present a series of systematic reviews on the challenges of managing HIV/AIDS in resource poor settings.
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- Diagnosing HIV: oral fluid HIV tests - diagnostic accuracy and patient acceptability [145KB]
- Opt-out HIV testing strategies [115KB]
- Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis [231KB]
- Initiating and monitoring antiretroviral therapy: using clinical stage and total lymphocyte count versus using CD4 count and viral load [275KB]
- Managing tuberculosis in people with HIV [457KB]
- Treatment and prevention of invasive fungal diseases in patients with HIV [251KB]
- Managing oral candidiasis in resource poor settings [173KB]
- Antiretroviral treatment: benefits and harms of different regimens [262KB]
- Interventions to reduce HIV sexual transmission within discordant couples [172KB]
- Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV [318KB]
- Case Studies
- Editor in Chief of the Norwegian Electronic Health Library discusses why BMJ Clinical Evidence was an essential purchase for their users
- Norwegian Electronic Health Library
- Norwegian Training Report - September 2007