Palliative care
We present an evidence summary and practical guide on palliative care. The report was commissioned by the United Health Foundation and includes a systematic evidence review covering the control of common symptoms (including pain, dyspnoea and fatigue), service delivery, communication and goal setting. The report also incorporates toolkits provided by eminent authorities in this area, and practical assistance to support the busy clinician seeking to deliver best clinical practice to patients.
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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 Clinical Evidence was an essential purchase for their users
- Norwegian Electronic Health Library
- Norwegian Training Report - September 2007