We reviewed studies comparing different combinations of flow rates, pressures, and timings used to support breathing in premature babies (less than 37 weeks of pregnancy) after the breathing tube is ...

• Future studies should report their results by age, gender, race/ethnicity; include the full data; include adverse events and other outcomes; control for both diet and physical activity in their ...

Why is the accurate detection of anxiety disorders important? Anxiety disorders are quite common but often go undetected, even in people who would benefit from treatment. Through the screening process ...

In general, none of the interventions reliably improved adherence to amblyopia treatment (specifically patching) in children. The interventions investigated also showed no evidence of improvement in ...

What are the best methods for preventing skin irritation caused by prolonged contact with urine o ...

Abortion after three months of pregnancy (second trimester) can be done by surgery or with medicines. We wanted to know which method is the safest and most effective. We wanted to know if abortion by ...

Why systematic and rigorous searches are important, planning and designing search strategies, sources of studies, managing and reporting the process.

Patients and clinicians need reliable, up-to-date information from randomised controlled trials (RCTs) on the costs and benefits of treatments. Recruitment difficulties arise when clinicians do not ...

Presenter Bios Georgia Salanti is an associate professor in Biostatistics and Epidemiology. Theodore Papakonstantinou and Adriani Nikolakopoulou are postdoctoral researchers. Virginia Chiocchia is a ...

Women are more vulnerable to malaria during pregnancy, and malaria may have harmful effects on the baby. Treatment options are becoming more limited because the malaria parasite is developing ...

Crohn's disease in childhood is a chronic relapsing condition. Fifteen to forty per cent of children with Crohn's disease have growth retardation (Griffiths 1993a). Some treatment modalities including ...

Review question This review evaluated the effects of centre-based day care on the cognitive and psychosocial development of children younger than five years of age and the economic situation of their ...