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Treatment

• Dexamethasone reduced the incidence of children with mild croup who returned for medical care (24 March, 2005)
• Review: β agonist delivery by metered dose inhaler with a valved holding chamber (compared with a nebuliser) reduces admissions in preschool children and infants with acute asthma or wheezing (24 March, 2005)
• A multifaceted, home based, environmental intervention reduced asthma related morbidity in children with atopic asthma (24 March, 2005)
• Short term coseasonal sublingual immunotherapy reduced the development of asthma in children with hay fever (24 March, 2005)
• Fluoxetine plus cognitive behavioural therapy was most effective for adolescents with major depressive disorder (24 March, 2005)
• A telephone psychotherapy programme improved clinical outcomes in patients beginning antidepressant treatment (24 March, 2005)
• Review: vaccination reduces the incidence of serologically confirmed influenza in healthy adults (24 March, 2005)
• Review: antioxidant supplementation does not reduce gastrointestinal cancer (24 March, 2005)
• Fluconazole reduced the rate of recurrence of vulvovaginal candidiasis (24 March, 2005)
• Volunteers trained in CPR and use of automated external defibrillators increased survival after out of hospital cardiac arrest (24 March, 2005)
• Methylprednisolone was associated with an increase in death after head injury (24 March, 2005)
• Review: no evidence exists that thrombolysis is better than heparin for reducing the risk of recurrent pulmonary embolism and death (24 March, 2005)
• Review: a single dose of oral naproxen or naproxen sodium reduced acute postoperative pain in adults (24 March, 2005)
• Short term catheterisation after vaginal prolapse surgery increased recatheterisations, but reduced urinary tract infections, duration of catheterisation, and hospital stay (24 March, 2005)
• Review: magnesium prophylaxis after cardiac surgery reduces the risk of arrhythmia and atrial fibrillation (24 March, 2005)
• Review: non-invasive interventions improve symptoms and psychological functioning in patients with lung cancer (24 March, 2005)