Index

Pharmacological treatments for Friedreich ataxia
Pharmacological treatments for low back pain in adults: an overview of Cochrane Reviews
Pharmacological treatments for osteoporosis in patients with chronic kidney disease
Pharmacological treatments for psychosis-related polydipsia
Pharmacological treatments for vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (VITT) after COVID-19 vaccination
Pharmacological treatments in panic disorder in adults: a network meta-analysis
Pharmacological treatments in panic disorder in adults: a network meta-analysis
Pharmacological treatments in panic disorder in adults: a network meta-analysis
Pharmacological treatments of postural hypotension
Pharmacological, non-invasive brain stimulation and psychological interventions for treating depression after stroke
Pharmacomechanical thrombectomy for iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis
Pharmacotherapy for Behcet's syndrome
Pharmacotherapy for bipolar disorder in older people
Pharmacotherapy for hypertension in adults 60 years or older
Pharmacotherapy for hypertension in adults with obstructive sleep apnea
Pharmacotherapy for resistant hypertension in adults
Pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation: effects by subgroup defined by genetically informed biomarkers
Pharmacotherapy for tooth grinding or clenching during the sleep (sleep bruxism)
Pharmacotherapy for weight loss in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Pharyngeal instillation of surfactant before the first breath for prevention of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants at risk of respiratory distress syndrome
Phenobarbital prior to preterm birth for preventing neonatal periventricular haemorrhage
Phenobarbitone versus phenytoin monotherapy (single-drug treatment) for epilepsy
Phenytoin for neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia in adults
Phlebotomy for hereditary haemochromatosis
Phlebotonics for haemorrhoids
Phonics training for English-speaking poor readers
Phosphate binders to prevent complications of chronic kidney disease
Phosphodiasterase III inhibitors for chronic asthma
Phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitors for psoriatic arthritis
Phosphodiesterase 5 (sildenafil) inhibitors for pulmonary hypertension
Phosphodiesterase III inhibitor class drugs taken orally and long term are associated with increased deaths in heart failure
Phosphodiesterase inhibitors for erectile dysfunction in patients with diabetes mellitus
Phosphodiesterase inhibitors for treatment of urinary problems in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia
Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor plus endothelin receptor antagonist compared to either alone for group 1 pulmonary arterial hypertension
Phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitors for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Photodynamic therapy for recurrent respiratory papillomatosis
Photodynamic therapy for treating age-related macular degeneration
Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) versus laser assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for correction of long-sightedness
Phototherapy for treating foot ulcers in people with diabetes
Phototherapy for treating pressure ulcers
Phyllanthus species for chronic hepatitis B virus infection
Phyllanthus species versus antiviral drugs for chronic hepatitis B virus infection
Physical activity and exercise for chronic pain in adults - an overview of Cochrane Reviews
Physical activity for improving cognition in older people with mild cognitive impairment
Physical activity for improving the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents
Physical activity for lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic obstruction
Physical activity for preventing or managing osteoporosis in men
Physical activity for the management of cancer-related fatigue in adults
Physical activity for women with breast cancer who have completed active cancer treatment
Physical activity interventions and nutrition-based interventions for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus
Physical activity interventions for people with congenital heart disease
Physical activity interventions for the physical and mental health of people during and after treatment for bowel cancer
Physical activity programs for older adults
Physical activity programs for promoting bone mineralization and growth in preterm infants
Physical activity to improve exercise capacity in people with cystic fibrosis
Physical conditioning as part of a return to work strategy to reduce sickness absence for workers with back pain
Physical environmental designs in residential care to improve quality of life of older people
Physical examination for the diagnosis of lumbar radiculopathy due to disc herniation in patients with low-back pain and sciatica: a systematic review.
Physical exercise as a treatment for sleep problems in older people
Physical exercise for oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder in children and adolescents
Physical exercise for people with Parkinson's disease: what type of exercise works best?
Physical exercise for type 1 diabetes mellitus
Physical exercise helps to improve symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease
Physical exercise training for people with spinal muscular atrophy type 3
Physical exercise training interventions for children and young adults during and after treatment for childhood cancer
Physical exercise training to increase cardiorespiratory fitness in people with spinal cord injury
Physical fitness training for people with spinal cord injury
Physical fitness training for stroke survivors
Physical health care monitoring for people with serious mental illness
Physical interventions (orthoses, splints, exercise and manual therapy) for treating plantar heel pain
Physical interventions for breathlessness in adults with advanced diseases
Physical interventions for preventing stress fractures of the lower limbs
Physical medicine modalities for mechanical neck disorders
Physical methods for preventing deep vein thrombosis in stroke
Physical methods for treating fever in children
Physical rehabilitation for older people in long-term care
Physical tests for diagnosing anterior cruciate ligament rupture
Physical tests for shoulder impingement in primary care
Physical therapies for postural abnormalities in people with cystic fibrosis
Physical therapies for reducing and controlling lymphoedema of the limbs
Physical therapy for the management of patients with temporomandibular disorders and related pain.
Physical therapy interventions for pelvic girdle pain (PGP) after pregnancy
Physical therapy interventions for the prevention of fractures after spinal cord injury
Physical training for asthma
Physical treatment interventions for managing spasticity after stroke
Physical treatments for idiopathic facial paralysis
Physician anaesthetists versus nurse anaesthetists for surgical patients
Physician use of red flags to screen for cancer in patients with new back pain
Physician use of red flags to screen for fractured vertebrae for patients with new back pain
Physicians can be assisted in their delivery of preventive care services through group education, reminder devices and changes to the organisation of care
Physiological track-and-trigger/early warning systems for use in maternity care
Physiotherapeutic mechanisms for prevention of deep vein thrombosis in patients at risk of haemorrhage
Physiotherapy and physiotherapeutical modalities for lateral epicondylitis
Physiotherapy for ankylosing spondylitis
Physiotherapy for the treatment of Parkinson's disease
Physiotherapy for treatment of Parkinson's disease
Phytoestrogens for vasomotor menopausal symptoms
Phytoestrogens in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis
Phytomedicines (medicines derived from plants) for sickle cell disease
Piggy-back method versus standard method of liver transplantation
Pilates for low back pain
Pimozide for schizophrenia or related psychoses
Pimozide is an effective treatment for tics in Tourette Syndrome.
Pioglitazone for adults with high risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus
Pioglitazone for people with impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting blood glucose
Pioglitazone for type 2 diabetes mellitus
Piracetam for acute ischaemic stroke
Piracetam for fetal distress in labour
Piracetam for reducing the incidence of painful sickle cell disease crises
Piribedil for levodopa-induced complications in Parkinson's disease
Piribedil for symptomatic management of Parkinson's disease
Piribedil versus levodopa in early Parkinson's disease
Piroxicam as a single dose in treating acute postoperative pain
Pitavastatin for lowering lipids
Pivotal Response Treatment for autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
Placebo interventions for all clinical conditions
Placebo response and remission rates in randomised trials of induction and maintenance therapy for Crohn’s disease
Placebo response and remission rates in randomised trials of induction and maintenance therapy for ulcerative colitis
Placebo versus no treatment for people with schizophrenia
Placenta delivery at caesarean section
Placental cord drainage after vaginal delivery as part of the management of the third stage of labour
Planned abortion after three months of pregnancy can be done using several medicines. This review looked at which medical procedure is the best.
Planned birth at or near term for improving health outcomes for pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes and their infants
Planned birth at or near term for pregnant women with gestational diabetes and their infants
Planned caesarean section for a twin pregnancy
Planned caesarean section for term breech delivery
Planned caesarean section versus planned vaginal birth for severe pre-eclampsia
Planned elective repeat caesarean section versus planned vaginal birth for women with a previous caesarean birth
Planned home versus hospital care for rupture of the membranes before 37 weeks' gestation
Planned hospital birth versus planned home birth
Planned relaparotomy versus relaparotomy on demand for treatment of secondary peritonitis
Plasma exchange for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
Plasma exchange for generalised myasthenia gravis
Plasma exchange for Guillain-Barré syndrome
Plasma exchange for multiple sclerosis
Plasma expanders for people with cirrhosis and large ascites treated with abdominal paracentesis
Plasma transfusion strategies for critically ill patients
Plasma transfusion to prevent intraventricular haemorrhage in very preterm infants
Plasma transfusions before major surgery (other than heart surgery) or invasive procedures, to prevent bleeding
Plasma transfusions prior to insertion of central lines for people with abnormal coagulation
Plasma transfusions prior to insertion of lumbar puncture needles for people with abnormal coagulation
Plasma volume expansion for suspected impaired fetal growth
Plasma volume expansion for treatment of pre-eclampsia
Plasmakinetic resection versus transurethral resection of the prostate for benign prostatic hyperplasia
Plastic stents versus fully covered self-expandable metallic stents for biliary tract strictures in adults with non-cancerous bile duct lesions
Plastic stents versus metal stents for endoscopic ultrasound-guided transmural drainage of pancreatic fluid collections
Platelet count, spleen length, and platelet-to-spleen length ratio for the diagnosis of oesophageal varices in people with liver disease
Platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa blockers during percutaneous coronary intervention and as the initial treatment of acute coronary syndromes
Platelet rich therapies for long bone healing in adult
Platelet transfusion before surgery for people with low platelet counts
Platelet transfusion thresholds for thrombocytopenic infants
Platelet transfusions are used to prevent bleeding in patients with low platelet counts due to treatment-induced bone marrow failure
Platelet transfusions are used to prevent bleeding in people with low platelet counts due to treatment-induced bone marrow failure
Platelet transfusions to treat bleeding compared with platelet transfusions to prevent bleeding in people with blood cancers receiving intensive treatment
Platelet transfusions treated to reduce transfusion-transmitted infections for the prevention of bleeding in people with low platelet counts
Platelet-rich therapies for musculoskeletal soft tissue injuries
Platinum-based chemotherapy shows small benefit over non-platinum for advanced ovarian cancer. Paclitaxel trials were not reviewed
Platinum-containing chemotherapy for women before or after surgery for early triple-negative breast cancer
Platinum-containing chemotherapy for women before or after surgery for early triple-negative breast cancer
Platinum-containing regimens for metastatic breast cancer
Platinum-containing regimens for triple-negative metastatic breast cancer
Pleurodesis surgery to remove the build-up of fluid between the lung and chest cavity
Plugs for preventing the loss of stool in patients with faecal incontinence
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines for preventing invasive pneumococcal disease and pneumonia in children aged up to five years
Pneumococcal vaccination during pregnancy for preventing infant infection
Pneumococcal vaccination for preventing acute middle ear infections in children
Pneumococcal vaccine for preventing Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in HIV-positive individuals
Pneumococcal vaccines for children and adults with cystic fibrosis
Pneumococcal vaccines for sickle cell disease
Pneumonia (pneumococcal) vaccine for children and adults with asthma
Pneumonia (pneumococcal) vaccines for children and adults with bronchiectasis
Podcast - Conversations with Cochrane
Podcast: A review of activities to help healthcare professionals share decisions about care with their patients
Podcast: A review of which advocacy interventions work to help abused women, and under what circumstances, and which women are likely to benefit
Podcast: Antioxidants for male subfertility
Podcast: Are corticosteroids (anti-inflammatory medicines) given orally or by injection an effective treatment for people with COVID-19?
Podcast: Assisted reproductive technology: an overview of Cochrane Reviews
Podcast: Bedside examination tests to detect beforehand adults who are likely to be difficult to intubate
Podcast: C-reactive protein for diagnosing infection in newborn infants
Podcast: Can people stop smoking by cutting down the amount they smoke first?
Podcast: Cannabis products for adults with chronic neuropathic pain
Podcast: Cerebrolysin for acute ischaemic stroke
Podcast: Colloids or crystalloids for fluid replacement in critically ill people
Podcast: Constraint-induced movement therapy in the treatment of the upper limb in children with unilateral cerebral palsy
Podcast: Effects of nutritional interventions to increase nutritional status in children living in urban slums in low- and middle-income countries
Podcast: Effects of starting antiretroviral therapy within one week of diagnosis on people living with HIV
Podcast: Electromechanical-assisted training for improving arm function and disability after stroke
Podcast: Flexibility exercise training for adults with fibromyalgia
Podcast: Home use of devices for cleaning between the teeth (in addition to toothbrushing) to prevent and control gum diseases and tooth decay
Podcast: House modifications for preventing malaria
Podcast: How accurate are diagnostic tools for autism spectrum disorder in preschool children?
Podcast: How accurate are tests (Xpert Ultra and Xpert MTB/RIF) for diagnosing tuberculosis outside the lungs (extrapulmonary tuberculosis) and rifampicin resistance?
Podcast: Immunosuppressive treatment for people with proliferative lupus nephritis
Podcast: Improving the implementation of health-promoting policies and practices in workplaces
Podcast: Improving the implementation of school-based policies and practices to improve student health
Podcast: Interventions for improving outcomes in pregnancies that follow stillbirth
Podcast: Interventions for treating wrist fractures (broken wrists) in children
Podcast: Intramuscular and intravenous opioid pain relieving drugs in labour
Podcast: Lamotrigine versus carbamazepine monotherapy (single medication treatment) for epilepsy
Podcast: Laparoscopy versus laparotomy for the management of presumed early stage endometrial cancer
Podcast: Lifestyle changes for treating psoriasis
Podcast: Light therapy for prevention of winter depression
Podcast: Methods to help people quit smoking
Podcast: Music for insomnia in adults
Podcast: Nasal saline for allergic rhinitis
Podcast: Omega-3 fatty acid addition during pregnancy
Podcast: Pharmacies might be able to support people with their depression medicines
Podcast: Pharmacotherapy for hypertension in adults 60 years or older
Podcast: Psychosocial support for informal caregivers of people living with cancer
Podcast: Regular treatment with formoterol and inhaled steroids for chronic asthma: serious adverse events
Podcast: Routine scale and polish for periodontal health in adults
Podcast: Screening for malignant melanoma (a type of skin cancer)
Podcast: Sedation of children undergoing dental treatment
Podcast: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for stroke recovery
Podcast: Support during pregnancy for women at increased risk of low birthweight babies
Podcast: Talking therapy for the management of mental health in low- and middle-income countries affected by mass human tragedy
Podcast: The Skeptics' Guide to EM talks about Cochrane and the Cochrane Acute and Emergency Care Network
Podcast: Use of computer or robotic technology to assist surgeons in performing gynaecological surgery
Podcast: Vaccines for preventing rotavirus diarrhoea: vaccines in use
Podcast: Vitamins and minerals for subfertility in women
Podcast: What are the benefits and risks of giving corticosteroids to pregnant women at risk of premature birth?
Podcast: Which is the best treatment for heavy menstrual bleeding?
Podcast: Which talking therapies work for people who use drugs and also have alcohol problems?
Podcast: Xpert MTB/RIF and Xpert Ultra for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults
Point of care rapid test for diagnosis of syphilis infection in men and nonpregnant women
Point of care rapid test for diagnosis of syphilis infection in pregnant women
Point-of-care diagnostic tests for sickle cell disease
Point-of-care tests for detecting high viral load in people living with HIV attending healthcare facilities
Point-of-care tests for detecting HIV viral molecules in infants and children aged 18 months or less
Policies for replacing long-term indwelling urinary catheters in adults
Policies that restrict reimbursement on some drugs to ensure better use in health care
Policy interventions implemented through sporting organisations to promote healthy behaviour change
Polychemotherapy (multiple cancer drugs) can reduce the number of deaths from breast cancer, as well as recurrences, especially in women under 50
Polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies for induction therapy in kidney transplant recipients
Polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies for treating acute rejection episodes in kidney transplant recipients
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Awareness Month
Polyethylene glycol for chronic constipation in adults
Polyethylene Glycol should be used in preference to Lactulose in the treatment of Chronic Constipation.
Polysaccharide vaccines for preventing serogroup A meningococcal meningitis
Polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation for drug-resistant epilepsy
Polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation for schizophrenia
Polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in infancy for the prevention of allergy
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) supplements for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) supplements for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) for children with specific learning disorders
Polyunsaturated fatty acids for prevention and treatment of diseases of the heart and circulation
Ponseti method for idiopathic congenital clubfoot in children
Population-based interventions for reducing HIV infection
Population-based programmes for the prevention of fall-related injuries in older people
Portable oxygen for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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