Ritalin for adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) |
Rituximab as maintenance therapy for patients with follicular lymphoma |
Rituximab for eradicating inhibitors in people with acquired haemophilia A |
Rituximab for myasthenia gravis |
Rituximab for people with multiple sclerosis |
Rituximab for rheumatoid arthritis |
Rituximab for treating inhibitors in people with inherited severe hemophilia |
Rivastigmine appears to moderately improve cognition and to a lesser extent activities of daily living in patients with PDD |
Rivastigmine for dementia in people with Down syndrome |
Rivastigmine for people with Alzheimer's disease |
Rivastigmine for vascular cognitive impairment |
Rizatriptan for acute migraine headaches in adults |
Robot assistant versus human or another robot assistant in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy |
Robot-assisted surgery for benign and malignant liver lesions |
Robotic assisted surgery for gynaecological cancer |
Robotic surgery for benign gynaecological disease |
Robotic surgery for rectal cancer |
Robotic versus open radical cystectomy for bladder cancer in adults |
Rofecoxib for osteoarthritis |
Rofecoxib for rheumatoid arthritis |
Role of homeopathic medicines in prevention and treatment of paralytic ileus |
Role of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in the management of bronchiectasis |
Role of ketamine for management of acute severe asthma in children |
Role of rituximab in addition to standard chemotherapy for adult patients with aggressive B-cell lymphoma |
Rooming-in for new mother and infant versus separate care for increasing duration of breastfeeding |
Root canal posts for the restoration of root filled teeth |
Root coverage procedures for the treatment of localised and multiple recession-type defects |
Ropinirole for levodopa-induced complications in Parkinson's disease |
Ropinirole versus bromocriptine for levodopa-induced complications in Parkinson's disease |
Rosiglitazone for type 2 diabetes mellitus |
Rotavirus vaccines can prevent diarrhoea caused by rotavirus, but we are still not clear about safety and whether they prevent deaths |
Route of antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of cerebrospinal fluid-shunt infection |
Routine abdominal drainage versus no drainage for patients undergoing uncomplicated laparoscopic cholecystectomy |
Routine antibiotic preventive treatment after normal vaginal birth for reducing maternal infections |
Routine antibiotic use for episiotomy repair after normal vaginal birth |
Routine antibiotics at cesarean section to reduce infection |
Routine anticonvulsants for treating cerebral malaria |
Routine cholecystectomy during Roux-en-Y gastric bypass with or without choledocholithiasis |
Routine compared with selective ultrasound in early pregnancy |
Routine decompression by nasogastric tube after oesophagectomy for oesophageal cancer |
Routine dental care: does the evidence give us something to smile about? |
Routine diversion of food for patients with unresectable periampullary cancers without obstruction to the stomach outlet |
Routine drainage for orthotopic liver transplantation |
Routine hospital admission versus outpatient or home care in children at diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus |
Routine invasive versus conservative strategies for unstable angina and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction in the stent era |
Routine nasal packing versus no nasal packing following functional endoscopic sinus surgery |
Routine or selective carotid artery shunting for carotid endarterectomy (and different methods of monitoring in selective shunting) |
Routine oxygen supplementation for acute stroke |
Routine preoperative medical testing for cataract surgery |
Routine prophylactic drugs in normal labour for reducing gastric aspiration and its effects |
Routine prophylactic stenting reduces the incidence of major urological complications in kidney transplant recipients |
Routine scale and polish for periodontal health in adults |
Routine screening by echocardiography to reduce morbidity and mortality from congenital heart disease in neonates with Down syndrome |
Routine ultrasound in late pregnancy (after 24 weeks' gestation) to assess the effects on the infant and maternal outcomes |
Routine ultrasound scans for babies before 24 weeks of pregnancy. |
Routine umbilical injection after childbirth before delivery of placenta |
Routine use of oxygen in people who have had a heart attack |
Routine vaginal examinations in labour |
Routine viral load monitoring versus standard care for reducing morbidity and mortality in adolescent and adult patients living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART) |
Routine vs. voluntary HIV testing for increasing HIV testing rates |
Routinely shaving women in the area around the vagina on admission to hospital in labour |
Roux-en-Y versus Billroth-I reconstruction after surgery for gastric cancer |
Running shoes for preventing lower-limb running injuries in adults |
Running shoes for preventing lower‐limb running injuries in adults |
Rutosides for prevention of post-thrombotic syndrome |
Rutosides for treatment of post-thrombotic syndrome |
S-adenosyl methionine for depression in adults |
S-adenosyl-L-methionine for people with alcoholic liver disease |
S-Adenosylmethionine (SAMe) for osteoarthritis |
Sacral nerve stimulation for treating faecal incontinence and constipation in adults |
Safety and diagnostic accuracy of image guided biopsies in patients with small renal masses |
Safety and effectiveness of medications for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome |
Safety and efficacy of proton pump inhibitors in preterm infants with gastroesophageal reflux disease |
Safety of topical steroids in pregnancy |
Saffron (adjunct) for people with schizophrenia who have antipsychotic-induced metabolic syndrome |
Salicylate for treating Kawasaki disease in children and to prevent long-term cardiac abnormalities |
Saline irrigation for chronic rhinosinusitis |
Saline irrigation for the management of skin extravasation injury in neonates |
Salt Awareness Week |
Salt fluoridation for preventing dental caries |
Same day surgery compared to overnight stay for treatment of cataract caused by old age |
Sanchi for acute ischaemic stroke |
Sargramostim (GM-CSF) for induction of remission in Crohn's disease |
Sarpogrelate for peripheral arterial disease |
Scalpel or no-scalpel approach to the vas |
Scalpel versus electrosurgery for surgical operations on the abdomen |
Scanning imaging techniques for the exclusion of pulmonary embolism during pregnancy |
Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children (K-SADS) for diagnosing schizophrenia in children and adolescents with psychotic symptoms |
School based driver education leads to early licensing and may increase road crash rates. |
School dental screening programmes for improving oral health of children |
School feeding for improving the physical and psychosocial health of disadvantaged schoolchildren |
School feeding programs for improving the physical and psychological health of school children experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage |
School-based education programmes for the prevention of unintentional injuries in children and young people |
School-based interventions for preventing HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and pregnancy in adolescents |
School-based prevention for illicit drug use |
School-based programmes for the prevention of child sexual abuse |
School-based programs to improve birth control use among adolescents |
School-based self-management educational interventions for asthma in children and adolescents |
Science Vs. Podcast features Cochrane evidence on 'Exercise: Fat Buster or Belly Flop?' episode |
Scientific evidence is scanty to evaluate the effectiveness of biopsychosocial rehabilitation for upper limb repetitive strain injury. |
Scientific expert reaction to Cochrane Review on omega-3 fatty acids |
Scientific expert reaction to new Cochrane Review on HPV vaccine for cervical cancer prevention in girls and women |
Scleral buckling and vitrectomy in retinal detachment |
Sclerotherapy (injection techniques) for spider veins on the legs |
Sclerotherapy versus beta-blockers for primary prophylaxis of oesophageal variceal bleeding in children |
Sclerotherapy versus sham or no intervention for primary prophylaxis of oesophageal variceal bleeding in children with chronic liver disease or portal vein thrombosis |
Scopolamine for preventing and treating motion sickness |
Scoring systems to screen for diabetic peripheral neuropathy |
Screening and case finding instruments for depression |
Screening and subsequent treatment for thyroid dysfunction before or during pregnancy to improve outcomes for mothers and their babies |
Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm |
Screening for aspiration risk associated with dysphagia in acute stroke |
Screening for breast cancer with mammography |
Screening for colorectal cancer using the faecal occult blood test, Hemoccult |
Screening for lung cancer |
Screening for malignant melanoma (a type of skin cancer) |
Screening for nasopharyngeal cancer |
Screening for oesophageal cancer |
Screening for peripheral arterial disease |
Screening for prostate cancer |
Screening for testicular cancer |
Screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus |
Screening hysteroscopy in subfertile women trying to conceive spontaneously, and before in vitro fertilisation |
Screening methods for dislocated or improperly formed hips in newborn infants |
Screening newborn babies for cystic fibrosis |
Screening newborn babies for galactosaemia |
Screening people over 65 years of age for atrial fibrillation increases the rate of detection |
Screening programmes for helping mental health professionals to detect violent victimisation in people with severe mental illness |
Screening programmes for the early detection and prevention of oral cancer |
Screening programmes for tuberculosis |
Screening school-age children and adolescents for reduced vision caused by the need for spectacles |
Screening sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy for reducing colorectal cancer mortality in asymptomatic persons |
Screening strategies for hypertension |
Screening tests for active pulmonary tuberculosis in children |
Screening tests for Down’s syndrome in first 24 weeks of pregnancy |
Screening tests for Down’s syndrome in first 24 weeks of pregnancy |
Screening tests for Down’s syndrome in first three months of pregnancy |
Screening tests for Down’s syndrome in the first 24 weeks of pregnancy |
Screening tests for endometrial cancer in the general population |
Screening to prevent damage to the optic nerve due to open angle glaucoma |
Screening with urinary dipsticks for reducing morbidity and mortality |
Screening women for gestational diabetes in pregnancy based on whether they are considered at risk, and in different settings |
Screening women for intimate partner violence in healthcare settings |
Sealants for preventing tooth decay in baby teeth |
Sealants for preventing tooth decay in permanent teeth |
Sealants or fluoride varnishes: which treatment is better for preventing decay in the permanent back teeth of children and adolescents? |
Search help |
Search strategies to identify diagnostic accuracy studies in MEDLINE and EMBASE |
Search strategies to identify observational studies in MEDLINE and Embase |
Search strategies to identify reports of randomized trials in MEDLINE |
Seclusion and restraint for people with serious mental illnesses |
Second generation dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers for heart failure |
Second malignancy risk in Hodgkin's disease patients depends upon the choice of chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy as first-line treatment. |
Second trimester serum tests for Down's Syndrome screening |
Second-generation antidepressants for winter depression |
Second-generation antipsychotic drugs for anxiety disorders |
Second-generation antipsychotic drugs for major depressive disorder |
Second-generation antipsychotic drugs for obsessive compulsive disorder |
Second-line chemotherapy for locally advanced or metastatic small cell lung cancer |
Second-line therapy can increase survival of people with metastatic colorectal cancer who did not respond to a first treatment |
Second-line, post-docetaxel therapy for advanced, androgen deprivation-refractory prostate cancer |
Secondary bone grafting for alveolar cleft in children with cleft lip or cleft lip and palate |
Secondary surgical efforts to remove recurrent ovarian cancer in women who are no longer in remission |
Sedation for moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury in adults: a network meta-analysis |
Sedation medication for relieving symptoms at the end of life |
Sedation of children undergoing dental treatment |
Sedatives for opioid withdrawal in newborn infants |
Seeking to prevent gang involvement in young people by providing educational or work opportunities |
Selected laboratory-based biomarkers for assessing vitamin A deficiency in at-risk individuals |
Selective dorsal rhizotomy in the management of children with spastic cerebral palsy |
Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) for uterine leiomyomas |
Selective estrogen receptor modulators for preventing and treating postmenopausal osteoporosis |
Selective oestrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) for women with biopsy-proven endometriosis |
Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) versus placebo for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) |
Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors for premature ejaculation |
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) for preventing migraine |
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) for preventing tension-type headache |
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for fibromyalgia |
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for premenstrual syndrome |
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for stroke recovery |
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for treating people with autism spectrum disorders |
Selective vasopressin type 2 receptor antagonist for patients with cirrhosis |
Selective versus non-selective shunts for the prevention of variceal rebleeding |
Selective versus routine intraoperative cholangiography for cholecystectomy |
Selective versus routine use of episiotomy for vaginal birth |
Selegiline compared to other agents for levodopa-induced motor complications in Parkinson's disease |
Selegiline for levodopa-induced motor complications in Parkinson's disease |
Selenium for preventing cancer |
Selenium supplementation during pregnancy for improving maternal and newborn outcomes |
Selenium supplementation for asthma |
Selenium supplementation for Hashimoto's thyroiditis |
Selenium supplementation to prevent short-term morbidity in preterm neonates |
Selenium supplements for adults who are critically ill |
Selenium supplements for alleviating the side effects of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery in cancer patients |
Selenium supplements for the prevention of cardiovascular disease |
Self management interventions for breathlessness in adult cancer patients |
Self management interventions for type 2 diabetes in adults with severe mental illness |
Self management programme for ankylosing spondylitis |
Self management programmes for people living with the long-term effects of stroke |
Self-administered versus provider-administered medical abortion (review) |
Self-formulated conditional plans for changing health behaviour among healthcare consumers and health professionals |
Self-help and guided self-help for eating disorders |
Self-help and guided self-help interventions for schizophrenia and related disorders |
Self-help for anxiety disorders |
Self-ligating brackets versus conventional pre-adjusted edgewise brackets for treating malocclusion |
Self-ligating orthodontic braces for straightening teeth |
Self-management education and regular practitioner review for adults with asthma |
Self-management education for adults with epilepsy |
Self-management education for children with epilepsy |
Self-management education for cystic fibrosis |
Self-management education programmes for osteoarthritis |
Self-management education programmes for rheumatoid arthritis |
Self-management education programmes led by lay leaders for people with chronic health conditions |
Self-management for non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis |
Self-management for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
Self-management interventions for people living with HIV/AIDS |
Self-management interventions for quality of life in adults with visual impairment |
Self-management interventions including action plans for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
Self-monitoring and self-management of oral anticoagulation therapy |
Self-monitoring for improving control of blood pressure in patients with hypertension |
Self-monitoring of blood glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who are not using insulin |
Self-report screening instruments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in survivors of traumatic experiences |
Semen preparation techniques for intrauterine insemination |
Seminal fluid application to improve assisted reproduction outcomes |
Sensory environment on health-related outcomes of hospital patients |
Sentinel lymph node biopsy for the diagnosis of lymph node involvement in oral/oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma |
Sentinel node biopsy for diagnosis of pelvic lymph node involvement in early stage cervical cancer |
Septum resection for women of childbearing age with a septate uterus |
Sequencing of chemotherapy and radiotherapy for women following surgery for early breast cancer |
Sequential inactivated (IPV) and live oral (OPV) poliovirus vaccines for preventing poliomyelitis |
Sequential versus combination chemotherapy for advanced colorectal cancer |
Serenoa repens for benign prostatic hyperplasia |
Serious Gaming and Gamification interventions for health professional education |
Serological laboratory tests for diagnosis of human leptospirosis in patients presenting with clinical symptoms |
Serological tests for primary biliary cholangitis |
Serological, pharmacological and electrophysiological tests for the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis |
Serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors for fibromyalgia |
Serotonin receptor antagonists to prevent nausea and vomiting after chemotherapy |
Sertindole for schizophrenia |
Sertindole versus other atypical antipsychotics for schizophrenia |
Sertraline versus other antidepressive agents for depression |
Serum and urine nucleic acid screening tests for polyomavirus-associated nephropathy in kidney and kidney-pancreas transplant recipients |
Service brokerage for improving health outcomes in ex-prisoners |
Service delivery, behavioural, and self-management interventions for adults with epilepsy |
Service delivery, behavioural, and self-management interventions for children with epilepsy |
Service users’ experiences of emergency care following an episode of self-harm: a mixed evidence synthesis |
Services for helping acute stroke patients avoid hospital admission |
Services for patients discharged home early |
Services for reducing duration of hospital care in people with acute stroke |
Services to help people who look after or provide help and support to stroke survivors |