Single dose oral etoricoxib for acute postoperative pain in adults |
Single dose oral fenbufen for acute postoperative pain in adults |
Single dose oral fenoprofen for acute postoperative pain in adults |
Single dose oral flurbiprofen for acute postoperative pain in adults |
Single dose oral ibuprofen plus caffeine for acute postoperative pain in adults |
Single dose oral ibuprofen plus codeine for acute postoperative pain in adults |
Single dose oral ibuprofen plus oxycodone for acute postoperative pain |
Single dose oral ibuprofen plus paracetamol (acetaminophen) for acute postoperative pain |
Single dose oral ketoprofen and dexketoprofen for acute postoperative pain in adults |
Single dose oral lumiracoxib (Prexige®) for acute postoperative pain relief in adults |
Single dose oral mefenamic acid for acute postoperative pain in adults |
Single dose oral meloxicam for acute postoperative pain in adults |
Single dose oral nabumetone for postoperative pain in adults |
Single dose oral naproxen and naproxen sodium for acute postoperative pain in adults |
Single dose oral nefopam for postoperative pain in adults |
Single dose oral paracetamol (acetaminophen) for postoperative pain relief in adults |
Single dose oral paracetamol (acetaminophen) plus codeine for postoperative pain relief in adults |
Single dose oral rofecoxib for acute postoperative pain in adults |
Single dose oral sulindac for acute postoperative pain in adults |
Single dose oral tenoxicam for acute postoperative pain in adults |
Single dose oral tiaprofenic acid for acute postoperative pain in adults |
Single dose oxycodone and oxycodone plus paracetamol (also known as acetaminophen) for analgesia in adults with acute postoperative pain |
Single dose tramadol for acute postoperative pain in adults |
Single layer versus double layer anastomosis (joining) of the gastrointestinal tract following bowel resection |
Single or combination chemotherapy during preoperative treatment for rectal cancer |
Single therapy laser photocoagulation for diabetic macular oedema |
Single versus double volume exchange transfusion in jaundiced newborn infants |
Single versus two layer suturing for closing the uterine incision at Caesarean section |
Single-agent antibiotic treatment for cancer patients with fever and low white blood cell counts |
Single-dose dipyrone for the treatment of acute postoperative pain |
Single-dose intravenous diclofenac for short-term pain after surgery in adults |
Single-dose oral celecoxib for postoperative pain |
Single-incision versus standard multi-incision laparoscopic colectomy in patients with malignant or benign colonic disease |
Sipuleucel-T for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer |
Site-specific chemotherapy based on gene expression profiling versus empirical chemotherapy for people with cancer of unknown primary site |
Six months therapy for patients with tuberculous meningitis |
Six-month therapy for people with abdominal tuberculosis |
Skin antisepsis for reducing central venous catheter-related infections |
Skin care interventions for preventing eczema and food allergy |
Skin grafting and tissue replacement for treating foot ulcers in people with diabetes |
Skin grafts to improve leg ulcer healing |
Skin patch or vaginal ring compared to pills for birth control |
Skin preparation for preventing infection following caesarean section |
Skin treatments for chronic plaque psoriasis |
Skin-to-skin care with newborns cuts down procedural pain |
Sleep positioning systems for children with cerebral palsy |
Sliding scale insulin for non-critically ill hospitalised adults with diabetes mellitus |
Sling exercise therapy for chronic low-back pain |
Slow freeze versus vitrification for embryo cryopreservation |
Slow-release fluoride devices for the control of dental decay |
Slowly advancing milk feeds to prevent necrotising enterocolitis in very low birth weight infants |
Small-incision cholecystectomy and open cholecystectomy seem equivalent considering complications, but small-incision cholecystectomy is associated with a shorter hospital stay |
Smart technology for self-management of COPD |
SmartCare™ versus non-automated weaning strategies for weaning time in invasively ventilated critically ill adults |
Smartphone apps for people with overweight or obesity |
Smartphone apps for people with overweight or obesity |
Smectite for treating children with acute diarrhoea |
Smoking cessation interventions for people with lung cancer |
Snake antivenoms for treating people who have been bitten by a snake, and have developed abnormal blood clotting |
Social and economic policy interventions to address household food insecurity in high-income countries (HIC) and the developing nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) |
Social connectedness interventions for preventing suicide in young and middle-aged adults |
Social franchising to increase access to and quality of health services in low- and middle-income countries |
Social norms interventions are not effective enough on their own to reduce alcohol use or misuse among university or college students |
Social skills groups for people aged 6 to 21 years with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) |
Social skills programmes for people with schizophrenia |
Social skills training for children aged between 5 and 18 with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) |
Social support, educational, and behavioral modification interventions for improving household disaster preparedness in the general community-dwelling population |
Socio-economic equity in the impact of population-based interventions to reduce alcohol consumption |
Sodium bicarbonate infusion during resuscitation of infants at birth |
Sodium valproate versus phenytoin monotherapy (single drug treatment) for epilepsy |
Sodium-glucose cotransporter (SGLT) 2 inhibitors for prevention or delay of type 2 diabetes mellitus and its associated complications in people at risk for the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus |
Soft versus firm catheters for intrauterine insemination |
Soft versus firm embryo transfer catheters for assisted reproductive technology |
Soft versus rigid vacuum extractor cups for assisted vaginal delivery |
Soluble guanylate cyclase stimulators for raised blood pressure within the lungs |
Somatostatin analogues for acute bleeding oesophageal varices |
Somatostatin analogues for carcinoid syndrome |
Somatostatin analogues for reducing complications following pancreatic surgery |
Somatostatin analogues for thyroid associated ophthalmopathy |
Somatostatin analogues for treatment of enterocutaneous fistula |
Somatostatin analogues, dopamine agonists or growth hormone antagonists for pituitary adenoma-induced acromegaly |
Somatostatin or somatostatin analogues for acute non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding |
Some evidence that CDP-choline has a positive effect on memory and behaviour in at least the short/medium term in elderly people with cognitive deficits associated with chronic cerebral disorders of the brain |
Some evidence that Reality Orientation has benefits on both cognition and behaviour for dementia sufferers. |
Some evidence to suggest that target payments to physicians increase immunisation rates |
Some evidence to suggest that the way in which primary care physicians are paid may affect their clinical behaviour |
Some physiotherapy interventions are effective for shoulder pain in some cases. |
Sophorus species for chronic hepatitis B virus infection |
Sound therapy (masking) in the management of tinnitus in adults |
Sound therapy (using amplification devices or sound generators) for tinnitus |
Soy formula for prevention of allergy and food intolerance in infants |
Special Collection - Best of the Cochrane Library: 2020 in review |
Special Collection - Chronic suppurative otitis media: effectiveness of non-surgical treatments |
Special Collection - Coronavirus (COVID-19): optimizing health in the home workspace |
Special Collection - Coronavirus (COVID-19): regional anaesthesia to reduce drug use in anaesthesia and avoid aerosol generation |
Special Collection - Coronavirus (COVID-19): remote care through telehealth |
Special Collection - Coronavirus: support for wellbeing in the healthcare workforce |
Special Collection - Influenza: evidence from Cochrane Reviews |
Special Collection: Achieving sustainable healthcare through deprescribing of unnecessary medications |
Special Collection: Brain tumour diagnosis and management |
Special Collection: Coronavirus (COVID-19): effective options for quitting smoking during the pandemic |
Special Collection: Coronavirus (COVID-19): evidence relevant to critical care |
Special Collection: Coronavirus (COVID-19): evidence relevant to critical care |
Special Collection: Coronavirus (COVID-19): infection control and prevention measures |
Special Collection: Coronavirus (COVID-19): infection control and prevention measures |
Special Collection: Coronavirus (COVID-19): optimizing health in the home workspace |
Special Collection: Coronavirus (COVID-19): regional anaesthesia to reduce drug use in anaesthesia and avoid aerosol generation |
Special Collection: Coronavirus (COVID-19): remote care through telehealth |
Special Collection: Effective options for quitting smoking during COVID-19 |
Special Collection: In vitro fertilisation – effectiveness of add-ons |
Special Collection: Physical activity for healthy ageing |
Special Collection: Stillbirth prevention and respectful bereavement care |
Special Collection: the health of refugees and asylum seekers in Europe |
Special healthy ageing issue of Cochrane Library app released, as WHO launches Decade for Healthy Ageing Baseline Report |
Special thank you and recognition of 22 years of service to Cochrane: Founder of Cochrane Finland, Marjukka Mäkelä |
Specialised advice on stopping smoking for people with serious mental illness |
Specialised antenatal clinics for women with a multiple pregnancy with the aim of improving outcomes for babies and mothers |
Specialised antenatal clinics for women with a pregnancy at high risk of preterm birth (excluding multiple pregnancy) to improve outcomes for women and babies |
Specialist breast care nurses for supportive care of women with breast cancer |
Specialist epilepsy nurses: no clear evidence on their impact on the care of people with epilepsy |
Specialist home-based nursing services for children with acute and chronic illnesses |
Specialist interventions for homeless people with severe mental illness |
Specialist nurse counselling interventions for patients with inflammatory bowel disease |
Specialist nurses in diabetes mellitus |
Specialist outreach clinics in primary care and rural hospital settings may improve access to care, quality of care, health outcomes, patient satisfaction and use of hospital services. They may also be more costly. |
Specialist teams for neonatal transport to neonatal intensive care units for prevention of morbidity and mortality |
Specially formulated foods for treating children with moderate acute malnutrition in low- and middle-income countries |
Specific allergy immunotherapy for the treatment of atopic eczema |
Specific immunotherapy for latex allergy |
Spectrum of the initial antibiotic treatment for cancer patients with fever and low leucocytes counts |
Speech and language therapy for children with cerebral palsy might improve their communication skills, but more research is needed. |
Speech and language therapy for children with speech or language delay |
Speech and language therapy for chronic cough |
Speech and language therapy for language problems after a stroke |
Speech and language therapy for speech problems in Parkinson's disease |
Speech and language therapy for speech problems in Parkinson’s disease |
Speech and language therapy interventions for children with primary speech and language delay or disorder |
Speech and language therapy interventions for speech problems in Parkinson's disease |
Speech therapy for children with dysarthria ac
quired before three years of age |
Speleotherapy (exposure to salt air, usually underground) for asthma |
Sperm washing to prevent HIV transmission from HIV-infected men but allowing conception in sero-discordant couples |
Spermicide used alone for birth control |
Sphincterotomy for biliary sphincter of Oddi dysfunction |
Spina bifida repair and infant and maternal health |
Spinal anaesthesia drugs for caesarean section |
Spinal cord stimulation doesn’t help with back pain, says new review |
Spinal cord stimulation for cancer pain |
Spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain |
Spinal cord stimulation for low back pain |
Spinal cord stimulation for patients with chronic critical leg ischaemia who cannot have blood vessel surgery |
Spinal immobilisation for trauma patients |
Spinal manipulation for painful periods |
Spinal manipulative therapy for acute low-back pain |
Spinal manipulative therapy for chronic low-back pain |
Spinal manipulative therapy for low-back pain |
Spinal rehabilitative exercise and manual treatment for the prevention of migraine attacks in adults |
Spinal rehabilitative exercise or manual treatment for the prevention of cervicogenic headache in adults |
Spinal rehabilitative exercise or manual treatment for the prevention of tension-type headache in adults |
Spinal versus epidural anaesthesia for caesarean section |
Spiritual and religious interventions for adults in the latter stage of a disease |
Spiritual and religious interventions for adults with cancer and their carers: an overview of systematic reviews |
Spironolactone for the treatment of high blood pressure |
Spironolactone versus placebo or in combination with steroids for hirsutism and/or acne |
Spleen conserving surgery versus splenectomy for injured patients with splenic trauma |
Splinting for carpal tunnel syndrome |
Splinting for dislocated and shallow hips in babies |
Splints and other non-surgical methods for treating common injuries of the middle joints of the fingers |
Spontaneous breathing activity in COVID-19-related lung failure |
Sports and games for post-traumatic stress disorder |
Sports injuries: when do show-stoppers need surgery? |
Spotlight on Cochrane’s Sustainable Healthcare Field: An interview with Minna Johansson |
Sprains, strains and bruises: Oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs compared with other oral pain killers |
St. John's wort for treating depression. |
Stabilisation splint therapy for temporomandibular pain dysfunction syndrome |
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Standard versus biofilm antibiotic testing to guide antibiotic treatment in cystic fibrosis |
Staple crops biofortified with increased micronutrient content: effects on vitamin and mineral status, as well as health and cognitive function in the general population |
Staple line reinforcement for adults undergoing bariatric surgery with gastric transection |
Staples versus sutures for closing leg wounds after vein graft harvesting for coronary artery bypass surgery |
Staples versus sutures for surgical wound closure in adults |
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Statement on 'Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses' review |
Statin withdrawal in people with dementia |
Statins can help reduce risk of death in people with chronic kidney disease who do not need dialysis |
Statins for acute coronary syndrome |
Statins for acute ischemic stroke |
Statins for aortic valve stenosis |
Statins for asthma |
Statins for children with inherited high blood cholesterol |
Statins for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) |
Statins for delaying the onset and progression of age-related macular degeneration |
Statins for dyslipidemia in HIV/AIDS patients on antiretrovirals |
Statins for influenza and pneumonia |
Statins for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis |
Statins for osteoporosis in postmenopausal women |
Statins for people with intracerebral hemorrhage |
Statins for preventing blood clot formation within veins |
Statins for preventing colorectal adenoma and carcinoma |
Statins for preventing major vascular events in people with hypertension |
Statins for preventing preeclampsia |
Statins for Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome |
Statins for the prevention of dementia |
Statins for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease |
Statins for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease |
Stavudine, lamivudine and nevirapine combination therapy for treatment of HIV infection and AIDS in adults |
Steam inhalation or humidified oxygen for acute bronchiolitis in children under three years of age |
Stem cell therapy for multiple sclerosis |
Stem cell therapy for treatment of thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease) |
Stem cell transplantation for acute myelocytic leukaemia in paediatric patients in first remission |
Stem cell transplantation for high risk acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in paediatric patients in first remission |
Stem cell transplantation for ischemic stroke |
Stem cell transplantation for the treatment of systemic sclerosis |
Stem cell transplantation for treating Gaucher disease |
Stem cell transplantation of sibling donors compared with specific immunosuppressive therapy for acquired severe aplastic anemia |
Stem cell treatment for chronic ischaemic heart disease and congestive heart failure |
Stem cell-based therapies following poor brain oxygenation at birth (hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy) in newborns |
Stem cell-based therapies for brain injury in newborns born preterm |
Stem cell-based therapies for stroke in newborns |
Stem cells for the prevention and treatment of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants |
Stem cells for treating patients not responding to Crohn's disease treatment |
Stem cells from bone marrow or stem cells from peripheral blood: which is better for adults with blood cancers? |
Stent placement versus surgery to control symptoms of a blocked stomach outlet caused by inoperable cancer |
Stents for preventing pancreatic fistula after pancreaticoduodenectomy |
Step-by-step (algorithm-based) pain management for people with dementia living in nursing homes |
Stepping down the dose of inhaled corticosteroids for adults with asthma |
Stereotactic body radiation therapy versus more fractionated radical radiotherapy for adults with stage I/II non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and network meta-analysis |
Stereotactic radiotherapy for the treatment of vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma) |
Sterile water injections for the relief of pain in labour |
Sternal fixation techniques following sternotomy for preventing sternal wound complications |
Steroid avoidance or withdrawal for kidney transplant recipients |
Steroid avoidance or withdrawal for pancreas and pancreas with kidney transplant recipients |
Steroid hormone treatment for Kawasaki disease in children |
Steroid implants for chronic uveitis not caused by infection |
Steroid injections for painful soles of heels in adults |
Steroid therapy for meconium aspiration syndrome in newborn infants |
Steroid-eluting sinus stents for improving symptoms in chronic rhinosinusitis patients undergoing functional endoscopic sinus surgery |
Steroidal anti-inflammatory medication given by mouth or injection for acute sinusitis |
Steroids applied directly to polyps in the nose in people with cystic fibrosis |
Steroids for acute sinusitis in adults and children |
Steroids for acute spinal cord injury |
Steroids for improving recovery following tonsillectomy in children |
Steroids for short-term symptom control in infectious mononucleosis (glandular fever) |
Steroids for the common cold |
Steroids for the treatment of influenza |
Steroids for the treatment of sudden hearing loss with unknown cause |
Steroids in the treatment of traumatic optic neuropathy |
Steroids inserted into the eye versus observation for macular edema secondary to central retinal vein occlusion |
Steroids plus antibiotics versus antibiotics alone for the treatment of acute endophthalmitis after eye surgery or injections into the eye |
Steroids with antiangiogenic properties for treating neovascular age-related macular degeneration |
Still awaiting evidence for effect of ursodeoxycholic acid and/or antibiotics in the prevention of biliary stent occlusion |