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Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence about hospitalisation.
Reviewed September 2009
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Day hospital versus outpatient care for people with schizophrenia
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Psychiatric day hospitals offer care that is less restrictive than inpatient care but more intense than outpatient care. Day hospitals can be used to provide more intense/specialised outpatient care to people resistant to treatment (day treatment progra...
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May 2009
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Antenatal day care units versus hospital admission for women with complicated pregnancy
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Many women experience complications during pregnancy such as high blood pressure, threatened early labour or abnormal and heavy bleeding (haemorrhage). Admission to hospital may be necessary but can be disruptive to the mother and her family. Often test...
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Feb 2009
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Premedication for anxiety in adult day surgery
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Day case surgery, where patients are sent home on the same day as the operation, is a common clinical practice which is no longer confined to simple procedures. Premedication with drugs to reduce anxiety prior to general anaesthesia may be withheld from...
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Jan 2009
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Brief interventions for heavy alcohol users admitted to general hospital wards
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Heavy or dangerous patterns of drinking alcohol can lead to accidents, injuries, physical and psychiatric illnesses, frequent sickness, absence from employment and social problems. Long term alcohol consumption has harmful effects on almost all organs o...
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Nov 2008
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Systemic corticosteroids for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), sometimes called emphysema or chronic (obstructive) bronchitis, have episodes of deterioration which may need a hospital stay. Such exacerbations are often caused by infections. Treatment with co...
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Oct 2008
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Day care versus in-patient surgery for age-related cataract
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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The lens in eyes can become cloudy with age, leading to blurry vision or total vision loss. Cataracts can be surgically removed using a process called phacoemulsification, followed by implantation of an artificial lens to restore vision. This method of ...
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Sep 2008
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Care home versus hospital and own home environments for rehabilitation of older people
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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For a number of reasons, there has been an increased interest in providing elderly people with appropriate rehabilitation services. Not only are there more elderly people, but the importance of 'rehab' after a stroke, hip fracture, or an illness in gen...
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Aug 2008
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Avoidance of bottles during the establishment of breast feeds in preterm infants
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Preterm infants start milk feeds by tube and as they mature they are able to manage sucking feeds. The number of sucking feeds each day are gradually increased as the baby matures. For women who choose to breast feed their preterm infant it is not alway...
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Jul 2008
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Benzodiazepines for delirium
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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A systematic review of benzodiazepine treatment of non-alcohol related delirium discovered very few trials (one randomized, controlled study of mechanically ventilated patients, and thus poorly reflective of delirious patients as a whole; and two partia...
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Jun 2008
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Inpatient versus other settings for detoxification for opioid dependence
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Dependence on opioid drugs, such as heroin, morphine, and codeine, is a serious problem in many societies. Opioids are very difficult to quit using. The first step to quitting is detoxification, which can cause a number of painful symptoms as the drug w...
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May 2008
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Computerized advice on drug dosage to improve prescribing practice
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Physicians and other health care professionals often prescribe drugs that will only work at certain levels. These drugs are said to have a narrow therapeutic window. This means that if the level of the drug is too high or too low, they may cause serio...
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May 2008
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Medical day hospital care for the elderly versus alternative forms of care
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Geriatric day hospitals are an important component of elderly care designed to assist with in-hospital services. They are out-patient facilities where older patients attend for a full or near full day and receive multidisciplinary rehabilitation in a he...
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May 2008
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Admission avoidance hospital at home
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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There continues to be, in some countries, more demand for acute care hospital beds than there are beds. One way to decrease or avoid admissions to hospital is to provide people with acute care treatment at home. ...
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Apr 2008
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Advance treatment directives for people with severe mental illness
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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We examined the effectiveness of advance treatment directives for people with severe mental illness using a systematic review of available randomised controlled trials. We were only able to find two relevant trials. These provided little evidence of the...
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Feb 2008
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Protein and energy supplementation in elderly people at risk from malnutrition
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Much emphasis is placed on the importance of good diet, usually in relation to concern about the health risks of obesity. However it has been generally agreed that the risk of undernutrition rather than overnutrition is the main cause for concern in eld...
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Nov 2007
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Nebulized hypertonic saline solution for acute bronchiolitis in infants
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Acute viral bronchiolitis is the most common lower respiratory tract infection in infants, but the standard treatment remains supportive care. This review was conducted to assess the effects of nebulized hypertonic saline, which can increase clearance o...
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Nov 2007
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Home versus in-patient treatment for deep vein thrombosis
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) occurs when a blood clot blocks blood flow through a vein, generally in the legs. This can happen after surgery, trauma, or when a person is immobile. Clots can dislodge and block blood flow to the lungs, which can be fatal. H...
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Nov 2007
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Length of hospitalisation for people with severe mental illness
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Over the last hundred years medical opinion as to whether people with a severe mental illness should stay in hospital for months and years versus a few weeks has changed. This has been helped by the advent of medication for some of these illnesses. Cons...
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Nov 2007
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