Stopping or continuing anti-dementia drugs in patients with dementia
As well as examining the evidence for starting patients on drug treatments, Cochrane Reviews also look at the relative benefits of stopping or continuing once someone has started taking them. This is the case with a February 2021 review of the effects of withdrawing or continuing two common classes of drug treatment for people with dementia. We asked lead author, Carole Parsons from Queen ’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland to tell us what they found. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - May 14, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Melatonin for preoperative and postoperative anxiety in adults
The Cochrane Anaesthesia Group has produced a wide variety of reviews relevant to procedures related to surgery. One of these looks at the use of melatonin for preoperative and postoperative anxiety in adults and it was updated in December 2020. We asked the new lead author, Bennedikte Madsen, from the Center for Perioperative Optimizationin Herlev Hospital in Denmark to tell us about the latest findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - May 14, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Oral hygiene care for critically ill patients to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia
There are many Cochrane reviews about the management of patients in intensive care units, covering a wide range of interventions, and the second update of one of these, in December 2020, brought together the latest evidence on the effects of oral hygiene care. Here ’s the lead author, Fang Hua from Wuhan University in China to tell us about the latest findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - May 12, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Can international travel-related control measures contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic?
Cochrane has already produced many rapid reviews to help decision makers with their response to the COVID-19 pandemic and we are updating these to try to keep up with the accumulating evidence. In this podcast, lead author, Jake Burns from the University of Munich in Germany describes the latest findings of our review of the effects of control measures for international travel, which was updated in March 2021. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - May 12, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
How does using technology to deliver pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) compare to centre-based PR, or no PR in people with chronic lung disease?
Many millions of people suffer from respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, interstitial lung disease and bronchiectasis; and there are Cochrane Reviews for a wide range of interventions that might help, including drugs, devices and physical therapies. These were added to in January 2021 with a new review of the effects of providing pulmonary rehabilitation remotely and we asked the lead author, Narelle Cox from Monash University in Melbourne Australia, to tell us more in this podcast. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - May 12, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Oral hygiene care for critically ill patients to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia
There are many Cochrane reviews about the management of patients in intensive care units, covering a wide range of interventions, and the second update of one of these, in December 2020, brought together the latest evidence on the effects of oral hygiene care. Here ’s the lead author, Fang Hua from Wuhan University in China to tell us about the latest findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - May 12, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
How does using technology to deliver pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) compare to centre-based PR, or no PR in people with chronic lung disease?
Many millions of people suffer from respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, interstitial lung disease and bronchiectasis; and there are Cochrane Reviews for a wide range of interventions that might help, including drugs, devices and physical therapies. These were added to in January 2021 with a new review of the effects of providing pulmonary rehabilitation remotely and we asked the lead author, Narelle Cox from Monash University in Melbourne Australia, to tell us more in this podcast. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - May 12, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 753: The ferret nose where the virus goes
TWiV revisits Brazil’s rejection of Sputnik vaccine, examines influenza transmission via the air from the nasal epithelium of ferrets, and a history of accidental releases of polioviruses and their relevance for eradication of poliomyelitis. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode ASV vaccine town halls Sputnik Light Ferret airborne transmission of influenza virus (Nat Comm) Facility releases of poliovirus (Emerg Inf Dis) Polio eradication progress (Polio Erad Ini...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - May 9, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Prevention of blood clots in non-hospitalised cancer patients receiving chemotherapy
Alongside the hundreds of Cochrane Reviews of treatments for patients with cancer, there are many of ways to reduce the adverse effects of those treatments. In December 2020, we published the third update of one of these, looking at the effects of drugs to prevent venous thromboembolism in patients receiving chemotherapy. Marcello Di Nisio from the University "G. D'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara in Italy tells us about the latest findings in this podcast. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - April 23, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Xpert Ultra compared to Xpert MTB/RIF for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults
The Cochrane Library contains more than 140 Cochrane Reviews of the accuracy of diagnostic tests, covering a very wide range of conditions. One of these reviews, on a test used to detect tuberculosis in the lungs, was updated for the third time in February 2021 and Karen Steingart from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in the UK speaks with first author, Jerry Zifodya from Tulane University in New Orleans, USA about the latest findings in this podcast. This review is also included in theCochrane Library Special Collection for World Tuberculosis Day on 'Diagnosing tuberculosis'. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - April 14, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
How accurate is chest imaging for diagnosing COVID-19?
Our programme of rapid reviews for COVID-19 covers both the diagnosis and treatment of the disease and the reviews are being updated as new evidence becomes available. Among these is a review on imaging tests for diagnosing the condition, and we asked the lead author of the March 2021 update, Nayaar Islam from The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute in Canada, to describe the latest findings in this podcast. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - April 13, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
