Opioids for newborns receiving mechanical ventilation
The Cochrane Neonatal Group has produced more than 400 Cochrane Reviews over the last two decades, updating these periodically as new evidence becomes available. In March 2021, they published the update of their review of opioids for newborn babies requiring mechanical ventilation and we asked two co-authors of the review, Olga Romantsik and Matteo Bruschettini from Sk åne University Hospital in Lund, Sweden, to tell us about the latest findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - April 13, 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
Opioids for newborns receiving mechanical ventilation
The Cochrane Neonatal Group has produced more than 400 Cochrane Reviews over the last two decades, updating these periodically as new evidence becomes available. In March 2021, they published the update of their review of opioids for newborn babies requiring mechanical ventilation and we asked two co-authors of the review, Olga Romantsik and Matteo Bruschettini from Sk åne University Hospital in Lund, Sweden, to tell us about the latest findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - April 13, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
How accurate are rapid tests for diagnosing COVID-19?
Within our growing collection of reviews relevant to COVID-19, we have several relating to its diagnosis. One of these, on the use of rapid point-of-care tests was updated in March 2021. Here's lead author Jacqueline Dinnes from the University of Birmingham in the UK to tell us what they found for antigen tests. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - April 6, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
What are the benefits and risks of using virtual reality in a healthcare setting to distract children from pain?
The Cochrane Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care Group has more than 250 active reviews of the effects of a wide range of interventions. These were added to in October 2020 by a new review of the effects of using virtual reality to distract children undergoing painful procedures. We asked lead author, Veronica Lambert from Dublin City University in Ireland to tell us that they found. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - March 29, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Laparoscopic surgery for pain and infertility associated with endometriosis
Endometriosis is a common problem for hundreds of millions worldwide and Cochrane has produced more than two dozen reviews of a variety of possible treatments. These are kept up to date as new evidence becomes available and, in October 2020, the review of laparoscopic surgery was updated. In this podcast, former fertility patient and patient advocate, Katy Lindemann from Uber Barrens Club, speaks with senior author, James Duffy from King ’s Fertility in the UK, about the latest findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - March 25, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
What type of heart and blood vessel problems complicate COVID-19 infections, how common are they and what other medical conditions do these patients have?
We're producing a series of reviews covering the accumulating evidence on COVID-19, which are not only looking at the diagnosis and treatment of the disease but are also examining its links to other conditions. One of these reviews, on the effects of COVID-19 on cardiovascular health, was published in March 2021. In this podcast, co-author Keng Siang Lee, from the University of Bristol speaks with the first author, Pierpaolo Pellicori (photo) from the University of Glasgow in the UK about the findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - March 22, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
How effective are initiatives that aim to speed up the diagnosis of brain tumours?
In March 2021, the Cochrane Neuro-Oncology Group published a series of eight new systematic reviews on priority topics for the brain tumour community. These were selected from the most important unanswered questions identified by people in this area, using James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership methods, which bring together patients and the public with practitioners. In this podcast, one of the Group ’s consumer representatives, Helen Bulbeck, talks with lead author Robin Grant, a consultant neurologist involved in the Edinburgh Centre for Neuro-Oncology in the UK, which is one of the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer ...
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - March 19, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Long-term effects of radiotherapy for glioma treatment on brain functioning
In March 2021, the Cochrane Neuro-Oncology Group published a series of eight new complex systematic reviews on priority topics for the brain tumour community. These were selected from the most important unanswered questions identified by people in this area using James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership methods, which bring together patients and the public with practitioners. In this podcast, one of the Group ’s consumer representatives, Helen Bulbeck, talks with author Robin Grant, a consultant neurologist involved in the Edinburgh Centre for Neuro-Oncology in the UK about the review of the long-term neurocognit...
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - March 19, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
How effective are initiatives that aim to speed up the diagnosis of brain tumours?
In March 2021, the Cochrane Neuro-Oncology Group published a series of eight new systematic reviews on priority topics for the brain tumour community. These were selected from the most important unanswered questions identified by people in this area, using James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership methods, which bring together patients and the public with practitioners. In this podcast, one of the Group ’s consumer representatives, Helen Bulbeck, talks with lead author Robin Grant, a consultant neurologist involved in the Edinburgh Centre for Neuro-Oncology in the UK, which is one of the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer ...
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - March 19, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
