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Therapeutics

• Antibiotics were ineffective for the common cold unless bacteria were present in nasopharyngeal secretions (1 February, 1997)
• Intranasal lidocaine relieved acute migraine pain (1 February, 1997)
• Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation improved survival in mature newborn infants with severe respiratory failure (1 February, 1997)
• Meta-analysis: Failure of oral rehydration therapy is infrequent in young, well-nourishedchildren with gastroenteritis (1 February, 1997)
• Imipramine was more effective than mianserin for nocturnal enuresis (1 February, 1997)
• Meta-analysis: Intensive chemotherapy improves survival in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (1 February, 1997)
• Review: Routine antimalarial chemoprophylaxis during pregnancy reduces parasitaemia and raises packed cell volume (1 February, 1997)
• Terazosin reduced BPH symptoms and finasteride did not (1 February, 1997)
• Combination therapy was better than zidovudine alone for HIV infection (1 February, 1997)
• Streptokinase increased mortality in acute ischemic stroke (1 February, 1997)
• Adjusted-dose warfarin for atrial fibrillation reduced stroke risk better than low-dose warfarin plus aspirin (1 February, 1997)
• Extending enoxaparin 1 month after hospital discharge reduced thromboembolism after elective hip surgery (1 February, 1997)
• Bypass surgery and angioplasty led to similar 5-year mortality rates in multivessel coronary artery disease (1 February, 1997)
• Extending enoxaparin 1 month after hospital discharge reduced thromboembolism after elective hip surgery (1 February, 1997)
• Meta-analysis: Antidyslipidernic therapy prevents myocardial infarction and death (1 February, 1997)
• Meta-analysis: Hyperictim extracts (St. Johnswort) are effective for depression

  (1 February, 1997)