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Therapeutics

• Pravastatin reduced nonfatal MI without increasing noncardiovascular death in men with hypercholesterolemia (1 April, 1996)
• Corticosteroids do not reduce mortality in sepsis and septic shock (1 April, 1996)
• Zinc supplementation reduced duration and severity of diarrhoea in young, poor children (1 April, 1996)
• Incentive spirometry decreased pulmonary complications in sickle cell diseases (1 April, 1996)
• Ondansetron reduced emesis in children receiving chemotherapy for leukaemia (1 April, 1996)
• Intensified follow-up detected recurrent colorectal cancer earlier than did conventional follow-up but did not affect recurrence or survival (1 April, 1996)
• Laparoscopy caused longer operating times and shorter hospital stays than did open appendectomy (1 April, 1996)
• Cognitive behavioural therapy reduced the frequency and intensity of medically unexplained physical symptoms (1 April, 1996)
• Paroxetine plus cognitive behavioural therapy reduced the number of panic attacks in panic disorder (1 April, 1996)
• Antidepressant drugs relieve symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (1 April, 1996)
• CABG led to less angina, reintervention, and medication than did PTCA, but mortality did not differ (1 April, 1996)
• CABG leads to less angina and less reintervention than PTCA, but mortality and subsequent Ml are the same (1 April, 1996)
• A long-term walking program is the optimal exercise for increasing endurance in claudication pain (1 April, 1996)
• Vitamins E and C and β-carotene may not reduce cardiovascular mortality (1 April, 1996)
• Annual comprehensive geriatric assessments improved community living (1 April, 1996)
• Multidisciplinary approach reduced readmissions in patients with CHF (1 April, 1996)
• Anticonvulsant drugs reduce pain in trigeminal neuralgia and diabetic neuropathy and are effective for migraine prophylaxis (1 April, 1996)
• Noninvasive ventilation decreased mortality and the need for endotracheal intubation for COPD exacerbation (1 April, 1996)
• Simple support and nicotine replacement improve quit rates for smokers (1 April, 1996)
• Antenatal corticosteroids safely reduce the respiratory distress syndrome (1 April, 1996)
• Routine intrapartum electronic fetal monitoring decreases neonatal seizures but increases operative deliveries (1 April, 1996)
• Care from a midwife team was effective (1 April, 1996)