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Therapeutics

• Amlodipine plus perindopril was better than atenolol plus bendroflumethiazide for reducing complications in hypertension (30 March, 2006)
• Review: aspirin plus warfarin decreases cardiovascular morbidity with an increase in major bleeding in acute coronary syndromes (30 March, 2006)
• First line treatment with colchicine reduced recurrent pericarditis (30 March, 2006)
• Review: long term anticoagulation reduces recurrent venous thromboembolism (30 March, 2006)
• Glargine dose titration by patients and physicians was equally effective for preventing severe hypoglycaemia (30 March, 2006)
• Pioglitazone did not reduce macrovascular complications and increased HF in type 2 diabetes with macrovascular disease (30 March, 2006)
• Review: self help interventions for smoking cessation are not effective unless tailored to the individual (30 March, 2006)
• Identifying hospice-appropriate nursing home residents for physicians increased hospice referrals and enrolment (30 March, 2006)
• A centralised telephone intervention reduced combined all cause mortality or admission for worsening HF in chronic heart failure (30 March, 2006)
• The 5 component acellular pertussis vaccine combined with tetanus and diphtheria toxoids was efficacious in adolescents and adults (30 March, 2006)
• Parenteral artesunate reduced inhospital mortality more than quinine in severe falciparum malaria (30 March, 2006)
• Review: 6 RCTs show similar efficacy and safety for continuous dosing and 28 day combination contraceptive pills (30 March, 2006)
• Review: lorazepam provides the best control for status epilepticus (30 March, 2006) Free
• Review: wearing graduated compression stockings during air travel reduces the risk of deep venous thromboembolism (30 March, 2006)