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Therapeutics/Prevention

• Randomised controlled trial: Discontinuing inhaled steroids might not be safe in severe COPD cases (16 January, 2015)

  Rafael Laniado-Laborín
• Randomised controlled trial: Home blood pressure monitoring with patient-initiated drug titration reduces blood pressure in high-risk patients with hypertension (13 January, 2015)

  Steven M Smith, Rhonda M Cooper-DeHoff
• Systematic review: Evidence is weak to support hepatocellular carcinoma screening in chronic liver disease (18 February, 2015)

  Simon D Taylor-Robinson, Jessica Wong, Mary M E Crossey, Shahid A Khan
• Randomised controlled trial: CALORIES trial offers confirmatory evidence that parenteral nutrition does not cause infectious complications in critically ill patients (29 January, 2015)

  Gordon S Doig, Fiona Simpson
• Randomised controlled trial: Angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitors in heart failure: a shifting paradigm (6 February, 2015)

  Orly Vardeny
• Systematic review: Bubble CPAP may be safe and efficacious for neonates in low and middle income countries, but more evidence is needed (9 February, 2015)

  Ryan M McAdams
• Systematic review: Penicillin is the drug of choice to treat all stages of syphilis despite a paucity of clinical trials data for the treatment of some stages, pregnant women and HIV-infected people (18 February, 2015)

  Susan Tuddenham, Khalil G Ghanem
• Systematic review: Tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy reduces the number of sore throats in children; however, insufficient information is available on the effectiveness in adults (3 March, 2015)

  Catherine Haighton, Janet Wilson
• Systematic review with meta analysis: Meta-analysis compares anticoagulant strategies in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (3 March, 2015)

  Giuseppe Patti
• Systematic review with meta analysis: The evidence for treating acute pyelonephritis with oral antibiotic therapy and short intravenous treatment is growing for low-risk children (3 March, 2015)

  Arnaud Merglen, Sanjay Mahant
• Randomised controlled trial: Similar clinical outcomes but more healthcare use in shoulder impingement patients following corticosteroid injection compared with physical therapy (5 March, 2015)

  Nadine E Foster