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Therapeutics

• Review: glucocorticoids improve symptoms of croup within 6 hours (1 March, 2000)
• Review: antibiotics have a slight beneficial effect on acute bronchitis (1 March, 2000)
• Review: penicillin V or amoxicillin is better than placebo and equal to non-penicillins for acute maxillary sinusitis (1 March, 2000)
• Intranasal, live, attenuated influenza virus vaccine reduced severe febrile illness in healthy adults (1 March, 2000)
• Attendance at an asthma clinic did not reduce asthma morbidity more than did standard medical treatment (1 March, 2000)
• Grass pollen immunotherapy for 3 to 4 years was still effective 3 years after being discontinued (1 March, 2000)
• Ramipril reduced mortality and cardiovascular morbidity in high risk adults (1 March, 2000)
• Review: multiple interventions modestly reduce cardiovascular risk factors in primary prevention, but effects on mortality are uncertain (1 March, 2000)
• Gemfibrozil reduced the risk for coronary events in men with coronary artery disease and low levels of high density lipoprotein cholesterol (1 March, 2000)
• Empirical eradication therapy was better than endoscopy based management for Helicobacter pylori infection and dyspepsia

  (1 March, 2000)
• More people with depression continued treatment with fluoxetine than with desipramine or imipramine (1 March, 2000)
• Methylprednisolone injection improved symptoms for 1 year in patients with the carpal tunnel syndrome (1 March, 2000)
• Review: exercise therapy may reduce pain and disability in osteoarthritis of the hip or knee (1 March, 2000)
• Raloxifene reduced vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women (1 March, 2000)
• Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole decreased morbidity and mortality in HIV-1 infected patients with tuberculosis (1 March, 2000)
• Cutaneous lumbosacral injections of sterile water were more effective than “placebo” injections for relieving first stage labour pain (1 March, 2000)
• Tamoxifen added to lumpectomy and radiation therapy reduced breast cancer events in ductal carcinoma in situ (1 March, 2000)
• Use of an impervious wound edge protector decreased postoperative wound infection (1 March, 2000)
• Omeprazole was better than cisapride or placebo for controlling heartburn at 4 and 8 weeks (1 March, 2000)
• Review: health care decision aids improve knowledge, decrease decisional conflict, and increase active participation (1 March, 2000)