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Therapeutics

• Intensive glycaemic control prevented or delayed diabetic neuropathy (1 December, 1995)
• Surgery increased quality of life in benign prostatic hyperplasia (1 December, 1995)
• Specialist inpatient stroke unit care reduces mortality and institutionalisation compared with general medical ward care (1 December, 1995)
• Oral β-agonists probably do not reduce the incidence of preterm delivery (1 December, 1995)
• Expectant management was as effective as D&C for spontaneous abortion (1 December, 1995)
• A metered-tlose inhaler with a spacer was more effective than a nabuliser in children with acute asthma (1 December, 1995)
• Reduced-osmolarity oral rehydration salts solution shortened the duration of acute diarrhoea (1 December, 1995)
• Ultrasound aided inexperienced operators in central venous line insertion (1 December, 1995)
• Suturing and stapling were equally effective for large-bowel anastomosis (1 December, 1995)
• Adjuvant intraportal chemotherapy improved survival in colorectal cancer (1 December, 1995)
• Captopril but not mononitrate or intravenous magnesium reduced short-term mortality after suspected myocardial infarction (1 December, 1995)
• Trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole reduced bacterial peritonitis occurrence in cirrhosis (1 December, 1995)
• Ordinary activity was best for acute low-back pain (1 December, 1995)