What's new in Bandolier in May 2003
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Bandolier's Little Book of Pain was published on June 19. Information
about it and how to order it are on the Oxford University Press site at
http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-263247-7
Bandolier 111 (May 2003)
Counselling in primary care (an updated review tells us that there
really wasn't much difference between counselling and usual care) BPH,
haematuria, and finasteride (finasteride reduces haematuria associated
with benign prostatic hyperplasia, with an NNT of 2, and prevents
prostate surgery with an NNT of 6) Ottawa ankle rules revisited (a
systematic review of studies of the Ottawa ankle and foot rules, with a
new way of looking at screening information)
Risk and Down's screening (a look at screening for Down's syndrome,
with emphaisis on risks in terms we can understand)
Handwashing in schoolchildren (children who washed their hands were
less likely to have any illness, and particularly less likely to miss
school with a bad tummy)
Book reviews (four new books)
Bandolier Extra
Acute pain (a 22-page downloadable essay on the background to acute
pain trials, how much there is, systematic reviews in acute pain, what
works, what doesn't, relative analgesic efficacy, and management
issues, only available as a PDF).
Bandolier Knowledge
Preemptive analgesia update
Cilostazol for intermittent claudication
NSAIDs, tonsillectomy and postoperative bleeding
Patient perspectives of OA
Celecoxib for OA and RA
Hylan G-F20 for arthritis
Aspirin, NSAID, Coxib and PPI
Aspirin/NSAID and oesophageal cancer
Aspirin and colorectal adenoma
Statin outcome trials update
Statins, NNTs and risk
Statins and muscle
Statins and cancer
Handwashing and diarrhoea in the community
User acceptability of chlorhexidine handwashes
Ephedra adverse reactions
Maura
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