Cochrane Reviews

Asthma

• Alexander technique for chronic asthma  (new search for studies and content updated, no change to conclusions) September 2012.
• Ionisers for chronic asthma  (new search for studies and content updated, no change to conclusions) September 2012.
• Safety of regular formoterol or salmeterol in children with asthma: an overview of Cochrane reviews  (new) October 2012.
• Ketamine for management of acute exacerbations of asthma in children  (new) November 2012.
• Addition of intravenous beta2-agonists to inhaled beta2-agonists for acute asthma  (new) December 2012.
• Intravenous beta2-agonists versus intravenous aminophylline for acute asthma  (new) December 2012.
• Inhaled steroids for acute asthma following emergency department discharge  (new search for studies and content updated, no change to conclusions) December 2012.
• Early use of inhaled corticosteroids in the emergency department treatment of acute asthma  (new search for studies and content updated, conclusions changed) December 2012.
• Inhaled magnesium sulfate in the treatment of acute asthma  (new search for studies and content updated, conclusions changed) December 2012.
• Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation for treatment of respiratory failure due to severe acute exacerbations of asthma  (new search for studies and content updated, conclusions changed) December 2012.
• Leukotriene receptor antagonists in addition to usual care for acute asthma in adults and children (new) May 2012.
• Physical training for asthma (new search for studies and content updated, conclusions changed) May 2012-05-22.
• Anticholinergic therapy for acute asthma in children (new) April 2012.
• Addition to inhaled corticosteroids of long-acting beta2-agonists versus anti-leukotrienes for chronic asthma  (updated, conclusions changed), Issue 5, 2011.
• Workplace interventions for treatment of occupational asthma (new) Issue 5, 2011.
• Weight loss interventions for chronic asthma  (new) July 2012.
• Monosodium glutamate avoidance for chronic asthma in adults and children (new) June 2012.
• Home-based educational interventions for children with asthma  (new) October 5, 2011.
• Remediating buildings damaged by dampness and mould for preventing or reducing respiratory tract symptoms, infections and asthma  (new) September 7, 2011.
• Epinephrine for bronchiolitis  (updated, conclusions changed) June 15, 2011.
• Workplace interventions for treatment of occupational asthma (new) May 11, 2011.

Bronchitis

• Mucolytic agents for chronic bronchitis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease  (new search for studies and content updated, conclusions changed) August 2012.

Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease

• Inhaled corticosteroids for stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease   (new search for studies and content updated, conclusions changed) July 2012.

Drug and Alcohol

• Mentoring adolescents to prevent drug and alcohol use (new) November 9, 2011.

Food allergy

• Allergen-specific oral immunotherapy for peanut allergy  (new) September 2012.
• Maternal dietary antigen avoidance during pregnancy or lactation, or both, for preventing or treating atopic disease in the child  (new search for studies and content updated, no change to conclusions) September 2012.

Health Care Professionals

• Interventions for providers to promote a patient-centred approach in clinical consultations  (new search for studies and content updated, conclusions changed) December 2012.
• Mobile phone messaging for facilitating self-management of long-term illnesses  (new) December 2012.
• Psychological interventions for parents of children and adolescents with chronic illness  (new) August 2012.
• Effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected children under 2 years of age  (new) July 2012.

HIV/AIDS

• Motivational interviewing for improving outcomes in youth living with HIV  (new), September 2012.
• Integration of HIV/AIDS services with maternal, neonatal and child health, nutrition, and family planning services  Edited (no change to conclusions) September 2012.
• Voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) for changing HIV-related risk behavior in developing countries (new) September 2012.
• Male involvement for increasing the effectiveness of prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) programmes (new) October 2012.
• Antiretroviral therapy for prevention of HIV transmission in HIV-discordant couples  (new) Issue 5, 2011.
• Micronutrient supplementation in pregnant women with HIV infection  (new) March 2012.
• Topical treatments for HIV-related oral ulcersTopical treatments for HIV-related oral ulcers  (new) January 18, 2012.
• Interventions to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy in children with HIV infection  (new)  December 11, 2011.
• Interventions to reduce risky sexual behaviour for preventing HIV infection in workers in occupational settings (new) December 7, 2011.
• Intermittent preventive treatment regimens for malaria in HIV-positive pregnant women  (new) October 5, 2011.
• Social marketing interventions to increase HIV/STI testing uptake among men who have sex with men and male-to-female transgender women  (new) September 7, 2011.
• Antiretrovirals for reducing the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection  (updated, conclusions changed) July 6, 2011.
• Integrating prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) programmes with other health services for preventing HIV infection and improving HIV outcomes in developing countries (new) June 15, 2011.
• Male circumcision for prevention of homosexual acquisition of HIV in men  (new) June 15, 2011.
• Population-based biomedical sexually transmitted infection control interventions for reducing HIV infection  (updated, conclusions changed) March16, 2011.
• Interventions to modify sexual risk behaviours for preventing HIV in homeless youth (new) Issue 1, 2011.
• Sperm washing to prevent HIV transmission from HIV-infected men but allowing conception in sero-discordant couples (new) Issue 1, 2011.

Influenza

• Neuraminidase inhibitors for preventing and treating influenza in children (new) January 18, 2012.
• Neuraminidase inhibitors for preventing and treating influenza in healthy adults and children (new) January 18, 2012.

Public Health

• Oxygen therapy for pneumonia in adults (new) March 2012.
• Antifibrinolytic therapy to reduce haemoptysis from any cause (new) April 2012.
• Population-based biomedical sexually transmitted infection control interventions for reducing HIV infection (updated, conclusions changed) Issue 3, 2011.
• Zinc for the common cold (update, conclusions changed) Issue 2, 2011.

Respiratory Tract Infections

• Procalcitonin to initiate or discontinue antibiotics in acute respiratory tract infections (new) September 2012.
• Antibiotics for treating human brucellosis (new) October 2012.
• Antibiotic treatment for nontuberculous mycobacteria lung infection in people with cystic fibrosis  (new) December 2012.

Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Certolizumab pegol (CDP870) for rheumatoid arthritis in adults (new) Issue 2, 2011.

Sexually transmitted diseases

• Interventions for encouraging sexual behaviours intended to prevent cervical cancer (updated, conclusions changed), Issue 4, 2011.
• Behavioral interventions to reduce the transmission of HIV infection among sex workers and their clients in high-income countries (new) December 11, 2011.
• Interventions for encouraging sexual behaviours intended to prevent cervical cancer (updated, conclusions changed) April 13, 2011.
• Interventions to modify sexual risk behaviours for preventing HIV in homeless youth (new) Issue 1, 2011.

Tuberculosis

• Patient education and counselling for promoting adherence to treatment for tuberculosis (new) May 2012.
• Material incentives and enablers in the management of tuberculosis  (updated, conclusions changed) January 18, 2012.
• Active case finding in contacts of people with tuberculosis (new) September 7, 2011.