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Cochrane Quality and Productivity topics

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

"NICE summary of review conclusions

Symptomatic treatment of the cough in whooping cough is not supported by sufficient good quality evidence. Consideration could be given to using it only within the context of a research or audit project.

Reducing or stopping symptomatic treatment of the cough in whooping cough using the interventions included in the review is likely to improve quality of patient care by avoiding side-effects associated with treatment and to result in ...

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Cochrane Quality and Productivity topics

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"NICE summary of review conclusions

Minocycline is an effective treatment for moderate acne vulgaris, but this review found no reliable randomised control trial evidence to justify its continued first-line use, especially given the price differential and the concerns that still remain about its safety. Its efficacy relative to other acne therapies could not be reliably determined because of the poor methodological quality of the trials and lack of consistent outcome measures. Similarly ...

Cochrane Quality and Productivity topics

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

"NICE summary of review conclusions

The addition of neoadjuvant chemotherapy to surgery is not supported by sufficient good quality evidence. Consideration could be given to using it only within the context of a research or audit project.

Reducing or stopping the addition of neoadjuvant chemotherapy to surgery for early-stage or locally advanced cervical cancer is likely to improve the quality of patient care. It is also likely to result in productivity savings by avoiding ...

Cochrane Quality and Productivity topics

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

"NICE summary of review conclusions

Evidence shows that continuous passive motion following total knee arthroplasty in people with arthritis is not effective and should not be used.

Reducing or stopping continuous passive motion following total knee arthroplasty in people with arthritis is likely to improve the quality of patient care in the NHS by reducing the use of ineffective treatments and may be of value in terms of productivity savings although this is difficult to ...