Cochrane Db Syst Rev
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Cochrane Db Syst Rev · Nov 2013
Review Meta AnalysisWITHDRAWN: Prophylactic antibiotic therapy for chronic bronchitis.
This review has been withdrawn and replaced with a new review on Prophylactic therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Herath SC, Poole P. Prophylactic antibiotic therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). ⋯ No.: CD009764. DOI: 10.1002/14651858. CD009764.pub2 The editorial group responsible for this previously published document have withdrawn it from publication.
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Cochrane Db Syst Rev · Nov 2013
Review Meta AnalysisWITHDRAWN: Prophylactic antibiotic therapy for chronic bronchitis.
This review has been withdrawn and replaced with a new review on Prophylactic therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Herath SC, Poole P. Prophylactic antibiotic therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). ⋯ No.: CD009764. DOI: 10.1002/14651858. CD009764.pub2 The editorial group responsible for this previously published document have withdrawn it from publication.
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Cochrane Db Syst Rev · Nov 2013
Review Meta AnalysisChromium picolinate supplementation for overweight or obese adults.
Obesity is a global public health threat. Chromium picolinate (CrP) is advocated in the medical literature for the reduction of bodyweight, and preparations are sold as slimming aids in the USA and Europe, and on the Internet. ⋯ We found no current, reliable evidence to inform firm decisions about the efficacy and safety of CrP supplements in overweight or obese adults.
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Cochrane Db Syst Rev · Nov 2013
Review Meta AnalysisChromium picolinate supplementation for overweight or obese adults.
Obesity is a global public health threat. Chromium picolinate (CrP) is advocated in the medical literature for the reduction of bodyweight, and preparations are sold as slimming aids in the USA and Europe, and on the Internet. ⋯ We found no current, reliable evidence to inform firm decisions about the efficacy and safety of CrP supplements in overweight or obese adults.
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Femoral pseudoaneurysms may complicate up to 8% of vascular interventional procedures. Small pseudoaneurysms can spontaneously clot, but sometimes definitive treatment is needed. Surgery has traditionally been considered the 'gold standard' treatment, although it is not without risk in patients with severe cardiovascular disease. Less invasive treatment options such as Duplex ultrasound-guided compression and percutaneous thrombin injection are available, however, evidence of their efficacy is limited. This is an update of a Cochrane review first published in 2006. ⋯ The limited evidence base appears to support the use of thrombin injection as an effective treatment for femoral pseudoaneurysm. A pragmatic approach may be to use compression (blind or ultrasound-guided) as first-line treatment, reserving thrombin injection for those in whom the compression procedure fails.