EBN -- Table of Contents Alert

A new issue of Evidence-Based Nursing
has been made available:


1 April 2006; Vol. 9, No. 2

URL: http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/content/vol9/issue2/?etoc


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Purpose and procedure
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Purpose and procedure

Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 34-35
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/34?etoc


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EBN notebook
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Reporting of weighted event rates in Evidence-Based Nursing
abstracts of
systematic reviews
Stephen R Werre, Cindy Walker-Dilks, and Andrew Jull
Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 36-37
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/36?etoc


Evidence-based nursing: how far have we come? What's next?
Donna Ciliska
Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 38-40
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/38?etoc


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Treatment
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Use of 2% lidocaine gel during bladder catheterisation did not
reduce
procedure related pain in young children
Bonnie Stevens (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 41
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/41?etoc


Need for endoscopic removal of oesophageal coins in children was
similar
for strategies of immediate removal and watchful waiting
David Foley (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 42
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/42?etoc


Review: antibiotics are more effective than placebo for acute
bacterial
rhinosinusitis
Claudia Mariano (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 43
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/43?etoc


Review: physical training increases cardiopulmonary fitness in
asthma and
does not decrease lung function
Lisa Cicutto (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 44
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/44?etoc


Paracetamol, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and combination
treatment did not differ for pain relief after musculoskeletal injury
Patricia Kelly Rosier (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 45
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/45?etoc


Review: dietary intervention plus exercise is no better than dietary
intervention alone for inducing long term weight loss
Colleen Keller (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 46
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/46?etoc


Review: dietary plus pharmacological intervention (orlistat or
sibutramine)
induces long term weight loss in overweight or obese adults
Colleen Keller (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 47
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/47?etoc


Review: dietary advice improves dietary intake and reduces
cardiovascular
risk factors
Catherine Goetz-Perry (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 48
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/48?etoc


Inhaled insulin added to or replacing 2 oral agents reduced
haemoglobin A1c
concentrations in type 2 diabetes
Linda J Patrick (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 49
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/49?etoc


Review: antibiotic prophylaxis reduces mortality in patients with
neutropenia
Sarah Hart (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 50
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/50?etoc


Review: once daily LMWH is as effective as twice daily LMWH for
initial
treatment of venous thromboembolism
Maureen Markle-Reid (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 51
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/51?etoc


Supplemental perioperative oxygen at 80% FIO2 reduced surgical site
infections in elective colorectal surgery
Emil Schmidt (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 52
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/52?etoc


Management of critically ill patients with a pulmonary artery
catheter did
not reduce all cause mortality
Marsha E Fonteyn (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 53
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/53?etoc


Review: hospital based case management does not reduce length of
hospital
stay or readmissions in adults
Ruth Harris (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 54
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/54?etoc


A telephone intervention reduced combined all cause mortality or
admission
for worsening heart failure in chronic heart failure
Karen Harkness (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 55
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/55?etoc


Review: existing evidence does not support nurse led interventions
in
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Bruce Leonard (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 56
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/56?etoc


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Causation
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An operational definition of frailty predicted death and other
adverse
outcomes in older women
Karen Moore Schaefer (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 57
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/57?etoc


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Quality improvement
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Educational outreach visits to primary care nurses improved
tuberculosis
detection and treatment of obstructive lung disease
Judith Carrier (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 58
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/58?etoc


A multifaceted intervention reduced antimicrobial prescriptions for
suspected urinary tract infections in nursing home residents
Jennifer Skelly (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 59
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/59?etoc


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Qualitative
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Patterns of tobacco use became an integral component of intimate
partner
relationships
Nancy Edwards and Sonia Semenic (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 60
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/60?etoc


The complex self perceptions and relationships of patients who
attended
free clinics affected their attendance and ability to benefit from
care
Patricia Larson (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 61
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/61?etoc


Review: delays in help seeking for cancer symptoms related to
recognition
and interpretation of symptoms and fear of consultation and were
affected
by gender and sanctioning of help seeking
A Fuchsia Howard (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 62
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/62?etoc


Conflicts within and between patients and health professionals
characterised poorly controlled diabetes
Debbie Kralik (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 63
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/63?etoc


4 themes described the sexual concerns and educational needs of
patients
with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator
Sandra L Carroll (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 64
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/64?etoc


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Glossary
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Glossary

Evid Based Nurs 2006;9 62a
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/2/62a?etoc