Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Brain Diseases

Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of therapies for brain diseases.

Reviewed May 2008

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Title:   Diuretic therapy for newborn infants with posthemorrhagic ventricular dilatation
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Bleeding (hemorrhage) into the fluid-producing cavities (ventricles) of the brain is a serious complication of premature birth. Large hemorrhages may result in fluid building up under pressure, progressively enlarging the brain and head. Current treatme...
Date:   Jan 2001

Title:   Cranial irradiation for preventing brain metastases of small cell lung cancer in patients in complete remission
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Small-cell lung cancer accounts for 20-25% of lung cancer. Treatment with chemotherapy and thoracic radiotherapy yields complete response rates of 50-85%. But, due to relapses, only 15% of patients who achieved complete response survived at 3 years sinc...
Date:   Jul 2000

Title:   Therapeutic hypothermia for head injury
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Severe head injury can damage the brain, and damage continues occurring in the brain for some time after the initial injury. Mild hypothermia treatment (cooling) has been a common strategy to slow down some of the brain changes that cause continuing dam...
Date:   Jul 2004

Title:   Benzodiazepines for neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Tardive dyskinesia is a persistent and disfiguring set of repetitive movements, often of the facial area and is strongly associated with the long term use of antipsychotic medication. Various treatments have been tried since the disorder was first recog...
Date:   Feb 2006

Title:   Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Brain Cancer
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of treatments for brain cancer.
Date:   Sep 2007

Title:   Dopaminergic agonists for hepatic encephalopathy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   No evidence to support or refute that dopaminergic agonists have an effect on hepatic encephalopathy ...
Date:   Aug 2004

Title:   TIPS versus paracentesis for cirrhotic patients with refractory ascites
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Patients with refractory ascites may temporarily benefit from transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunts ...
Date:   Aug 2006

Title:   Benzodiazepine receptor antagonists for hepatic encephalopathy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Hepatic encephalopathy refers to changes in mental state, ranging from minor signs of altered brain function to deep coma occurring in patients with liver failure. Hepatic encephalopathy may be caused by an activation of a receptor-complex in the brain....
Date:   Feb 2004

Title:   Biopsy versus resection for high grade glioma
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   One small randomised controlled trial (RCT) addressing this question was found but the trial proved inadequate in design to answer the question conclusively. Larger well designed RCTs are required....
Date:   Feb 2000

Title:   Miscellaneous treatments for neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Tardive dyskinesia is a disfiguring and disabling disorder of voluntary control of movement often caused by antipsychotic drugs. Several Cochrane reviews have summarised the effects of the many treatments used to manage these involuntary movements. This...
Date:   Jan 2003

Title:   Steroids for treating cerebral malaria
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Cerebral malaria is associated with swelling of the brain. Corticosteroid drugs could reduce the harmful effects of this swelling, but could also suppress host immunity to infection.

Title:   Calcium channel blockers for neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Antipsychotic medication is associated with adverse effects, including tardive dyskinesia which is characterised by abnormal, repetitive, involuntary facial movements. Calcium channel blockers, originally developed for use in cardiovascular disorders, h...
Date:   Oct 2003

Title:   Chemotherapy for high-grade glioma
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   High-grade glioma is a brain tumour that is difficult to treat successfully. Standard treatment is by surgery to reduce the tumour size, followed by radiotherapy. Adding chemotherapy to the treatment results in a small but significant prolongation of su...
Date:   May 2002

Title:   Vitamin E for neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Having to take antipsychotic drugs for long periods of time can cause repetitive movements - often of the face and mouth. These are disfiguring and do not necessarily cease once medication is reduced or changed. Vitamin E has been evaluated for treating...
Date:   Aug 2001

Title:   Neuroleptic reduction and/or cessation and neuroleptics as specific treatments for tardive dyskinesia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   It is important to identify drugs, or drug strategies which can either prevent or reduce tardive dyskinesia. We undertook a comprehensive review of the impact of neuroleptic dose reduction and/or cessation, and specific neuroleptics as treatments for th...
Date:   Sep 2005

Title:   Antiepileptic drugs for preventing seizures in people with brain tumors
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Up to 60% of people with brain tumors may present with seizures, or may have a seizure for the first time after diagnosis or neurosurgery. The risk of a seizure varies with the tumor type and its location in the brain. Seizures are an added burden with ...
Date:   Feb 2008

Title:   Branched-chain amino acids for hepatic encephalopathy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Hepatic encephalopathy occurs in patients with chronic liver disease or fulminant liver failure and is associated with changes in mental state, ranging from minor signs of altered brain function to deep coma. Treatment with branched-chain amino acids ha...
Date:   Sep 2002

Title:   Interventions for idiopathic intracranial hypertension
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Idiopathic intracranial hypertension is a condition in which there is increased pressure inside the head without any obvious cause. This generally results in swelling of the optic disc (the point where the optic nerve meets the eye). The swelling in tur...
Date:   May 2005

Title:   Adjuvant treatment of anaplastic oligodendrogliomas and oligoastrocytomas
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Two randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have found that, although the addition of procarbazine, lomustine, and vincristine (PCV) chemotherapy to standard treatment does not prolong survival, it does delay progression of these tumors. However, this chemo...
Date:   Feb 2008

Title:   Cholinergic medication for neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Drug-induced tardive dyskinesia is a common adverse effect of some antipsychotics, especially when these are given for an extended period of time. Tardive dyskinesia consists of involuntary repetitive movements, mainly in the oral region, but sometimes ...
Date:   May 2002
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