Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Breathing Problems

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Title:   Nocturnal mechanical ventilation for chronic hypoventilation in patients with neuromuscular and chest wall disorders
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The development of weakness of respiratory muscles or alterations in breathing control is a major complication of neuromuscular and chest wall disorders. Mechanical ventilation can compensate for the respiratory deficiency and is therefore widely propos...
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Chest physiotherapy for preventing morbidity in babies being extubated from mechanical ventilation
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Mechanical ventilation (machine-assisted breathing) increases a baby's lung secretions. Chest physiotherapy (tapping or vibrating on the chest) is thought to clear the baby's lungs, and is often done when taking the baby off the ventilator (extubation)....
Date:   Jan 2002
Title:   Nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) versus nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) for apnea of prematurity
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) is a potentially beneficial treatment for apnea in premature babies, but more research is needed to confirm the effectiveness and safety of this intervention. Recurrent spells of apnea (pause in b...
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Endotracheal intubation at birth for preventing morbidity and mortality in vigorous, meconium-stained infants born at term
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Routine endotracheal intubation at birth in vigorous term meconium-stained babies not shown to be superior to routine resuscitation including suction
Title:   Prophylactic doxapram for the prevention of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants undergoing endotracheal extubation
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   When preterm babies have been on mechanical breathing support in neonatal intensive care, it can be hard to wean them off the machine (tracheal extubation). Using drugs called methylxanthines, or breathing support via the nose (nasal CPAP - continuous p...
Date:   May 2000
Title:   Lung protective ventilation strategy for the acute respiratory distress syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Critically ill patients affected by severe acute respiratory failure need air to be pumped into their lungs (mechanical ventilation) to survive. Mechanical support buys time for the lungs to heal. Nevertheless, 40 to 50% still die. Several studies sugge...
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   Prophylactic methylxanthines for extubation in preterm infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Using methylxanthines to help wean babies from mechanical ventilation might help some babies. Methylxanthines are drugs (such as caffeine) that can help improve breathing in preterm babies (babies born early). They can be given to preterm babies when we...
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Nasal versus oral intubation for mechanical ventilation of newborn infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Babies in neonatal intensive care often need help to breathe, sometimes via a ventilator (machine). Air is mechanically pumped into their lungs through a tube that is either inserted into their mouth or nose (endotracheal intubation). Insertion can fail...
Date:   Feb 1999
Title:   Nasal continuous positive airway pressure immediately after extubation for preventing morbidity in preterm infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) provides extra gas flow through the nose and thereby helps keep the lung properly inflated. This helps reduce breathing problems in preterm babies after the tube used to assist breathing is removed from their w...
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Elective high frequency oscillatory ventilation versus conventional ventilation for acute pulmonary dysfunction in preterm infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   High frequency oscillatory ventilation is a way of providing artificial ventilation of the lungs that theoretically may produce less injury to the lungs and therefore reduce the rate of chronic lung disease. This review of the evidence from fifteen rand...
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Extubation from low-rate intermittent positive airway pressure versus extubation after a trial of endotracheal continuous positive airway pressure in intubated preterm infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   There is no evidence that time on endotracheal CPAP (continuous low pressure rather than intermittent breaths from the ventilator) before taking preterm babies off a ventilator helps them adjust to breathing on their own. Babies in neonatal intensive ca...
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Intravenous dexamethasone for extubation of newborn infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The tube that is placed in the baby's airway to enable mechanical ventilation (machine-assisted breathing) can cause injury. This can lead to complications when the tube is removed (extubation). This review found that giving dexamethasone (a corticoster...
Date:   Jul 2001
Title:   Inhaled bronchodilators for acute chest syndrome in people with sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder. People with sickle cell disease often experience acute chest syndrome, although it is not known why. Acute chest syndrome can cause fever, coughing, chest pain, shortness of breath and pain, and can be...
Date:   May 2003
Title:   Different corticosteroids and regimens for accelerating fetal lung maturation for women at risk of preterm birth
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Babies born early are at risk of death, lung problems (respiratory distress syndrome) and bleeding of the brain (intraventricular haemorrhage). Corticosteroids are given to the mother to help stop these problems occurring and there is high-quality evide...
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Anticholinergics for prolonged non-specific cough in children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Children with non-specific cough, (non-productive cough in the absence of identifiable chest disease) are commonly treated with a variety of medications for control of cough symptoms. This review examined the effect of inhaled anti-cholinergic drugs in ...
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Nitric oxide for respiratory failure in infants born at or near term
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Inhaled nitric oxide can help some full term babies suffering respiratory failure who have not responded to the usual methods of support. Trials have shown that inhaled nitric oxide can increase the levels of oxygen in babies' blood and reduce the need ...
Date:   May 2006
Title:   Doxapram treatment for apnea in preterm infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Infant apnea is a pause in breathing of greater than 20 seconds. This can be harmful to the developing brain and cause dysfunction of the gastrointestinal tract or other organs. Drugs such as Doxapram are thought to stimulate breathing and are given to ...
Date:   Jul 2004
Title:   Digoxin for preventing or treating neonatal respiratory distress syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sometimes a newborn baby has lungs that are not expanded properly. This is most common in preterm babies (born before 34 weeks) and is known as respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). Congestive heart failure may lead to fluid accumulation in the lungs, c...
Date:   Jan 1998
Title:   Prophylactic natural surfactant extract for preventing morbidity and mortality in preterm infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Surfactant is essential to normal lung function in babies. Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is caused by a lack of, or dysfunction in, surfactant. A variety of natural and synthetic surfactants have been formulated and are given to babies at risk t...
Date:   Aug 1997
Title:   Symptomatic treatment of the cough in whooping cough
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Whooping cough (pertussis) is sometimes life-threatening. It is caused by a bacteria that usually affects babies and small children more severely. Immunisation can prevent it. Babies with whooping cough experience severe bouts of coughing, often leading...
Date:   Aug 2003
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