Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Breathing Problems

Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of treatments for breathing problems.

Reviewed April 2012

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Title:   Over-the-counter medications to help reduce cough for children and adults on antibiotics for acute pneumonia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   There are many causes of acute cough, one of which is pneumonia. Cough is burdensome and impairs quality of life. To ameliorate cough, over-the-counter (OTC) medications are commonly used by patients and recommended by healthcare staff as adjuncts in th...
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Non-invasive ventilation is the mechanical inflation and deflation of the lungs via a face mask which may help breathing during sleep, help reduce respiratory failure, help with clearance of sputum and help improve exercise tolerance.
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   As cystic fibrosis worsens, breathing can become difficult. This indicates the start of respiratory failure, where there is too much carbon dioxide and not enough oxygen in the blood. As respiratory failure progresses people may also have problems clear...
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Continuous negative extrathoracic pressure or continuous positive airway pressure for children with acute respiratory failure and shortage of oxygen
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Continuous negative extrathoracic pressure (CNEP) or continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) are used to help increase blood oxygen levels in respiratory failure and thereby reduce organ damage and risk of death. However, safety and efficacy are not ...
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Honey and lozenges for children with non-specific cough
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Symptomatic relief is often sought for children with chronic non-specific cough (which is defined as a dry, non-productive cough with no known cause lasting longer than four consecutive weeks). This review aimed to assess the efficacy of treating chil...
Date:   Oct 2010
Title:   Does treating obstructive sleep apnoea in children who also have chronic cough improve their cough?
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sleep apnoea (a condition where breathing stops for short spells during sleep) and chronic cough in children are significant medical problems and cause a significant burden of distress to parents. Interventions for sleep apnoea are associated with risks...
Date:   Sep 2010
Title:   Inhaled cromones for prolonged non-specific cough in children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Children with non-specific cough (coughing not due to a diagnosed respiratory disease), are commonly treated with a variety of medications to treat the symptoms of cough. This review examined whether there was any evidence for children with non-specific...
Date:   Jul 2010
Title:   Aerosolized prostacyclin for acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The clinical research is insufficient to support the routine use of inhaled prostacyclin for acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome in critically ill children or adults with low blood oxygen levels. Acute lung injury (ALI) and acute r...
Date:   Jun 2010
Title:   Interventions for cough in patients with cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Cough is a distressing symptom in patients with cancer and difficult to manage in practice. Hence, the aim of this review is to assess and synthesise the available literature in the management of cough in cancer patients, in order to improve on practice...
Date:   May 2010
Title:   Inhaled drugs for opening up the airways in cases of 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 suffer from acute chest syndrome, although it is not known why. Acute chest syndrome can cause fever, coughing, chest pain and shortness of breath and can be life-...
Date:   Apr 2010
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:   Apr 2010
Title:   Over-the-counter (OTC) medications for acute cough in children and adults in ambulatory settings
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Acute cough is a common and troublesome symptom in people who suffer from acute upper respiratory tract infection (URTI). Many people self-prescribe over-the-counter (OTC) cough preparations and health practitioners often recommend their use for the ini...
Date:   Apr 2010
Title:   Anti-histamines for prolonged non-specific cough in children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Children with non-specific cough are commonly treated with a variety of medications to treat the symptom of cough. The objective of this review was to evaluate the effectiveness of anti-histamines in children with prolonged cough that is not related to ...
Date:   Nov 2009
Title:   Oxygen therapy for non-hypoxaemic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and breathlessness are sometimes prescribed oxygen therapy in an effort to reduce the sensation of breathlessness. However, the use of oxygen to relieve breathlessness in people who do not have reduced l...
Date:   Nov 2009
Title:   Iron supplementation for the treatment of breath-holding attacks in children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Iron may reduce the frequency and severity of breath-holding attacks (or spells) in children but more research is needed to determine the extent of this effect. Breath-holding attacks are a common disabling phenomenon during early childhood. They are di...
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Benzodiazepines for the relief of breathlessness in advanced diseases in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Breathlessness is a common and distressing symptom in advanced cancer and other diseases at the end of life. It is still very difficult to treat breathlessness sufficiently. Benzodiazepines, a group of sedating drugs that are mainly used for sleep distu...
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Clinical pathways for chronic cough in children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Clinical pathways are used for various chronic diseases to facilitate diagnosis; aid decision making; and provide efficient care to patients. Chronic cough in children is a significant medical problem and in some situations, warrants thorough investigat...
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Honey for acute cough in children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Cough is a cause for concern for parents and a major cause of outpatient visits in most settings for both children and adults. Cough can impact on quality of life, cause anxiety and affect sleep for parents and children. For this reason an immediate rem...
Date:   Jan 2012
Title:   Interventions to treat noisy breathing, or 'death rattle': the unpleasant, gurgling breathing occuring in many patients who are about to die
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Approximately half of those relatives and friends who witness it, as well as hospital staff, find the noise of 'death rattle' distressing. For this reason, doctors and nurses try to eliminate the sound using a variety of methods, from changing the posit...
Date:   Jan 2009
Title:   Partial liquid ventilation for mechanical ventilation of severely ill children with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The use of partial liquid ventilation to decrease the number of deaths and illness in children with acute onset respiratory failure is not supported by evidence from randomized controlled trials. Severely ill children can develop lung disease, called ac...
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Recruitment manoeuvres compared to standard care for treatment of acute lung injury or acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   A ventilated patient with acute lung injury or acute respiratory distress syndrome may be given a recruitment manoeuvre to open lung units that are collapsed. This is done by using a pressure that is higher than a normal breath for a longer period of ti...
Date:   May 2008

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