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Tranexamic acid for preventing postpartum haemorrhage after caesarean section

The authors of this new Cochrane review assessed the effects of TXA for preventing PPH compared to placebo or no treatment (with or without uterotonic co‐treatment) in women during caesarean birth.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Perineal techniques during the second stage of labour for reducing perineal trauma and postpartum complications

The authors' objective was to assess the effect of perineal techniques during the second stage of labour on the incidence of and morbidity associated with perineal trauma to prevent postpartum complications.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

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Tranexamic acid for preventing postpartum haemorrhage after caesarean section

The authors of this new Cochrane review assessed the effects of TXA for preventing PPH compared to placebo or no treatment (with or without uterotonic co‐treatment) in women during caesarean birth.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Perineal techniques during the second stage of labour for reducing perineal trauma and postpartum complications

The authors' objective was to assess the effect of perineal techniques during the second stage of labour on the incidence of and morbidity associated with perineal trauma to prevent postpartum complications.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Podcast: Drugs to prevent malaria in HIV-positive pregnant women

Two of the authors, Clara Pons-Duran and Raquel González from Barcelona University in Spain to tell us about the importance of the review and its findings.

Update: Intermittent preventive treatment regimens for malaria in HIV‐positive pregnant women

The authors' objective in this updated review was to compare the safety and efficacy of intermittent preventive treatment regimens for malaria prevention in HIV‐positive pregnant women.

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

Higher fiber higher carbohydrate diets better than lower carbohydrate lower fiber diets for diabetes management: Rapid review with meta-analyses

The authors of this publication compared the cardiometabolic effects of diets higher in both fiber and carbohydrate with lower carbohydrate lower fiber diets in type 1 or type 2 diabetes

Peer-reviewed article

Podcast: How accurate are routine laboratory tests in predicting mortality and deterioration to severe or critical COVID-19 in people with SARS-CoV-2?

In this podcast, review author Jan Verbakel talks with first author Liselore De Rop, about their August 2024 review of the accuracy of routine laboratory tests to predict mortality and deterioration for patients with severe or critical COVID-19.

Systematic reviews of clinical laboratory studies: pilot risk of bias tool developed by consensus

This paper describes the development of a new pilot risk of bias tool that the authors expect to be a valuable instrument for researchers to appraise evidence from clinical laboratory studies which aim to demonstrate a relationship between clinical characteristics and laboratory parameters.

Peer-reviewed article

Accuracy of routine laboratory tests to predict mortality and deterioration to severe or critical COVID‐19 in people with SARS‐CoV‐2

The authors of this review assessed the accuracy of routine blood‐based laboratory tests to predict mortality and deterioration to severe or critical (from mild or moderate) COVID‐19 in people with SARS‐CoV‐2.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Treatment of uncomplicated hepatic cystic echinococcosis (hydatid disease)

In this review the authors assess the benefits and harms of medication, percutaneous and surgical interventions for treating uncomplicated hepatic cystic echinococcosis.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

The impact of guideline recommended protein intake on mortality and length of intensive care unit and hospital stay in critically ill adults: a systematic review

In this review, the authors' objectives were to assess to which extent reaching the protein target of 1.2 g/kg/day for critically ill adults (according to guidelines recommended values) affects important clinical outcomes.

Peer-reviewed article

Assessing qualitative data richness and thickness: Development of an evidence-based tool for use in qualitative evidence synthesis

Existing tools do not address explicitly the assessment of both data richness and thickness in the context of qualitative evidence synthesis. To address this gap, the authors developed, piloted, and conducted initial user testing of a richness and thickness assessment tool.

Peer-reviewed article

Drug-resistant tuberculosis case-finding strategies: scoping review

In this scoping review, the authors assessed the available literature on drug-resistant tuberculosis case-finding strategies.

Peer-reviewed article

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