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NICE Eyes on Evidence - issue 70 February 2015
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This month's issue contains evidence updates on:
Community-based palliative care teams
A retrospective cohort study in Canada reported that use of specialist community-based palliative care teams was associated with fewer hospital admissions and more deaths at home among terminally ill people.
Preoperative chemotherapy for treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer
A meta-analysis of individual patient data suggested that preoperative chemotherapy followed by surgery improved survival compared with surgery alone in people with non-small-cell lung cancer.
Probiotics to prevent necrotising enterocolitis in preterm infants
A Cochrane review reported that prophylactic use of probiotics reduced the risk of severe necrotising enterocolitis and death in preterm infants.
Surgical safety checklists and short-term mortality
A population-based before and after study in Canada found that safety checklists did not reduce 30-day mortality or complications after surgery, although the study was limited by the variability in checklists, patients and hospitals and the lack of training for staff.
Risk of fall injuries in older people with commonly prescribed medicines
A NICE Medicines Evidence Commentary discusses a Swedish observational study in a large general population of older people that found that around half of the 20 most commonly prescribed medications are associated with severe fall injuries requiring hospitalisations.
Effects of inhaled corticosteroids on growth in children and young people with asthma
A NICE Medicines Evidence Commentary discusses 2 Cochrane reviews that found that, in children and young people with persistent asthma, inhaled corticosteroids are associated with reductions in certain measurements of growth.
Accreditation news
NICE has given its seal of approval to the process an independent group used to develop clinical guidelines on uveal melanoma, a rare form of eye cancer.
This month's issue contains evidence updates on:
Community-based palliative care teams
A retrospective cohort study in Canada reported that use of specialist community-based palliative care teams was associated with fewer hospital admissions and more deaths at home among terminally ill people.
Preoperative chemotherapy for treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer
A meta-analysis of individual patient data suggested that preoperative chemotherapy followed by surgery improved survival compared with surgery alone in people with non-small-cell lung cancer.
Probiotics to prevent necrotising enterocolitis in preterm infants
A Cochrane review reported that prophylactic use of probiotics reduced the risk of severe necrotising enterocolitis and death in preterm infants.
Surgical safety checklists and short-term mortality
A population-based before and after study in Canada found that safety checklists did not reduce 30-day mortality or complications after surgery, although the study was limited by the variability in checklists, patients and hospitals and the lack of training for staff.
Risk of fall injuries in older people with commonly prescribed medicines
A NICE Medicines Evidence Commentary discusses a Swedish observational study in a large general population of older people that found that around half of the 20 most commonly prescribed medications are associated with severe fall injuries requiring hospitalisations.
Effects of inhaled corticosteroids on growth in children and young people with asthma
A NICE Medicines Evidence Commentary discusses 2 Cochrane reviews that found that, in children and young people with persistent asthma, inhaled corticosteroids are associated with reductions in certain measurements of growth.
Accreditation news
NICE has given its seal of approval to the process an independent group used to develop clinical guidelines on uveal melanoma, a rare form of eye cancer.
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