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What are the benefits and risks of different types of nutritional support for older, hospitalised people who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition?

In terms of people's ability to perform basic daily activities, their quality of life, length of hospital stay, and body weight, we are either very uncertain about the benefits and risks of the ...
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What are the benefits and risks of using antiseptics on the umbilical cord stump of newborns for preventing sepsis (serious reaction to an infection) and death among newborns?

Applying the antiseptic chlorhexidine to the umbilical cord stump of a newborn likely reduces the risk of infection and may reduce the risk of death in low- and middle-income countries. Chlorhexidine ...
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Risk of bias

The resources in this collection mostly cover the Cochrane risk of bias tool for randomized trials (RoB 2). Under 'Risk of bias tools' there is also guidance on ROBINS-I tool for assessing risk of ...
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Is vagus nerve stimulation added to rehabilitation more effective than rehabilitation alone in the recovery of upper limb function and activity after stroke?

For people who have had a stroke, it is unclear whether vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) paired with rehabilitation is better than rehabilitation alone for improving shoulder, arm, forearm, wrist, and ...
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Des statistiques quisauvent des vies

Nous examinons les données probantes qui sous-tendent les questions affectant la vie des gens, leur donnant les moyens de prendre de meilleures décisions. A new Cochrane review finds that ...
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