Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Anaemia

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Title:   Treatment for women with postpartum iron deficiency anaemia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Erythropoietin, a hormone, may help to treat women who develop anaemia after giving birth, but there may be rare adverse events. Women with anaemia after childbirth may feel tired and breathless and are at risk of infection. Traditional treatments inclu...
Date:   Jul 2004
Title:   Frequency of administration of recombinant human erythropoietin for anaemia of end-stage renal disease in dialysis patients
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Anaemia (low red blood cells) is a common complication of kidney failure. Anaemia causes some of the tiredness and problems associated with kidney failure. Manufactured erythropoietin (a hormone that increases red blood cell production) improves this, a...
Date:   May 2005
Title:   Recombinant human erythropoietin for chronic renal failure anaemia in pre-dialysis patients
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Anaemia (low red blood cells) is a common complication of kidney failure. Anaemia causes some of the tiredness and problems associated with kidney failure. Manufactured erythropoietin (a hormone that increases red blood cell production) improves this, a...
Date:   May 2005
Title:   Haemoglobin and haematocrit targets for the anaemia of chronic kidney disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Having too few red blood cells (anaemia) makes a person feel tired and unwell. Blood transfusions or drugs can be given to increase red blood cell levels (haemoglobin). Having too many red blood cells can lead to blockages in catheters and other vascula...
Date:   Aug 2006
Title:   Treatments for iron-deficiency anaemia in pregnancy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Anaemia happens when the blood has insufficient red cells, or when red cells carry insufficient haemoglobin to deliver adequate oxygen to the tissues. Haemoglobin levels change in pregnancy with a normal reduction at the beginning of pregnancy and a sli...
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Blood transfusion for treating malarial anaemia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Blood transfusion is used in patients with severe malarial anaemia, but risks adverse reactions, transmission of disease, and is complicated to organise in developing countries.
Date:   Jun 1999
Title:   Iron therapy for improving psychomotor development and cognitive function in children under the age of three with iron deficiency anaemia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   It has been suggested that a lack of iron in young children affects their physical and intellectual development and therefore those who are anaemic for this reason should be treated. The evidence here does not suggest that iron given by mouth or by inje...
Date:   Feb 2001
Title:   Erythropoietin or Darbepoetin for patients with cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Blood transfusions are one choice of treatment for severe cancer-related anaemia, i.e. haemoglobin level below 8 g/dl. Human erythropoietin is a glycoprotein hormone produced in the kidney. Recombinant human erythropoietin is used to prevent and treat a...
Date:   May 2006
Title:   Blood transfusion for preventing stroke in people with sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sickle cell disease causes decreased red blood cells (anaemia), reduced oxygen to tissues and problems throughout the body. Sickled red blood cells can block cerebral blood vessels, leading to strokes. The review found regular blood transfusions reduce ...
Date:   Oct 2001
Title:   Effect of timing of umbilical cord clamping of term infants on maternal and neonatal outcomes
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   At the time of birth, the infant is still attached to the mother via the umbilical cord, which is part of the placenta. The infant is usually separated from the placenta by clamping the cord. The timing of this clamping is one part of the third stage of...
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Pneumococcal vaccines for sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Pneumococcal bacteria are a common cause of infection, including pneumonia and meningitis, which can be life-threatening. People with sickle cell disease are particularly susceptible to pneumococcal infection. Infants under two years of age are particul...
Date:   Sep 2003
Title:   Phytomedicines (medicines derived from plants) for sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a recessively inherited disorder of haemoglobin and is associated with complications and a reduced life expectancy. Phytomedicines encompass much of what populations most affected would encounter in terms of plant-remedies f...
Date:   May 2004
Title:   Preoperative blood transfusions for sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Once they have given up their oxygen, red blood cells in people with sickle cell disease become shaped like crescents. These cells can block blood vessels, which causes problems throughout the body. People with sickle cell disease often need surgery, bu...
Date:   May 2001
Title:   Piracetam for reducing the incidence of painful sickle cell disease crises
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sickle cell disease is one of the most common genetic disorders with approximately 250 million people (5% of the world's population) carrying a potentially pathological gene. It is characterised by the presence of distorted sickle-shaped red blood cells...
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Antibiotics for treating acute chest syndrome in people with sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sickle cell disease affects millions of people throughout the world. Acute chest syndrome is a major cause of illness and death in people with sickle cell disease. Symptoms include fever, chest pain and a raised white blood cell count. Acute infection o...
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Pain management for sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Some people with sickle cell disease get pain. The pain usually occurs in episodes but it can be chronic. Pain is often poorly managed. This review studied different types of pain-relieving medicines. There were no studies on chronic pain. Seven papers ...
Date:   Feb 2006
Title:   Drugs for preventing malaria in pregnant women
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Malaria is a parasitic disease spread by mosquitoes. It affects millions of people worldwide and causes illness and mortality. Uncomplicated malaria has symptoms such as fever, headache, muscle pain, and vomiting, and children commonly present with rapi...
Date:   Aug 2006
Title:   Drugs for preventing red blood cell dehydration in people with sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sickle cell disease is an inherited condition that causes red blood cells to become sickle shaped when they lose water. This leads to a high risk of the blood vessels becoming blocked. Such blockages can cause pain, stroke and damage to organs. Recent t...
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Psychological therapies for sickle cell disease and pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Based on the information available, the authors cautiously believe that some types of psychological therapies may help people to cope with sickle cell disease and related pain. These therapies are patient education, and techniques termed 'cognitive' (ha...
Date:   Jan 2002
Title:   Malaria chemoprophylaxis in sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   In areas where malaria is common, malaria drug prophylaxis benefits people with sickle cell disease Sickle cell disease is a blood disorder, and means the part of the red blood cell that carries oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues (haemoglobin) is...
Date:   Aug 2006
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