Blogs written by the Cochrane UK Trainees
Children and babies' health
- Yummy, yummy in my tummy, getting big with milk from mummy. Getting preterm babies feeding orally - a roundup of current evidence by Rufaro Ndokera (February 2017, last updated October 2021)
- There were twins in a bed and Cochrane said no difference by Anna Sutherland (May, 2016)
- Idiopathic toe walking in children: what’s the evidence for interventions? Siobhan McCormack (May, 2020)
- Recurrent abdominal pain in children: evidence and uncertainty by Rufaro Ndokera (May, 2017)
- Ventilated, oxygenated and oh so comfy: positioning preterm babies by Rufaro Ndokera (February, 2017)
Dental care
- Dental check-ups: how often is often enough? by Patrick Fee (April, 2021)
Diabetes
- SGLT2 inhibitors – looking beyond glucose-lowering in diabetes by Ven Gee Lim (December, 2019)
Exercise
- Can walking help lower your blood pressure? The latest Cochrane evidence by Rebecca Gould (May, 2021)
- Exercise for intermittent claudication: does the type of exercise make a difference? by Rebecca Gould (January, 2021)
- Physical Activity: what’s the latest guidance? by Rebecca Gould (February, 2021)
Heart health
- Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in severe aortic stenosis patients with low surgical risk – does it spell the end of surgical aortic valve replacement? by Ven Gee Lim (January, 2020)
- Beta-blocker use in acute myocardial infarction – a Cochrane systematic review which affirms routine clinical practice by Ven Gee Lim (January, 2020)
- Trust me, I’m a patient! Managing anticoagulation therapy by David Roberts (August, 2016)
- How should we deal with non-culprit lesions during a STEMI? A mid-night conundrum by Chris McAloon (August, 2017)
Learning about, and practicing, evidence-based medicine
- Sensitivity and specificity explained by Saul Crandon (November, 2019)
- Meet the Cochrane Trainees and engage in evidence! by the Cochrane UK & Ireland Trainees Advisory Group (October, 2016)
- We call him tortoise because he taught us - reflections on a workshop for trainees held at the Cochrane UK & Ireland Symposium 2017, by Rufaro Ndokera (April, 2017)
- Writing a Cochrane Review - the trainee experience by Rufaro Ndokera, Eoin O'Sullivan and David Roberts (September, 2017)
- Talking with patients about sex. Asking, Listening, Learning by Rufaro Ndokera, Chris McAloon, Eoin O’Sullivan, Rachel Kuo, Chris Jones and Natalie Blencowe (March, 2017)
- Why should I care about antibiotic resistance? by James Chan, Rachel Kuo, Eoin O’Sullivan, Rufaro Ndokera, Neha Pathak and Bosun Hong (November, 2017)
Palliative and end-of-life care
- Hospital at Home Increases the Chances of Dying at Home by Anna Sutherland (May, 2016; also published in The BMJ Opinion).
- Cochrane systematic review highlights the importance of lactulose in the management of hepatic encephalopathy by Anna Sutherland, Faeqa Hami and James Maggs (December, 2016)
- Frequently Asked Questions for Palliative Medicine Specialty Trainees by Anna Sutherland and Katrien Naessens (September, 2017)
Public health
- A pinch of evidence on how to cut salt intake by David Roberts (November, 2016)
- Texting 2 quit – using mobile phones to help people quit smoking by David Roberts (May, 2016)
- MMR vaccines: do they work and are they safe? Siobhan McCormack (June, 2020)
Respiratory health
- Pulmonary rehabilitation and exercise training for adults with chronic respiratory conditions by Rebecca Gould (July, 2021)
Surgery and critical care
- Closing the skin after surgery: the Cochrane evidence by Christina Uwins (May, 2020)
- Traumatic brain injury: is decompressive surgery worth the risks? by Jason Yuen (April, 2020)
- No more neurosurgery for unruptured brain AVMs? by Jason Yuen (November, 2019)
- Rules for the road to recovery: factors affecting the use of protocols for ventilation weaning in intensive care by Rufaro Ndokera (March, 2017)
- Videolaryngoscopy: watch this space by Rufaro Ndokera (October, 2017)
- Fluid resuscitation: evidence-based solutions? by Kinseng Tong (November, 2019)