Evidence-Based Pain Management and Palliative Care Systematic Reviews in Issue Three for 2008 of The Cochrane Library

Abstract

The Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews is published quarterly. Issue Three for 2008 contains 3539 complete reviews, 1868 protocols for reviews in production, and 8349 one-page summaries of systematic reviews published in the general medical literature. In addition, there are citations of 540,000 randomized controlled trials, and 10,000 cited papers in the Cochrane methodology register. The health technology assessment database contains 7400 citations. This edition of the Library contains 75 new reviews, of which 7 have potential relevance for practitioners in pain and palliative medicine.

KEYWORDS:

• AIDS dementia complex
• ALS
• amyotropic lateral sclerosis
• breathlessness
• cancer pain
• dyspnea
• glioma
• hyperbaric oxygen
• mechanical traction
• MND
• motor neuron disease
• normobaric oxygen
• pain
• palliative care
• radiculopathy
• transcutaneous nerve stimulation