Several Cochrane reviews look at the evidence on interventions that might be used for older people in long-term care settings and these include reviews on ways to prevent or reduce the use of interventions that might do more harm than good. Among these, the review of interventions for preventing and reducing the use of physical restraints was updated in July 2023. We asked lead author, Ralph Möhler of the University Hospital Düsseldorf in Germany, to tell us about physical restraints and the latest

Cochrane has produced around 40 systematic reviews of interventions that might help people after cardiac arrest. In this podcast, review author Nikola Schütz talks with lead author Jasmin Arrich, a consultant working at the emergency department at the Medical University of Vienna in Austria, about the May 2023 update for one of these, looking at the effects of an intervention called therapeutic hypothermia or temperature control for patients who have been resuscitated after a cardiac arrest. Your browser

As the population ages, an increasing number of older people are living with frailty. A new Cochrane review from May 2023 looks at the evidence on the effects of case management for their integrated care. Here’s one of the authors, Euan Sadler from the University of Southampton in the UK, to tell us about frailty and what they found. Your browser does not support the audio element. – Read transcript Mike: Hello, I’m Mike Clarke, podcast editor for the Cochrane Library. As the population ages, an increasing

As the population ages, an increasing number of older people are living with frailty. A new Cochrane review from May 2023 looks at the evidence on the effects of case management for their integrated care. Here’s one of the authors, Euan Sadler from the University of Southampton in the UK, to tell us about frailty and what they found. Your browser does not support the audio element. – Read transcript Mike: Hello, I’m Mike Clarke, podcast editor for the Cochrane Library. As the population ages, an increasing

Your browser does not support the audio element. – Read transcript Mike: Hello, I’m Mike Clarke, podcast editor for the Cochrane Library. The Cochrane Gut group have produced more than 220 reviews, including some that investigate treatments for Clostridioides difficile infection. These were added to in April 2023, with a new review of the use of fecal microbiota transplantation…