Cochrane Db Syst Rev
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Cochrane Db Syst Rev · Jul 2007
ReviewWITHDRAWN: Interventions for preventing or improving the outcome of delivery at or beyond term.
Perinatal mortality and morbidity is increased in pregnancies of more than 42 weeks that are otherwise low risk. ⋯ Routine early pregnancy ultrasound examination and subsequent adjustment of delivery date appear to reduce the incidence of post-term pregnancy. Routine induction of labour after 41 weeks gestation appears to reduce perinatal mortality. There is not enough evidence to evaluate the effects of breast and nipple stimulation, or tests of fetal wellbeing.(This abstract has been prepared centrally.).
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Cochrane Db Syst Rev · Jul 2007
Retracted PublicationWITHDRAWN: Effect of antihypertensive drugs on mortality, morbidity and blood pressure in blacks.
Black people have a greater prevalence of elevated blood pressure leading to excess morbidity and mortality. ⋯ When first-line drugs from different classes are compared in the treatment of black people, there is no evidence of differential effects on most mortality and morbidity outcomes. Those morbidity differences that were found favoured diuretics. Drugs differ in their ability to reduce blood pressure in black people. Calcium blockers were the only drug class that reduced blood pressure in all subgroups of black people including those with severe hypertension. Beta-blockers, angiotensin receptor blocker, alpha blockers and ACE Inhibitors were least good at reducing blood pressure in black adults.