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Update: Signs and symptoms to determine if a patient presenting in primary care or hospital outpatient settings has COVID‐19

This review update (original version published 7 July 2020) examines how accurate diagnosis of COVID‐19 is, based on symptoms and signs from medical examination. The review authors were interested in people with suspected COVID‐19, who go to their doctor, outpatient test centres, or hospital.

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

Xpert MTB/XDR for detection of pulmonary tuberculosis and resistance to isoniazid, fluoroquinolones, ethionamide, and amikacin

How accurate is Xpert MTB/XDR for detecting pulmonary tuberculosis and resistance to tuberculosis drugs (i.e. isoniazid, fluoroquinolones, ethionamide, and amikacin) in adults?

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

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Update: Xpert Ultra versus Xpert MTB/RIF for pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults with presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis

Why is improving the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis important?

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

Chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine for prevention and treatment of COVID‐19

Hydroxychloroquine does not reduce deaths from COVID-19, and probably does not reduce the number of people needing mechanical ventilation, state the authors of a new Cochrane Review.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

A mega-aggregation framework synthesis of the barriers and facilitators to linkage, adherence to ART and retention in care among people living with HIV

This review aims to make sense of existing qualitative evidence syntheses that explore the barriers and facilitators of adherence to antiretroviral treatment.

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Integrated community case management of childhood illness in low‐ and middle‐income countries

This Cochrane Review aimed to assess the effects of integrated community case management (iCCM) for children under‐five in low‐ and middle‐income countries

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Podcast: Using pine bark supplements to help treat a variety of chronic diseases

Pine bark extract supplements are marketed to prevent or treat a wide range of chronic diseases and a Cochrane Review from September 2020 assesses the evidence on their efficacy and safety.

Update:Atovaquone‐proguanil for treating uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria

What are the benefits and risks of atovaquone‐proguanil for treating uncomplicated malaria caused by the Plasmodium falciparum parasite?

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

Update: Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra and Xpert MTB/RIF assays for extrapulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults

How accurate are tests (Xpert Ultra and Xpert MTB/RIF) for diagnosing tuberculosis outside the lungs (extrapulmonary tuberculosis) and rifampicin resistance?

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

Update: Hand‐washing promotion for preventing diarrhoea

Does encouraging people to wash their hands stop them having diarrhoea?

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

Updated Podcast: How accurate is chest imaging for diagnosing COVID 19?

This podcast is for an earlier version of this review Lead author of the review, first published on 5 October 2020, Nayaar Islam from The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute in Canada, describes the latest findings in this podcast

Update: Probiotics for treating acute infectious diarrhoea

There is no evidence that probiotics are effective in treating acute infectious diarrhoea, state the authors of this Cochrane review update.

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

Paediatric formulations of artemisinin‐based combination therapies for treating uncomplicated malaria in children

Treating uncomplicated malaria in children: do child‐friendly formulations of medicines work better than usual tablet formulations?

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Update (26 Nov 2021): Thoracic imaging tests for the diagnosis of COVID‐19

Review updated from original review published on 30 September 2020. This update focuses on people suspected of having COVID‐19 and excludes studies with only confirmed COVID‐19 participants.

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

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