scholarly journals Relief of acute cough by cough syrup with mucoprotection

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Mueck
Keyword(s):  
Beneficial Effect ◽  
Therapeutic Effect ◽  
Common Cold ◽  
Acute Cough ◽  
Upper Airways ◽  
Multicentre Studies ◽  
Cough Syrup ◽  
Mechanical Barrier

Two randomised, blind, controlled, multicentre studies investigated the therapeutic effect of a chemical and mechanical barrier in the upper airways produced by polysaccharide-resin-honey based cough syrup in children with acute cough associated with a common cold. The mucoprotection led to a significant alleviation of the paediatric cough compared with carbocysteine syrup or placebo. The beneficial effect was especially apparent in children with severe cough and/or episodes of nocturnal coughing.

scholarly journals Análise da Revisão Cochrane: Antihistamínicos para a Constipação. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015;11:CD009345.

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 164
Author(s):  
Carmel Sterrantino ◽  
Gonçalo Duarte ◽  
João Costa ◽  
António Vaz-Carneiro
Keyword(s):  
Beneficial Effect ◽  
Common Cold ◽  
Randomized Clinical Trials ◽  
Nasal Congestion ◽  
Cochrane Review ◽  
Adult Patients ◽  
Upper Airways ◽  
Runny Nose ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
The Individual

The common cold is an acute, self-limiting inflammation of the mucosa of the upper airways, which may involve one or all the sinuses, nasopharynx, oropharynx and larynx. It is common to have at least one episode per year. Common cold symptoms, which may include sore throat, sneezing, nasal congestion, runny nose, headache, malaise and mild fever usually disappear within a few days without treatment. The causative agent of most colds is rhinovirus. Although not associated with mortality, common cold is associated with significant morbidity. There is no vaccine or cure for common cold and, therefore, their treatment is centered on relieving the symptoms. This Cochrane review aimed to synthesize the existing evidence about the clinical benefit of antihistamines, used as monotherapy, compared with placebo or no treatment in children and adult patients with common cold. A total of 18 randomized clinical trials with 4342 participants were included. Main results were: 1) Antihistamines have a small (days one and two) beneficial effect in the short term on the severity of overall symptoms in adult patients, although this effect is not present in the medium to long term; 2) antihistamines were not associated with a clinically significant beneficial effect on the individual symptoms (nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, and sneezing); 3) Antihistamines are not associated with an increased risk of adverse effects; 4) No conclusion can be made about the effectiveness of antihistamines in pediatric populations. Our interpretation of the results is that the available evidence is insufficient to support the prescription or buying OTC antihistamines to relieve the symptoms of common cold without allergic component.

Dangers of Chicken Soup

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 77 (5) ◽  
pp. 785-786
Author(s):  
EDWARD CHU
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Effect ◽  
Common Cold ◽  
Medical Literature ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Chicken Broth ◽  
12Th Century ◽  
Moses Maimonides ◽  
The Common ◽  
Good For

To the Editor.— Chicken soup has long been regarded as a popular treatment for a wide variety of ailments. The 12th century philosopher and physician, Moses Maimonides, extracting from ancient Greek writings, recommended chicken broth for "rectifying corrupted humors,"1 which meant it was good for everything. Recently, chicken soup has again received attention in the medical literature, some of it serious2 and some of it tongue in beak [sic].3-6 The serious study demonstrated a significant increase in nasal mucous velocity following the ingestion of hot chicken soup, suggesting a therapeutic effect in the common cold.

Chronic Beneficial Effect of Makeup Therapy on Cognitive Function of Dementia and Facial Appearance Analyzed by Artificial Intelligence Software

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Koh Tadokoro ◽  
Toru Yamashita ◽  
Junko Sato ◽  
Yoshio Omote ◽  
Mami Takemoto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Beneficial Effect ◽  
Therapeutic Effect ◽  
Therapy Group ◽  
Nursing Home Residents ◽  
Skin Care ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Facial Appearance ◽  
Social Lives

Background: Makeup greatly impacts normal social lives but can also be a non-pharmacological form of therapy for dementia. Objective: To evaluate the therapeutic effect of makeup therapy. Methods: We carried out a prospective interventional study on female nursing home residents with dementia, focusing on the chronic therapeutic effect of makeup therapy. Thirty-four patients who received either only skin care (control group, n = 16) or skin care plus makeup therapy (makeup therapy group, n = 18) once every 2 weeks for 3 months were assessed. Results: Three months of makeup therapy significantly improved the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score compared with control patients ( * p <  0.05). Artificial intelligence (AI) software revealed that the appearance of age decreased significantly in the makeup group compared with the control, especially among patients without depression ( * p <  0.05). Furthermore, a larger AI happiness score was significantly correlated with a greater improvement of ADL in the makeup therapy group (r = 0.43,  * p <  0.05). Conclusion: Makeup therapy had a chronic beneficial effect on the cognitive function of female dementia patients, while the chronic effect of makeup therapy on facial appearance was successfully detected by the present AI software.

scholarly journals The Beneficial Effect of Traditional Chinese Exercises on the Management of Obesity

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Yuan Qin ◽  
Weiyi Xia ◽  
Wei Huang ◽  
Jing Zhang ◽  
Yi Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Beneficial Effect ◽  
Therapeutic Effect ◽  
Tai Chi ◽  
Sports Injury ◽  
Working Mechanism ◽  
Yi Jin Jing ◽  
Obese Population ◽  
Simple Obesity ◽  
Shaolin Neigong ◽  
Treatment Population

This paper systematically reviewed the clinical update of traditional Chinese exercises in the treatment of simple obesity in recent years and discussed their specific advantages in this aspect. This review focused on several typical traditional Chinese exercises, namely, Tai Chi, Ba Duan Jin, Yi Jin Jing, Wu Qin Xi, Shaolin Neigong, and Liu Zi Jue, which all showed clinical beneficial effect on the treatment of simple obesity with their own characteristics. To optimize the clinical therapeutic effect of these traditional Chinese exercises, we need to seek the most appropriate exercise or the combo exercise based on the characteristics of different obese population, to improve the efficiency of weight loss, reduce sports injury, and consolidate the therapeutic effect. In the future, we need to further evaluate the efficacy of sitting exercise, lying exercise, and static training in the treatment of simple obesity, subdivide the treatment population, and explore the working mechanism of these traditional Chinese exercises.

scholarly journals Randomized controlled trial of erdosteine for acute cough in children with colds

2011 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Yenny Yenny ◽  
Roni Naning ◽  
Amalia Setyati
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Clinical Improvement ◽  
Common Cold ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Acute Cough ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Double Blind ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Significant Difference

Background T h e prevalence of the common cold in children is high, v.ith 30% of cases exhibiting an acute cough, the most common complaint by parents. Erdosteine, a recently developed cough medicine, is available for children. Erdosteine has been reported to increase mucodliary clearance, act as an antioxidant and prevent bacterial adhesion.Objective To assess the clinical improvement in acute cough in children \\lith a common cold taking erdosteine vs. a placebo.Methods We conducted a double􀀾blind, randomized, controlled trial at the Public Health Center of Gedongtengen, Yogyakarta with 140 children selected by a consecutive sampling method. Research subjects were randomized by computer program into two treatment groups, those receiving erdosteine therapy and those receiving a placebo. Both groups were monitored for 6 days. A scoring system was used to assess the improvement of acute cough symptoms and analyzed by Chi-square test.Results No significant differences in basic characteristics, cough severity, or environment were found among the 140 children with common cold in the two groups. After 6 days of treatment, no significant difference in clinical improvement of acute cough was found between the erdosteine (65 subjects improved out of 70) and placebo groups (62/70),92.5% and 88.6%, respectively (P=0.382).Conclusion Erdosteine was not more effective than the placebo for treatment of acute cough in children with common cold.

scholarly journals Soothing Properties of Glycerol in Cough Syrups for Acute Cough Due to Common Cold

Pharmacy ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald Eccles ◽  
Pascal Mallefet
Keyword(s):  
Common Cold ◽  
Acute Cough

scholarly journals Use of ultraviolet erythemotherapy for gastrointestinal diseases

1935 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 709-711
Author(s):  
I. D. Kudenko ◽  
N. A. Fedorova
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Autonomic Nervous System ◽  
Beneficial Effect ◽  
Therapeutic Effect ◽  
Vascular System ◽  
Gastrointestinal Diseases ◽  
Bactericidal Effect ◽  
Autonomic Innervation ◽  
Autonomic Nervous ◽  
Effect Of Light

Everyone knows and experimentally proved the therapeutic effect of light: its bactericidal effect, its effect on the nervous and vascular system, as well as on the blood; stimulating effect on metabolism, beneficial effect on the growth and regeneration of tissues, etc. Despite the widespread use of ultraviolet therapy, dosage issues cannot be considered resolved for certain diseases. The questions about the influence of ultraviolet therapy on the autonomic nervous system in general and, focal, at individual points of autonomic innervation have not been resolved.

scholarly journals A Case Report on the Effects of Gamisachil-tang on an Anorexic Patient with Depression

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 793-799
Author(s):  
Su-jung Lee ◽  
Jeong-been Ha ◽  
Ji-soo Yang ◽  
Jae-hwan Lew
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Food Intake ◽  
Herbal Medicine ◽  
Visual Analogue Scale ◽  
Beneficial Effect ◽  
Therapeutic Effect ◽  
Analogue Scale ◽  
Daily Food Intake ◽  
Daily Food ◽  
Anorexic Patient

Objectives: This study examined the effects of Gamisachil-tang on an anorexic patient with depression.Methods: A patient suffering from anorexia and depression was treated with Korean herbal medicine (Gamisachil-tang) for 14 days. To evaluate the therapeutic effect, we measured the daily food intake of the patient and used the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for anorexia.Results: Following treatment, both the patient’s daily food intake of the patient and VAS score for anorexia had improved.Conclusion: These results suggest that Gamisachil-tang has a beneficial effect on both anorexia and depression.

Harm and Adverse Events in Otolaryngology Journals

2008 ◽  
Vol 139 (2_suppl) ◽  
pp. P71-P72
Author(s):  
Haidy Bibawy ◽  
Anne Cossu ◽  
Kogan Sophia ◽  
Richard M Rosenfeld
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Events ◽  
Clinical Research ◽  
Beneficial Effect ◽  
Therapeutic Effect ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Median Number ◽  
Effect Of Therapy ◽  
Therapeutic Recommendations ◽  
Events Data

Objective To identify the frequency and quality of harm and adverse events reporting in otolaryngology journals. Methods Four major otolaryngology journals from 2006 and 1996 were reviewed. Clinical research studies offering therapeutic recommendations were evaluated for frequency and quality of harm and adverse events reporting. Results Of 1835 total articles reviewed, 576 (31%) offered therapeutic recommendations. Only 65% provided any mention of harm or adverse events; 47% explicitly defined the events and 24% described methodology for collecting harm data. The median number of harms or adverse events reported was 3. Studies concluding a beneficial effect of therapy were more likely to not mention adverse events (odds ratio 2.99, p= 0.007), compared to studies concluding no benefit. Studies of surgical therapy were more likely to report harm or adverse events (odds ratio 1.46, p= 0.046) than medical therapy. Conclusions Harm and adverse events are under-reported and poorly described in otolaryngology journals, with about 1/3 of clinical research not mentioning adverse events at all. Most authors do not explicitly describe harm or adverse events (53%), or the methodology behind collecting adverse events data (76%). Under-reporting is more likely when a therapeutic effect is found to be beneficial.

scholarly journals Protocol for a randomised, single-blind, two-arm, parallel-group controlled trial of the efficacy of rhinothermy delivered by nasal high flow therapy in the treatment of the common cold

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. e028098
Author(s):  
Grace Bird ◽  
Irene Braithwaite ◽  
James Harper ◽  
Steven McKinstry ◽  
Iris Koorevaar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Common Cold ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
High Flow ◽  
Phone Call ◽  
Upper Airways ◽  
Parallel Group ◽  
The Common ◽  
Nasal High Flow Therapy ◽  
Humidified Air ◽  
Single Blind

IntroductionThe common cold is the most common infectious disease affecting humans. It is usually a self-limiting disease; however, the common cold can cause significant morbidity and has a substantial economic impact on society. Human rhinoviruses (HRVs), which cause up to two-thirds of colds, have temperature-dependent replication and most HRV strains replicate optimally at 33°C. Delivery of heated, humidified air to the upper airways has the potential to reduce viral replication, but evidence of the effectiveness of this treatment of the common cold is inconclusive. We plan to test the hypothesis that delivery of humidified air heated to 41°C at high flow, nasal high flow rhinothermy (rNHF), for 2 hours daily for five days is more effective in reducing common cold symptom severity and duration than five days of ‘sham’ rhinothermy.Methods and analysisThis is a randomised, single-blind, parallel-group trial comparing rNHF to ‘sham’ rhinothermy in the treatment of common cold. We plan to recruit 170 participants within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms of common cold and randomise them 1:1 to receive one of the two treatments for five days. The study duration is 14 days, which includes clinic visits on the first day of randomisation and four days post-randomisation, and a phone call on the 14th day. Participants will complete daily symptom diaries which include a symptom score, the Modified Jackson Score (MJS). The primary outcome is the MJS after four days.Ethics and disseminationNew Zealand Ethics Registration: 17/STH/174. Results will be published in a peer-reviewed medical journal, presented at academic meetings, and reported to participants.Trial registration numberU1111-1194-4345 and ACTRN12617001340325; Pre-results.

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