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• Adenosine versus intravenous calcium channel antagonists for supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) 2018
• Airway physical examination tests for detection of difficult airway management in apparently normal adult patients 2017
• Antifibrinolytic drugs for treating primary postpartum haemorrhage 2018
• Artemether for severe malaria 2019
• Aspirin for acute treatment of episodic tension-type headache in adults 2017
• Capnography versus standard monitoring for emergency department procedural sedation and analgesia 2017
• Combined inhaled anticholinergics and short-acting beta2-agonists for initial treatment of acute asthma in children 2013
• Combined inhaled beta-agonist and anticholinergic agents for emergency management in adult with asthma 2017
• Community first responders for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in adults and children (Review) 2020
• Continuous chest compression versus interrupted chest compression for cardiopulmonary resuscitation of non-asphyxial out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (review) 2017
• Corticosteroids for bell's palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis) (review) 2016
• Corticosteroids for treating sepsis in children and adults
• Different durations of corticosteroid therapy for exacerbations  of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2018
• Direct oral anticoagulants versus warfarin for preventing stroke and systemic embolic events among atrial fibrillation patients with chronic kidney disease 2017
• Factor Xa inhibitors versus vitamin K antagonists for preventing cerebral or systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation 2018
• Inhaled anticholinergics and short-acting beta(2)-agonists versus short-acting beta2-agonists alone for children with acute asthma in hospital 2014
• Interventions for necrotizing soft tissue infections in adults 2018
• Mechanical versus manual chest compressions for cardiac arrest 2018
• Needle gauge and tip designs for preventing post-dural puncture  headache (PDPH) 2017
• Non-invasive ventilation for the management of acute hypercapnic respiratory failure due to exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2017
• Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for chronic low back pain 2016
• Normobaric and hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the treatment and  prevention of migraine and cluster headache 2015
• Outpatient treatment for people with cancer who develop a low-risk febrile neutropaenic event
• Paracetamol for low back pain (review) 2016
• Point-of-care ultrasonography for diagnosing  thoracoabdominal injuries in patients with blunt trauma 2018
• Posture and fluids for preventing post-dural puncture headache 2016
• Prehospital stroke scales as screening tools for early identification of stroke and transient ischemic attack 2019