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21. TND-0543_05-24-2013 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2013 - management, for reducing inappropriate antibiotic use for acute cough illness (ACI). … Existing clinical guidelines recommend against routine antibiotic use for ACI in otherwise healthy adults … The conclusions in the most recent clinical trials note that a decrease in antibiotic use was associated … with delayed antibiotic strategies, patient education, and physician education and are consistent with …  While it is clear the antibiotics are not useful, a new systematic review on this topic can be used

22. P A W S, Prescription for Antibiotics or Wait and See: Ear Infections: Are Antibiotics the Right Choice for You? (pdf file)
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    January 26, 2013 - P A W S, Prescription for Antibiotics or Wait and See: Ear Infections: Are Antibiotics the Right Choice … P A W S Prescription for Antibiotics or Wait and See Ear Infections Are Antibiotics the Right … Not all ear infections require imme- diate treatment with antibiotics. … Antibiotics that are taken when they are not needed can be harmful. … Af- ter each course of antibiotics, re- sistant bacteria may develop.

23. Evidence Summary: Management of Colonic Diverticulitis (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2020 - o Antibiotic treatment: For patients with uncomplicated diverticulitis, antibiotic treatment may not … For patients who do receive antibiotics, the evidence is insufficient to guide choice of antibiotic … imaging; (2) the effectiveness and harms of hospitalization for acute uncomplicated diverticulitis, antibiotics … Antibiotic treatment of acute diverticulitis: With low SoE, studies did not find that antibiotic treatment … For patients who do receive antibiotics, the evidence is insufficient to guide choice of antibiotic

24. Evidence Summary: Management of Colonic Diverticulitis (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2020 - o Antibiotic treatment: For patients with uncomplicated diverticulitis, antibiotic treatment may not … For patients who do receive antibiotics, the evidence is insufficient to guide choice of antibiotic … imaging; (2) the effectiveness and harms of hospitalization for acute uncomplicated diverticulitis, antibiotics … Antibiotic treatment of acute diverticulitis: With low SoE, studies did not find that antibiotic treatment … For patients who do receive antibiotics, the evidence is insufficient to guide choice of antibiotic

25. Disposition of Comments Report for Procalcitonin-Guides Antibiotic Therapy (pdf file)
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    October 05, 2012 - on antibiotics per total patient-days for an entire group as a rate. … For the use of PCT to reduce initiation or continuation of antibiotics for acute respiratory tract … The ES only discussed antibiotics since this was the major theme of the entire systematic review. … Also, discontinuation of antibiotics or duration of therapy are intermediate outcomes, and this report … The overuse of antibiotics is not taken into account.

26. Management of Acute Diverticulitis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    June 27, 2018 - Question 1: What are the effectiveness/harms and comparative effectiveness/harms of oral or parenteral antibiotics … for the treatment of diverticulitis compared to each other and compared to treatment without antibiotics … Do the effectiveness/harms vary by route of administration of antibiotic, type of antibiotic, duration … of course of antibiotic? … With the increasing use of oral antibiotics with high bioavailability, parenteral antibiotics given as

27. Evidence Summary: Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Therapies in Adult Patients With Exacerbation of COPD (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2019 - Key Messages • Antibiotic therapy increases the clinical cure rate and reduces the clinical failure … Systemic Antibiotics Versus Placebo or Management Without Systemic Antibiotics Antibiotics increased … dosages of the same antibiotic was insufficient for mortality, clinical cure and clinical failure. … Antibiotic therapy in exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. … Procalcitonin to guide antibiotic administration in COPD exacerbations: a meta- analysis.

28. Evidence Summary: Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Therapies in Adult Patients With Exacerbation of COPD (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2019 - Key Messages • Antibiotic therapy increases the clinical cure rate and reduces the clinical failure … Systemic Antibiotics Versus Placebo or Management Without Systemic Antibiotics Antibiotics increased … dosages of the same antibiotic was insufficient for mortality, clinical cure and clinical failure. … Antibiotic therapy in exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. … Procalcitonin to guide antibiotic administration in COPD exacerbations: a meta- analysis.

29. Template for Reports Developed (pdf file)
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    October 26, 2012 - 1.2 What is the incremental impact of various strategies to reduce antibiotic usage, such as antibiotic … 6 What is the incremental impact of various strategies to reduce antibiotic usage, such as antibiotic … 1.2 What is the incremental impact of various strategies to reduce antibiotic usage, such as antibiotic … Duration of treatment with concomitant antibiotics 11. … What is the incremental impact of various strategies to reduce antibiotic usage, such as antibiotic

30. Tympanostomy Tubes in Children With Otitis Media (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2017 - of antibiotics or pain related to ear drops. … oral antibiotics and watchful waiting or placebo. … , topical antibiotic-glucocorticoid drops are superior to oral antibiotics and there is a suggestion … drops vs. systemic antibiotics or watchful waiting Topical antibiotic-glucocorticoid drops are superior … to oral antibiotics in achieving clinical cure Topical antibiotic drops are superior to oral antibiotics

31. Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Therapies in Adult Patients With Exacerbation of COPD | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    October 11, 2019 - Key Messages Antibiotic therapy increases the clinical cure rate and reduces the clinical failure rate … Antibiotics and corticosteroids are not associated with increase in serious adverse events. … Antibiotic therapy increases the clinical cure rate and reduces the clinical failure rate regardless … There is insufficient evidence to support a particular antibiotic regimen. … Systemic antibiotics and corticosteroids are associated with improved outcomes in mild and moderate to

32. Management of Acute Diverticulitis Topic Nomination Disposition (pdf file)
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    August 13, 2018 - Do the effectiveness/harms vary by route of administration of antibiotic, type of antibiotic, duration … of course of antibiotic? … , clear liquid diet only, antibiotics by other route of administration, type of antibiotic, duration … exp Anti-Bacterial Agents/ or ((oral* or parenteral*) adj3 (antibiotic* or antibacterial* or anti-bacterial … cond=diverticulitis&term=&cntry=&state=&city=&dist= KQ 1 (Antibiotics) • Antibiotics vs. resection

33. Procalcitonin for Diagnosis and Management of Sepsis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    April 26, 2011 - Conversely, overuse and misuse of antibiotics can result in adverse events and add to the increasing … problem of antibiotic resistance. … Intermediate outcomes—such as antibiotic exposure, duration of antibiotic therapy, length of stay, and … Discriminate use of antibiotics for exacerbation of COPD. Curr Opin Pulm Med 2009;15:126-32. … leukocytosis, pyuria), as described in guidelines The comparator is specified as initiation of antibiotics

34. Topic 0614 Tonsillectomy NSD FINAL CC (pdf file)
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    October 23, 2014 - least 3 episodes per year for 3 years) Intervention(s): Tonsillectomy Comparator(s): Prophylactic antibiotic … PICO Population(s): Children, ages 1 to 18, who undergo tonsillectomy Intervention(s): Perioperative antibiotic … Should clinicians administer or prescribe perioperative antibiotics to children undergoing tonsillectomy … effectiveness of tonsillectomy in SDB and the comparative effectiveness of prescribing perioperative antibiotics … some reduction in morbidities associated with tonsillectomy through the use of perioperative topical antibiotics

35. Pharmacologic and Non-pharmacologic Therapies in Adult Patients with Acute Exacerbation of COPD: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    April 11, 2018 - , where safely possible, to reduce potential harms including development of antibiotic resistance, … Antibiotic therapy in exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. … Antibiotic treatment in exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Recent trial results … 2 Receptor Agonists/ or exp Cholinergic Antagonists/ or exp Phosphodiesterase 4 Inhibitors/ or exp Antibiotic … Prophylaxis/ or exp Anti-Bacterial Agents/ or exp antibiotic agent/ or exp Benzodiazepines/ or exp

36. Appendix K Rapid Evidence Review Treatments for Clostridium difficile Colitis (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2018 - (Strong recommendation, high-quality evidence) • In patients in whom oral antibiotics cannot reach … therapy directed against the underlying infection or who require retreatment with antibiotics shortly … • A prolonged course of oral antibiotics is acceptable therapy for recurrent or resistant disease … repeated antibiotic treatment, fecal transplantation in combination with oral antibiotic treatment is … Antibiotics remain the mainstay of treatment recommendations for mild-moderate CDI, with consideration

37. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2011 - Antibiotics that disturb colon flora enough to allow CDI to develop must get into the colon, and they … the likelihood that the recommended antibiotics might induce CDI. … While several studies found increased risk with specific antibiotics or antibiotic classes, the antibiotics … Identifying new antibiotics may be one approach. … Impact of a reduction in the use of high-risk antibiotics on the course of an epidemic of Clostridium

38. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    September 08, 2011 - Conversely, overuse and misuse of antibiotics can result in adverse events and add to the increasing … problem of antibiotic resistance. … Discriminate use of antibiotics for exacerbation of COPD. … leukocytosis, pyuria), as described in guidelines The comparator is specified as initiation of antibiotics … as described in guidelines to clarify the true comparator for procalcitonin-guided initiation of antibiotics

39. Management of Colonic Diverticulitis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 12, 2019 - Initially reserved for the sickest, highest-risk surgical patients, drainage and antibiotic treatment … Do the (comparative) effects and harms vary by route of administration of antibiotics, type of antibiotic … , and duration of course of antibiotics? … versus No antibiotics or versus Alternative antibiotic regimen (for any patient) Any class, route, … Prospective randomized trial comparing short-term antibiotic therapy versus standard therapy for acute

40. EHC Research Protocol: Management of Colonic Diverticulitis (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2019 - Initially reserved for the sickest, highest-risk surgical patients, drainage and antibiotic treatment … • Do the (comparative) effects and harms vary by route of administration of antibiotics, type of antibiotic … , and duration of course of antibiotics? … versus No antibiotics or versus Alternative antibiotic regimen (for any patient) o Any class, route … to each other and to placebo (or no antibiotics).