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41. Blood-based Tests for Multiple Cancer Screening: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    July 01, 2024 - usual care screening as follows: mammography (breast), direct visualization such as colonoscopy or stool-based … test"[tiab:~0] OR "blood-based testing"[tiab:~0] OR "blood-based tests"[tiab:~0] OR "blood biomarker … test"[tiab:~0] OR "blood-based testing"[tiab:~0] OR "blood-based tests"[tiab:~0] OR "blood biomarker … test"[tiab:~0] OR "blood-based testing"[tiab:~0] OR "blood-based tests"[tiab:~0] OR "blood biomarker … test"[tiab:~0] OR "blood-based testing"[tiab:~0] OR "blood-based tests"[tiab:~0] OR "blood biomarker

42. Infectious Disease Including HIV/AIDS #09 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2012 - Centers collecting and processing the stool also typically screen transplant recipients for similar … Reported costs associated with screening donor blood and stool for contagious agents, preparation of … Screening, collection, and preparation of the stool would be additional costs. … Reported costs associated with screening donor blood and stool for contagious agents, preparation of … Screening, collection, and preparation of the stool would be additional costs.

43. Appendixes: Blood-based Tests for Multiple Cancer Screening: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    May 22, 2024 - usual care screening as follows: mammography (breast), direct visualization such as colonoscopy or stool-based … test"[tiab:~0] OR "blood-based testing"[tiab:~0] OR "blood-based tests"[tiab:~0] OR "blood biomarker … based biomarker":ti,ab OR "blood based biomarkers":ti,ab OR "blood based screening":ti,ab OR "blood … biomarker" OR "blood-based biomarkers" OR "blood-based screening" OR "blood-based test" OR "blood-based … biomarker" OR "blood-based biomarkers" OR "blood-based screening" OR "blood-based test" OR "blood-based

44. Dietary-Supplements Surveillance (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2013 - Additionally, for nongradable outcomes such as C-reactive protein and blood coagulation parameters … No significant between-group differences were observed across outcomes such as fasting blood glucose … Wide confidence intervals for differences in bleeding and fasting blood glucose precluded drawing … Omacor found side effects that included belching, heartburn or reflux, nausea and vomiting, loose stool … liver impairment or abnormal platelet count or diabetes; use of clopidogrel, warfarin, or NSAIDS stool

45. Febrile-Infants-Diagnosis-Management Executive (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2012 - The presence of SBI was determined by confirming bacterial growth in blood, CSF, stool, and/or urine … 10 WBC/hpf Urine Gram stain negative CSF Gram stain negative Chest radiograph: no infiltrate Stool … : no blood, few or no WBCs on smear (if indicated) Band- neutrophil ratio < 0.2 CSF: NA (no lumbar … puncture is indicated) WBC > 5,000 and <15,000/mm3 ABC < 1,500 UA ≤ 10 WBC/hpf Stool: WBC ≤ 5 … Should complete blood count be part of the evaluation of febrile infants aged <=2 months?

46. Clostridium difficile Infection Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - comorbidities, and use of gastric acid suppressant medications. 14 Mortality is associated with age, white blood … assays) Tests for toxins Two step strategies DNA amplification (PCR, LAMP) Tests of stool … calprotectin) Comparator groups Reference Standard: cell cytotoxicity assay and/or toxigenic stool … Impact of changes in Clostridium difficile testing practices on stool rejection policies and C. difficile

47. Research Protocol: Clostridium difficile Infection Update (pdf file)
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    December 23, 2014 - comorbidities, and use of gastric acid suppressant medications.14 Mortality is associated with age, white blood … immunochormatography assays) • Tests for toxins • Two step strategies • DNA amplification (PCR, LAMP) Tests of stool … fecal calprotectin) Comparator groups Reference Standard: cell cytotoxicity assay and/or toxigenic stool … Impact of changes in clostridium difficile testing practices on stool rejection policies and C. difficile

48. FRN 27 - Wireless Motility Capsule Versus Other Diagnostic Technologies for Evaluating Gastroparesis and Constipation: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2013 - Although colonic and gastric dysmotility are not as common as high blood pressure or diabetes, the burden … decrease in a person’s normal frequency of stools that is accompanied by straining, difficulty passing stool … gastric emptying study performance to be optimal and reproducible, the patients should have controlled blood … protocol, prespecify which protocol and timing of ingestion Prespecify x-ray timing to document stool … Although colonic and gastric dysmotility are not as common as high blood pressure or diabetes, the burden

49. Cancer Quality-ASSIST Supportive Oncology Quality Indicator Set: Feasibility, Reliability, and Validity Testing | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 01, 2020 - and communication are very different from those assessing discrete, concrete events like fecal occult blood … uncomplicated all of the following should be assessed: · history of onset and duration,· number of stools and stool

50. Cancer Quality-ASSIST Supportive Oncology Quality Indicator Set: Feasibility, Reliability, and Validity Testing (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2010 - communication are very different from those assessing discrete, concrete events like fecal occult blood … uncomplicated all of the following should be assessed: · history of onset and duration,· number of stools and stool

51. Disposition of Comment Report for Wireless Motility Capsule Versus Other Diagnostic Technologies for Evaluating Gastroparesis and Constipation (pdf file)
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    May 20, 2013 - and the inability to coordinate the series of events necessary to allow the normal evacuation of stool … decrease in a person’s normal frequency of stools that is accompanied by straining, difficulty passing stool … Investigation with colonoscopy is indicated if fecal occult blood, iron deficiency anemia, or any other … decrease in a person’s normal frequency of stools that is accompanied by straining, difficulty passing stool

52. Environmental, Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Hospital Resources to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections (pdf file)
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    January 16, 2025 - Daily cost of disposable and reusable blood pressure cuffs .......................................... … aspiration,18 surface wounds,18 overall complications,18 hospital-acquired skin damage due to exposure to stool … Pressure Cuffs We identified only one study of single-use and reusable blood pressure cuffs. … Cuffs 4.1.3.2.1 Blood pressure cuffs - economic costs Table 6. … Daily cost of disposable and reusable blood pressure cuffs 4.1.3.2.1 Blood pressure cuffs - environmental

53. EHC Research Protocol: Management of Colonic Diverticulitis (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2019 - sigmoidoscopy and barium enema • Limited colonoscopy (e.g., left-sided) • Virtual colonoscopy • Stool … abscess, other pericolonic infection, perforation, or fistula; usually associated with fever and/or blood … in the stool.

54. Management of Colonic Diverticulitis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    October 01, 2019 - Flexible sigmoidoscopy and barium enema Limited colonoscopy (e.g., left-sided) Virtual colonoscopy Stool … abscess, other pericolonic infection, perforation, or fistula; usually associated with fever and/or blood … in the stool.

55. PEPTIC ULCER #11 (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2014 - actions include suppressing gastric motility; stimulating intestinal nutrient transport, intestinal blood … history, performing a physical examination, and evaluating diagnostic tests.21 These tests may include blood … nutrient levels in the bloodstream, abdominal x-rays or ultrasound to provide images of the abdomen, stool-sample

56. PEPTIC ULCER #11 (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2014 - actions include suppressing gastric motility; stimulating intestinal nutrient transport, intestinal blood … history, performing a physical examination, and evaluating diagnostic tests.29 These tests may include blood … nutrient levels in the bloodstream, abdominal x-rays or ultrasound to provide images of the abdomen, stool-sample

57. Appendix K Rapid Evidence Review Treatments for Clostridium difficile Colitis (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2018 - clinical signs of sepsis and organ dysfunction (renal and pulmonary); mental status changes; white blood … outcomes compared to placebo: duration (0.0 vs 1.0 days, p=0.039) and rate (0.1 vs 0.3 days of diarrhea/stool … definition with supportive clinical data: Initial episode, non-severe: Leukocytosis with a white blood … Initial episode, severe: Leukocytosis with a white blood cell count of ≥15,000 cells/mL or higher or … CDI: Clostridium difficile infection; WBC: white blood cells 24 Appendix K-B.

58. Oral Mechanical Bowel Preparation for Colorectal Surgery | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Mechanical cleansing of the large intestine decreases the total volume of stool in the colon but does … You Might Also Like Research Protocol Jul 22, 2024 Blood-based

59. - (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2009 - Time course and recovery of arterial blood gases during exacerbations in adults with cystic fibrosis … Effects of GH replacement on 24-h ambulatory blood pressure and its circadian rhythm in adult GH … Bilirubin: A breakdown product from red blood cell catabolism whose levels are increased in liver disease … Definition A1c Glycosylated hemoglobin A1c AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality BG Blood … ) 0/0 Not pooled Not pooled INSUFFICIENT IMPORTANT Legend: A1c=glycosylated hemoglobin; BG=blood

60. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 249: Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    October 13, 2021 - diagnostic gold standard for colon cancer screening, but many screening tests including various different stool … A close example is the practice to screen/measure blood pressure; should we today require controlled … trials on the measurement of blood pressure on clinical outcomes? … To the Reviewer's point about blood pressure, many trials are still conducted in which patients are … screened for hypertension with blood pressure readings and then at-risk (hypertensive) patients are