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61. | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    Disorders Blood Pressure Medicines Blood Thinners Blood Transfusion and Donation Body Weight Bone … Cancer Bone Density Bone Diseases Bone Marrow Diseases Botox Botulism Bowel Incontinence

62. Thalassemia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    have severe anemia, slowed growth and delayed puberty, and problems with the spleen, liver, heart, or bones … In some severe cases, you may need a bone marrow transplant.

63. Imaging for the Pretreatment Staging of Small Cell Lung Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - , endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS), endoscopic ultrasound with fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA), and bone … Staging determinations included limited versus extensive disease, osseous (bone or bone marrow) metastases … The most frequently reported imaging tests were MDCT, [ 18 F]-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT, and bone … is more sensitive than MDCT for detecting osseous metastases; (2) FDG PET/CT is more sensitive than bone … Medical Strategies Systematic Review Aug 29, 2023 Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Bone

64. Spine Injuries and Disorders | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    May 13, 2016 - Spine Injuries and Disorders Description Your backbone, or spine, is made up of 26 bone … Infections Injuries Tumors Conditions, such as ankylosing spondylitis and scoliosis Bone … with age, such as spinal stenosis and herniated disks Spinal diseases often cause pain when bone

65. The Performance of Fusion Procedures for Degenerative Disease of the Lumbar Spine | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    May 01, 2024 - graft extenders and biologic substitutes (demineralized bone matrix, cadaveric allograft, cortical fibers … , bone morphogenic protein, cellular allografts)? … presentations, specific approaches to fusion and hardware, nonsurgical therapies, use of autografts, bone … use of an alternative form of monitoring Surgical treatment with diskectomy and spinal fusion using bone … graft extenders and biologic substitutes (demineralized bone matrix, cadaveric allograft, cortical fibers

66. The Performance of Fusion Procedures for Degenerative Disease of the Lumbar Spine (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2023 - graft extenders and biologic substitutes (demineralized bone matrix, cadaveric allograft, cortical … fibers, bone morphogenic protein, cellular allografts)? … harms (KQ1-4, 6) Interventions: • Surgical treatment with diskectomy and spinal fusion using bone … fibers, bone morphogenic protein, cellular allografts) OUTCOMES (1A) Reduction in back pain and … Poor Bone Quality, Multilevel Surgery, and Narrow and Tall Cages Are Associated with Intraoperative

67. Vitamin D | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 01, 2023 - Calcium is one of the main building blocks of bone. … A lack of vitamin D can lead to bone diseases such as osteoporosis or rickets . … 14, 2010 Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments to Prevent Fractures in Men and Women with Low Bone

68. Breast-Cancer-Imaging Technical-Brief (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2014 - Approximately 5 percent were diagnosed with distant metastases, most commonly to the bones, lungs, liver … Bone Scan (Scintigraphy) Bone scans are used to identify areas of damage to the bones throughout the … The most commonly used radiotracer for bone scans is technetium-99m.26 Safety issues pertaining to bone … metastatic breast cancer, since healing bones may appear as “flares” on bone scans, and treatment that … choice unless a bone lesion is found, since treating bone lesions has large effect on the patient’s

69. Acute Myeloid Leukemia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    Your blood cells form in your bone marrow. … In leukemia, however, the bone marrow produces abnormal white blood cells. … Weakness or feeling tired Weight loss or loss of appetite Tests that examine the blood and bone

70. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    Your blood cells form in your bone marrow. … In leukemia, the bone marrow produces abnormal white blood cells. … feeling of fullness below the ribs Fever and infection Weight loss Tests that examine the blood, bone

71. Chronic Myeloid Leukemia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    Your blood cells form in your bone marrow. … In leukemia, the bone marrow produces abnormal white blood cells. … Pain or a feeling of fullness below the ribs on the left side Tests that examine the blood and bone

72. Blood | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    July 22, 2024 - Bone marrow, the spongy material inside your bones, makes new blood cells.

73. Serum-Free Light Chain Analysis for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prognosis of Plasma Cell Dyscrasias | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - the spectrum and is characterized by the neoplastic proliferation of a clone of plasma cells in the bone … marrow plasma cells ≤10% Absence of end-organ damage (bone lesions, anemia, hypercalcemia, or renal … of end-organ damage (bone lesions, anemia, hypercalcemia, or renal failure) 20% of multiple … Bone marrow biopsy. Skeletal lesions. … marrow biopsies, and bone scans.

74. CER 218 Disposition of Comments: Long-Term Drug Therapy and Drug Holidays for Osteoporosis Fracture Prevention (pdf file)
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    April 23, 2019 - Effect of denosumab on bone density and turnover in postmenopausal w omen w ith low bone mass after … Bone 2008;43:222-229. … Effect of denosumab on bone density and turnover in postmenopausal w omen w ith low bone mass after … J Bone Miner Res 2018;33:190-198. 5Tsourdi E, Zillikens MC. … Effect of denosumab on bone density and turnover in postmenopausal women with low bone mass after long

75. Back Injuries | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 28, 2012 - Z Health Topics Back Injuries Description Your back is made of bones … Systematic Review Archived March 28, 2012 Treatment To Prevent Fractures in Men and Women With Low Bone

76. Hip-Fracture-Pain Consumer (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2011 - A broken hip is a break in the thigh bone (called the “femur”) near the hip joint. … The femur is one of the strongest bones in your body, but it may weaken with age. … Even a minor injury may cause the bone to break. … People who have a bone-weakening condition called “osteoporosis” are more likely to break a hip.

77. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2008 - Document Completion Date: 6-2-09 1 Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps  Bone … )  A more specific term for ‘bone marrow transplantation’ is ‘hematopoietic stem cell transplantation … with HSCT, a comprehensive review that focuses on both benefits and harms across a set of diseases Bone

78. Comparative Effectiveness of Hematopoietic Stem-cell Transplantation in the Pediatric Population | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - transplantation (HSCT) refers to a procedure in which hematopoietic stem cells are infused to restore bone … nonmalignant diseases, donor hematopoietic stem cells are used to “replace” the patient’s abnormal bone … brain tumors, and those derived from the peripheral nervous system (neuroblastoma), soft tissues or bone … conditions may also be treated with HSCT, and in the pediatric population include hemoglobinopathies, bone … marrow" 16:46:12 227780 #45 Search "Bone Marrow Transplantation"[Mesh] OR ("Hematopoietic

79. Imaging for Pretreatment Staging of Small Cell Lung Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - , bone marrow, and brain. 7 The first system, the Veterans Administration Lung Study Group (VALSG … Bone Scintigraphy Bone scintigraphy uses a gamma camera to create two-dimensional images of the distribution … Scintigraphy of radiotracers that localize to the bones is useful in cancer staging because areas of … scintigraphy indirectly reveals sites of metabolic bone turnover in reaction to bone marrow metastatic … scan” OR “bone scintigraphy” OR (bone AND scan*) 5 Imaging 'endosonography' OR 'eus' OR (endoscop

80. Steroids | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    October 10, 2018 - kinds of cancer Steroids are strong medicines, and they can have side effects, including weakened bones … 14, 2010 Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments to Prevent Fractures in Men and Women with Low Bone