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41. 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.

42. Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments To Prevent Fractures in Men and Women With Low Bone Density or Osteoporosis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 17, 2007 - Systematic Review Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments To Prevent Fractures in Men and Women With Low Bone … reduction and the harms from adverse events (AE) among and within the various classes of treatment for low bone

43. 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

44. 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

45. 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

46. Managing Gout: A Review of the Research for Adults (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2017 - physician assistant, rheumatologist (a doctor specializing in diseases of the joints, muscles, and bones … ), orthopedist (a doctor specializing in injuries and disorders of the bones and muscles), or emergency

47. 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

48. 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

49. Comparative Effectiveness of Hematopoietic Stem-cell Transplantation in the Pediatric Population | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    August 05, 2010 - 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 Stem

50. Imaging for Pretreatment Staging of Small Cell Lung Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 08, 2014 - , 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

51. Disposition of Comments Report for Vitamin D and Calcium: A Systematic Review of Health Outcomes (Update) (pdf file)
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    September 15, 2014 - This failure to follow the bone protocol was probably the reason the bone data was never published … performance measures) and “bone density/bone mineral content” for both vitamin D alone and combined … These bone-related sections are separated by sections on non-bone related outcomes (mortality, and … I think the totality of evidence for “bone health” would be easier to gauge if bone density/bone mineral … content section was placed after the material on the clinical bone outcomes.

52. Serum-Free Light Chain Analysis for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prognosis of Plasma Cell Dyscrasias | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    May 02, 2011 - the spectrum and is characterized by the neoplastic proliferation of a clone of plasma cells in the bone … marrow with resulting end-organ damage, including skeletal destruction (lytic bone lesions), hypercalcemia … marrow plasma cells ≤10% Absence of end-organ damage (bone lesions, anemia, hypercalcemia, or renal … Bone marrow biopsy. Skeletal lesions. … marrow biopsies, and bone scans.

53. Protocol: Imaging for Pretreatment Staging of Small Cell Lung Cancer (pdf file)
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    December 08, 2014 - , bone marrow, and brain.7 Some debate exists about which system should be used. … 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 'endosonography' OR 'eus' OR (endoscop* AND (ultrasound

54. Vitamin D and Calcium: A Systematic Review of Health Outcomes | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    June 10, 2013 - released in 1997, based the recommended levels of vitamin D and calcium on the role of these nutrients in bone … lack of strong evidence for an association of vitamin D and calcium status with conditions other than bone … Abbreviations: 1,25(OH)2D = 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D; 25(OH)D = 25-hydroxyvitamin D;BMC = bone mineral … content; BMD = bone mineral density; CVD = cardiovascular disease; UV = ultraviolet light Figure 2 … (bone mineral density or content) Dose-response relationship between intake levels and indicators

55. Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Bone Disease: Effectiveness and Harms | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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56. SEAD Submission Form for Radiation Therapy for Bone Metastases | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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57. Vitamin-D-Calcium-Protocol-130611 (pdf file)
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    September 13, 2013 - lack of strong evidence for an association of vitamin D and calcium status with conditions other than bone …  For bone health outcomes, only RCTs of greater than 1 year in duration will be included. … content; BMD = bone mineral density; CVD = cardiovascular disease; UV = ultraviolet light … health clinical outcomes (rickets, fracture, falls, or muscle strength) • Bone health intermediate … outcomes (bone mineral density or content) • Dose-response relationship between intake levels and

58. AHRQ Slide Template 2009 (ppt file)
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    March 01, 2010 - includes insulin-like growth factors, protein turnover markers, nutritional status, growth measures, bone … variables, insulin-like growth factor variables, hospitalization, bone fracture, health-related quality … The final health outcomes include mortality, hospitalization, bone fracture, and health-related quality … mineralization are associated with improvements in health outcomes of quality of life, bone fracture … mineralization are associated with improvements in health outcomes of quality of life, bone fracture

59. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2010 - 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 … lymphoblastic leukemia; allo: allogeneic; AML: acute myelogenous leukemia; auto: autologous; BMF: bone

60. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    May 02, 2011 - Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS)  Serum monoclonal protein ≤ 3g/dL  Bone … marrow plasma cells ≤10%  Absence of end-organ damage (bone lesions, anemia, hypercalcemia, or renal …  Asymptomatic  1% per year progress to multiple myeloma or related PCD Multiple myeloma  Bone … marrow immunostaining  Serum monoclonal protein ≥3 g/dL and/or bone marrow plasma cells ≥10%  … marrow biopsies, and bone scans