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21. Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    October 12, 2020 - and Diverticulitis Description Diverticula are small pouches that bulge outward through the colon … A serious case may require a hospital stay or surgery.

22. Technical Brief Disposition of Comments Report for Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Stage II Colon Cancer (pdf file)
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    December 14, 2012 - Brief Disposition of Comments Report for Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Stage II Colon … Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Stage II Colon Cancer. Technical Brief. … KRAS was noted as a marker in advanced colon cancer. … cancer surgery. … Detail added that this can be due to sampling at surgery or extent of pathological review #5 KI Summary

23. Wireless-Motility-Capsule Executive (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2013 - left colon and without evidence of anorectal dysfunction. … endorse colon scintigraphy as a potential test for evaluating colon transit. … Physicians should only consider surgery as a potential therapy after they have demonstrated colonic … There were no language Treatment Decisions • Change in medications • Change in nutrition • Surgery … to colon transit and IBS.

24. Management of Acute Diverticulitis Topic Nomination Disposition (pdf file)
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    August 13, 2018 - Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2009 Aug;22(3):141-6. doi: 10.1055/s-0029-1236157. PMID: 20676256. … Natural history of diverticular disease of the colon. A review of 521 cases. … Surgery. 2018 Jul 19doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.06.002. PMID: 30033184. … A retrospective study in an Acute Care Surgery service recently established. … AGA) and colorectal surgery societies (ex.

25. Diarrhea | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 12, 2019 - Diseases that affect the stomach, small intestine, or colon, such as Crohn's disease Problems with … how the colon functions, such as irritable bowel syndrome Some people also get diarrhea after stomach … surgery, because sometimes the surgeries can cause food to move through your digestive system more quickly

26. 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 - manometry, or endoscopy Treatment Decisions • Change in medications • Change in nutrition • Surgery … medications or nutrition, or to affect patient-centered outcomes such as symptom improvement, need for surgery … confirms the presence of slow-transit constipation (colonic inertia) without use of laxatives, then surgery … or change in nutrition or to affect patient- centered outcomes such as symptom improvement, need for surgery … manometry, or endoscopy Treatment Decisions • Change in medications • Change in nutrition • Surgery

27. Health Topics | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    It may include medicines and, in severe cases, surgery. … Colonic Diseases Your colon, also known as the large intestine, is part of your digestive system.

28. Appendix K Rapid Evidence Review Treatments for Clostridium difficile Colitis (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2018 - , such as with Hartman’s pouch, ileostomy, or colon diversion, vancomycin therapy delivered via enema … American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons 20155 • Adjunctive agents, including toxin binders, … American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons 20155 • Surgery for C difficile colitis should typically … (vs. partial colectomy or other surgery). … Dis Colon Rectum. 2015 Jan;58(1):10-24.

29. Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    July 22, 2024 - Most treatment plans may include surgery, radiation and/or chemotherapy . … Archived December 14, 2012 Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Stage II Colon … March 13, 2012 Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Patients With Stage II Colon

30. Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    July 22, 2024 - Most treatment plans may include surgery, radiation and/or chemotherapy . … Archived December 14, 2012 Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Stage II Colon … March 13, 2012 Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Patients With Stage II Colon

31. Endoscopy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    October 27, 2015 - Sometimes scopes are used for surgery, such as for removing polyps from the colon. … Systematic Review Archived April 30, 2014 Oral Mechanical Bowel Preparation for Colorectal Surgery … Research Protocol Archived March 26, 2013 Oral Mechanical Bowel Preparation for Colorectal Surgery

32. For patients with Crohn's disease, what treatments or therapies, alone or in conjunction with one another, provide the highest rate of disease management with the lowest risk of long term complications, particularly in young women? | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2017 - interventions you would like to see compared: I was diagnosed with Crohn's at age 23 and immediately had a colon … which treatment options should be used to reduce the risk of further surgeries and complete loss of colon … Surgery upon diagnosis. Describe the health-related benefits you are interested in. … Avoiding further surgery, higher quality of life for the duration of the disease.

33. Colorectal Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 10, 2014 - Y Z Health Topics Colorectal Cancer Description The colon … Treatments for colorectal cancer include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, or a combination. … Surgery can usually cure it when it is found early.

34. 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 - We have added, "Colon transit disorders can be complex to sort out. … We have added, "Colon transit disorders can be complex to sort out. … that confirms that such information from the capsule has importance in determining suitability for surgery … Only after demonstrating colonic inertia should surgery be considered as a potential therapy.” … Although no one required surgery in the literature that we reviewed, some people have already required

35. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2009 - is interested in the comparative effectiveness of strategies to best manage Crohn’s disease after colon … particularly interested in strategies that reduce the risk of further surgeries and complete loss of the colon

36. Disposition of Comments for Screening of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2010 - argued ineffective intervention also took place. 1. 44% of the patients in the study did not have surgery … Screening test results were not back before surgery in 31% of carriers. 3. … Only 43% of the patients who were known to be MRSA carriers before surgery received appropriate antibiotics … reliably follows institutional protocols with the article commenting that “especially in abdominal surgery … MRSA surgical site infections during intervention periods were either colonized or infected prior to surgery

37. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Review: Prevention in Adults of Infection With Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2024 - care hospitals have the most rigorous reporting requirements, including CLABSI, CAUTI, SSI following colon … surgery or hysterectomy, and positive clinical lab tests for bloodstream MRSA and C. … Decolonization comprised twice-daily nasal mupirocin for 5 days before surgery and preoperative … to chlorhexidine wipes night before and morning of surgery). … Decreasing Clostridium difficile infections in surgery: impact of a practice bundle incorporating a

38. Diagnostic Imaging | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 13, 2012 - through a body passageway or opening to see inside a particular organ, such as your heart, lungs, or colon … Systematic Review Archived March 13, 2012 Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Orthopedic Surgery … August 6, 2010 Comparative Effectiveness of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prophylaxis in Orthopedic Surgery

39. Treatments for Fecal Incontinence: Current State of the Evidence | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - surgical to nonsurgical fecal incontinence treatments because nonsurgical approaches generally precede surgery … or can be used after surgery. … Substantial and lifealtering adverse events sometimes occur after surgery for fecal incontinence, and

40. Treatments for Fecal Incontinence | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Nonneurological causes of FI may be structural (e.g., muscle damage after episiotomy or surgery), functional … sphincter Injury (often due to episiotomy): from muscle damage and/or nerve damage Damage from surgery … Surgery for faecal incontinence in adults. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2013. … Dis Colon Rectum 2003; Dec;46(12):1591-605. PMID: 14668583. … Dis Colon Rectum 1992; May;35(5):482-7. PMID: 1568401.