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1. Evidence Summary: Management of Colonic Diverticulitis (pdf file)
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   October 01, 2020 - evidence regarding important clinical outcomes, including treatment failure, mortality, or emergency surgery … may not affect pain symptoms, length of hospital stay, recurrence risk, quality of life, or need for surgery … Complicated diverticulitis may require more invasive interventions, such as surgery or interventional … However, there is no evidence regarding which patients would benefit most from elective surgery. … Elective surgery to prevent recurrent diverticulitis: There is high SoE that elective surgery reduces

2. Evidence Summary: Management of Colonic Diverticulitis (pdf file)
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   October 01, 2020 - evidence regarding important clinical outcomes, including treatment failure, mortality, or emergency surgery … may not affect pain symptoms, length of hospital stay, recurrence risk, quality of life, or need for surgery … Complicated diverticulitis may require more invasive interventions, such as surgery or interventional … However, there is no evidence regarding which patients would benefit most from elective surgery. … Elective surgery to prevent recurrent diverticulitis: There is high SoE that elective surgery reduces

3. Colorectal-Surgery-Preparation Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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   March 26, 2013 - Some surgeons have discontinued use of OMBP for right-side colon surgery, but not for left-side colon … , some surgeons also prescribe oral antibiotics before colon surgery. … For elective right colon surgery? b. For elective left colon surgery? c. … or rectal surgery • Cointerventions: Oral antibiotics given before colon and rectal surgery, such … Eskicioglu C, Forbes SS, Fenech DS, et al; Best Practice in General Surgery Committee.

4. Oral Mechanical Bowel Preparation for Colorectal Surgery | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   March 26, 2013 - Some surgeons have discontinued use of OMBP for right-side colon surgery, but not for left-side colon … , some surgeons also prescribe oral antibiotics before colon surgery. … For elective right colon surgery? For elective left colon surgery? … or rectal surgery Cointerventions: Oral antibiotics given before colon and rectal surgery, such as … Eskicioglu C, Forbes SS, Fenech DS, et al; Best Practice in General Surgery Committee.

5. EHC Research Protocol: Management of Colonic Diverticulitis (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2019 - colon evaluation in this setting requires more study. … incidence of colon cancer mortality among patients undergoing screening? … o Laparoscopic, open, robot-assisted, or any other type of colon surgery conducted as an elective … A proposal for a CT driven classification of left colon acute diverticulitis. … Diagnosis and management of diverticular disease of the colon in adults.

6. Disposition of Comments: Management of Colonic Diverticulitis (pdf file)
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   October 12, 2020 - reviewer suggested adding information about numbers needed to treat (NNT) and harm (NNH) for elective surgery … We have added to a sentence in the Discussion (under Elective Surgery): However, none of the studies … addressed which patients may benefit more (or less) from elective surgery, in particular based on … “do not affect risk of recurrence or quality of life” and a second for "may reduce the need for surgery … We have added that "No eligible studies evaluated the relative effect of elective surgery for patients

7. Colon-Cancer-Gene-Profiling Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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   March 13, 2012 - Most patients with stage II colon cancer are cured with surgery alone; however, 25 to 30 percent of … group, adjuvant chemotherapy may produce a small improvement in overall survival when compared with surgery … obstruction or bowel perforation at initial diagnosis; an inadequately low number of sampled lymph nodes at surgery … specificity, accuracy, etc.) of the GEP results to the risk of disease recurrence and/or death after surgery … , accuracy, etc.) of the GEP results to the response to adjuvant chemotherapy currently used after surgery

8. Management of Colonic Diverticulitis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   September 12, 2019 - colon evaluation in this setting requires more study. … incidence of colon cancer mortality among patients undergoing screening? … Laparoscopic, open, robot-assisted, or any other type of colon surgery conducted as an elective (non-emergent … A proposal for a CT driven classification of left colon acute diverticulitis. … Diagnosis and management of diverticular disease of the colon in adults.

9. Oral Mechanical Bowel Preparation for Colorectal Surgery | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   April 30, 2014 - studies (NRCSs; ≥100 patients per arm) of OMBP strategies in adults or children undergoing elective colon … or rectal surgery. … (colon vs. rectal surgery) and the type of surgical procedure performed (e.g., open vs. laparoscopic … Oral Mechanical Bowel Preparation for Colorectal Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. … Dis Colon Rectum. 2015 Jul;58(7):698-707. PMID: 26200685.

10. Colorectal-Surgery-Preparation Executive (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2014 - OMBP for colon or rectal surgery appears to be a widespread practice in the United States. … surgery.14,15 Citing some of these trials, the 2010 guidelines of the Canadian Society of Colon and … Does the effect vary by elective (a) right colon, (b) left colon, and (c) rectal surgery? … (colon vs. rectal surgery) and type of surgical procedure performed (e.g., open vs. laparoscopic … Trends in preparation for colorectal surgery: survey of the members of the American Society of Colon

11. Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Patients With Stage II Colon Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 13, 2012 - Most patients with stage II colon cancer are cured with surgery alone; however, 25 to 30 percent of those … group, adjuvant chemotherapy may produce a small improvement in overall survival when compared with surgery … obstruction or bowel perforation at initial diagnosis; an inadequately low number of sampled lymph nodes at surgery … specificity, accuracy, etc.) of the GEP results to the risk of disease recurrence and/or death after surgery … specificity, accuracy, etc.) of the GEP results to the response to adjuvant chemotherapy currently used after surgery

12. Technical Brief 13: Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Stage II Colon Cancer (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2012 - cancer stage at the time of surgery were also not included. … cancer stage at the time of surgery, were also excluded at this time. … The majority of stage II patients do well with surgery alone, but some patients do develop recurrent … cancer surgery. … cancer treated with surgery alone or surgery plus adjuvant fluorouracil plus leucovorin.

13. Colonic Diseases | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    April 02, 2014 - Archived January 19, 2010 Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Stage II Colon … December 14, 2012 Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Patients With Stage II Colon

14. Wireless Motility Capsule Versus Other Diagnostic Technologies for Evaluating Gastroparesis and Constipation: A Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 14, 2012 - medications or nutrition or to affect patient-centered outcomes such as symptom improvement, need for surgery … resection or surgery. … Only after demonstrating colonic inertia in both of these settings should surgery be considered as a … or change in nutrition or to affect patient-centered outcomes such as symptom improvement, need for surgery … Pressure patterns Treatment decisions Change in medications Change in nutrition Need for surgery

15. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    March 14, 2012 - resection or surgery. … left colon and without evidence of anorectal dysfunction. … scintigraphy as a test for evaluating colon transit. … Only after demonstrating colonic inertia in both of these settings should surgery be considered as a … Need for surgery http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov

16. Disposition of Comments Report for Comparative Effectiveness Review 128 Oral Mechanical Bowel Preparation for Colorectal Surgery (pdf file)
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    April 30, 2014 - Oral Mechanical Bowel Preparation for Colorectal Surgery. … surgery. … surgery. … rectal surgery. … (e.g. right colon vs. left colon vs. rectum) or surgical approach (laparoscopic versus open) are clinically

17. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
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    June 01, 2011 - For example, more accurate staging may decrease need for more extensive surgery in some patients. … For example, indications for surgery that is more extensive than warranted by the “true” stage, or … Preoperative radiation therapy, often combined with chemotherapy, followed by surgery has become the … rates.* * It is difficult to separate epidemiological considerations of rectal cancer from those of colon … cancer because epidemiological studies often consider colon and rectal cancer (i.e., colorectal cancer

18. Colorectal-Cancer-Protocol_130520 (pdf file)
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    May 20, 2013 - , the ascending colon, and the transverse colon) and distal (involving the descending colon). … Surgery is an option for some patients with stage IV colorectal cancer, but for these patients, primary … proximal colon versus distal colon cancer, and lower rectal versus middle rectal versus upper rectal … Some evidence also exists that suggests proximal colon cancer and distal colon cancer may also be distinctly … cancer/ or exp colon tumor/ or exp rectum cancer/ or exp rectum tumor/ or ((Colon$ or colorectal or

19. 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

20. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Response_Active Surveillance Culturing of Clostridioides difficile and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales, and Candida auris (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2024 - One study19 examined patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery at two campuses of an academic medical … Patients at one campus underwent universal nasal screening for any S. aureus colonization prior to surgery … .38 This study examined how long it took to collect cultures in an operating room before and after surgery … The authors found that the mean time needed for sampling prior to surgery was 3.39 minutes (standard … After surgery, sampling took a mean of 4.39 minutes (0.25).