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241. Health-Careassociated-Infections Executive (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2012 - Within each study, the intervention period was compared with a period of no intervention (usual care … with usual care • Audit and feedback or provider reminder systems with the base strategies compared … with usual care • Base strategies compared with usual care Ratings of low or insufficient strength … Furthermore, the evidence for the use of audit and feedback with the base strategies, compared with … Two studies reported both adherence and infection rates and used base strategies, compared with usual

242. Bladder-Cancer-Non-Muscle-Invasive Executive (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2015 - Bladder cancer occurs primarily in men age 60 and older, and roughly twice as frequently in white compared … What is the diagnostic accuracy of various urinary biomarkers compared with other urinary biomarkers … • No study compared clinical outcomes associated with use of a formal risk-adapted approach to guide … Four trials that compared non-OncoTICE BCG strains found no differences (SOE: low). … One randomized trial (rated moderate risk of bias) compared external beam radiation therapy with no

243. Ch 2-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - nonexperimental studies and the central assumption needed for nonexperimental CER—that treatment groups compared … The central assumption needed for nonexperimental CER is that the treatment groups compared have the … The cohort design is also easy to conceptualize and readily compared to the RCT, a design with which … Advantages The oversampling of persons with the outcome increases efficiency compared with the full … The investigators compared venlafaxine and other antidepressants and risk of sudden cardiac death or

244. Dementia-Nursing-Home-Characteristics Executive (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2012 - Mortality rates for residents in RC/AL compared with those in NHs did not differ in one study (low SOE … Residents of dementia SCUs, when compared with those not in SCUs, had greater decline in functioning … with all-day light, but worse outcomes for men exposed to morning bright light compared with standard … Residents of SCUs in RC/AL settings, when compared with those in non-SCUs in those settings, had a … RC/AL Morbidity across multiple measures differed little in RC/AL settings compared with NH settings

245. Treatments for Schizophrenia in Adults: A Systematic (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2017 - The review synthesizes evidence on pharmacological treatments compared with each other and the general … effectiveness of psychosocial and other nonpharmacological strategies compared with usual care for … Olanzapine and risperidone were not significantly different compared with each other, and both were … Social skills training improved social function at 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years, compared with usual … Their findings for CBT compared with usual care are not statistically significant, so are similar to

246. Methods Research Report: Creating Efficiencies in the Extraction of Data From Randomized Trials (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2021 - text mining tool’s ability to (a) automatically extract 21 unique data elements, and (b) save time compared … • Using ExaCT to assist the first reviewer in a pair resulted in a modest time savings compared with … manual extraction by one reviewer (17.9 hours compared with 21.6 hours, 17.1%). … This equates to a median 2.6 minutes faster compared with manual extraction by a single reviewer. … extraction by one reviewer (17.9 hours compared with 21.6 hours, 17.1%).

247. Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation: Executive summary for the update of an ASTRO Evidence-Based Consensus Statement (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2017 - When compared with whole breast irradiation (WBI), APBI offers several benefits, including reducing treatment … although in ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) patients, the 5-year IBTR rate was 19% in those aged b50 compared … at ≥3 mm.11 With a median follow-up of 7.2 years, risk of IBTR was 6.7% risk in the observation arm compared … Adverse effects Adverse effects are different after IORT compared with WBI. … with WBI in the ELIOT trial. 26 IORT techniques may allow improved critical organ sparing compared with

248. Blood-Clots-Hip-Knee-Surgery Executive (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2012 - DTIs) compared with mechanical interventions on symptomatic objectively confirmed VTE, major VTE, PE … Although one trial compared spinal versus epidural anesthesia on the risk of deep vein thrombosis, … no events occurred in the groups 7 compared. … For major bleeding, two trials compared LMWHs and found no differences between enoxaparin and either … The impact of prolonging prophylaxis for 28 days or longer on events was compared with prophylaxis

249. Executive Summary CER 171: Noninvasive Testing for Coronary Artery Disease (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2011 - What is the effectiveness of the compared tests for improving primary clinical health outcomes (e.g … An overview of tests compared for the various pretest risk groups is found in Table A. … Primary results described here and in Tables B–E are organized by tests compared. … High Pretest Risk of CAD One study in a population with high pretest risk of CAD compared SPECT and … The strongest evidence came from three trials: one that compared CCTA with functional testing in an

250. Kidney-Disease-Medicine Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - - In RCTs that compared different active treatments head to head (e.g., ACEI versus ARB, ACEI versus … valsartan low • Compared with losartan, telmisartan significantly reduced risk of mortality and … • Limits: There were few clinical events; no studies compared losartan and valsartan. 10 … Compared with placebo, ACEI and ARB treatment significantly reduced the risk of ESRD in patients with … We identified no eligible RCTs that compared clinical outcomes in CKD patients randomized to different

251. Disparities-Quality-Improvement Executive (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2012 - Background Health care disparities are the differences or gaps in care experienced by one population compared … The intervention increased screening rates in both the private and public insurance groups compared … Women had higher rates of appropriate depression care compared with men at 2 years (p = 0.0001). … • Women had higher rates of appropriate depression care compared with men at 2 years (p = 0.0001) … Compared with usual care, a language-concordant intervention15 was more effective in increasing breast

252. Cancer-Pancreas Executive (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2014 - For diagnostic accuracy, three studies compared MDCT with EUS-FNA, seven studies compared MDCT with … MRI, six studies compared MDCT with PET/CT, one study compared EUS-FNA with PET/CT, and one study … compared MRI with PET/CT. … compared MDCT with MRI. … For the accuracy of the assessment of metastases, five studies compared MDCT with MRI, and two compared

253. Pressure-Ulcer-Prevention Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - For Key Questions 3 and 4, we included studies that compared interventions to prevent pressure ulcers … with usual care or no treatment, or that compared one preventive intervention with another. … with standard care alone, rather than compared with no care. … Despite limited evidence showing that they are more effective at preventing pressure ulcers compared … An important limitation of the evidence on preventive interventions is that few trials compared the

254. Back-Pain-Imaging Clinician (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2016 - clinical outcomes and use of health care resources among older adults who received early imaging when compared … in the early radiograph group had lower numerical scores for leg pain at 3, 6, and 12 months when compared … among study participants: patients who underwent early imaging likely had a worse prognosis when compared

255. First- and Second-Generation Antipsychotics in Children and Young Adults: Systematic Review Update--Executive Summary (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2018 - A total of 20 studies compared different doses of the same antipsychotic, and 56 studies compared one … Compared with placebo, SGAs likely reduce manic symptoms and probably decrease slightly depression … Risperidone reduced the frequency of masturbation compared with no medication. … Compared with FGAs, SGAs may decrease the risk for experiencing any extrapyramidal symptom (EPS). … Quetiapine may decrease the risk for hyperprolactinemia compared with risperidone. • Sedation.

256. Migraine-Prevention Executive (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2013 - What are the harms from preventive pharmacologic treatments when compared with placebo or no active … What are the harms from preventive pharmacologic treatments when compared with active pharmacologic … Two small RCTs compared drugs with active nonpharmacologic treatments. … No studies compared combined treatments for migraine prevention with drugs alone. … What are the harms from preventive pharmacologic treatments when compared with other pharmacologic

257. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2011 - coronary dissection, coronary perforation, prolonged procedure time) differ between device types when compared … or observational studies that enrolled 500 or more patients were eligible for inclusion if they (1) compared … The only significant finding was increased time to perform a PCI procedure compared with control for … Ultimately, the impact of using these devices on long-term final health outcomes compared with control … with standard PCI should be directly compared in a multicenter, randomized, active controlled trial

258. Evidence Summary: CER 237_Integrating Palliative Care in Ambulatory Care of Noncancer Serious Chronic Illness (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2021 - may improve patient satisfaction with communication and increase advance directive documentation compared … • The models evaluated for integrating palliative care may have little to no effect compared with … • The models evaluated for integrating palliative care may have little to no effect compared with

259. Gout Executive-2016 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - that storage of samples at room temperature resulted in a decrease in MSU concentration over time compared … The three studies that assessed the use of DECT compared the predictions based on these imaging studies … The four studies that assessed the use of ultrasound compared the predictions based on ultrasound signs … The incremental utility of MSU over clinical diagnostic criteria alone was recently assessed and compared … This study compared the sensitivities of the classification criteria that include the use of MSU (the

260. Urinary-Incontinence-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2012 - What are the harms from pharmacological treatments when compared with no active treatment? 4. … What are the harms from nonpharmacological treatments when compared with each other? 6. … Duloxetine did not resolve stress UI when compared to placebo (Table B). … Significant improvement in UI with fesoterodine compared to placebo was dose responsive. … Darifenacin improved UI when compared to placebo in older women.