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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mrsa-screening-2010_executive.pdf
January 01, 2010 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 102
Screening for Methicillin-Resistant
Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
Executive Summary
Background
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus (MRSA) emerged as a clinically
relevant human pathogen more than
five decades ago.1 The virulent bacterium
was first detecte…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/health-topics/cirrhosis/
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/stroke-transitions-of-care_executive.pdf
January 01, 2015 - 04-E029-1 Summary
Advancing Excellence in Health Care • www.ahrq.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Evidence-Based
Practice
Background
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
(www.cms.gov), the National Quality Forum
(www.qualityforum.org), and the Institute of
Medicine (www.iom.edu) have identifi…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer18-heart-disease-ace-inhibitor-arb-executive.pdf
October 01, 2009 - Layout 1
Background
Nearly 2,400 Americans die of
cardiovascular disease each day, an average
of one death every 36 seconds.
Cardiovascular disease claims more lives
each year than cancer, chronic lower
respiratory diseases, accidents, and
diabetes mellitus combined. An estimated
79,400,000 American adults (one in …
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/type-2-diabetes-medications-update_surveillance.pdf
December 31, 2013 - AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness Review
Surveillance Program
CER #27:
Oral Diabetes Medications for Adults with Type 2
Diabetes: An Update
Original release date: March 2011
Surveillance Report: December 2013
Key Findings:
• For Key Question 1, conclusions on comparative effectiveness of
oral diabetes agent…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/sleep-apnea_executive.pdf
July 01, 2011 - Layout 1
Backgrounda
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a
relatively common disorder in the United
States that affects people of all ages, but is
most prevalent among the middle-aged and
elderly. Affected individuals experience
repeated collapse and obstruction of the
upper airway during sleep, which results in
reduce…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/migraine-prevention/research-protocol
November 03, 2011 - Current Page Topic Timeline Jun. 2, 2011 Topic Initiated Nov. 3, 2011 Research Protocol Jun. 3, 2013 Topic Overview Jun. 11, 2013 Systematic Review Aug. 8, 2013 Disposition of Comments Report Comparative Effectiveness of Preventive Pharmacological Treatments for Migraine
Research Protocol Archived November 3, 2011…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hip-feature-treatment-future_research.pdf
September 23, 2010 - Anyone who makes decisions concerning the provision of clinical care
should consider this report in
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/bladder-cancer-non-muscle-invasive_executive.pdf
October 01, 2015 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 153
Emerging Approaches to Diagnosis and
Treatment of Non–Muscle-Invasive Bladder
Cancer
Executive Summary
Background
Bladder cancer is the 4th most commonly
diagnosed cancer in men and the 10th most
commonly diagnosed cancer in women in
the United States.1 The Ameri…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/migraine-prevention_executive.pdf
June 01, 2013 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 108
Migraine in Children:
Preventive Pharmacologic Treatments
Executive Summary
Introduction
The Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ) commissioned the
Minnesota Evidence-based Practice
Center (EPC) to conduct a review of
preventive pharmacologic treatm…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-238-cervical-ripening-appendix-e-1.xlsx
January 01, 2009 - Appendix E-1
Appendix E-1. Data Abstraction of Study Characteristics
Table E-1-1
Table E-1-1. Study characteristics of RCTs addressing Key Questions 1 and 2
Key Question Author, Year
Country
Quality Rating Demographics and Baseline Characteristics Other Population Characteristics Reason fo…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/blood-clots-hip-knee-surgery_executive.pdf
March 01, 2012 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 49
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis
in Orthopedic Surgery
Executive Summary
Background
Major orthopedic surgery describes three
surgical procedures including total hip
replacement (THR), total knee
replacement (TKR), and hip fracture
surgery (HFS). As a whole, maj…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/Masks-appendix-table-b-1-surveillance-report.xlsx
April 09, 2020 - B-1. RCTs Mask Use
Archived: This living report is not being updated. Findings may be used for research purposes, but should not be considered current.
Appendix Table B-1. Randomized controlled trials of mask use
Author
Registry # Publication Year Title Date Retrieved Source Link/URL Study Design Objectives Study Da…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/masks-surveillance-2-appendix-table-a-1.xlsx
April 09, 2020 - B-1. RCTs Mask Use
Archived: This living report is not being updated. Findings may be used for research purposes, but should not be considered current.
Appendix Table A-1. Randomized controlled trials of mask use
Author
Registry # Publication Year Title Date Retrieved Source Link/URL Study Design Objectives Study Da…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/glaucoma-treatment_surveillance.pdf
January 01, 2013 - CER #60:
Treatment for Glaucoma: Comparative Effectiveness
Original release date:
April, 2012
Surveillance Report:
May, 2013
Key Findings:
- A large number of relatively small new studies were
identified that compared the effectiveness and safety of
existing treatments but none sufficiently challenge…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/masks-appendix-table-b-1-version-2.xlsx
April 09, 2020 - B-1. RCTs Mask Use
Archived: This living report is not being updated. Findings may be used for research purposes, but should not be considered current.
Appendix Table B-1. Randomized controlled trials of mask use
Author
Registry # Publication Year Title Date Retrieved Source Link/URL Study Design Objectives Study Da…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/masks-appendix-table-b-1-version-1.xlsx
April 09, 2020 - Appendix Table B-1. RCTs of Masks
B-1. RCTs Mask Use
Archived: This living report is not being updated. Findings may be used for research purposes, but should not be considered current.
Appendix Table B-1. Randomized controlled trials of mask use
Author
Registry # Publication Year Title Date Retrieved Source Link/U…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/insulin-blood-sugar_research.pdf
August 01, 2015 - Anyone who makes decisions concerning the provision of clinical care
should consider this report in
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/asthma-immunotherapy-2011_research.pdf
January 01, 2011 - diseases.1-2 Although systems to rank the strength of the recommendations about
effective interventions consider
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ems-911-workforce-appendixes_0.pdf
December 10, 2021 - Appedixes A-D
A-1
Appendix A. Methods Appendix
Search Strategies for Published Literature
Table A-1. PubMed Search Strategy
# Term
1 “emergency medical services”[tiab] OR EMS[tiab] OR (“emergency medical services”[mh] NOT
(“emergency service, hospital”[mh] OR “advanced trauma life support care”[mh] OR “poiso…