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321. The Effect of Protein Intake on Health | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2023 - for sodium and potassium. 4 , 5 Bone disease, kidney disease, and sarcopenia are thought to be some … Exclusion Population KQ1 Participants who are healthy and/or have chronic diseases … in-vitro models) Population KQ2&3 Participants who are healthy and/or have chronic diseases … ti,ab.            351405 2          "Bone and Bones"/ or Bone Density/ or bone diseases/ or bone diseases … fracture* or osteoporosis or osteopenia).ti,ab.       526554 3          kidney calculi/ or Kidney Diseases

322. Rheumatoid-Arthritis-Medicine Executive (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2012 - Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which affects 1.3 million adult Americans, is an autoimmune disease … The disease tends to affect the small joints of the hands and feet in a symmetric pattern, but other … RA aims to control pain and inflammation and, ultimately, the goal is remission or at least low disease … Available therapies for RA include corticosteroids, oral disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs or … MTX No differences in ACR 20 response, disease activity scores and radiographic changes.† Moderate

323. Topic Coming Back CER 28 DMARDs in Children with JIA NSD _SJ Clean (pdf file)
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     March 27, 2014 - Disease-Modifying … Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) in Children With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA). … The outcome measures assessed were: Measures of disease activity: Active joint count (AJC) Physician … global assessment of disease activity (PGA) Parent/patient global assessment of well-being (PGW) … Activity Score (JADAS) A consensus-based definition of remission Flare Minimal disease activity

324. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2008 - working group Nomination Summary: The nominator questions the comparative effectiveness of disease-modifying … children diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis Intervention(s): Corticosteroids; Synthetic disease-modifying … harms of drug therapies for juvenile idiopathic arthritis in subgroups of patients based on stage of disease … )  JIA, previously called juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, is the most common rheumatic disease … The literature suggests there is a lack of evidence-based guidance for treatment of several disease

325. Treatment of Dementia Among Community-Dwelling and Institutionalized Medicare Beneficiaries | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2020 - , devastating, and costly diseases affecting U.S. elderly residing in both community and long-term care … Alzheimer's disease was defined using the 331 code. … Rates of use were highest among those with a claim for Alzheimer's Disease. … Alzheimer disease in the US population: Prevalence estimates using the 2000 census. … The accuracy of medicare claims data in identifying Alzheimer's disease.

326. rheumatoid-arthritis-medicine-update-protocol-170515 (pdf file)
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     May 15, 2017 - activity thresholds: High disease activity >5.1; Low disease activity <3.2; Remission <2. … Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2017. … Results from a nationwide study of disease-discordant twins. … The microbiome in infectious disease and inflammation. … Rheumatoid arthritis management of early disease.

327. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 258_Diagnostic Errors in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2023 - Stroke, the top serious harm-producing disease, is missed an estimated 17% of the time. … Among these 15 diseases, myocardial infarction is the only one with false negative rates near zero ( … 1.5%), well below the estimated average rate across all diseases (5.7%) … • For a given disease, nonspecific or atypical symptoms increase the likelihood of error. … Grouped by organ system, neurologic diseases were the top category (34%).

328. A Review of Quality of Care Evaluation for the Palliation of Dyspnea | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2019 - requires valid, reliable, and responsive measures of the care provided to patients across settings and diseases … review of over 5000 titles in Western literature for quality measures of symptom management across diseases … care measure set. 17 The dyspnea measure evaluates the proportion of patients with advanced chronic diseases … VAS were felt by panelists to be appropriate for clinical dyspnea assessment in chronic progressive diseases … Descriptors of breathlessness in cardiorespiratory diseases.

329. Microsoft Word - cognitive-decline-protocol-160322.docx (pdf file)
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     March 22, 2016 - Additionally, dementia-related expenses exceed those for other diseases, including heart disease and … kidney disease, and loss of hearing and/or vision. … We will examine the treatment of diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, hypertension … Preventing Alzheimer's disease and cognitive decline. … Advances in the prevention of Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

330. Thrombosis plays a a key role in the pathophysiology of myocardial infarction-a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. There have been a number of devices proposed for mechanical thrombectomy in patients with in the setting of acute… | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - or problem   People with this disease or problem have considerable health or financial hardships … or condition:   Screening or diagnosis/identification for a particular disease, or risk assessment … for a disease   Risks or harms that can come from a disease identification tool or test   Diagnostic … tests and tools   Diagnosis of co-occurring diseases   Intervention (such as a drug treatment, therapy … Are there health-care focused, disease-focused, or patient-focused organizations that you see as being

331. Data Points #13: Use of preoperative MRI among older women with ductal carcinoma in situ and locally invasive breast cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Some argue that the occult disease detected by MRI is eradicated by radiation therapy, chemotherapy, … The increase was observed for both women with DCIS and early invasive disease. … In general, women with higher risk DCIS (larger tumor size, higher grade disease, or ER-negative tumors … ) received more MRIs prior to surgery than those with lower risk disease. … However, for women with early invasive disease, MRI use did not vary by risk of recurrence.

332. COPD is common and respiratory failure due to COPD is an increasingly common disorder. Use of non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) for patients with respiratory failure due to exacerbatons of COPD. Several trials and… | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - or problem   People with this disease or problem have considerable health or financial hardships … or condition:   Screening or diagnosis/identification for a particular disease, or risk assessment … for a disease   Risks or harms that can come from a disease identification tool or test   Diagnostic … tests and tools   Diagnosis of co-occurring diseases   Intervention (such as a drug treatment, therapy … Are there health-care focused, disease-focused, or patient-focused organizations that you see as being

333. Topic 0438 Risk stratification and CAD NSD FINAL_SJ-2 (pdf file)
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     November 15, 2013 - & Next Steps  The topic, Non-invasive Tests to Diagnose Patients with Suspected Coronary Artery Disease … and to Risk Stratify Patients with Coronary Artery Disease, will go forward for refinement as a systematic … and Summary: to Risk Stratify Patients with Coronary Artery Disease was ranked as a priority topic … available to aid the evaluation of patients at intermediate risk of patients with coronary artery disease … Despite recent decreases in mortality, heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the US for

334. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2010 - Autoimmune Disease (Key Questions 5 and 6) P: Pediatric patients with autoimmune diseases I: Hematopoietic … For inherited metabolic diseases does the article report on disease natural history? … ” OR “Fabry’s disease” OR “Farber Lipogranulomatosis” OR “Fabry Disease” OR “Fabry’s disease” OR “ … Disease” OR “gaucher’s disease” OR “Niemann-Pick Disease*” OR “Tay-Sachs Disease” OR Aspartylglucosaminuria … ] OR "Sphingolipidoses"[Mesh]) OR "Lysosomal Storage Diseases"[Mesh]) OR "Glycogen Storage Disease"

335. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2008 - gland (clinically localized disease). … risk disease. … • Disease-specific survival: RP with ADT did not reduce disease- specific mortality compared with … <6) and high-risk disease. … • Trial 2, T2 disease only—disease-specific survival: Difference in prostate cancer deaths was not

336. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 - Population(s): Patients with known allergic disease; subgroups of interest include minorities, inner-city … For patients with allergic disease, what is the comparative effectiveness of improving health outcomes … and lowering healthcare utilization by treating their disease with sublingual immunotherapy (allergy … drops taken under the tongue) as opposed to not receiving any kind of disease modifying immunotherapy … an alternative for patients who require subcutaneous immunotherapy (injections) to treat allergic disease

337. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (Amended) (pdf file)
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     July 02, 2020 - COVID-19 from infected patients is recommended by the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease … The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has also encouraged the use of masks in the community … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

338. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 - Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps  Noninvasive diagnosis of coronary artery disease … )  Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality for women in the US. … The literature suggests that compared to men, women present with more advanced disease due to the lack … Results of Systematic Review of Research on Diagnosis and Treatment of Coronary Heart Disease in Women … Diagnosis and Treatment of Coronary Heart Disease in Women: Systematic Reviews of Evidence on Selected

339. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - Outcome(s): Diagnostic accuracy, time to diagnosis, patient-oriented outcomes (e.g., delay of disease … Population(s): Patients with multiple sclerosis or clinically isolated syndrome Intervention(s): Disease-modifying … improved function, alleviation of spasticity, prevention of complications, quality of life, delay of disease …  MS is a chronic, autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that can cause significant … ; treatments aim to reduce the frequency and hasten recovery from relapses and exacerbations, slow disease

340. Naik (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 - Smith • 68 year old  male with  type 2 diabetes mellitus, chronic heart disease with   history … where a patient is along a care pathway • Integrate iterative changes in health status into a fixed disease … management   plan • Integrate individual disease management  plan into a disease  management … template” care Slide 21: Hyperlinking  EHRs: Going  Full Wiki • Using hyperlinks to integrate disease … management plan without extra inputs Slide  22: Disease Management and Cost Containment • Have