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101. Pharmacologic and Mechanical Prophylaxis of Venous Thromboembolism Among Special Populations | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Two reviewers evaluated studies for eligibility, serially abstracted data using standardized forms, and … independently evaluated the risk of bias in the studies and strength of evidence for major outcomes

102. Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Health Outcomes | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 01, 2024 - We searched for studies that evaluated a broad range of nutrition interventions (e.g., dietary supplements … Most studies evaluated changes in body weight/composition, adverse events, length of hospital stay, and … muscle wasting, and in those with a range of comorbid conditions, no eligible studies specifically evaluated

103. Trauma-Child-Interventions Executive (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2013 - For outcomes having only a single study to provide evidence, we evaluated consistency as not applicable … All studies evaluated traumatic stress symptoms, although the specific measure varied by study. … physical health outcomes.22-25 All three studies that evaluated somatic complaints found evidence … All studies evaluated traumatic stress symptoms, although the specific measure varied by study.14,17,26 … The study authors typically evaluated short-term outcomes.

104. Disposition of Comments for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Screening, Management, and Treatment (pdf file)
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     April 25, 2013 - In the studies we evaluated, we attempted to estimate the proportion of patients who failed to have … Public Reviewer - ACCP 3 Abstract “Eighty studies involving 7224 patients evaluated biomarker tests … We identified 3 RCTs that evaluated the efficacy of tadalafil (Table 23). … For the most part the right outcomes are evaluated. … Additional biomarkers or combinations of echo measures should be evaluated.

105. Depression-Treatment-Ssri Executive (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2012 - Studies were evaluated for adequacy of collecting and reporting harms using the McHarm scale.24,25 … Four studies31,32,47,62,68 had one treatment arm that evaluated a combination therapy that included … Twenty-six of 33 studies evaluated combination therapies that included augmenting agents. … Treatment in Adolescents Two studies (trials) evaluated therapies in children and adolescents who … The second trial evaluated a dose escalation of fluoxetine in a small sample, and was suggestive of

106. CER 229 Evidence Summary: Opioid Treatments for Chronic Pain (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2020 - • Other long-acting opioid comparisons were evaluated in one or two trials, with no differences in … • Three new studies (N=577) evaluated the Brief Risk Interview (BRI). … • One study (N=257) evaluated the Brief Risk Questionnaire. … The most commonly evaluated nonopioids were NSAIDS, gabapentinoids, and nortriptyline. … All trials of combination therapy evaluated patients with neuropathic pain and primarily evaluated

107. Pressure Ulcer Treatment Strategies: A Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - site of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and public comments were collected and evaluated … These comments led us to expand the potential range of treatments evaluated in the review. … Combined treatment modalities (cointerventions) will also be evaluated (such as comparing two treatments … Each study evaluated will be reviewed dually by 2 individuals, a principal investigator and a research … Randomized trials and cohort studies will be evaluated by using appropriate criteria and methods developed

108. Executive Summary_Systematic Review: Association of Digestible Carbohydrate Intake With Cardiovascular Disease, Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity, and Body Composition (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2025 - • No eligible studies evaluated children aged less than 18 years. … • No eligible studies evaluated children aged less than 18 years. … • Very few studies evaluated surrogate outcomes. 3 Furthermore, in a typical … Type 2 Diabetes and Gestational Diabetes No study evaluated incident gestational diabetes. … Eleven studies with 429,101 participants evaluated incident T2D.

109. The Effectiveness and Risks of Long-Term Opioid Treatment of Chronic Pain (pdf file)
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     September 19, 2014 - Evaluated harms included overdose, opioid use disorder, addiction, abuse, and misuse, as well as other … Randomized trials were evaluated with criteria and methods developed by the Cochrane Back Review Group … No study evaluated effects of opioids versus placebo or no opioid on gastrointestinal harms, motor … No study evaluated the effectiveness of the use of risk prediction instruments or other risk mitigation … primary care populations or patients evaluated in pain clinic settings.50-60 An important reason for

110. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2011 - Two sham-controlled studies and six cohort studies evaluated the effectiveness of EndoCinch. … Five cohort studies evaluated the effectiveness of EsophyX. … One RCT and seven cohort studies evaluated the effectiveness of Stretta. … Our review also evaluated several new studies comparing specific medications. … EsophyX™ Insufficient • Five small cohort studies evaluated the effectiveness of EsophyX™.

111. Making Healthcare Safer IV_Rapid Review_Healthcare Worker Implicit Bias Training and Education (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - No included primary study evaluated HCW implicit bias training and education specifically, but each … One study evaluated cultural sensitivity training versus no training, two evaluated cultural competency … training plus feedback versus feedback only, one evaluated communication skills training versus no … training, one three-arm study evaluated education versus education plus cross-cultural communication … One study evaluated cultural sensitivity training versus no training, two evaluated cultural competency

112. Executive Summary_Systematic Review: Use of Telehealth During the COVID-19 Era (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2023 - We identified no studies that directly evaluated or compared implementation strategies, which was not … doubled the number of studies we identified that addressed implementation, we found none that directly evaluated … outcomes reported were often short-term; long-term sustainability and implementation issues were not evaluated

113. Headaches in Pregnancy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2019 - How should headache associated with preeclampsia be evaluated and treated? g. … How should postpartum headache be evaluated and treated? h.

114. Screening and Treatment of Subclinical Hypothyroidism or Hyperthyroidism | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Two small poor-quality studies that evaluated the benefits of treating subclinical hyperthyroidism met … Treatment harms were neither systematically evaluated nor well described.

115. Adjunctive Devices for Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - protection devices or other catheter aspiration devices; they showed no significant differences for evaluated … proximal balloon embolic protection devices did not significantly impact any of the intermediate outcomes evaluated

116. Treatments and Technologies Supporting Appropriate Opioid Tapers | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 01, 2021 - However, the quality of evidence is low or very low, and few studies specifically evaluated populations … No study evaluated the effectiveness of technological solutions to support opioid tapering in patients

117. Chronic Urinary Retention: Comparative Effectiveness and Harms of Treatments | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - We extracted data, assessed risk of bias on individual studies, and evaluated strength of evidence for … outcomes because estimates were imprecise, risk of bias was moderate, and consistency could not be evaluated

118. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) in Children With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Although these studies evaluated DMARDs with different mechanisms of action (abatacept, adalimumab, anakinra … The Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ) was the most extensively evaluated instrument of

119. Closing the Quality Gap Series: Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Review Methods We sought studies that evaluated the following QI strategies to improve adherence to … 71 analyses at the infection level, including 9 articles (10 analyses) from the 2007 report, which evaluated

120. Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2025 - breadth of the evidence of hormonal, non-hormonal and energy-based interventions for GSM, few studies evaluated … Few studies evaluated outcomes beyond 6 months thus providing little empiric evidence to guide clinicians … Several interventions were evaluated in combination with concurrent treatment with either estrogen or … We evaluated only studies with at least 8 weeks of follow-up (eliminating 64 publications with shorter … No studies evaluated the benefits or harms of screening for GSM, the timing of evaluation for response