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381. Obesity (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - Waist circumference, which measures abdominal fat, predicts obesity-related risk factors for disease … Qnexa patients had improved cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors and a decrease in the need for … 10,11 Patients with a BMI ≥30 kg/m 2 or a BMI ≥ 25 kg/m 2 with comorbid obesity-related risk factors … weight to undergo bariatric surgery and could also aid in improving diabetes- associated metabolic factors … help patients achieve rapid glycemic control and weight loss while reducing heart disease risk factors

382. mHealth for Diabetes (pdf file)
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     April 28, 2017 - eHealth technologies for lifestyle interventions on adult patients with either pre-diabetes or risk factors … identified no reviews on mHealth technologies for children or adolescents with pre-diabetes or risk factors … mHealth technologies could potentially improve the self-management of diabetes and diabetes risk factors … eHealth technologies for lifestyle interventions on adult patients with either pre-diabetes or risk factors … identified no reviews on mHealth technologies for children or adolescents with pre-diabetes or risk factors

383. autism-update-protocol-130920 (pdf file)
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     September 20, 2013 - and about $35 billion for an entire birth cohort of individuals with autism.16 Etiology and risk factors … In addition to the genetic, parental, and environmental factors described above as potentially causative … factors, being the sibling of another child diagnosed with ASD raises the risk of receiving an ASD … Genetic heritability and shared environmental factors among twin pairs with autism. … The role of prenatal, obstetric and neonatal factors in the development of autism.

384. Dia 1 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 -  Also, process related factors contribute to the actual use by stakeholders and are usually neglected

385. S158 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - Key Words: bias (epidemiology), confounding factors (epidemiology), epidemiologic methods, propensity … number of subjects into treatment groups usually leads to a good balance of observed and unobserved risk factors … respect to prescribed medications, this bias is called confounding by indication.2 It stems from risk factors … Some of these factors, such as attitudes toward health,3 prevention,4 and frailty,5,6 are subtle and … probably larger in observational studies assessing medications than in studies assessing lifestyle factors

386. Executive Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 269: Respectful Maternity Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - No studies reported on factors related to health disparities or the potential harms of RMC. … backgrounds, including those who are at risk for experiencing discrimination due to socioeconomic factors

387. Nephropathy-Contrast-Induced Executive (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2015 - injury occurring after intravascular administration of contrast media is caused by coexisting risk factors … Also, patients with risk factors for CKD have a higher risk of developing CIN than patients without … such risk factors. … In addition, studies could be done in individuals without cardiovascular risk factors to determine … It would be important to differentiate the direct effects of contrast media from other factors that

388. Public-Reporting-Quality-Improvement Executive (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - • To identify characteristics of public reports and contextual factors that can increase or decrease … Key Question 6 What contextual factors (population characteristics, decision type, and environmental … Key Question 6: What contextual factors (population characteristics, decision type, and environmental … While several contextual factors were identified, they do not seem to represent the complexity of the … collection and publication. 1 Individual clinicians Insufficient Key Question 6 What contextual factors

389. Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Safety Practices in Nursing Home Settings (pdf file)
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     July 22, 2015 - Use of these data has revealed key NH structural factors (e.g., staffing levels, for-profit status) to … cultural and staffing factors … acute vs. long-term care), staffing, resources, including health information technology, and other factors … Incorporating human factors into the design of medical devices. … Handbook of Human Factors in Medical Device Design: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group; 2010. 38.

390. Blood-Clots-Hip-Knee-Surgery Executive (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2012 - Specific patient, intervention, comparator, outcome, and setting factors that limit applicability were … This may be due to additional factors, such as different definitions of events, different ethnicities … We do not have adequate data looking at the association between specific surgical or patient factors

391. Association Between Outcomes and Dental Services in People Receiving Treatments That Cause Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw: A Rapid Response Review (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2025 - broader range of medications, such as antiresorptive and antiangiogenic agents, as potential causal factors … Risk Factors for Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaws: A Systematic Review. … A Multicenter Retrospective Study of the Risk Factors Associated with Medication-Related Osteonecrosis … Prevalence, Incidence Rate, and Risk Factors of Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw in Patients … Kim HY Review and Update of the Risk Factors and Prevention of Antiresorptive-Related Osteonecrosis

392. Slide 1
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     January 01, 2013 - only the exposure to CBT (e.g., number and/or type of therapy sessions), but also exposure to other factors … regimens often involve adding or discontinuing medications, suboptimal adherence, dosage changes, or other factors … Behavioral factors (medication adherence) might modify the effect of the observed association. … One of the important factors associated with medication switching when creating exposure definitions … measurement of exposure Provide a rationale for choice of exposure time window For medications, consider factors

393. Gout Dx protocol_140715-draft (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - including a combination of genetic, hormonal, metabolic, pharmacologic, renal disease, and dietary factors … early menopause have been associated with a higher risk of gout and/or gout flares.4 Dietary risk factors … diagnosis of gout based on a systematic review of the evidence and a modified Delphi approach: the factors … assess the validity of diagnostic tests and the potential influence of patient- and provider-level factors … Risk factors for gout and prevention: a systematic review of the literature.

394. Utilization and Clinical Data on In-Hospital Off-Label Uses of Recombinant Factor VIIa | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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395. CER 210: Disposition of Comments for Breastfeeding Programs and Policies, Breastfeeding Uptake, and Maternal Health Outcomes in Developed Countries (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - This has biological plausibility considering the competing risk factors as women age. … Peer Reviewer 4 Discussion/ Conclusion Additional factors to consider in recommendations for future … We expanded this section to list some important factors. … In order to have the necessary variables to address health disparities, multiple SES-related factors … The aim is to evaluate barriers to breastfeeding (primarily factors related to breast milk expression

396. pneumonia-antibiotic-treatment-protocol-130718 (pdf file)
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     July 19, 2013 - Numerous other factors may increase a patient’s risk for nosocomial pneumonia2: • Age >70 years … the PD target not only changes with the organism MIC but also with variations in patient-specific factors … These factors are essential to understanding and choosing an effective therapeutic regimen, and they … on animal or in vitro models or on data from noncritically ill patients may not account for these factors … Some factors identified a priori that may limit the applicability of evidence include the following:

397. Arthritis and Nontraumatic Joint Disease (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - MSCs are purported to lead to the regeneration of cartilage due to either the secretion of growth factors … have been shown to affect the ability of MSCs to differentiate into chondrocytes. 2,5 Thus, many factors … Infiltration of plasma rich in growth factors for osteoarthritis of the knee short-term effects on … Growth factors. Policy number: CLPD-0491-003. Louisville (KY): Humana, Inc.; 2011 Apr 28. 6 p. … Autologous blood-derived growth factors as a treatment for wound healing and other miscellaneous

398. Venous-Ulcers-Treatment-Future Research (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - occupational strategies to minimize edema, inclusion of strategies for debridement and predisposing factors … Furthermore, the team conducting the systematic review gained an appreciation of the numerous factors … Studies rarely reported much detail about these factors. … Dressings With Growth Factors For patients with chronic, clinically noninfected venous ulcers, what … Growth factors play a significant role in all phases of wound healing by mediating processes such as

399. Evidence Map on Home and Community Based Services (pdf file)
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     July 27, 2023 - These complexities arise from numerous factors including variations in medical needs, functional limitations … What mediating factors have been identified in the literature that could affect outcomes such as the … HCBS experiences, quality measures and outcomes that are important and relevant to patients, and factors

400. head-neck-cancer-update-140204 (pdf file)
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     February 04, 2014 - More than 600,000 people were diagnosed with SCCHN worldwide in 2008.1 Major risk factors for the … development of head and neck cancer include tobacco and alcohol abuse, with other less-common risk factors … We will only report outcome data in strata according to prognostic or other patient- related factors … Assessment of reporting bias for individual studies depends on many factors including availability … • Absent: Confounding factors that would decrease the observed effect are not likely to be