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301. Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2017 - This population exhibited a comparatively low rate of CV mortality and consumed a greater than average … Low: ��� Low confidence that the evidence reflects the true effect. … Evidence is low or insufficient to permit conclusions about the effects of or associations between … DHA and any clinical outcome for CVD (see Table 2). �� EPA or DPA: Evidence was low or insufficient … Evidence was low or insufficient to permit conclusions about the effects of or associations between

302. Carbohydrate-Intake-Draft-Report-Rob-Table (xls file)
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     February 27, 2025 - Yes/No/Unclear Risk of Bias Low/Moderate/High For yes: Computer-generated random numbers, random numbers … Hajian, 2020 Yes (cluster) Yes (cluster) Yes No Unclear Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Low Johansson, 2019 Unclear … Yes/No/Unclear Risk of Bias Low/Moderate/High For yes: attempted to enroll random sample of or all

303. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Response_Active Surveillance Culturing of Clostridioides difficile and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales, and Candida auris (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2024 - Four studies were assessed to be at moderate risk of bias, one study was at low risk, and one study … Low Low Low Serious Low Moderate Serious Li, 201922 Low Low Low Low Low Low Low Low Petersen, 202318 … Moderate Low Low Low Low Low Low Moderate Peterson, 202021 Moderate Low Low Low Low Low Moderate … Moderate Sun, 202219 Moderate Low Low Low Low Low Low Moderate Yang, 202023 Moderate Low Low … Low Low Low Low Moderate * Based on the Risk of Bias In Non-randomized Studies of Interventions (ROBINS-I

304. Evidence-Summary-Cer-197-Fractional-Exhaled-Nitric-Oxide (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2017 - (SOE: Low) • In adults (ages >18) and children (ages 5 -18), FeNO levels have a weak association with … (SOE: Low) The association between FeNO levels and exacerbation risk is likely stronger in individuals … (SOE: Low) • In adults (ages >18) and children (ages 5 -18) with acute asthma exacerbations, FeNO levels … (SOE: Low) KQ 1.c: What is the clinical utility of FeNO measurements to select medication options ( … FeNO testing can identify patients who are more likely to respond to inhaled corticosteroids (SOE: Low

305. 1. Does mass spectrometric analysis and therapeutic monitoring of tacrolimus as compared with immunoassay analysis and therapeutic monitoring produce a) better organ survival rate, b) fewer rejections, c) less nephrotoxicity and/or d) cost… | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - Have acute rejection rates decreased with the addition of thymoglobulin to a tacrolimus low target level … explain the specific technologies, devices, drugs, or interventions you would like to see compared: low … 2 hr post cyclosporine monitoring compared with trough monitoring, analytical methods to monitor a low … graft survival rates for both cadaveric and living related donor renal transplant recipients are still low … yes If yes, please explain: linkage of 1)outcome to low target tacrolimus regimen,2)addition of

306. Cer-235-Pharma-Nonpharm-Ptsd-Update-Appendix-F-1 (xls file)
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     January 01, 2019 - Yes Medium PNW Bormann, 2013 (Exemplar) Oman, 2015 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes MI Yes Yes Low … Yes Yes CA Yes NA Medium PNW Davis, 2008b Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No (20%) Yes No LOCF Yes NA Low … RTI-UNC Davis, 2018b Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Other Yes Yes Low PNW Davis, 2020 Yes … Medium RTI-UNC Ehlers, 2014 Woodward, 2017 Unclear Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes LOCF Yes Yes Low … Other Yes Yes High RTI-UNC Goldstein, 2018 Yes Unclear Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Other Yes Yes Low

307. Systematic Review on Opioid Treatments for Chronic Pain: Surveillance Report 3 (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2022 - One of the new trials5 was placebo controlled and evaluated opioids for chronic low back pain, and the … The new trial evaluated the mixed agent tramadol in patients with chronic low back pain (duration of … TENS was delivered as high-frequency (100 Hz) and low-frequency (2 Hz) stimulation with intensity and … One new trial provided low strength of evidence that TENS may be associated with improved short-term … Opioids for chronic low back pain management: a Bayesian network meta- analysis.

308. Management of Suspected Opioid Overdose with Naloxone by Emergency Medical Services Personnel | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 01, 2019 - (IN) with intramuscular (IM) naloxone administration (strength of evidence [SOE] for all outcomes: low … Six studies reported low rates of deaths and serious adverse events (0% to 1.25%) in patients not transported … Low-strength evidence suggested that higher concentration IN naloxone (2 mg/1 mL) is similar in efficacy … that nontransport of patients following successful naloxone reversal of overdose is associated with a low … rate of serious harms, but patients were probably at low risk for such events, and no study evaluated

309. Breastfeeding Programs and Policies, Breastfeeding Uptake, and Maternal Health Outcomes in Developed Countries | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 01, 2019 - cohort studies of BFHI (135,983 women) also demonstrates improved rates of breastfeeding initiation (low … Low SOE (k=4 studies; 1,532 women) supports the conclusion that health care education or training of … that focus on peer support are effective in improving rates of breastfeeding initiation and duration (low … For maternal health outcomes, low SOE supports the conclusion that ever breastfeeding or breastfeeding … For women enrolled in WIC, low SOE supports peer-support interventions for improving breastfeeding outcomes

310. Integrated and Comprehensive Pain Management Programs: Effectiveness and Harms | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 01, 2022 - waitlist, IPMPs were associated with small improvements in pain in the short and intermediate term (SOE: low … postintervention (SOE: moderate) but no differences in the short, intermediate, and long term (SOE: low … postintervention and in the short term; there were no differences in the intermediate or long term (SOE: low … pharmacologic treatment alone at multiple time frames (SOE: moderate for function intermediate term; low … There were no differences between CPMPs and psychological therapy alone at any time (SOE: low).

311. Treatment Strategies for Women With Coronary Artery Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - composite outcome of primarily death/MI at 6 months and 1 year (2 studies, OR 0.77; CI, 0.28 to 2.12; low … SOE; 5 studies, OR 0.78; CI, 0.54 to 1.12; low SOE). … revascularization with either PCI (OR 0.64; CI, 0.47 to 0.89; moderate SOE) or CABG (OR 0.56; CI, 0.32 to 0.96; low … comparing PCI with CABG, two studies suggested a nonsignificant benefit of PCI in mortality at 30 days (low … for women, this finding was not statistically significant and represented wide confidence intervals (low

312. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2008 - Low • Urinary incontinence and sexual dysfunction were greater after RP in SPCG-4. … Iridium brachytherapy Low 1 small trial with an adequate method of allocation. … Shorter (3-months) EBRT Low 1 trial (N=378) with an adequate method of allocation. … Cryosurgery Low • No randomized trials evaluated cryosurgery. … Primary androgen Low • No randomized trials evaluated primary ADT.

313. Case-Management Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - Low Key Question 1a Dementia Mortality. … Low Key Question 1a HIV Mortality. … Low 10 Table A. … Low 11 Table A. … Low Key Question 3 Dementia Duration.

314. Executive Summary - Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Outcomes: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 260 (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2023 - and nutrition support in gastrointestinal and head and neck cancers, 11 percent (n=12) were rated as low … • Low- and medium-risk-of-bias studies reported mixed results on the effect of nutrition interventions … Low- and medium-risk-of-bias studies, reported mixed results on the effect of nutrition interventions … of hospital stay.48 Among three low- and eight medium-risk-of-bias studies that examined nutrition … Two low-66, 71 and three medium-risk- of-bias studies67, 69, 72 reported improvements in body weight

315. Wireless-Motility-Capsule Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - Recommended changes in diet may include a lowfat diet, 3 a low-residue diet (i.e., low fiber, easy … Low = Low confidence that the evidence reflects the true effect. … Low = Low confidence that the evidence reflects the true effect. … The overall SOE was low for this KQ. … We found low SOE that WMC can affect resource utilization.

316. Nonopioid Pharmacologic Treatments for Chronic Pain | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 01, 2022 - memantine in fibromyalgia and for serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) antidepressants in low … inhibitor (SNRI) antidepressants (duloxetine for neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, and low … Function was not found to be improved with duloxetine for low back pain or pregabalin/gabapentin for … function were seen with SNRI antidepressants for neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, and low … Improvement in function was not found with duloxetine for low back pain and pregabalin/gabapentin for

317. Evidence Summary: Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Therapies in Adult Patients With Exacerbation of COPD (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2019 - body vibration training improved QoL compared with management without nonpharmacologic therapies (low … Titrated oxygen reduced mortality compared with high flow oxygen at the longest followup (low SOE). … Vitamin D supplementation improved quality of life compared with placebo (low SOE). … Very limited information on ECOPD phenotypes (e.g. infective versus non-infective, high versus low … This, together with the low number of studies per intervention/outcome, makes interpretation of the

318. Evidence Summary CER 208 Treatment For Bipolar Disorder In Adults (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2018 - as low-strength for adults with BD-I, but none for adults with BD-II or BD-NOS. … Very few findings for psychosocial interventions were assessed as low strength. … Summary of low-strength* evidence findings by intervention class Category Intervention # Studies/ … evidence), while topiramate and allopurinol showed no benefit (low-strength evidence). … Summary of low-strength* evidence findings by intervention class (continued) *All findings are low-strength

319. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2011 - The strength of evidence is low for this finding because of the mixed quality (Bs and Cs) of the four … There are low strengths of evidence that younger age, snoring, lower CPAP pressure, higher BMI, higher … The strength of evidence is low that some specific adjunct interventions may improve CPAP compliance, … PSG identify AHI suggestive of OSA with high positive likelihood ratios and low negative likelihood … • Conclusion: The strength of evidence is low that the Berlin Questionnaire is moderately accurate

320. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2011 - Overall, study quality is low. … As found with the other KQs, overall, study quality was low. … The evidence supporting this conclusion is limited and of low strength. … In some studies, a low rate of CDI precluded statistical testing. … Handwashing/alcohol gel Low • No study examined whether handwashing reduced CDI incidence.