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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/treatment-resistant-depression_executive.pdf
September 01, 2011 - Layout 1
Background
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is
common and costly. Over the course of a
year, between 13.1 million and 14.2 million
people will experience MDD.
Approximately half of these people seek
help for this condition, and only 20 percent
of those receive adequate treatment. For
those who do initiate tr…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/infectious-disease-horizon-scan-high-impact-1412.pdf
December 22, 2014 - genotype 4 in combination with IFN/RBV, and
even more importantly, as the first IFN-free treatment option … activity of the HCV NS5A protein, this regimen offers the first all-
oral IFN- and RBV-free treatment option … agents that could be used in combination with sofosbuvir to provide an IFN and RBV-free
treatment option
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/infantile-hemangioma_disposition-comments.pdf
January 15, 2016 - IH are going to understand
this to mean that Timolol would be a safer and more
effective treatment option … It is certainly not an appropriate treatment option for IH
with ocular complications or airway/other … intralesionalTriamcinolone may be an effective agent
for a bulky localized IH, it is not going to be an
appropriate option
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/depression-horizon-scan-high-impact-1506.pdf
June 01, 2015 - #05 DEPRESSION
AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System – Potential
High-Impact Interventions Report
Priority Area 05: Depression and Other Mental Health
Disorders
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/system/files/docs/headaches-pregnancy-topic-brief.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Topic Disposition: Evaluation and Management of Headaches in Pregnancy
A-1
Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps
The nominator, ACOG is interested in a new evidence review on Evaluation and management
of headaches in pregnancy to develop a new clinical practice guideline.
This topic will …
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/acute-pain-protocol-amended.pdf
June 10, 2018 - Research Protocol (Amended): Treatment of Acute Pain--An Evidence Map
Evidence-based Practice Center Technical Brief Protocol
Project Title: Treatment of Acute Pain – An Evidence Map
I. Background and Objectives for the Technical Brief
Addressing the opioid epidemic in the United States is a key prior…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND__0399_01-07-2011.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Effective Health Care
Topic Number(s): 0335a-b
Document Completion Date: 02-25-11
1
Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps
Local therapies for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and unresectable hepatic
metastases will go forward for refinement as a systematic review. T…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND-0373-14083.pdf
July 09, 2014 - Topic 0315 Disparities and SMI NSD SJ clean
Interventions to Reduce Disparities among
Patients with Serious Mental Illness
Nomination Summ…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ahrq_community_forum_webinar_branson.pdf
October 13, 2011 - <#> Significant Work. Extraordinary People. SRA.
Outreach to Patient and
Consumer Representatives
October 13, 2011
Carolyn Branson, Manager
Consumer Reviewer Administration
2
Topics
• Who are they?
• What characteristics do they share?
• How can you identify the “right” perso…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetes-horizon-scan-high-impact-1512.pdf
December 01, 2015 - reduce diabetes-related complications.”21 One research expert stated, “As a
more controlled treatment option … not require ongoing
intravitreal steroid injections; thus, patients might find it a more appealing option … It is still a costly treatment and may be an option for patients with high economic status and/or those … New Cleveland Clinic study shows bariatric
surgery is safe option for managing type 2
diabetes in … http://www.newswise.com/articles/new-cleveland-clinic-study-shows-bariatric-surgery-is-safe-option-for-managing-type
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/lung-cancer-nonsurgical-therapies_executive.pdf
June 01, 2013 - Brachytherapy is another option for relieving airway
obstruction and can be used alone or with EBRT … Brachytherapy also may be an option for patients in
whom EBRT fails to relieve symptoms or those with … Percutaneous image-
guided RFA has been investigated as an option for the
treatment of stage I NSCLC
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methodological-recommendations-framework-communications_research.pdf
September 01, 2013 - Towards a Framework for Communicating Confidence in Methodological Recommendations for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
Methods Research Report
Towards a Framework for Communicating Confidence
in Methodological Recommendations for Systematic
Reviews and Meta-Analyses
Met…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/pain-chronic_research-protocol.pdf
July 28, 2010 - noncancer pain has been lacking.2
Multidisciplinary pain programs (MPP) currently exist as an option … there is often a vocational
component as well.5 Although multidisciplinary pain programs exist as an option
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/angina-heart-attack-treatments_disposition-comments.pdf
January 01, 2014 - While this obviously limits the analysis that can be done,
the option should be mentioned. … treatment approaches to UA/NSTEMI (pp 3 to
5, Figures 1 and 2), does not include GPIs as a treatment option … not addressed in Key Question 2, we request that
the EPC add text acknowledging them as a treatment option … The
no GP IIb/IIIa option is selected by many clinicians and deserves
discussion, even if it cannot … Chapell, Richard Figures As discussed under “Introduction, please add GPIs as a
treatment option when
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/fecal-incontinence_clinician.pdf
July 01, 2016 - Treatments for Fecal Incontinence: Current State of the Evidence
Treatments for Fecal Incontinence: Current State
of the Evidence
Focus of This Summary
This is a summary of a systematic review evaluating the evidence regarding the potential benefits and adverse effects of
surgical and nonsurgical treatments for f…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/major-depressive-disorder_consumer.pdf
September 01, 2016 - Comparing Talk Therapy and Other Depression Treatments With Antidepressant Medicines
Comparing Talk Therapy and
Other Depression Treatments
With Antidepressant Medicines
A Review of the Research for Adults
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Is This Information Right for Me?
This information is right for you if:
�Your health care professional…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/advanced-care-decision-aids_technical-brief.pdf
July 01, 2014 - This option has the advantage of serving as
standing orders.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/infectious-disease-horizon-scan-high-impact-1506.pdf
December 01, 2015 - Additionally, Sovaldi provided the first IFN-free DAA treatment option indicated for
treating HCV genotypes … inhibits activity of the HCV NS5A
protein, this regimen offers the first all-oral, IFN-free treatment option … as agents that could be
used in combination with Sovaldi to provide an IFN and RBV-free treatment option
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetes-horizon-scan-high-impact-1406.pdf
September 26, 2014 - If life alteration or medication fail,
surgery is an option to get off of meds and reduce the comorbidities … research expert opined, “Overall, I think that metabolic surgery is a severe and
extreme treatment option … procedures, particularly in nonobese
patients.”122
One health systems expert opined that this option … not require
ongoing intravitreal steroid injections; thus, patients might find it a more appealing option … could limit access to certain populations, “If
priced similar to Retisert ($18,250), it might be an option
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetes-horizon-scan-high-impact-1312.pdf
January 01, 2016 - has a large proportion of patients with T1DM who he thought would likely want an APDS
if given the option … Although metabolic surgery has been performed for many years for the obese
population with T2DM, this option … If life alteration or medication fail, surgery is an
option to get off of meds and reduce the comorbidities … research expert opined, “Overall, I think that metabolic surgery is a severe and extreme treatment
option … in the procedures, particularly in nonobese
patients.”69
One research expert opined that this option