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Acute Treatments for Episodic Migraine | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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January 08, 2020 - , function, pain relief satisfaction, and quality of life? … Pain, function, pain relief satisfaction and quality of life, harms/adverse events (including withdrawal … Non-Opioid Therapy: Pain, function, pain relief satisfaction, quality of life, and quality of life … , harms/adverse events KQ 3: Non-invasive non-pharm Therapy: Pain, function, pain relief satisfaction … Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain. 2002;42:3-9. Becker WJ.

Radiation Therapy for Bone Metastases - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)

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February 10, 2022 - Patients with recurrent pain after initial prior response, ongoing pain following a partial response … and/or prevent morbidity as well as retreatment of lesions causing recurrent pain. … Nonopioid Pharmacologic Treatments for Chronic Pain. … Integrated and Comprehensive Pain Management Programs: Effectiveness and Harms. … Noninvasive Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain: a Systematic Review.

Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Analgesics for Osteoarthritis—An Update of the 2006 Report. (pdf file)

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October 01, 2011 - Suggest changing “worse effects on pain” to “pain was reduced less with meloxicam compared to nonselective … Revised to “…lesser effects on pain…” (page 16, line 17). … in pain in patients with OA. … pain, minor injuries, and soft tissue rheumatism. … Pain and functional status?

Managing Gout: A Review of the Research for Adults (pdf file)

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January 01, 2017 - It causes severe pain, swelling, redness, and stiffness in the joints. … Your health care professional may suggest a medicine to reduce pain and swelling. … other to reduce pain … � Colchicine reduces pain from a gout attack. … � Which medicine might be best to reduce pain and swelling when I have a gout attack?

Disposition of Comments for Treatments for Fibromyalgia in Adult Subgroups (pdf file)

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January 26, 2015 - Pain is quantified in most studies (BPI average pain severity, FIQ pain, VAS, other) but patients can … interference over BPI pain severity Thank you for your suggestion. … The IMMPACT consensus recommendations are for chronic pain. … FMS is a prevalent, chronic, and often debilitating pain disorder. … Pain Med. 2007;8(8):633-638.).

Disposition of Comments Report for Antinuclear Antibody, Rheumatoid Factor, and Cyclic-Citrullinated Peptide Tests for Evaluating Musculoskeletal Complaints in Children (pdf file)

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March 07, 2012 - However, it appears that this review primarily addresses undiagnosed MSK pain - perhaps swelling can … usefulness of these diagnostic tests in healthy children with undiagnosed MSK pain. … Why is the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain in the pediatric population relevant to this review? … with or without swelling, not the current terms of 'MSK pain and/or joint swelling'). … The registries do not include children with MSK pain, which was our target audience.

Imaging Tests to Check for Kidney Stones in the Emergency Department | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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July 29, 2016 - Symptoms of kidney stones may include: Sharp pain in your back, side, lower belly (below your belly … in the Emergency Department First, the emergency doctor will give you medicine to help stop your pain … Whether you have an ultrasound or a CT scan first: Does not affect the amount of pain you have or how … quickly your pain will go away. … You may be given medicines for pain and nausea to take home.

Imaging Tests To Check for Kidney Stones in the Emergency Department (pdf file)

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July 01, 2016 - in the Emergency Department First, the emergency doctor will give you medicine to help stop your pain … Symptoms of kidney stones may include: » Sharp pain in your back, side, lower belly (below your belly … Blood in your urine » The feeling of sand or small particles passing through when you urinate » Pain … A stone that becomes stuck may cause pain that does not go away and may damage the kidney if it is … you have or how quickly your pain will go away

A Bayesian Missing Data Framework for Multiple Continuous Outcome Mixed Treatment Comparisons (pdf file)

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January 01, 2013 - Raw OA data Pain Disability Pain Pain Disability Disability Study Country Duration Score Score N Therapy … Raw OA data (continued) 11 Pain Disability Pain Pain Disability Disability Study Country Duration … Raw OA data (continued) 12 Study Country Duration Pain Score Disability Score N Therapy Pain … [k] <- equals(rk.pain[k], 1) A-3 best2.pain[k] <- equals(rk.pain[k], 2) best12.pain … [k] <- equals(rk.pain[k], 1) best2.pain[k] <- equals(rk.pain[k], 2) best12.pain[k] <- best1

Closing the Quality Gap Series: End-of-Life and Hospice Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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June 27, 2011 - Emphasis is placed on pain and symptom management, communication, and coordinated care. … evidence, 3 and guideline-based pain treatments can lead to significant reductions in pain severity … frail elderly, for whom the treatment of pain is very different. … Evidence report on the treatment of pain in cancer patients. … J Pain Symptom Manage 2002; 24(5):494-505. PMID: 12547049.

Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)

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June 27, 2011 - Emphasis is placed on pain and symptom management, communication, and coordinated care. … evidence, 3 and guideline-based pain treatments can lead to significant reductions in pain severity … frail elderly, for whom the treatment of pain is very different. … Evidence report on the treatment of pain in cancer patients. … J Pain Symptom Manage 2002; 24(5):494-505. PMID: 12547049. 5.

Radiation Therapy for Bone Metastases (pdf file)

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August 10, 2022 - Patients with recurrent pain after initial prior response, ongoing pain following a partial response … and/or prevent morbidity as well as retreatment of lesions causing recurrent pain. … Nonopioid Pharmacologic Treatments for Chronic Pain. … Integrated and Comprehensive Pain Management Programs: Effectiveness and Harms. … Noninvasive Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain: a Systematic Review.