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161. Mental Health and Occupational Stress in the Emergency Medical Service and 911 Workforce: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2024 - Cohort studies Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) Non-randomized comparative studies … Pre-post studies RCTs Non-randomized comparative studies Non-randomized controlled … trials Observational cohort studies with a comparison group Pre-post studies Implementation … We will include filters to remove nonhuman studies and articles that are not primary studies or systematic … Briggs Institute Checklist for Cohort Studies 27 and the Newcastle Ottawa Scale for Cohort Studies.

162. The Empirical Evidence of Bias in Trials Measuring Treatment Differences | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - We included meta-epidemiological studies (studies drawing from multiple meta-analyses), meta-analyses … We reviewed 23 studies on allocation concealment, 14 studies on sequence generation, 2 studies on unspecified … bias in randomization, 2 studies on confounding, 2 studies on fidelity to protocol and unintended interventions … , 4 studies on patient and/or provider blinding, 8 studies on assessor blinding, 2 studies on appropriate … statistical methods, 18 studies on double blinding, 15 studies on attrition bias, and 9 studies on selective

163. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Opioid Stewardship | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 01, 2023 - Eligibility Criteria for Studies of Effectiveness We will search for original studies … , including pre-post studies Studies should include at least 50 pills, prescriptions, or patients or … To streamline data extraction, we will sort eligible studies by specific PSP (if we find studies that … criteria, or standard appraisal of studies. … Criteria for Assessing Internal Validity of Individual Studies . U.S.

164. Medical Therapies for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder — An Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2021 - Two investigators independently screened studies and rated risk of bias. … included in our 2011 review of medical therapies and newly published studies. … Results The 76 unique comparative studies (including 12 comparative studies addressed in the 2011 review … Thirty-nine studies had low, 29 had moderate, and 8 had high risk of bias. … Populations, treatment approaches, and outcomes assessed varied across studies.

165. Treatment Strategies for Women With Coronary Artery Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Random-effects meta-analysis was performed for studies with similar outcomes measured at similar time … , OR 0.77; CI, 0.28 to 2.12; low SOE; 5 studies, OR 0.78; CI, 0.54 to 1.12; low SOE). … Evidence, however, suggested a small benefit of initial conservative management at 5 years (2 studies … For stable and unstable angina trials comparing PCI with CABG, two studies suggested a nonsignificant … Four studies assessed safety outcomes in women: two STEMI studies (PCI versus fibrinolysis) and two NSTEMI

166. Liver-Cancer Executive (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2014 - studies of nonhuman subjects. … Europe combined (92 studies). … than studies with a contrast rate <3 ml/s (0.71; 95% CI, 0.50 to -0.85; 4 studies). … 7 studies) than studies without delayed phase imaging (0.74; 95% CI, 0.66 to 0.87; 7 studies). … (2 studies).

167. Implementation of Recommended Screening and Counseling Interventions to Prevent Mental Health Disorders in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2023 - studies for the systematic review will be based on the KQ. … Studies marked for possible inclusion will undergo a full-text review. … Studies of Interventions (ROBINS-I) tool24 for nonrandomized controlled studies of interventions with … Quality assessment tool for quantitative studies. … / https://www.ephpp.ca/quality-assessment-tool-for-quantitative-studies/ https://www.ephpp.ca/quality-assessment-tool-for-quantitative-studies

168. Hemorrhage-Postpartum Executive (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2015 - We excluded 844 studies at full-text review and included 68 unique studies (76 publications) in the … (5 studies), embolization (19 studies), uterine compression sutures (3 studies), uterine and other … pelvic artery ligation (5 studies), embolization and hysterectomy (1 study), hysterectomy (8 studies … Four studies of rFVIIa reported on thrombotic events, but sample sizes were small and studies were … 4 RCTs, 2 prospective and 14 retrospective cohort studies, 10 pre-post studies (studies that compare

169. Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 01, 2022 - We hand-searched reference lists of relevant studies and searched for unpublished studies in ClinicalTrials.gov … Although many studies have defined malnutrition using biomarkers (e.g. … Future studies would also benefit from stratifying patients by age, gender, and frailty. … Some studies also had high dropout rates (>20%) and did not blind outcome assessors. … Not all studies in all findings are available in PubMed.

170. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Fatigue and Sleepiness of Clinicians Due to Hours of Service | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 01, 2023 - of Effectiveness Literature Searches for Studies of Effectiveness Description of Included Studies … Eligibility Criteria for Studies of Effectiveness We will search for original studies … Description of Included Studies To efficiently describe eligible studies, the full … the findings of those studies. … criteria, or standard appraisal of studies.

171. Tonsillectomy for Obstructive Sleep-Disordered Breathing or Recurrent Throat Infection in Children (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2017 - studies) (KQ1-6) • Harms: Comparative studies (RCTs, prospective or retrospective cohort studies with … cohort studies had high risk. … studies. … studies and no significant group differences in two studies. … in comparative studies.

172. Rapid Evidence Product: No-Touch Modalities for Disinfecting Patient Rooms in Acute Care Settings (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2022 - , other observational studies, pre/post studies • Studies assessing no-touch intervention(s) of interest … , 5 pre/post studies) No studies Aerosolized hydrogen peroxide + silver ions No studies No studies … No studies 1 RCT12 Solid copper surfaces No studies No studies 2 pre/post studies18,20 No studies … Steam No studies No studies No studies No studies Chlorine dioxide No studies No studies No studies … No studies Ozone No studies No studies No studies No studies CT = controlled trial; RCT = randomized

173. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2010 - Studies The search strategy identified 5,677 citations; 137 unique studies met the eligibility criteria … The studies included 27 trials, 39 cohort studies, and 71 uncontrolled studies. … Results of Included Studies The results of the included studies are presented by the key question(s) … A total of 113 studies examined the effectiveness of operative interventions, while 11 studies evaluated … The majority of surgical studies (32 comparative studies and 58 uncontrolled studies) evaluated operative

174. Interventions To Improve Patient Adherence to Hepatitis C Treatment: Comparative Effectiveness | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Results We included 12 studies from 1,629 identified reports. … These studies included six randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and six cohort studies. … the remaining studies had serious methodological limitations and small sample sizes. … The interventions and patient populations for these studies differed substantially. … Two studies reported no harms associated with the interventions.

175. Interventions To Decrease Hospital Length of Stay | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2022 - We conducted a structured search for published and unpublished studies and conducted interviews with … Our searches yielded 4,364 potential studies. … Not all studies in all findings are available in PubMed. … We excluded 392 studies at the full-text level. … We excluded all three studies because they were not systematic reviews.

176. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Computerized Clinical Decision Support To Prevent Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 01, 2023 - Eligibility Criteria for Studies of Effectiveness We will search for original studies … Interrupted time series studies and repeated measures studies Not published in English … or cross-sectional studies) Literature Searches for Studies of … criteria, or standard appraisal of studies. … Criteria for Assessing Internal Validity of Individual Studies . U.S.

177. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - single-arm studies or retrospective studies enrolling consecutive patients. … Only 1 of 25 studies (4 percent) reported including patients with occlusions in other areas and 6 studies … of 25 (68 percent) studies. … System studies. … Compared to previous, similarly designed studies of these agents, these studies will enroll much larger

178. Pressure Ulcer Treatment Strategies: A Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - , observational studies, and case series. … A record of excluded studies with reasons for exclusion will be maintained. … the quality of individual controlled trials, systematic reviews, and observational studies. … We will not exclude studies rated poor in quality a priori, but poor-quality studies will be considered … between studies are present.

179. Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - The bulk of the studies examined SBRT for tumors of the lung/thorax (k = 68). … We found 27 studies of tumors located in the pancreas, liver, colon, and fewer than 10 studies each for … There were 10 studies that included multiple treatment sites within the study. … None of the published trials were comparative studies. … None of the currently available studies include comparison groups.

180. Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease in Women | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Results A total of 104 comparative studies (110 articles) were included. … 83 percent; SPECT (14 studies), sensitivity 81 percent, specificity 78 percent; CMR (5 studies), sensitivity … Eight studies assessed risk stratification and prognostic factors, two studies assessed treatment decisionmaking … , and four studies provided comparative clinical outcomes. … Thirteen comparative studies reported risks.