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  1. Obesity (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/10_obesity_potential_high_impact_june_2012.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - Obesity AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System – Potential High Impact Interventions Report Priority Area 10: Obesity Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 540 Gaither Road Rockville, MD 20850 www.ahrq.gov Contract No…

  2. Cerebral-Palsy-Feeding Executive (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cerebral-palsy-feeding_executive.pdf
    March 01, 2013 - based on the likely time span needed for tube supplementation, the availability of an experienced surgeon … A gastric fundoplication may be included to reduce GER, if needed in the judgment of the surgeon. … The surgeon can then see the stomach wall through which the PEG tube will pass.

  3. Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies for Women with Noncyclic Chronic Pelvic Pain (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pelvic-pain_disposition-comments.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - If endometriosis is not found at surgery, the surgeon often assumes that the pain is not gynecologic

  4. Functional-Limitations-Horizon-Scan-High-Impact-1306 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/functional-limitations-horizon-scan-high-impact-1306.pdf
    June 01, 2013 - Appropriate use of the device requires surgeon and technician training in patient selection, device … An ophthalmologic surgeon performs the procedure in the outpatient setting while the patient is under … Additionally because of the additional patient learning, the surgeon may have to spend time educating

  5. Diagnosis and Treatment of Tethered Spinal Cord | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/tethered-spinal-cord/research
    October 01, 2024 - Skip to main content An official website of the Department of Health & Human Services Careers Contact Us Español FAQs Effective Health Care Program Powered by the Evidence-based Practice Centers …

  6. Disposition of Comments for CER 153 Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/bladder-cancer-non-muscle-invasive_disposition-comments.pdf
    October 27, 2015 - Then the applicability of this to clinical practice is potentially biased, as this two surgeon scenario

  7. Management of Renal Masses and Localized Renal Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/renal-cancer/research-protocol
    December 01, 2019 - diagnostic testing, management decisions are made based on estimations of malignant potential driven by surgeon

  8. #05 DEPRESSION (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/05_depression_potential_high_impact_2012-12-10.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - DBS therapy uses a battery-operated, pacemaker-like neurostimulator, which a surgeon implants subcutaneously … When the battery is depleted, a surgeon must perform a minor surgical procedure to replace the neurostimulator

  9. Rotator-Cuff-Tear-Surveillance-140925 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/rotator-cuff-tear-surveillance-140925.pdf
    February 01, 2014 - AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness Review Surveillance Program CER # 22: Comparative Effectiveness of Nonoperative and Operative Treatments for Rotator Cuff Tears Original release date: July 5, 2010 Surveillance Report (1st Assessment/cycle 1): February 2012 Surveillance Report (2nd Assessment/cycle 2): Novem…

  10. Rapid Response: Efficacy of Dental Services for Reducing Adverse Events in Those Receiving Chemotherapy for Cancer (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/rapid-response-chemotherapy-dental.pdf
    July 01, 2023 - Revisiting Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General.

  11. Atrial-Fibrillation Executive (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/atrial-fibrillation_executive.pdf
    June 01, 2013 - 1 Comparative Effectiveness Review Number 119 Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation Executive Summary Background Definition and Impact of Atrial Fibrillation Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a supraventricular tachyarrhythmia (any tachycardic rhythm originating above the ventricular tissue) and is characterized by unc…

  12. Data Points 13: Use of Preoperative Breast MRI among older women with ductal carcinoma in situ and locally invasive breast cancer (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dcis-mri-utilization_research.pdf
    August 01, 2012 - Data Points 13: Use of Preoperative Breast MRI among older women with ductal carcinoma in situ and locally invasive breast cancer Use of Preoperative Breast MRI Data Points # 13 Use of preoperative MRI among older women with ductal carcinoma in situ and locally invasive breast cancer Rates of MRI use prior to surg…

  13. Renal Artery Stenosis Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/renal-update/research-protocol
    January 01, 2020 - Skip to main content An official website of the Department of Health & Human Services Careers Contact Us Español FAQs Effective Health Care Program Powered by the Evidence-based Practice Centers …

  14. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/bundled-payments-quality-effects_research-protocol.pdf
    June 23, 2011 - hospital for the facility portion of all services during the inpatient stay and a single payment to the surgeon

  15. Obesity (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/10_obesity_potential_high_impact_2012-12-11.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - Obesity AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System – Potential High-Impact Interventions Report Priority Area 10: Obesity Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 540 Gaither Road Rockville, MD 20850 www.ahrq.gov Contract No. HHSA290…

  16. Diagnosis of Right Lower Quadrant Pain and Suspected Acute Appendicitis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/appendicitis/research-protocol
    December 01, 2019 - Surgeon-performed ultrasound at the bedside for the detection of appendicitis and gallstones: systematic

  17. Arthritis and Nontraumatic Joint Disease (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/arthritis-horizon-scan-high-impact-13121.pdf
    December 05, 2013 - The surgeon makes an incision in a skin fold of the neck over the anterior edge of the sternocleidomastoid … carefully dissected.4 Radiotransparent retractors are placed under the two longus colli muscles and the surgeon

  18. Closing the Quality Gap Series: The Effects of Bundled Payment Strategies on Health Care Spending and Quality of Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/bundled-payments-quality-effects/research-protocol
    December 01, 2020 - hospital for the facility portion of all services during the inpatient stay and a single payment to the surgeon

  19. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review NO. 243: Prehospital Airway Management (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-243-prehospital-airway-management-disposition-comments.pdf
    June 14, 2021 - Is There a Minimum Number of Thyroidectomies a Surgeon Should Perform to Optimize Patient Outcomes?

  20. The Performance of Fusion Procedures for Degenerative Disease of teh Lumbar Spine (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/lumbar-fusion-protocol.pdf
    June 20, 2024 - The Performance of Fusion Procedures for Degenerative Disease of teh Lumbar Spine Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol Project Title: The Performance of Fusion Procedures for Degenerative Disease of the Lumbar Spine I. Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review Nature …
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