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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/appendicitis_disposition-comments.pdf
December 14, 2015 - Disposition of Comments for CER 157 Appendicitis
Comparative Effectiveness Review Disposition of Comments Report
Research Review Title: Diagnosis of Right Lower Quadrant Pain and Suspected Acute
Appendicitis
Draft review available for public comment from November 4, 2014 to December 2, 2014.
Re…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/head-neck-cancer-update_clinician.pdf
August 01, 2015 - Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer
Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer
Background
Clinical Bottom Line
and stereotactic body RT (SBRT). Charged particle-based
conformal external-beam RT modalities, such as proton-beam
RT (PBT), are also available to treat head and neck cancer,
althou…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0332_07-29-2010.pdf
January 01, 2010 - Effective Health Care
Topic Number(s): 0283
Document Completion Date: 11-16-10
1
Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps
Prostate cancer screening (using PCA3) will go forward for refinement as a systematic review. The
scope of this topic, including populations, interventions, comparato…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/wireless-motility-capsule_executive.pdf
May 01, 2013 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 110
Wireless Motililty Capsule Versus Other
Diagnostic Technologies for Evaluating
Gastroparesis and Constipation: A
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Executive Summary
Gastroparesis
Definition and Prevalence
Gastroparesis is a condition in which
patients experience …
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetes-horizon-scan-high-impact-1412.pdf
January 01, 2015 - health systems expert commented, “There is a greater significance of developing
cataracts; however, surgeries
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prioritization-selection-of-harms.pdf
February 01, 2018 - Methods-Guide-Chapter-Prioritization-And-Selection-Of-Harms-For-Inclusion-In-Systematic-Reviews
Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews
Prioritization and Selection of Harms for Inclusion in
Systematic Reviews
This report is based on research conducted by the Agency for Healthcare Rese…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/osteoarthritis-knee-update-disposition.pdf
May 04, 2017 - Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee: An Update Review
Comparative Effectiveness Review Disposition of Comments Report
Research Review Title: Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee: An Update Review
Draft review available for public comment from September 13, 2016 to October 11, 2016.
Resear…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/osteoarthritis-knee-update-disposition-archived.pdf
May 04, 2017 - Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee: An Update Review
Comparative Effectiveness Review Disposition of Comments Report
Research Review Title: Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee: An Update Review
Draft review available for public comment from September 13, 2016 to October 11, 2016.
Research Review Citati…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/structured-handoff-protocol.pdf
December 31, 2024 - Making Healthcare Safer IV: Use of Structured Handoff Protocols for Intrahospital Transitions
Evidence-based Practice Center Rapid Review Protocol
Project Title: Making Healthcare Safer IV: Use of Structured Handoff
Protocols for Intrahospital Transitions
Review Questions
Review Question
Bas…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/chronic-urinary-retention_research-protocol.pdf
November 19, 2012 - hronic indwelling catheterization, intermittent catheterization
Male-specific etiologies: prostate surgeries
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/bundled-payments-quality-effects_disposition-comments.pdf
August 24, 2012 - These results were counter
to HCFA’s purported rationale in the project for funneling surgeries to a
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/predictors-trauma-care_research-protocol.pdf
May 31, 2017 - Physiologic Predictors of the Need for Trauma Center Care: A Systematic Review
Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov
Published online: February 1, 2017, Amended May 31, 2017
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Physiologic Predictors of the Need for Trauma Center Care:
…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pepticulcer_hi_impact.pdf
January 01, 2012 - PEPTIC ULCER #11
AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System – Potential High
Impact Interventions Report
Priority Area 11: Peptic Ulcer Disease and Dyspepsia
Potential High Impact Interventions Report
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Servi…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/gastric-cancers-protocol.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Medical Therapies for Locally Advanced Gastric Adenocarcinoma
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Medical Therapies for Locally Advanced Gastric Adenocarcinoma
I. Objectives for the Systematic Review
Purpose of the Systematic Review
The primary goal of this systema…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/rapid-evidence-heart-disease.pdf
October 01, 2022 - Rapid Evidence Product_Nonemergent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Versus Optimal Medical Treatment for Stable Ischemic Heart Disease: A Rapid Response Literature Review
Rapid Evidence Product
Nonemergent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Versus Optimal Medical Treatment for Stable Ischemic
Heart Disease: …
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/kidney-stone-imaging_consumer.pdf
July 01, 2016 - Imaging Tests To Check for Kidney Stones in the Emergency Department
Imaging Tests To
Check for Kidney Stones in
the Emergency Department
Checking for Kidney Stones in
the Emergency Department
First, the emergency doctor will
give you medicine to help stop
your pain. The medicine may
be given by mouth. Or…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/functional-limitations-horizon-scan-high-impact-1306.pdf
June 01, 2013 - AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System – Potential
High-Impact Interventions Report
Priority Area 08: Functional Limitations and Disability
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
…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/atrial-fibrillation_executive.pdf
June 01, 2013 - 1
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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…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/breast-cancer-imaging_research-protocol.pdf
December 17, 2013 - breast-cancer-imaging-protocol-131217
Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov
Published online: December 17, 2013
1
Evidence-based Practice Center Technical Brief Protocol
Project Title: Imaging Techniques for Treatment Evaluation for Metastatic
Breast Cancer
I. Background and Objectives for th…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ebc-challenge-3rdplace_tympanic.pdf
October 08, 2025 - Middle Ear Infections: What to Expect and Treatment Options
1
Middle Ear Infections:
What to Expect and Treatment Options
(1)
Authors: Nicola Archie BSN, MSN, FNP-c & Tara Jones BSN, MSN, FNP-c
Reviewed by: Richard F. Kuehne, MD, MPH
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Provider
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