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1141. Disposition of Comments for CER 208 Treatment for Bipolar Disorder in Adults A Systematic Review (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-208-bipolar-adults-disposition-comments.pdf
      August 07, 2018 - Rather, in an individual with severe symptoms, attrition may simply be related to the lag in time to … associated with high remission rates, particularly in cases with short symptom duration, psychotic symptoms … Furthermore, the subjective nature of psychiatric symptoms makes psychiatric trials especially prone … adults with BD-I… Both studies reported no differences between groups in response, remission, and symptoms … So perhaps it is unrealistic to look too closely at "effects on symptoms" of psychosocial and behavioral

1142. Nonsurgical Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Adult Women: (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/urinary-incontinence-update_research-protocol.pdf
      June 06, 2017 - primarily on continence (i.e., “cure,” meaning complete remission, not necessarily actual cure), change in symptoms … definitions of improvement in UI vary and include different degrees of change in frequency and severity of symptoms … often define improvement as reduced lifestyle restrictions or improved overall perception of bladder symptoms … criteria PICOTS Inclusion Exclusion Population Adult and elderly (as defined by authors) women with symptoms … awareness of one’s own physiological function, which may help to train the patient to better control her symptoms

1143. PULMONARY with "Discussions" in Exec Summary (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pulmonary_hi_impact.pdf
      April 01, 2012 - asthma attacks on a long-term basis, the procedure may cause a transient worsening of respiratory symptoms … establishing environmental controls of allergens and irritants, avoiding risk factors that trigger symptoms … Quick-relief medications for acute asthma exacerbations and prevention of exercise-induced asthma symptoms … to human immunoglobulin E on the surface of mast cells and basophils, which precipitates asthmatic symptoms … optimistic about the early efficacy results, experts were concerned about the initial worsening of symptoms

1144. 13-MDM347013 30..38 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/outcomes-testing-evaluation_research.pdf
      January 01, 2009 - For patients who test positive, the result may provide information to help them make sense of their symptoms … providing information about normal findings improved patients’ reassurance and reduced anxiety about symptoms … Test results may help patients make sense of their symptoms and lead them to make future life plans

1145. 13-MDM347013 30..38 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/whitepaper4-bossuyt02262010-2.pdf
      January 01, 2009 - For patients who test positive, the result may provide information to help them make sense of their symptoms … providing information about normal findings improved patients’ reassurance and reduced anxiety about symptoms … Test results may help patients make sense of their symptoms and lead them to make future life plans

1146. Disposition of Comments for Interventions To Improve Cardiovascular Risk Factors in People With Serious Mental Illness (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mental-illness-heart_disposition-comments.pdf
      April 22, 2013 - main question re the analysis is the rationale for excluding studies that had improving psychiatric symptoms … least it would be helpful to identify how many studies were excluded because they had psychiatric symptoms … difficult due to the effects of the illness on behavior as well as the medications necessary to control symptoms … Symptoms of mental illness and effects on cognition along with substantial rates may make it difficult

1147. Layout 1 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/osteoarthritis-pain_executive.pdf
      October 01, 2011 - The only benefits considered here are improvements in osteoarthritis symptoms. … over-the-counter supplements, and topical agents may result in outcomes such as improvements in osteoarthritis symptoms … Appropriate candidates for therapy Not appropriate candidates for therapy Improvements in osteoarthritis symptoms … Primary outcomes include improvements in osteoarthritis symptoms and adverse events. … We defined “benefits” as relief of pain and osteoarthritic symptoms and improved functional status.

1148. Layout 1 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pelvic-pain_executive.pdf
      January 01, 2012 - Diagnostic methods varied and included patient report of symptoms, patient report that she was given … literature; study populations are likely to vary widely, and studies may be reporting effects from treating symptoms … Chronic pelvic pain in the community--symptoms, investigations, and diagnoses.

1149. Bladder-Cancer-Non-Muscle-Invasive Research-Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/bladder-cancer-non-muscle-invasive_research-protocol.pdf
      July 21, 2014 - biomarkers or standard diagnostic methods (cystoscopy, cytology, and imaging) in 1) persons with signs or symptoms … characteristics (e.g., age, sex, ethnicity), or according to the nature of the presenting signs or symptoms … PICOTS Population(s) Include: • For KQ 1, 6, and 7: Adults with signs or symptoms of possible bladder … cancer (e.g., gross or microscopic hematuria, irritative voiding symptoms) • For KQ 2: Adults with

1150. Improving Medication Safety in High Risk Medicare Beneficiaries Toolkit (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/medication-therapy-management-1_research.pdf
      July 01, 2012 - pressure, heart rate, and edema); strategies to quantify subjective information, (e.g., pain, asthma symptoms … Symptom Assessment Survey Form Purpose: To identify and categorize symptoms that a patient believes … Brief Description: To assess symptoms potentially related to medications, patients in the MEDIS-MB … Once symptoms potentially related to medications were identified, attribution of the symptom was assessed … Assessment of symptoms that may be side effects of medications was conducted by an MTM provider using

1151. Nonpharmacological Versus Pharmacological Treatment for Patients With Major Depressive Disorder: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2016 - First-Step Interventions for Managing MDD �� CBT appears to be as effective as SGAs in relieving symptoms

1152. Treating Infantile Hemangiomas in Children (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/infantile-hemangioma_consumer.pdf
      June 01, 2016 - Call your child’s health care professional if your child has any of these symptoms. … pressure �� A slow heartbeat �� Trouble breathing, such as wheezing �� Low blood sugar (may also keep symptoms

1153. Treating and Preventing C. difficile Infections (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2017 - The most common symptoms of CDI include watery diarrhea (three or more times a day for 2 or more days … Symptoms of severe CDI may include: � Having watery diarrhea often (as many as 15 times) throughout

1154. Interventions Targeting Sensory Challenges in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders - An Update (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/asd-interventions-disposition.pdf
      May 26, 2017 - Peer Reviewer #7 Clarity and Usability "...may be used to treat symptoms of ASD" This line is … specify that some medications have approval by FDA for treatment of comorbid conditions (NOT core symptoms … Peer Reviewer #1 Methods The key issues studied (impact on core autism symptoms and behavior problems … Peer Reviewer #1 Methods The key issues studied (impact on core autism symptoms and behavior problems … I would suggest that also important will be translational work that relates sensory symptoms and treatments

1155. Noninvasive Treatments for Low Back Pain (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/back-pain-treatment_research_executive.pdf
      February 01, 2016 - disability, and are able to return to work.6 In those with persistent symptoms, continued improvement … Attributing symptoms of low back pain to a specific disease or spinal pathology is a challenge.12 Spinal … Reported harms were generally related to superficial symptoms at the application site or a temporary … Traction Traction vs. placebo, sham, or no treatment, LBP with or without radicular symptoms: Pain … not specifically describe whether patients with radicular symptoms were excluded.

1156. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ischemic-stroke-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
      February 19, 2010 - of acute ischemic stroke and is currently recommended for use within the first 3 hours of onset of symptoms … the use of IV rtPA in eligible patients presenting within 3 to 4.5 hours after the onset of stroke symptoms

1157. Development and Usability Testing of EPC Evidence Review Dissemination Summaries for Health Systems Decisionmakers (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-usability-testing.pdf
      November 01, 2018 - Key Messages  Second-generation antipsychotics probably improve to some extent key symptoms for which … they are thought to be necessary for daily functioning (e.g., psychotic symptoms, mania in bipolar … (Manic/Mixed Phases) SGA class vs placebo Similar findings for aripiprazole alone, and for manic symptoms … CI = confidence interval, EPS = extrapyramidal symptoms, RR = relative risk, SOE = strength of evidence … , and skill Low Adding weekly feedback to 90-day feedback for practitioners regarding patient symptoms

1158. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hepatitis-c-screening_research-protocol.pdf
      October 20, 2011 - Includes individuals without signs or symptoms suggestive of liver disease or known abnormal liver … Includes women without signs or symptoms suggestive of liver disease b. … www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published Online: October 20, 2011 This review is not applicable to patients with signs or symptoms

1159. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-cancer-medications_disposition-comments.pdf
      March 10, 2010 - Why weren’t vasomotor symptoms included in this table? … Vasomotor symptoms were not included in the table because the trials reported these outcomes descriptively … Women using tibolone for relief of menopausal symptoms in observational studies differ significantly … The key question groups them in this way so related symptoms can be considered together. … Symptoms that do not fit these groupings but are important for QOL are collected under that title.

1160. Outcomes in COPD patients treated with theophylline (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/decide16final-mortality-risk-in-copd-pts-using-theophylline.pdf
      December 01, 2009 - indicate theophylline may benefit patients on long-acting bronchodilators that are still experiencing symptoms … We were unable to measure symptoms or functioning which may be improved because of the bronchodilatory … Therefore, if theophylline reduces symptoms, makes patients feel better and improves activities of daily … Measures of symptoms are also not available, and while our propensity scores account for many of the … We were unable to determine the benefit of theophylline on important patient outcomes such as symptoms