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2101. Disposition of Comments for Treatments for Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis (pdf file)
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      July 17, 2013 - Introduction Many patients don’t take medications for 2 straight weeks for SAR; they use intermittent therapy … Thus, because of early onset of action (not really discussed in this draft document because the therapeutic … that have solid scientific support and a caution that the impact of our drug therapies may not be … This can guide a formulary committee to make a few general decisions re sequencing therapeutic decisions … Discussion of ES and Full Report: “Study designs that can more efficiently assess the effects of additive therapies

2102. White Paper: Enhancing Systematic Review Methods by Incorporating Unpublished Drug Trials (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2024 - Future research should expand to other therapeutic areas and include more sources of unpublished data … Drugs Versus Nonpharmacologic Treatments: FDA drug approval packages are limited to pharmacologic treatments … reviews limited to pharmacological treatments, devices, and biologics. … Treatment for Bipolar Disorder in Adults: A Systematic Review. … Treatments for Schizophrenia in Adults: A Systematic Review.

2103. A Stroke of Error | PSNet
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      February 01, 2016 - The interval between symptom onset and clinical assessment will determine whether acute reperfusion therapy … thrombin time or ecarin clotting time; laboratory assays are often not processed quickly enough to make therapeutic … have a database or registry capable of tracking the number and type of stroke patients seen, their treatments … , timelines for receiving treatments, and measurement of clinical outcomes.( 15 ) A system should be … these recommendations it is expected that patients will achieve more accurate diagnoses, more timely therapies

2104. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      April 06, 2010 - Since the publication of the report, two new therapeutic classes arrived on the market, the dipeptidyl … , this review responds to a nomination to AHRQ to compare the effectiveness and safety of 2nd line therapies … It addresses both monotherapy and combination therapy for the management of type 2 diabetes in adults … setting, inclusion and exclusion criteria, key characteristics of enrolled subjects, details about the treatments … We are excluding all other comparisons of combination therapies from this review.

2105. A Framework for Conceptualizing Evidence Needs of Health Systems (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2017 - designed study in a large academic health care system suggested the same.18 Members of Pharmacy and Therapeutics … Pharmacy and Therapeutics committees usually review new products, whereas CER reviews are more useful … for evaluating therapeutic classes of existing drugs. … areas of infrastructure, human resources, training, and organizational routines”] • Demand for treatment … Health problems • Organizational aspects • Political and strategic information • Ethics • Nature of treatment

2106. S103 (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2007 - When the treatments are not randomly assigned—as in an observational study—individuals who receive 1 … an individual been sub- jected to both treatments. … Supported by a Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics coop- erative agreement (3 U18 HS010548 … In many studies, including studies involving surgery and expensive one-time therapies, the majority of … Estimating causal effects of treatments in randomized and nonrandomized studies.

2107. Procedure Manual Section 3. Topic Work Plan Development | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      June 22, 2025 - information (e.g., changes in understanding of the nature of the disease process or changes in diagnosis, therapeutics … Interventions that are part of the treatment and management of persons with clinical disease are usually … Actions, such as screening and treatment, appear as arrows linking the population to an outcome or linking … Analytic frameworks used by the Task Force distinguish between actions (e.g., obtaining a screening test, treatment … outcomes, and consider both beneficial and harmful outcomes (e.g., adverse effects of screening and treatment

2108. Case Example #7: Cherokee Health Systems | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2019 - For example, a patient might be a candidate for treatment for hepatitis C, but not if they are drinking … collaborative visits with PCPs, bring in patients for independent visits such as traditional 30-minute therapeutic … The BHCs and PCPs develop a treatment plan. … The CHCs develop a case management plan to operationalize treatment plans. … In addition, treatment teams perform regular clinical reviews of high-risk patients.

2109. Technology for Improving Medication Monitoring in Nursing Homes (pdf file)
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      March 09, 2005 - conditions, communication/hearing problems, nutritional status, oral/dental status, skin condition, special treatments … , whether the treatment includes an unsafe drug for the particular patient) … ; Needs additional drug therapy Medical conditions suggest drug therapy may be indicated Medical … information regarding the beneficial and adverse medication effects in the elderly population, (3) new therapeutic … Treatment of delirium is based on the treatment of the precipitating factor, and prevention plays the

2110. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      April 07, 2022 - research endeavors include patient outcomes research; research on novel patient care diagnostics, therapeutics … operations, the ED clinical nurse specialist, ED nurse manager, and ad hoc representatives from respiratory therapy

2111. Systematic Review on Treatments for Acute Pain: Surveillance Report 3 (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2022 - • Nonpharmacologic therapy versus inactive treatments or usual care. … outcome/ 8. exp Therapeutics/ 9. … (exercise [and related therapies], cognitive behavioral therapy, meditation, relaxation, music therapy … pharm therapy: placebo; included therapies vs. excluded therapies; dose ranging studies; NSAID vs … controls; included therapies vs. excluded therapies Outcomes Opioid therapy: a-d, g, i.

2112. Getting to the Root of the Matter | PSNet
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      September 01, 2005 - shock requiring vasopressors appears to have suffered a myocardial infarction (MI) in the course of his treatment … We believe that vasopressin should be considered a high-risk medication, since it has a narrow therapeutic

2113. Improving Missing Data Analysis in Distributed Research Networks – Final Report (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2022 - Here the ACE, representing the treatment group-specific difference in the means of potential outcomes … HbA1c values among metformin-treated adults with type 2 diabetes starting combination therapy with … important baseline confounders in comparative effectiveness studies of bariatric surgeries and diabetes therapies … to baseline, defined as the date of bariatric surgery (case study #1) or initiation of combination therapy … ISPE's 38th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management (ICPE

2114. Section 2: Engaging Stakeholders in a Care Management Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - Assess new therapies and technologies. Review Medicaid policies and recommend changes. … Pharmacy and therapeutics. Medical coverage.

2115. In Conversation With… Gordon Schiff, MD | PSNet
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      February 26, 2025 - When I was at Cook County Health and Hospital System, I chaired the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee

2116. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2018 - When I was at Cook County Health and Hospital System, I chaired the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee

2117. Szn5Hhs8W5Sar6Bbpabsab (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2008 - We used RCTs to assess the effectiveness of diabetes and prediabetes treatments. … The ALLHAT (51) examined various antihypertensive therapies among persons with diabetes, impaired fasting … Economic evaluation of therapeutic interventions to prevent type 2 diabetes in Canada. … on dual therapy. … Pharmaco- therapy for weight loss in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

2118. Allergy-Seasonal Executive (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2013 - Drugs used for the treatment of SAR have wide therapeutic windows—that is, across the range of doses … Study designs that can more efficiently assess the effects of additive therapies are lacking. … Antihistamine therapy in allergic rhinitis. … Alterations in drug disposition during pregnancy: implications for drug therapy. … Montelukast as an adjuvant to mainstay therapies in patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis.

2119. Har 2005 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2005 - musculoskeletal (or orthope- dic) procedures increased with age, but the distribution of specific treatments … , joints, and soft tissue 159 Other diagnostic procedures on musculoskeletal system 160 Other therapeutic … procedures on muscles and tendons 161 Other operating room therapeutic procedures on bone 162 Other … operating room therapeutic procedures on joints 163 Other non-operating room therapeutic procedures … on musculoskeletal system 164 Other operating room therapeutic procedures on musculoskeletal

2120. Disposition of Comments Report for Core Needle and Open Surgical Biopsy for Diagnosis of Breast Lesions: An Update to the 2009 Report (pdf file)
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      September 10, 2014 - Just saying surgery implies that the biopsy was therapeutic and no additional procedures was needed. … represent clinical indirect effects of testing (via the impact of tests on diagnostic thinking and therapeutic … wire-localized surgical excision should only occur if a cancer has been diagnosed (in which case it is a therapeutic … baseline rate of disease, the natural history of undiagnosed breast cancer, the effectiveness of treatments … The discussion doesn't handle the terms bleeding, hematoma and bleeding events that required treatment