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2401. The Effectiveness of Indoor Allergen Reduction and the Role of Bronchial Thermoplasty in the Management of Asthma (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/asthma-nonpharmacologic-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
      October 04, 2016 - are managed with multiple medications that may include inhaled, orally administered, and biologic therapeutics … The guidelines address the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of asthma. … (>18 years) patients with severe asthma in addition to standard treatment? … allergen(s) § Reduction or elimination of exposure to multiple indoor inhalant allergens o KQ 2 § Treatments … Available: http://www.aaaai.org/conditions-and-treatments/asthma. 7. Gotzsche PC, Johansen HK.

2402. Disposition of Comments for Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/measuring-blood-pressure_disposition-comments.pdf
      January 01, 2012 - title above the actual wording "appendix C" it cites "comparative effectiveness of the diagnosis and treatment … and increase adherence and persistence to BP lowering therapy. … to “criteria” and added in parenthesis “(including populations, settings, interventions, control treatment … The emphasis on tailoring treatment to specific patient situations (avoiding overtreatment or undertreatment … Regarding the therapeutic targets for home BP we believe that this is still an area of uncertainty.

2403. PREGNANCY, INCLUDING PRETERM BIRTH #12 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pregnancy_hi_impact.pdf
      January 01, 2012 - new (and new uses of existing) pharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostic tests and procedures, therapeutic … purposes of horizon scanning, AHRQ’s interests are broad and encompass drugs, devices, procedures, treatments … , screening and diagnostics, therapeutics, surgery, programs, and care delivery innovations that address … CDB-2914 (ulipristal acetate) for treatment of uterine fibroids 2. … and the treatment is potentially more expensive than the current treatment available as well.” 41

2404. S158 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s158.pdf
      October 01, 2007 - Random assignment of a large number of subjects into treatment groups usually leads to a good balance … Without treatment allocation by chance, however, bias due to different baseline risks for disease in … The treatment of unrelated disor- ders in patients with chronic medical diseases. … Paradoxical relations of drug treatment with mortality in older persons. … analysis and external adjustment for unmea- sured confounders in epidemiologic database studies of therapeutics

2405. Lost in Transitions of Care: Managing an Opioid-Dependent Patient with Frequent Hospitalizations | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/lost-transitions-care-managing-opioid-dependent-patient-frequent-hospitalizations
      October 27, 2022 - 2014, which recommends using long- and short-acting opioids for chronic pain unrelieved by non-opioid therapy … Society of Hematology’s 2020 guidelines for treating sickle cell disease state that long-term opioid therapy … Neither report offers specific dosing guidance; both organizations recommend individualizing therapy … authorization (PA) or trial of another medication prior to filling the requested prescription (step therapy … defer refilling long-acting opioids to the patient’s usual outpatient provider, who may have a longer therapeutic

2406. Template for Reports Developed (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-updates_methods.pdf
      July 01, 2011 - of a single intervention, by comparing the relative benefits and harms among a range of available treatments … characterization of effectiveness that affects clinical decisionmaking (e.g., a new harm, a new alternative therapy … , expansion of treatment to a new patient subgroup). … incorporating results from each newly available study. 29-31 This technique documents trends in a treatment … Cumulative meta-analysis of therapeutic trials for myocardial infarction.

2407. From Insight to Implementation: Lessons from a Multi-site Trial of a PDA-based Warfarin Dose Calculator (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Kravitz.pdf
      February 09, 2005 - responses to help physicians predict steady-state warfarin dosing requirements and steer patients to a therapeutic … Heterogeneity of effects is not unusual even for biomedical treatments. … Computer- adjusted dosage of anticoagulant therapy improves the quality of anticoagulation. … Can treatment that is helpful on average be harmful to some patients? … Selection bias and treatment heterogeneity in clinical trials.

2408. Layout 1 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cad-pci-bypass_executive.pdf
      October 01, 2007 - Effectiveness Reviews, the program supports systematic appraisals of existing scientific evidence regarding treatments … Among PCI-assigned patients, use of stents and adjunctive medical therapy (e.g., dual antiplatelet therapy … effectiveness data based on the use of adjunctive medical therapy for PCI or CABG. … Medicine, Angioplasty, or Surgery Study (MASS-II): a randomized, controlled clinical trial of three therapeutic … Comparative effectiveness by adjunctive therapies Adjunctive therapies Weak - RCTs did not provide comparative

2409. Interventions-Horizon-Scan-High-Impact-1306 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/interventions-horizon-scan-high-impact-1306.pdf
      June 01, 2013 - new (and new uses of existing) pharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostic tests and procedures, therapeutic … purposes of horizon scanning, AHRQ’s interests are broad and encompass drugs, devices, procedures, treatments … , screening and diagnostics, therapeutics, surgery, programs, and care delivery innovations that address … have a major impact on patient management if there are fewer unplanned ED visits and fewer emergency treatments … Adherence to long-term therapies.

2410. Crosscutting-Horizon-Scan-High-Impact-1312 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/crosscutting-horizon-scan-high-impact-1312.pdf
      December 01, 2013 - new (and new uses of existing) pharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostic tests and procedures, therapeutic … purposes of horizon scanning, AHRQ’s interests are broad and encompass drugs, devices, procedures, treatments … , screening and diagnostics, therapeutics, surgery, programs, and care delivery innovations that address … Prescribed medications or therapies are sent electronically to the pharmacy of the patient’s choosing … Adherence to long-term therapies.

2411. Treatment of Dementia Among Community-Dwelling and Institutionalized Medicare Beneficiaries (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dementia-databases-methods_research.pdf
      May 01, 2008 - Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. 2 Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy … provide nationally representative estimates of the prevalence of the use of anti-dementia agents and therapies … Mixed dementia: Emerging concepts and therapeutic implications. … Literature review of dementia treatments. … Is donepezil therapy associated with reduced mortality in nursing home residents with dementia?

2412. Shared Learning and the Drive to Improve Patient Safety: Lessons Learned from the Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Sirio.pdf
      June 15, 2003 - Author affiliations Critical Care Medicine, Medicine and Pharmacy Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh

2413. Archived: Treatment: Evidence Summary: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/treatment-evidence-summary/gestational-diabetes-mellitus-screening-january-2014
      May 28, 2013 - benefits outweigh the risks of treatment and no treatment. … (treating or treatment? or therapy or therapies).mp. manage$.mp. monitor$.mp. … exp Diet Therapy/ (diet adj2 (therap$ or restrict$ or advice)).tw. … Evaluating the therapeutic approach in pregnancies complicated by borderline glucose intolerance: a randomized … Figure 1 is a metagraph depicting the effect of treatment compared with no treatment on the outcome of

2414. Undescended-Testicle Executive (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/undescended-testicle_executive.pdf
      December 01, 2012 - group (i.e., comparison of different treatments, hormonal vs. surgical therapy, or treatment vs. no … Effectiveness of Hormone Therapy Fourteen studies in 19 publications assessed hormonal therapy in treatment … Effectiveness of Surgical Treatments Twenty-six studies addressed surgical treatment. … This report reviews the literature on treatment planning and therapeutic interventions to achieve these … Strength of evidence of surgical treatments for cryptorchidism Outcome Treatment Number of Studies;

2415. Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Major Orthopedic Surgery: Systematic Review Update (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/thromboembolism-update-disposition.pdf
      June 22, 2017 - study clearly outlines and defines all of those variables and clarifies various methods used in treatment … and the key questions chosen by the authors are central to the investigation and use of different therapeutics … Surgery: Systematic Review Update” because: (1) the definition of sufficient evidence excludes level I therapeutic … Comments In 2012, the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) released the “Antithrombotic Therapy … Jiranek, MD, FACS) Methods Pooled analyses of randomized controlled trials allow the comparison of treatments

2416. Final Progress Report: Implementing Best Practices in Palliative Care (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/johnson-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - • Treatment preference measure: Numerator was patients who had one or more of the following: “discussion … sample, adherence  ranged from 76.5% for the comprehensive pain assessment measure to 87.2% for the treatment … The treatment  preferences measure had the highest adherence across sites with a range of 82% to 98%. … • “It provides the consultant an opportunity to decide what fits best for this specific therapeutic … management and developing a rapport/trust building with patients as they are pursuing cancer‐directed therapy

2417. Dissemination and Implementation of QT Risk Clinical Decision Support - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r18hs026662-malone-final-report-2022.pdf
      January 01, 2022 - Implementation of the QTc-RS risk advisory was approved by the health system’s Pharmacy and Therapeutics

2418. Improving Patient Safety in Long-Term Care Facilities, Module 2 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/ltcmodule2.pdf
      June 01, 2012 - For instance, you may say “I think he may have had a stroke.” or “Her Coumadin is well above the therapeutic

2419. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/tethered-spinal-cord-protocol.pdf
      July 19, 2023 - delayed presentation or when patients develop recurrent tethered cord syndrome after prior surgical treatments … Interventions KQ2: Prophylactic surgery KQ3: Surgical detethering, other surgeries, physical therapy … , bladder therapy for bladder function, or bracing KQ4: Surgical interventions such as repeat detethering … , or alternative treatments for effectiveness outcomes; no comparator is required for studies reporting … The synthesis will be guided by the key questions, evaluated diagnostic and therapeutic interventions

2420. 08-1094 (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/08-1094.pdf
      January 02, 2025 - and Drug Administration (FDA), preventing the prescribing of potentially inappropriate or unsafe therapeutic … information at the point of care, and messaging that might steer the prescriber to use specific drugs and therapeutics … An Economic Review of Compliance with Medication Therapy in the Treatment of Schizophrenia. … of an electronic fill status transaction for purposes of tracking patient adherence to medication therapies … will realize benefits such as reduced patient hospitalizations, outpatient procedures, and clinical treatments