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61. Arthritis and Nontraumatic Joint Disease (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/01_-arthritis_potential_high_impact_june_2012.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - cells derived from the patient’s own bone marrow, synovium, periosteum, skeletal muscle, or adipose tissue … PRP therapy has been used by high-profile athletes to speed their recovery process after soft tissue … that are involved in maintaining the relative stability of internal physiologic conditions of many tissue … . 2 MSCs isolated from these different tissues are purported to exhibit differences in their ability … disease. 24 PRP has been used in a number of hemostatic applications as well as for treating soft tissue

62. Effectiveness and Safety of Bronchial Thermoplasty in Management of Asthma: Evidence Summary (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/evidence-summary-cer-202-bronchial-thermoplasty-asthma.pdf
    December 01, 2017 - the walls of accessible proximal airways with the intent of reducing excess airway smooth muscle tissue … effectiveness and safety of bronchial thermoplasty (BT), a procedure that uses heat to remove muscle tissue

63. Noninvasive Diagnostic Techniques for the Detection of Skin Cancers (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/skin-lesions-evaluation_technical-brief.pdf
    December 01, 2014 - excitation microscopy, uses more than one photon excitation to illuminate endogenous fluorophores in skin tissues … signal to be captured by a detector.122 Similar to CSLM, it uses laser beam and allows imaging of tissues … Electrical Bio-Impedance Different biological tissues have different electrical impedance spectra. … from normal tissue. … the intended use listed in the FDA summary is for the imaging of the internal microstructure of tissues

64. Layout 1 (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-biopsy-executive.pdf
    December 01, 2009 - Open surgical biopsy involves removing a sample of tissue from the suspicious area through a surgical … After the tissue sample is removed, the incision is closed with sutures. … A core-needle biopsy is a procedure that involves removing small samples of breast tissue through a hollow … The device uses vacuum suction to help remove tissue samples. … cancer, the “gold standard” reference test is open surgery and pathological examination of the removed tissue

65. Computerized Definitions Showed High Positive Predictive Values for Identifying Reasons for Hospitalizations in a Medicaid Population with Rheumatoid Arthritis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    October 30, 2008 - was accompanied by the isolation/identification of pathogenic microorganisms from normally sterile tissue … disease required the identification or isolation of Streptococcus pneumoniae from normally sterile tissue … hospitalization and they were accompanied by the identification/isolation of specific organisms from tissue … Among confirmed cases, 34 (94%) had positive blood cultures and 2 had positive cultures from other tissues

66. Local Therapies for Unresectable Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/liver-cancer-therapy/research-protocol
    March 20, 2012 - Injections into the tissue or into the blood vessel feeding the tissue leads to cell death by destroying … to the tumor target while simultaneously reducing the amount of photons reaching normal surrounding tissue … images to shape radiation beams to the exact size and shape of the tumor, thereby sparing nearby healthy tissues … of a high dose of radiation to a tumor while significantly reducing the dose to surrounding normal tissue … localized doses of β-radiation to the tumor, while minimizing radiation exposure to the surrounding tissue

67. Liver-Cancer-Therapy Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    November 28, 2012 - Injections into the tissue or into the blood vessel feeding the tissue leads to cell death by destroying … radiation to create heat by exciting (i.e., energizing) water molecules.14 The heat causes thermal tissue … to the tumor target while simultaneously reducing the amount of photons reaching normal surrounding tissue … to shape radiation beams to the exact size and shape of the tumor, thereby sparing nearby healthy tissues … of a high dose of radiation to a tumor while significantly reducing the dose to surrounding normal tissue

68. Topic 0610 CE of Treatments for Uterine Fibroids NSD FINAL (pdf file)
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    September 03, 2014 - .) § Uterine leiomyomata, or fibroids, are benign growths of smooth muscle and connective tissue anchored

69. Arthritis and Nontraumatic Joint Disease (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/01_arthritis_potential_high_impact_2012-12-10.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - cells derived from the patient’s own bone marrow, synovium, periosteum, skeletal muscle, or adipose tissue … PRP therapy has been used by high-profile athletes to speed their recovery process after soft-tissue … that are involved in maintaining the relative stability of internal physiologic conditions of many tissue … . 2 MSCs isolated from these different tissues are purported to exhibit differences in their ability … disease. 24 PRP has been used in a number of hemostatic applications as well as for treating soft-tissue

70. Engaging Patients in Information Sharing and Data Collection: The Role of Patient-Powered Registries and Research Networks (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/stakeholders-engagement-others_white-paper.pdf
    September 01, 2013 - reported clinical outcomes, diagnostic reports or images, hospital records, collected/donated blood or tissue … Patient registries may also include the collection of tissue or blood samples collected in a variety … Several PPRs have biobanks, or repositories, where patients can provide samples of blood or tissue to … concerns have been expressed regarding issues of patient consent and rights violations relative to tissue … Some registries use scientific advisors or advisory teams to oversee the standardization of data or tissue

71. Enzyme-Replacement Therapies for Lysosomal Storage Diseases | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 02, 2013 - enzyme defects result in accumulation of specific macromolecular compounds within lysosomes in various tissues

72. Topic 0533 Postpartum Hemorrhage NSD FINALsj (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND-0652-131114.pdf
    May 15, 2013 - musculature (tone), trauma to the uterus or the genital tract (trauma), retention of the placenta (tissue

73. Computerized Definitions Showed High Positive Predictive Values for Identifying Reasons for Hospitalizations in a Medicaid Population with Rheumatoid Arthritis (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rheumatoid-arthritis-hospitalizations_research.pdf
    October 01, 2008 - was accompanied by the isolation/identification of pathogenic microorganisms from normally sterile tissue … disease required the identification or isolation of Streptococcus pneumoniae from normally sterile tissue … hospitalization and they were accompanied by the identification/isolation of specific organisms from tissue … Among confirmed cases, 34 (94%) had positive blood cultures and 2 had positive cultures from other tissues

74. Engaging Patients in Information Sharing and Data Collection: The Role of Patient-Powered Registries and Research Networks | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/stakeholders-engagement-others/white-paper
    September 30, 2013 - reported clinical outcomes, diagnostic reports or images, hospital records, collected/donated blood or tissue

75. Neurothrombectomy Devices for Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/ischemic-stroke-treatment/research-protocol
    February 19, 2010 - long-term disability and stroke-related mortality. 14 Some thrombolytic agents, including recombinant tissue … Tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke. N Engl J Med 1995;333:1581-7. … Expansion of the time window for treatment of acute ischemic stroke with intravenous tissue plasminogen … NINDS National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke OR Odds Ratio rtPA Recombinant tissue

76. 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 - long-term disability and stroke-related mortality.14 Some thrombolytic agents, including recombinant tissue … Tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke. N Engl J Med 1995;333:1581-7. 17. … Expansion of the time window for treatment of acute ischemic stroke with intravenous tissue plasminogen … NINDS National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke OR Odds Ratio rtPA Recombinant tissue

77. Radiotherapy-Proton-Beam Research (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2012 - of their energy during the final portion of their trajectory, they diminish the risk of damage to tissue … skeleton Solid tumors in children up to 18‡ Other: Pituitary and pineal gland tumors Soft tissue … allows dose escalation to the tumor site while minimizing the unintended consequences in ad- jacent tissue … First, concerns about impotence, incontinence, and procitis caused by radiation damage to adjacent tissue

78. Local Therapies for the Treatment of Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Endobronchial Obstruction Due to Advanced Lung Tumors | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/lung-cancer-nonsurgical-therapies/research-protocol
    February 22, 2012 - the tumor volume, while attempting to minimize adverse effects of radiation on adjacent normal lung tissue … It encompasses the tumor and a significant margin of normal tissue to avoid missing any part of the tumor … dose fractionation, and can lead to adverse effects related to the effect of radiation on normal lung tissue … , including radiation pneumonitis and permanent loss of noncancerous lung tissue. … energy within the tumor; thus, this type of treatment may cause less damage to surrounding healthy tissue

79. Layout 1 (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/prostate-cancer_executive.pdf
    February 01, 2008 - provides the precise adjusted dose of radiation to target organs, with less irradiation of healthy tissues … permits improved dose distribution (delivering higher dose to the tumor with lower dose to normal tissue … Tissue ablation of the prostate is achieved by intense heat focused on the identified cancerous area … IMRT provides at least as good a radiation dose to the prostate with less radiation to the surrounding tissues … IMRT provides at least as good a radiation dose to the tumor with less radiation to the surrounding tissues

80. Osteoporosis-Vibration-Therapy Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2020 - Osteoporosis is a disease of the skeletal system characterized by low bone mass and deterioration of bone tissue … understood.31,32 One hypothesis is that vibration signals are transmitted and amplified into bone tissue … Animal studies demonstrated that vibration increases the anabolic (bone building) activity of bone tissue … The anabolic activity of bone tissue, suppressed by disuse, is normalized by brief exposure to extremely