management of diabetic retinopathy evidence based systematic review

... subscale of the Harris Hip Score; and/or the pain subscale of the Health Related Quality of Life Table Level of evidence for evaluating the efficacy of exercise therapy in the management of osteoarthritis ... OA through the use of exercise therapy, despite evidence as to its potential benefits for the management of knee OA Based on the studies included in this review, insufficient evidence was found ... supplemented with a review of the bibliographies of past review papers on exercise-therapy interventions, as well as the personal libraries of the contributing authors When searching for past review articles,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... studies has systematically summarised current economic evidence to compare the impact of different types of prostheses on costs and cost-effectiveness The objective of this systematic review is ... 2010); The Cochrane Library (Issue 5, 2010): The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews; Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) and Health Technology Assessment (HTA) database; Health ... RCTs are often thought of as the gold standard to inform economic evaluation studies [37], evaluation of THR is a context where the use of RCTs is of limited use in terms of the nature of the procedure...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... RCT of corticosteroids in adolescents and adults with TBM in Vietnam Following the publication of this trial, Prasad and Singh12 updated their Cochrane systematic review on the efficacy of corticosteroids ... composite illustration of summary effect-sizes (relative risk 95% CI) for different outcomes reported in the Cochrane systematic reviews on efficacy of corticosteroids in various forms of extrapulmonary ... increased risk of Kaposi’s sarcoma and a non-significant but higher risk of recurrent TB CORTICOSTEROIDS IN OTHER FORMS OF EXTRAPULMONARY TB Credible evidence from clinical trials for the use of corticosteroids...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:20

... age, gender, race, the origin of birth, and other socio-economic status For the purpose of this review, HRQL was defined as patients' self-evaluations of the impact of either active TB disease ... in TB patients include size of pulmonary TB infection, duration of TB disease, reactivation of previous TB infection, number of symptoms before treatment, development of hemoptysis, hospitalization, ... study was counted for the review Therefore, a total of 12 original studies were included in this review [21,23,25,27-35] and an overview is presented in Additional file Of the 12 included studies,...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... infectivity of HBV So we only Figure the efficacy of ECS versus vaginal delivery for preventing MTCT of HBV Analysis of Analysis of the efficacy of ECS versus vaginal delivery for preventing MTCT of HBV ... detection of HBV DNA, which can largely relieve pains of newborns But it must be performed strictly to avoid pollution by maternal blood Limitations of this systematic review The conclusions of this review ... practice Although studies of ECS showed a strong evidence of a reduction in the risk of MTCT of HBV, methodological concerns including lack of information on randomization Page of (page number not...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... endocarditis: a report of four cases and a systematic review of the literature Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010 5:13 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • Convenient ... and no evident signs of inflammation Although evidence of LS Bouma et al Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010, 5:13 http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/5/1/13 Page of 13 Table Preoperative ... Intraoperative Page of 13 inspection showed a large verrucous tumor on the atrial side of the P2 section of the posterior mitral valve leaflet (Fig 4D) A quadrangular resection of the P2 section of the posterior...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... interpretation of data or writing of subsequent manuscripts Author details Departments of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada 2Department of Family Medicine, ... Role and modalities of information and education in the management of patients with rheumatoid arthritis; development of recommendations for clinical practice based on published evidence and expert ... mechanism of action (reported or applicable theory), and application (clinical indication, healthcare setting, attributes of those delivering and receiving care) based on a review of the relevant...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... members Evidence profiles should ideally be based on a systematic review Because we did not identify any existing systematic review of the use of tests for the diagnosis of CMA, we performed systematic ... http://www.implementationscience.com/content/6/1/62 Page of Table Example of evidence profile generated based on systematic review conducted for these guidelines Question 1, Profile 1: Should skin prick tests be used for the diagnosis of IgE-mediated ... more evidence profiles summarising the information about the relevant outcomes Evidence profiles present a concise summary of estimated effects and an assessment of the quality of supporting evidence...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... this absence of evidence of harm should not be taken as proof that CCDSSs are safe to employ for drug management in patient care Page 13 of 17 specified analyses of possible predictors of system ... limitations of review The results of our review should be interpreted with consideration of methodological strengths and limitations, including steps taken to mitigate the risk of bias We based our review ... effectiveness of a clinical decision support system based on the recommendations of the European Society of Cardiology and other societies for the management of hypercholesterolemia: Report of a cluster-randomized...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 11:20

... of their use of evidence: a systematic review J Health Serv Res Policy 2002, 7:239-244 Page 11 of 12 13 Aarons GA: Measuring provider attitudes toward evidence- based practice: Consideration of ... adoption of evidence- based practice: The Evidence- Based Practice Attitude Scale (EBPAS) Adm Policy Ment Health 2004, 6:61-74 10 Laing A, Hogg G: Political exhortation, patient expectation and professional ... affect implementation of EBPs [13-17], much of the existing evidence is from outside the US [18-20] or outside of healthcare settings [21,22] With regard to implementation of evidence and guidelines...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 11:20

... is out of date There is a need for a rigorous systematic review specifically focusing on the effectiveness of manual stretching as a treatment for plantar heel pain The objective of this review ... plantar heel pain [1,12] Systematic reviews investigating the efficacy of conservative treatments for plantar fascia have been published [4,11,13] However none of the reviews have focused specifically ... they did not fit the Page of 13 required criteria A total of six articles were therefore included in this systematic review [14,15,17-20] Study characteristics Five of the six studies utilised...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:24

... Ovid’s Evidence- Based Medicine Reviews database (includes Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, ACP Journal Club, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE), Cochrane Central Register of ... authorship of their component reviews Studies eligible for review As of 13 January 2010 we started with 86 CCDSS RCTs identified in our previously published systematic review Page of [1] (one of the ... highly cited systematic reviews of trials of all types of CCDSSs [1-3] The most recent of these [1] included 87 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and 13 non-randomized trials of CCDSSs, published...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... Ovid’s Evidence- Based Medicine Reviews database (includes Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, ACP Journal Club, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE), Cochrane Central Register of ... authorship of their component reviews Studies eligible for review As of 13 January 2010 we started with 86 CCDSS RCTs identified in our previously published systematic review Page of [1] (one of the ... highly cited systematic reviews of trials of all types of CCDSSs [1-3] The most recent of these [1] included 87 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and 13 non-randomized trials of CCDSSs, published...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:20

... efficacy of LAM and LdT in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B and had different results Thus, we conducted this systematic review of these trials to assess the evidence obtained on the efficacy of ... lots of low-income economy countries like China So lamivudine and telbivudine are more widely used in treatment of CHB In this systematic review, we focus on the comparison of the efficay of lamivudine ... database (from 1990 to April 2010), the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Review Of these databases, CNKI, WANFANG and VIP databases provide literatures...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:21

... ventilator associated pneumonia Chest 2002, 122:262-268 Deeks JJ: Systematic reviews in health care: systematic reviews of evaluations of diagnostic and screening tests BMJ 2001, 323:157-162 Klompas ... also reviewed the bibliographies of available studies for other potentially eligible studies Of 572 articles fulfilling the initial search criteria, 159 articles were chosen for detailed review of ... one of the following: Plus at least of the following:- - positive growth in blood culture not related to another source of infection - new onset of purulent sputum, or change in character of sputum...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 10:20

... compression of various aetiologies A summary of the QUADAS components for each of the studies is shown in Table 12 The purpose of this systematic review was to determine the quality of the research ... of these tests to be mainly of high quality based on their QUADAS scores Laslett et al [8] suggested that due to the large size and lack of mobility of the sacroiliac joints, a large amount of ... purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of spinal orthopaedic tests through a systematic review of the methodological quality of papers Methods Search methods A search was conducted...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 14:20

... higher rating of the level of evidence might apply (see 1.6: Limitations of the Evidence Review) ‹ Features of serious conditions are summarised in Table 5.1 28 Evidence- based Management of Acute ... the scope of this work Evidence- based Management of Acute Musculoskeletal Pain: A Guide for Clinicians • Introduction Table 1.1: Levels of Evidence LEVEL OF EVIDENCE* STUDY DESIGN I Evidence obtained ... assistance) with the support of their clinician 4.2 Components of a Management Plan The management plan comprises the processes of assessment, management and review An outline of the management plan is...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 11:20

... Consortium Pharmacological Management of Acute Attacks A Introduction Effective long-term management of patients with migraine is challenging because of the complexity of the condition Migraine ... subsequent use of resources, be cost-effective for overall management, and have minimal or no adverse events B Summary of the Evidence The principal findings of the AHCPR Technical Reviews (for ... the available evidence summarized in the AHCPR Technical Review 1,2,20 and help provide complete patient management for treatment of acute migraine attacks D General Principles of Management In...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 12:20

... including type of study, number of subjects, follow-up (years), number of cases/controls, type of controls; diet including type and quality of dietary assessment method, number and type of food items; ... positive association in of studies of GC and in of studies on OC However, there are a large number of case-control studies presenting results on meat intake and GC and OC Most of them have found a ... majority of studies support a not significantly positive association with GC Limitation of evidence Only cohort[11,12] and case-control studies[16,21,22-28] of 65 studies included in this review...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 02:21

... evidence of the impacts of microfinance, and a review of the impact of formal banking initiatives Lastly, in all we are aware of three overlapping systematic reviews of the impacts of microfinance: ... need for rigorous systematic reviews of the evidence of the impact of microfinance on the poor Further, while many of the first institutions offering microfinance were not-for-profit local NGOs ... measure of success.6 This debate on what entails success in the microfinance industry also makes a systematic review of the evidence of the impact of microfinance timely And in the latter half of...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 21:20