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Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Joint Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society
Low back pain is the fifth most common reason for all physician visits in the United States (1, 2). Approximately one quarter of U.S. adults reported having low back pain lasting at least 1 whole day… Expand
Recommendations for Conduct, Methodological Practices, and Reporting of Cost-effectiveness Analyses: Second Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine.
- G. Sanders, P. Neumann, +13 authors T. Ganiats
- Medicine
- JAMA
- 13 September 2016
IMPORTANCE
Since publication of the report by the Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine in 1996, researchers have advanced the methods of cost-effectiveness analysis, and policy makers… Expand
Screening for Colorectal Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement.
- K. Bibbins-Domingo, D. Grossman, +15 authors A. Siu
- Medicine
- JAMA
- 21 June 2016
IMPORTANCE
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. In 2016, an estimated 134,000 persons will be diagnosed with the disease, and about 49,000 will die from… Expand
AHRQ series paper 5: grading the strength of a body of evidence when comparing medical interventions--agency for healthcare research and quality and the effective health-care program.
- D. Owens, K. Lohr, +5 authors M. Helfand
- Medicine
- Journal of clinical epidemiology
- 1 May 2010
OBJECTIVE
To establish guidance on grading strength of evidence for the Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) program of the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING… Expand
Cost-effectiveness of screening for HIV in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy.
- G. Sanders, A. Bayoumi, +7 authors D. Owens
- Medicine
- The New England journal of medicine
- 10 February 2005
BACKGROUND
The costs, benefits, and cost-effectiveness of screening for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in health care settings during the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) have… Expand
Risk Assessment for and Strategies To Reduce Perioperative Pulmonary Complications for Patients Undergoing Noncardiothoracic Surgery: A Guideline from the American College of Physicians
Recommendations Recommendation 1: All patients undergoing noncardiothoracic surgery should be evaluated for the presence of the following significant risk factors for postoperative pulmonary… Expand
Accuracy of positron emission tomography for diagnosis of pulmonary nodules and mass lesions: a meta-analysis.
- M. Gould, C. C. Maclean, W. Kuschner, C. E. Rydzak, D. Owens
- Medicine
- JAMA
- 21 February 2001
CONTEXT
Focal pulmonary lesions are commonly encountered in clinical practice, and positron emission tomography (PET) with the glucose analog 18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) may be an accurate test for… Expand
Cost-Effectiveness of Dabigatran Compared With Warfarin for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation
- J. Freeman, R. P. Zhu, +5 authors M. Turakhia
- Medicine
- Annals of Internal Medicine
- 4 January 2011
BACKGROUND
Warfarin reduces the risk for ischemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) but increases the risk for hemorrhage. Dabigatran is a fixed-dose, oral direct thrombin inhibitor… Expand
Test performance of positron emission tomography and computed tomography for mediastinal staging in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis.
- M. Gould, W. Kuschner, +5 authors D. Owens
- Medicine
- Annals of internal medicine
- 2003
PURPOSE
To compare the diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET) with 18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) for mediastinal staging in patients with non-small-cell… Expand
State-transition modeling: a report of the ISPOR-SMDM Modeling Good Research Practices Task Force--3.
- U. Siebert, O. Alagoz, +4 authors K. Kuntz
- Medicine
- Value in health : the journal of the…
- 1 September 2012
State-transition modeling is an intuitive, flexible, and transparent approach of computer-based decision-analytic modeling including both Markov model cohort simulation and individual-based… Expand