BACKGROUND:
Angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors improve the outcome among patients with left ventricular dysfunction, whether or not they have heart failure. We assessed the role of an angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitor, ramipril, in patients who were at high risk for...
Purpose of Review
To assess which noninvasive nonpharmacological treatments for common chronic pain conditions improve function and pain for at least 1 month after treatment.
Key Messages
• Interventions that improved function and/ or pain for at least 1 month when used for...
BACKGROUND:
Gabapentin is commonly used to treat neuropathic pain (pain due to nerve damage). This review updates a review published in 2014, and previous reviews published in 2011, 2005 and 2000.
OBJECTIVES:
To assess the analgesic efficacy and adverse effects of gabapentin...
BACKGROUND:
This is an updated version of the original Cochrane review published in Issue 12, 2012. That review considered both fibromyalgia and neuropathic pain, but the effects of amitriptyline for fibromyalgia are now dealt with in a separate review.Amitriptyline is a tricyclic...
Leveraging Practice-Based Research Networks to Accelerate Implementation and Diffusion of Chronic Kidney Disease Guidelines in Primary Care Practices
Introduction. We conducted a technology assessment to summarize and appraise the current evidence regarding the effectiveness and safety of bariatric surgery in the Medicare-eligible population.
Data Sources. We searched six bibliographic databases and...
Patients with existing disease or major risk factors should be prescribed statins unless contraindicated.
Screening and treating hypertension can improve the health of patients and the population. Many patients don’t know that they have hypertension, are not on treatment or are not controlled.
Choose a treatment plan that fits the patient.
A comprehensive approach to cessation is more successful than any one mode of therapy. For patients ready to commit to quitting, use both behavioral interventions and pharmacologic therapy. Good evidence suggests that each of the following...
IMPORTANCE:
The number of deaths from cervical cancer in the United States has decreased substantially since the implementation of widespread cervical cancer screening and has declined from 2.8 to 2.3 deaths per 100 000 women from 2000 to 2015.
OBJECTIVE:
To update the US...
