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♦ Methods Research: Developing Criteria to Assess Quality and Standards to Report the Epidemiologic Studies Evaluationg the Incidence and Prevalence of Chronic Diseases
 
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Shamliyan TA, RL Kane, and S Jansen "Quality of Systematic Reviews of Observational Nontherapeutic Studies" Prev Chronic Dis 7(6): 2010
 
Shamliyan TA, RL Kane, MT Ansari, G Raman, ND Berkman, M Grant, G Janes, M Maglione, D Moher, M Nasser, KA Robinson, JB Segal, and S Tsouros "Development Quality Criteria to Evaluate Nontherapeutic Studies of Incidence, Prevalence, or Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases: Pilot Study of New Checklists" Journal of Clinical Epidemiology Nov 2010.

Shamliyan T, RL Kane, and S Dickinson "A Systematic Review of Tools Used to Assess the Quality of Observational Studies that Examine Incidence or Prevalence and Risk Factors for Diseases" Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 63:1061-1070, 2010.

 


 Total Knee Replacement 


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Kane RL, Wilt TJ, & Suarez-Almazor ME. "Disparities in total knee replacements: A review." Arthritis and Rheumatism, 57(4), 562-567, 2007.

 

Cross WWI, Saleh KJ, Wilt TJ, & Kane RL. "Agreement about indications for total knee arthroplasty." Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 446, 34-39, 2006.

 

Kane RL, Saleh KJ, Wilt TJ, & Bershadsky B. "The functional outcomes of total knee arthroplasty." The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 87-A(8), 1719-1724, 2005.

 

Kane RL, Saleh KJ, Wilt TJ, et al., "Total Knee Replacement." Rockville, MD: Prepared by the Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality under contract No. 290-02-0009; Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 86, AHRQ Publication No. 04-E006-2. December 2003. 

 


 
 
Holtzman J, Schmitz K, Babes G, et al. "Effectiveness of Behavioral Interventions to Modify Physical Activity Behaviors in General Populations and Cancer Patients and Survivors." Rockville, MD: Prepared by the Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center for Agency for the Healthcare Research and Quality under Contract No. 290-02-0009; Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 102, AHRQ Publication No. 04-E027-2. June 2004.
 
 

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Kane RL, Johnson PE, Town RJ, et al. "Economic Incentives for Preventive Care." Rockville, MD: Prepared by the Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality under Contract No. 290-02-0009; Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 101, AHRQ Publication No. 04-E024-2. August 2004.

Kane RL, Johnson PE, Town RJ, & Butler M. "A structured review of the effect of economic incentives on consumers' preventive behavior." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 27(4), 327-352, 2004.

Town RJ, Kane RL, Johnson PE, & Butler M. "Economic incentives and physicians' delivery of preventive care: A systematic review." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 28(2), 234-240, 2005.  


 
Wilt TJ, Niewoehner D, MacDonald R, Kane RL. "Management of Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review for a Practice Guideline." Annals of Internal Medicine, 147:639-653, 2007.
 
Wilt TJ, Niewoehner D, Kim C, et al. "Use of Spirometry for Case Finding, Diagnosis, and Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)." Rockville, MD: Prepared by the Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality under Contract No. 290-02-0009; Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 121, AHRQ Publication No. 05-E017-1. August 2005.
 


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Jonk YC, Kane RL, Lederle FA, MacDonald R, Cutting AH., & Wilt TJ. "Cost-effectiveness of abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: A systematic review." International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 23(2), 205-215, 2007.
 
Lederle FA, Kane RL, MacDonald R, et al. "Repair of aortic aneurysm: a systematic review of randomized trials." Annals of Internal Medicine, 146:735-741, 2007.
 
Wilt TJ, Lederle FA, MacDonald R, et al. "Comparison of Endovascular and Open Surgical Repairs for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm." Rockville, MD: Prepared by the Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality under Contract No. 290-02-0009; Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 144, AHRQ Publication No. 06-E017. August 2006.
 
 

Nurse Staffing and Quality of Patient Care

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Kane RL, Shamliyan T, Mueller C, et al. "Nurse Staffing and Quality of Patient Care." Minneapolis: Prepared by Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality under Contract No. 290-02-0009; Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 151, AHRQ Publication No. 07-E005. March 2007.

Kane RL, Shamliyan TA, Mueller C, Duval S, & Wilt TJ. The association of registered nurse staffing levels and patient outcomes: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Medical Care, 45(12), 1195-1204, 2007. 

Shamliyan TA, Kane RL, Mueller C, Duval S, & Wilt TJ. "Cost savings associated with increased RN staffing in acute care hospitals: Simulation exercise." Nursing Economics: The Journal for Health Care Leaders, 27(5), 304-314, 2009.
 

♦ Prevention of Urinary and Fecal Incontinence in Adults
 
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Shamliyan T, Wyman J, Bliss DZ, et al. "Prevention of Urinary and Fecal Incontinence in Adults." Rockville, MD: Prepared by the Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality under Contract No. 290-02-0009; Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 161, AHRQ Publication No. 08-E003. December 2007.

Shamliyan TA, Kane RL, Wyman J, & Wilt TJ. "Systematic review: Randomized, controlled trials of nonsurgical treatments for urinary incontinence in women." Annals of Internal Medicine, 148(6), 459-473, 2008.
 
Shamliyan TA, DZ Bliss, J Du, R Ping, TJ Wilt, and RL Kane "Prevalence and Risk Factors of Fecal Incontinence in Community-Dwelling Men" Reviews in Gastroenterological Disorders 9(4): E97-E110, 2009.
 
Shamliyan TZ, JF Wyman, R Ping, TJ Wilt, and RL Kane "Male Urinary Incontinence: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Preventative Interventions" Reviews in Urology 11(3) 145- 165, 2009.

Comparison of Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer

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Wilt TJ, Shamliyan T, Taylor B, et al. "Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer." Rockville, MD: Prepared by Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-02-0009 for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. February 2008.

Wilt TJ, Shamliyan TA, Taylor BC, MacDonald R, & Kane RL. "Association between hospital and surgeon radical prostatectomy volume and patient outcomes: A systematic review." The Journal of Urology, 180, 820-829, 2008.

Wilt TJ, MacDonald R, Rutks I, Shamliyan TA, Taylor BC, & Kane RL. "Systematic review: Comparative effectiveness and harms of treatments for clinically localized prostate cancer." Annals of Internal Medicine, 148(6), 435-448, 2008. 


♦ Carbohydrate & Lipid Disorders & Relevant Consideration in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury

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Wilt TJ, Carlson KF, Goldish GD, et al. "Carbohydrate and Lipid Disorders and Relevant Considerations in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury." Rockville, MD: Prepared by the Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality under Contract No. 290-02-0009; Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 163, AHRQ Publication No. 08-E005. January 2008.

Carlson KF, Wilt TJ, Taylor BC, Goldish GD, Niewoehner CB, Shamliyan TA, and Kane RL. "Effect of Exercise on Disorders of Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolism in Adults with Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury. Systematic Review of the Evidence." The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine 32(4):361-378, 2009.
 


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Butler M, Kane RL, McAlpine D, et al. "Integration of Mental Health/Substance Abuse and Primary Care." Rockville, MD: Prepared by the Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality under Contract No. 290-02-0009; Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 173, AHRQ Publication No. 09-E003. October 2008. 


Management of Chronic Hepatitis B

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Wilt TJ, Shamliyan T, Shaukat A, et al. "Management of Chronic Hepatitis B." Rockville, MD: Prepared by the Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality under Contract No. 290-02-0009; Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 174, AHRQ Publication No. 09-E002. October 2008.

Shamliyan T, MacDonald R, Shaukat A, et al. "Antiviral therapy for adults with chronic hepatitis B: A systematic review for a National Institutes of Health consensus development conference." Annals of Internal Medicine, 150:111-24, 2009. 
 
Taylor BC, J-M Yuan, TA Shamliyan, et al. "Clinical outcomes in adults with chronic hepatitis B in association with patient and viral characteristics: A systematic review of evidence." Hepatology, 45(5) Suppl: S85-S95, 2009.  


Treatment of Common Hip Fractures

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Butler M, Forte M, Kane RL, et al. Treatment of Common Hip Fractures. Rockville, MD: Prepared by the Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality under Contract No. HHSA 290 2007 10064 I; Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 184, AHRQ Publication No. 09-E013. August 2009.


 
Virnig BA, S-Y Wang, T Shamliyan, RL Kane, TM Tuttle "Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: Risk Factors and Impact of Screening" Journal of the National Cancer Intitute Monographs 41:113-116, 2010.
 
Tuttle TM, T Shamliyan, BA Virnig, and RL Kane "The Impact of Sentinal Lymph Node Biopsy and Magnetic Resonance Imaging on Important Outcomes Among Patients with Ductal Carcinoma in Situ" Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monographs 41:117-120, 2010.
 
Shamliyan TA, S-Y Wang, BA Virnig, TM Tuttle, and RL Kane "Association Between Patient and Tumor Characteristics with Clinical Outcomes in Women with Ductal Carcinoma in Situ" Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monographs 41:121-129, 2010.
 
Kane, RL, BA Virnig, T Shaliyan, S-Y Wang, TM Tuttle, TJ Wilt "The Impact of Surgery, Radiation and Systemic Treatment on Outcomes in Patients With Ductal Carcinoma In Situ" Journal of National Cancer Institute Monographs 41:130-133, 2010.
 
Virnig BA, Shamliyan T, Tuttle TM, et al. "Diagnosis and Management of Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS)." Rockville, MD: Prepared by the Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality under Contract No. 290-02-10064-I; Evidence Report No. 185, AHRQ Publication No. 09-E018. September 2009.
 
Virnig BA, TM Tuttle, TS Shamliyan, and RL Kane, "Ductal Carcinoma in Situ of the Breast: A Systematic Review of Incidence, Treatment, and Outcomes." Journal of the National Cancer Institute 102(3): 170-178.
 


 
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Shaukat A, MD Levitt, BC Taylor, R MacDonald, TA Shamliyan, RL Kane, and TJ Wilt "Systematic Review: Effective Management Strategies for Lactose Intolerance" Annals of Internal Medicine 152(12):797-803, 2010.
 
Wilt TJ, Shaukat A, Shamliyan TA, et al. "Lactose Intolerane and Health." Rockville, MD: Prepared by the Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality under Contract No. HHSA 290-2007-10064-I; AHRQ Publication No. 10-E004, February 2010.
 
Shaukat A, Levitt MD, Taylor BC, et al. "Systematic review: Effective Management Strategies for Lactose Intolerance." Annals of Internal Medicine, 152(12):797-803.
 

Common Syndromes in Older Adults Related to Primary and Secondary Prevention. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 87. Prepared by the Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center. AHRQ Publication No. 11-05157-EF-1. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; July 2011. Available at http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf11/es87.pdf.

 

 

 
Other Publications (click title links for more information)
 
Duval S, Weinhandl E. Correcting for Publication Bias in the Presence of Covariates - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Publication number 11-EHC041-EF, September 2011. Rockville, MD (Prepared by the Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center under contract number 290-02-0009.)
 
Tsertsvadze A, F Yazdi, HA Fink, R MacDonald, TJ Wilt, AJ Bella, A Mohammed, C Garritty, D Deforge, K Soares-Weiser, R Daniel, M Sampson, M David, "Oral Sildenafil Citrate (Viagra) for Erectile Dysfunction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Harms." Urology. 2009;74(4):831-836.
 
Tsertsvadze A, F Yazdi, HA Fink, R MacDonald, TJ Rilt, AJ Bella, A Mohammed, C Garritty, D Deforge, K Soares-Weiser, R Daniel, M Sampson, M Davd, "Oral Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitors and Hormonal Treatments for Erectile Dysfunction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis." Annals of Intern Med. 2009;151(9):6510-661
 
Tsertsvadze A, F Yazdi, TJ Wilt, HA Fink, R MacDonald, K Soares-Weiser, C Garritty, M Ansari, M Sampson, R Daniel, D Moher. Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction Number - AHRQ Publication Number 2008. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville MD (Prepared by the University of Ottawa Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-02-0009.)