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**Evidence Report Files**

Acne, Management      File inventory, Zipped File (1.7 MB)

Acute Otitis Media, Management      File inventory, Zipped File (739 KB)

Acute Sinusitis in Children, Supplement     File inventory, Zipped File (58 KB)

Allergic Rhinitis in the Working-Age Population, Management       File inventory, Zipped File (755 KB)

Allergic and Nonallergic Rhinitis, Management       File inventory, Zipped File (300 KB)

Anesthesia Management During Cataract Surgery     File inventory, Zipped File (663 KB)

Antioxidant Supplements, Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease     File inventory, Zipped File (1.2 MB)

Autopsy as Outcome and Performance Measure     File inventory, Zipped File (482 KB)

Ayurvedic Interventions for Diabetes Mellitus     File inventory, Zipped File (950 KB)

Bioterrorism Preparedness: Training of Clinicians for Public Health Events     File inventory, Zipped File (268 KB)

Bioterrorism Preparedness: Use of Information Technologies and Decision Support Systems     File inventory, Zipped File (3.2 MB)

Bioterrorism Preparedness: Regionalization     File inventory, Zipped File (915 KB)

Blood Pressure Monitoring Outside of the Clinic Setting     File inventory, Zipped File (499 KB)

Bronchiolitis in Infants and Children, Management      File inventory, Zipped File (1.2 MB)
Cancer Control Interventions, Diffusion and Dissemination      File inventory, Zipped File (746  KB)
Cancer Pain, Management      File inventory, Zipped File (816  KB)

Cancer-Related Decision Aids     File inventory, Zipped File (1.1 MB)

Cancer Symptoms: Pain, Depression, and Fatigue, Management      File inventory, Zipped File (490 KB)

Cardiovascular Effects of Epinephrine in Hypertensive Dental Patients     File inventory, Zipped File (153 KB)

Cataract and Glaucoma, Surgical Treatment     File inventory, Zipped File (375 KB)

Celiac Disease      File inventory, Zipped File (1.85 MB)

Chronic Asthma, Management      File inventory, Zipped File (906 KB)

Chronic Central Neuropathic Pain Following Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury, Management      File inventory, Zipped File (635 KB)

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Defining and Managing      File inventory, Zipped File (434 KB)

Chronic Hepatitis C, Management      File inventory, Zipped File (613  KB)

Chronic Hypertension During Pregnancy, Management      File inventory, Zipped File (520  KB)

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Management      File inventory, Zipped File (1.4  MB)

Chronic Renal Failure, Determinants of Disability     File inventory, Zipped File (349 KB)

Clinically Inapparent Adrenal Mass, Management      File inventory, Zipped File (656 KB)

Community-Based Participatory Research      File inventory, Zipped File (466 KB)

Coronary Heart Disease in Women, Selected Topics      File inventory, Zipped File (1 MB)

Coronary Heart Disease in Women, Systematic Review on Diagnosis and Treatment      File inventory, Zipped File (426 KB)

Criteria for Determining Disability in Infants and Children: Failure to Thrive      File inventory, Zipped File (380 KB)

Criteria for Determining Disability in Infants and Children: Low Birth Weight      File inventory, Zipped File (907 KB)

Criteria for Determining Disability in Infants and Children: Short Stature      File inventory, Zipped File (390 KB)

Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis, Treatment     File inventory, Zipped File (5.5 MB)

Dementia, Pharmacological Treatment     File inventory, Zipped File (2.75 MB)

Dental Caries, Diagnosis and Management     File inventory, Zipped File (512 KB)

Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism, Diagnosis and Treatment      File inventory, Zipped File (413 KB)

Dental Patients Who Are HIV Positive, Management      File inventory, Zipped File (540 KB)

Diabetes Mellitus, Use of Glycated Hemoglobin and Microalbuminuria     File inventory, Zipped File (1.5 KB)

Disability and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Systematic Literature Review     File inventory, Zipped File (313 KB)

Echocardiography and Carotid Imaging in the Management of Stroke     File inventory, Zipped File (2.8 MB)

Economic Incentives for Preventive Care     File inventory, Zipped File (250 KB)

Ephedra and Ephedrine for Weight Loss and Athletic Performance Enhancement     File inventory, Zipped File (923 KB)

Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography     File inventory, Zipped File (570 KB)

Epoetin Use for Anemia in Chronic Renal Failure     File inventory, Zipped File (325 KB)

Epoetin Use for Anemia in Oncology     File inventory, Zipped File (620 KB)

Garlic: Effects on Cardiovascular Risks and Disease, Protective Effects Against Cancer, and Clinical Adverse Effects     File inventory, Zipped File (676 KB)

Heart Failure and Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction: Effect in Female, Black, and Diabetic Patients, Pharmacologic Management     File inventory, Zipped File (820 KB)

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Brain Injury, Cerebral Palsy, and Stroke     File inventory, Zipped File (535 KB)

Immuno-Augmentation Therapy and Naltrexone for the Treatment of Cancer     File inventory, Zipped File (550 KB)

Literacy and Health Outcomes     File inventory, Zipped File (435 KB)

Making Health Care Safer: Patient Safety Practices     File inventory, Zipped File (1 MB)

Mass Casualty Incident, Training Hospital Staff to Respond     File inventory, Zipped File (200 KB)

Milk Thistle: Effects on Liver Disease and Cirrhosis and Clinical Adverse Effects      File inventory, Zipped File (1.5  MB)

Mind-Body Interventions for Gastrointestinal Conditions      File inventory, Zipped File (164 KB)

Minority Healthcare Quality, Improvement Strategies     File inventory, Zipped File (425 KB)

Modifying Dietary Behavior Related to Cancer Risk      File inventory, Zipped File (2 MB)

Multiple Sclerosis, Criteria to Determine Disability     File inventory, Zipped File (750 KB)

Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia, Management     File inventory, Zipped File (2.8 MB)

New Onset Atrial Fibrillation, Management     File inventory, Zipped File (3.8 MB)

Newly Diagnosed Patients with Epilepsy, Management      File inventory, Zipped File (350 KB)

Obesity, Pharmacological and Surgical Treatment     File inventory,  Zipped  Files (800 KB)

Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Effects on Arrhythmogenic Mechanisms in Culture Studies     File inventory, Zipped File (940 KB)

Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Effects on Asthma     File inventory, Zipped File (400 KB)

Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Effects on Cardiovascular Disease      File inventory, Zipped File (525 KB)

Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Effects on Cardiovascular Risk Factors      File inventory, Zipped File (930 KB)

Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Effects in Type II Diabetes, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Other Diseases      File inventory, Zipped File (825 KB)

Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women: Diagnosis and Monitoring     File inventory, Zipped File (917 KB)

Otitis Media with Effusion, Diagnosis      File inventory, Zipped File (1.3 MB)

Parkinson's Disease, Diagnosis and Management      File inventory, Zipped File (776 KB)

Patient Safety, Effects of Working Conditions     File inventory, Zipped File (540 KB)
Periodontitis, Scaling and Root Planing Therapy     File inventory, Zipped File (850 KB)
Physical Activity, General Population and Cancer Patients and Survivors      File inventory, Zipped File (2.7 MB); Zipped Appendixes (900 KB) 

Preterm Labor, Management      File inventory, Zipped File (1.9 MB)

Prolonged Pregnancy, Management      File inventory, Zipped File (820 KB)

Pulmonary Disease Following Cervical Spinal Cord Injury, Treatment      File inventory, Zipped File (605  KB)

S-Adenosyl-L-Methionine for Treatment of Depression, Osteoarthritis, and Liver Disease     File inventory, Zipped File (511 KB)

Specific Breast Abnormalities, Diagnosis and Management     File inventory, Zipped File (208 KB)

Speech-Language Disorders, Criteria for Determining Disability     File inventory, Zipped File (715 KB)

Stable Angina Therapies     File inventory, Zipped File (275 KB)

Systems to Rate the Strength of Scientific Evidence     File inventory, Zipped File (888 KB)

Technologies for Identifying Acute Cardiac Ischemia in Emergency Departments      File inventory, Zipped File (859 KB)

Telemedicine for the Medicare Population     File inventory, Zipped File (672  KB)

Telemedicine for the Medicare Population: Pediatric, Obstetric, and Clinician-Indirect Home Interventions, Supplement     File inventory, Zipped File (222 KB)

Treatment-Resistant Epilepsy, Management     File inventory, Zipped File (3.1 MB)

Total Knee Replacement     File inventory, Zipped File (1 MB)

Unstable Angina, Prediction of Risk     File inventory, Zipped File (403 KB)

Uterine Fibroids, Management      File inventory, Zipped File (774 KB)

Vaginal Birth After Cesarean     File inventory, Zipped File (653 KB)

Venous Thromboembolism After Injury     File inventory, Zipped File (934 KB)

Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation     File inventory, Zipped File (814 KB)

Worker-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Upper Extremity     File inventory, Zipped File (1.8 MB)

**Technical Review Files**

Current Validity of AHRQ Clinical Practice Guidelines     File inventory, Zipped File (330 KB)

Determinants of Increases in Medicare Expenditures for Physicians' Services      Word® File (1.2 MB)

Measures of Patient Safety Based on Hospital Administrative Data—The Patient Safety Indicators     File inventory, Zipped File (825  KB) 

Meta-regression Approaches: What, Why, When, and How?     File inventory, Zipped File (320 KB)

Refinement of the HCUP Quality Indicators     File inventory, Zipped File (749 KB)

Strategies To Support Quality-based Purchasing     File inventory, Zipped File (1.7 MB)

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