Background: There is a growing body of literature on surgical treatments for elderly patients
with a hip fracture and the effects of various surgical procedures on complications and …

… Forte reports a government contract from the AHRQ to the Minnesota Evidence-based
Practice Center to conduct this systematic review during the conduct of the study. Ms. Nelson …

Background: Hip fractures in the elderly are a common and costly problem, with intertrochanteric
fractures accounting for almost half of these fractures. Most intertrochanteric fractures …

Background: Effects of drug treatment of clinical Alzheimer-type dementia (CATD) are uncertain.
Purpose: To summarize evidence on the effects of prescription drugs and supplements …

Background: Research on the relationship between orthopaedic volume and outcomes has
focused almost exclusively on elective arthroplasty procedures. Geriatric patients who have …

Background: Intramedullary nails provide no clear outcomes benefit in the majority of patients
with intertrochanteric hip fracture, yet their use in the United States continues to increase. …

BACKGROUND: No systematic review has examined the collective randomized and
nonrandomized evidence for fecal incontinence treatment effectiveness across the range of surgical …

Background Among adults with cancer, malnutrition is associated with decreased treatment
completion, more treatment harms and use of health care, and worse short-term survival. To …

Clinical studies frequently lack the ability to reliably answer their research questions because
of inadequate sample sizes. Underpowered studies are subject to multiple sources of bias, …

Background Multilevel posterior spine fusion is associated with significant intraoperative
blood loss. Tranexamic acid is an antifibrinolytic agent that reduces intraoperative blood loss. …