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Vivian Coates

Researcher at ECRI Institute

Publications -  16
Citations -  3633

Vivian Coates is an academic researcher from ECRI Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: National Guideline Clearinghouse & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 16 publications receiving 3490 citations.

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K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for bone metabolism and disease in chronic kidney disease

Shaul G. Massry, +80 more
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Long‐term opioid management for chronic noncancer pain

TL;DR: Weak evidence suggests that patients who are able to continue opioids long-term experience clinically significant pain relief, and whether quality of life or functioning improves is inconclusive, due to an insufficient quantity of evidence for oral administration studies and inconclusive statistical findings for transdermal and intrathecal administration studies.
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Prevention of Pneumonia in Elderly Stroke Patients by Systematic Diagnosis and Treatment of Dysphagia: An Evidence-Based Comprehensive Analysis of the Literature

TL;DR: A systematic literature review and analysis of programs for evaluating swallowing in order to prevent aspiration pneumonia indicates that implementation of dysphagia programs is accompanied by substantial reductions in pneumonia rates.
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Recent developments in diagnosis and intervention for aspiration and dysphagia in stroke and other neuromuscular disorders.

TL;DR: This review discusses the impact of the evidence-based report on dysphagia diagnosis and treatment in stroke patients prepared in 1999 by ECRI under contract with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
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Poor outcome for neural surgery (epineurotomy or neurolysis) for carpal tunnel syndrome compared with carpal tunnel release alone: a meta-analysis of global outcomes.

TL;DR: The results of this meta-analysis indicate that Neural surgery is potentially harmful for most patients with carpal tunnel syndrome, and the possibility remains that neural surgery may be helpful in special cases.