Compared to standard medical treatment (SMT) plus sham-NPPV or SMT only, NPPV plus SMT was associated with improvement in LVEF (weighted mean difference [WMD] 5.34, 95 % CI: 3.85 to 6.8]; p < 0.00001) and plasma BNP level (WMD -117.37, 95 % CI: -227.22 to -7.52; p = 0.04) and...
Aetna’s standard traditional plans (Managed Choice POS, PPO, and indemnity) cover medically necessary surgical dressings only when prescribed by a physician and supplied by a home care agency in conjunction with covered home health care services or when dispensed and used by a participating health ...
This latter surgery, variably referred to as a lung reduction surgery, pneumectomy, and reduction pneumoplasty can be accomplished through a variety of incisions (sternotomy, clam shell, thoracotomy) or by thoracoscopy using a staple procedure or laser applications. Currently the choice of techniques...
The authors concluded that these early results showed that first MPJ replacement surgery with the ToeFit-Plus™ prosthesis resulted in significant improvements in the AOFAS scores for most patients; however, longer term follow-up is needed to monitor the clinical effect of radiolucency around the ...
by the Research Triangle Institute Evidence-Based Practice Center for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Hartmann et al, 2002) concluded that "[o]verall, the quality of this literature is poor for the purposes of making decisions about choice of screening systems in US populations....