Volume 16 (2012)

What is the value of routinely testing full blood count, electrolytes and urea, and pulmonary function tests before elective surgery in patients with no apparent clinical indication and in subgroups of patients with common comorbidities: a systematic review of the clinical and cost-effective literature

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 50
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  16 January 2013

Managing Injuries of the Neck Trial (MINT): a randomised controlled trial of treatments for whiplash injuries

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 49
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  18 December 2012

REMCARE: reminiscence groups for people with dementia and their family caregivers - effectiveness and cost-effectiveness pragmatic multicentre randomised trial

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 48
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  5 December 2012

Types of urethral catheter for reducing symptomatic urinary tract infections in hospitalised adults requiring short-term catheterisation: multicentre randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of antimicrobial- and antisepticimpregnated urethral catheters (the CATHETER trial)

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 47
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  5 December 2012

Informing a decision framework for when NICE should recommend the use of health technologies only in the context of an appropriately designed programme of evidence development

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 46
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  28 November 2012

Systematic review of head cooling in adults after traumatic brain injury and stroke

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 45
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  28 November 2012

Adapting health promotion interventions to meet the needs of ethnic minority groups: mixed-methods evidence synthesis

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 44
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  21 November 2012

The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of primary stroke prevention in children with sickle cell disease: a systematic review and economic evaluation

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 43
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  14 November 2012

Dasatinib, nilotinib and standard-dose imatinib for the first-line treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia: systematic reviews and economic analyses

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 42
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  19 December 2012

Systematic review and economic modelling of the relative clinical benefit and cost-effectiveness of laparoscopic surgery and robotic surgery for removal of the prostate in men with localised prostate cancer

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 41
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  6 November 2012

The use of MElatonin in children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders and impaired Sleep: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel study (MENDS)

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 40
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  30 October 2012

The effectiveness and cost of enzyme replacement and substrate reduction therapies: a longitudinal cohort study of people with lysosomal storage disorders

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 39
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  23 October 2012

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of computer and other electronic aids for smoking cessation: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 38
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  10 October 2012

Rituximab for the first-line treatment of stage III-IV follicular lymphoma (review of Technology Appraisal No. 110): a systematic review and economic evaluation

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 37
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  3 October 2012

A pilot randomised controlled trial in intensive care patients comparing 7 days' treatment with empirical antibiotics with 2 days' treatment for hospital-acquired infection of unknown origin

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 36
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  3 October 2012

Influence of reported study design characteristics on intervention effect estimates from randomised controlled trials: combined analysis of meta-epidemiological studies

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 35
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  18 September 2012

The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of technologies used to visualise the seizure focus in people with refractory epilepsy being considered for surgery: a systematic review and decision-analytical model

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 34
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  19 September 2012

Non-pharmacological interventions to reduce the risk of diabetes in people with impaired glucose regulation: a systematic review and economic evaluation

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 33
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  4 September 2012

Developing and testing methods for deriving preference-based measures of health from condition-specific measures (and other patient-based measures of outcome)

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 32
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  30 July 2012

Interventions to reduce or prevent obesity in pregnant women: a systematic review

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 31
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  23 July 2012

The measurement of patients' expectations for health care: a review and psychometric testing of a measure of patients' expectations

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 30
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  3 July 2012

Surveillance for ocular hypertension: an evidence synthesis and economic evaluation

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 29
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  12 June 2012

The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of low-intensity psychological interventions for the secondary prevention of relapse after depression: a systematic review

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 28
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  13 June 2012

Mode of data elicitation, acquisition and response to surveys: a systematic review

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 27
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  29 May 2012

Clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and service users' perceptions of early, well-resourced communication therapy following a stroke: a randomised controlled trial (the ACT NoW Study)

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 26
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  22 May 2012

A methodological study to compare survey-based and observation-based evaluations of organisational and safety cultures and then compare both approaches with markers of the quality of care

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 25
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  22 May 2012

Screening for cystic fibrosis-related diabetes: a systematic review

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 24
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  15 May 2012

Dasatinib, high-dose imatinib and nilotinib for the treatment of imatinib-resistant chronic myeloid leukaemia: a systematic review and economic evaluation

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 23
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  8 May 2012

Dasatinib and nilotinib for imatinib-resistant or -intolerant chronic myeloid Leukaemia: A systematic review and economic evaluation

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 22
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  8 May 2012

The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of donepezil, galantamine, rivastigmine and memantine for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (review of TA111): a systematic review and economic model

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 21
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  30 April 2012

The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of home-based, nurse-led health promotion for older people: a systematic review

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 20
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  23 April 2012

The effectiveness of interventions to treat severe acute malnutrition in young children: a systematic review

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 19
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  23 April 2012

Clinical effectiveness and costeffectiveness of endobronchial and endoscopic ultrasound relative to surgical staging in potentially resectable lung cancer: results from the ASTER randomised controlled trial

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 18
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  23 April 2012

Elucigene FH20 and LIPOchip for the diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolaemia: a systematic review and economic evaluation

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 17
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  3 April 2012

Outcomes of social care for adults: developing a preference weighted measure

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 16
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  2 April 2012

Systematic review and validation of prediction rules for identifying children with serious infections in emergency departments and urgent-access primary care

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 15
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  27 March 2012

EOS 2D/3D X-ray imaging system: a systematic review and economic evaluation

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 14
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  19 March 2012

CRASH-2 (Clinical Randomisation of an Antifibrinolytic in Significant Haemorrhage) intracranial bleeding study: the effect of tranexamic acid in traumatic brain injury - a nested randomised, placebo-controlled trial

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 13
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  19 March 2012

A systematic review of the clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness of Pharmalgen® for the treatment of bee and wasp venom allergy

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 12
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  13 March 2012

Management of frozen shoulder: a systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 11
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  12 March 2012

A pragmatic randomised controlled trial to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a physical activity intervention as a treatment for depression: the treating depression with physical activity (TREAD) trial

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 10
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  12 March 2012

The UK EndoVascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) trials: randomised trials of EVAR versus standard therapy

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 9
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  5 March 2012

Group art therapy as an adjunctive treatment for people with schizophrenia: a randomised controlled trial (MATISSE)

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 8
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  27 February 2012

An evaluation of the feasibility, cost and value of information of a multicentre randomised controlled trial of intravenous immunoglobulin for sepsis (severe sepsis and septic shock): incorporating a systematic review, meta-analysis and value of information analysis

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 7
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  27 February 2012

Verteporfin Photodynamic Therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration: cohort study for the UK

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 6
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  21 February 2012

What is the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of using drugs in treating obese patients in primary care? A systematic review

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 5
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  20 February 2012

Non-invasive diagnostic assessment tools for the detection of liver fibrosis in patients with suspected alcohol-related liver disease: A systematic review and economic evaluation

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 4
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  20 February 2012

A systematic review of prevention and intervention strategies for populations at high risk of engaging in violent behaviour update 2002-8

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 3
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  20 February 2012

Pulse oximetry as a screening test for congenital heart defects in newborn infants: a test accuracy study with evaluation of acceptability and cost-effectiveness

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 02
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  30 January 2012

Development of a social inclusion index to capture subjective and objective life domains (Phase II): psychometric development study

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 16, Issue: 01
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  30 January 2012