Resultados: 6
Cost effectiveness and resource allocation; 11 (1), 2013
BACKGROUND: A recently developed 10-valent pneumococcal non-typeable H influenzae protein D-conjugate vaccine (PHiD-CV) is expected to afford protection against more than two thirds of isolates causing IPD in children in Latin America, and also against acute otitis media caused by both Spn and NTHi. T...
Economic evaluation of oxytocin in uniject injection system versus standard use of oxytocin for the prevention of postpartum hemorrhage in the active management of the third stage of labor in Latin America and the Caribbean
BACKGROUND: Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is a leading cause of maternal death. Despite strong evidence showing the efficacy of oxytocin in preventing PPH, use of the drug for this purpose remains suboptimal. The Uniject injection system prefilled with oxytocin (OiU) has the potential advantage, due to its...
Low-intensity ultrasound (ExogenTM) for the treatment of fractures
Low-intensity ultrasound (Exogen™) is a home-based treatment for certain fractures and frac-ture complications. The Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) asked the Agence d'évaluation des technologies et des modes d'intervention en santé (AETMIS) to assess the efficacy and safety of t...
Gamma knife and linear accelerator stereotactic radiosurgery
INTRODUCTION: Thanks to the technological evolution of the different imaging techniques, which are now increasingly precise, the surgical or, more specifically, neurosurgical treatment of certain brain lesions has made tremendous strides. The main challenge in stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) was to offer...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in Québec
INTRODUCTION: Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy has been medically available in Québec since 1982. However, it is an "old" technology that originated in the 1920s. Recognized as the treatment of choice for carbon monoxide poisoning and diving-related decompression sickness, HBO therapy is being used more ...
Assessment of photodynamic therapy using porfimer sodium for esoph ageal, bladder and lung cancers
OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSESSMENT: The Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (MSSS) asked the Agence d’évaluation des technologies et des modes d’intervention en santé (AETMIS) to evaluate the efficacy of photodynamic therapy using porfimer sodium for its approved oncological indications...