PICO/CAT Table

Rotation # and Type Week # PICO/Mini-CAT Question
RT 1 – LTC 3 PICO In patients with stage 4 pressure ulcers, does at-home negative pressure wound therapy provide better wound healing compared to negative pressure wound therapy administered in a skilled nursing facility?
RT 1 – LTC 4 PICO Is exercise therapy more effective at relieving symptoms of lumbar spinal stenosis compared to laminectomy in elderly patients?
RT2- Family Medicine 1 PICO Is lifestyle modification alone effective at managing symptoms of polycystic ovarian syndrome in obese women?
RT2- Family Medicine 2 PICO Does vitamin D improve knee osteoarthritis
RT2- Family Medicine 4 PICO Should annual MRI screening be recommended to asymptomatic patients with a family history of pancreatic cancer?
RT3- Surgery 1 PICO Should intraoperative cholangiography be ordered routinely for patients with cholecystitis undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy?
RT3- Surgery 3 PICO Mastectomy vs. lumpectomy followed by adjuvant radiation in premenopausal women with DCIS
RT3 – Surgery 4 PICO Allograft vs. synthetic graft for extensor mechanism reconstruction after total knee arthroplasty

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