PICO/CAT Table

Rotation # and TypeWeek #PICO/Mini-CATQuestion
RT 1 – LTC3PICOIn 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 – LTC4PICOIs exercise therapy more effective at relieving symptoms of lumbar spinal stenosis compared to laminectomy in elderly patients?
RT2- Family Medicine1PICOIs lifestyle modification alone effective at managing symptoms of polycystic ovarian syndrome in obese women?
RT2- Family Medicine2PICODoes vitamin D improve knee osteoarthritis
RT2- Family Medicine4PICOShould annual MRI screening be recommended to asymptomatic patients with a family history of pancreatic cancer?
RT3- Surgery1PICOShould intraoperative cholangiography be ordered routinely for patients with cholecystitis undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy?
RT3- Surgery3PICOMastectomy vs. lumpectomy followed by adjuvant radiation in premenopausal women with DCIS
RT3 – Surgery4PICOAllograft vs. synthetic graft for extensor mechanism reconstruction after total knee arthroplasty
RT 4- Pediatrics2-4Mini-CATIs lifestyle modification alone effective at managing symptoms of the polycystic ovarian syndrome in obese women?

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