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41. PICO Population(s): Breastfeeding infants 6 months or less with ankyloglossia Intervention(s): Frenotomy, Frenectomy, or Frenulotomy Comparator(s): Breastfeeding management without surgical intervention Outcomes(s): Successful exclusive… | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2017 - There is no standardized clinical approach to this problem and most pediatricians have not been trained … However, the approach to ankyloglossia still remains very variable and clinicians need guidance to develop … developing a clinical guideline, working with a policy with large uncertainty about the appropriate approach … However the approach to this problem is widely variable and many infants are weaned prematurely or have … A clinical guideline and evidence based approach is needed within the year.

42. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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    June 01, 2012 - in the GRADE approach to prevent mixing up these ideas. … or the Evidence-based Practice Center (or EPC) approach. … In contrast to the GRADE approach, the EPC approach uses the phrase “strength of evidence” rather than … The GRADE approach considers applicability to be a part of the directness domain, while the EPC approach … EPC approach The approach allows greater flexibility in grading.

43. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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    June 01, 2012 - in the GRADE approach to prevent mixing up these ideas. … or the Evidence-based Practice Center (or EPC) approach. … In contrast to the GRADE approach, the EPC approach uses the phrase “strength of evidence” rather than … The GRADE approach considers applicability to be a part of the directness domain, while the EPC approach … EPC approach The approach allows greater flexibility in grading.

44. Implementing Recommended Mental Health and Substance Use Screening and Counseling Interventions in Primary Care Settings for Children and Adolescents | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    April 01, 2025 - implementation approaches occurred, studies were categorized according to the most intensive implementation approach

45. Research White Paper: Standardized Library of Depression Outcome Measures (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2020 - This document describes the technical approach used to prepare the Standardized Library of Depression … iaa=2481 2 Approach to Representing an Outcome Definition For each measure, the accompanying … The approach used for this project is to gather the clinician’s assertion of an outcome condition and … • Temporal aspects for all events: These allow for inferred relationships. 3 Approach … Introduction Approach to Representing an Outcome Definition Approach to Identifying Overlaps Challenges

46. Research White Paper: Standardized Library of Depression Outcome Measures (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2020 - This document describes the technical approach used to prepare the Standardized Library of Depression … iaa=2481 2 Approach to Representing an Outcome Definition For each measure, the accompanying … The approach used for this project is to gather the clinician’s assertion of an outcome condition and … • Temporal aspects for all events: These allow for inferred relationships. 3 Approach … Introduction Approach to Representing an Outcome Definition Approach to Identifying Overlaps Challenges

47. Standardized Library of Asthma Outcome Measures (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2019 - This document describes the technical approach used to prepare the Standardized Library of Asthma Outcome … iaa=2481 2 Approach to Representing an Outcome Definition For each measure, the accompanying … The approach used for this project is to gather the clinician’s assertion of an outcome condition and … • Temporal aspects for all events: These allow for inferred relationships. 3 Approach … Contents Introduction Approach to Representing an Outcome Definition Approach to Identifying Overlaps

48. Methods for Benefit and Harm Assessment in Systematic Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2017 - patient preferences are considered, and provide a rationale for choosing a particular quantitative approach … The choice of a particular approach depends on the decisionmaking context, the quality and quantity of … A quantitative approach may help to improve the transparency of a review, relative to a qualitative approach

49. Noncyclic Chronic Pelvic Pain Therapies for Women: Comparative Effectiveness | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 01, 2020 - for CPP is identified postsurgery; and evidence for selecting one intervention over another after an approach … or nonpharmacologic management; benefits were reported in single studies of a pelvic physiotherapy approach … , botulinum toxin, pelvic ultrasonography, and an integrated management approach.

50. Machine Learning Methods in Systematic Reviews: Identifying Quality Improvement Intervention Evaluations (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2012 - Machine Learning Approach The overall machine learning approach applied to this project approach uses … The first approach (―Augmented MeSH Approach‖) had achieved good performance in testing on drug comparative … The second approach, which we call ―Text Mining Approach,‖ solely uses words from the articles' titles … the Text Mining Approach. … The surgical approach targets the posterolateral wall through a novel posterior approach.

51. Interventions for Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    October 01, 2019 - Definition of Terms Cognitive behavioral therapy: a therapy approach that aims to modify cognitive … Variants of this approach include cognitive therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and the adolescent … community reinforcement approach. … Family behavioral therapy: a family-focused therapy approach that applies principles of operant and … Family education: a family-focused treatment approach that focuses on providing education about the

52. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 7 (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2012 - Although the GRADE approach can be used to make judgments about the strength of an evidence base and … GRADE advocates an ordinal approach with a ranking from high, moderate, or low, to very low. … This is adapted from the GRADE approach and the EPC General Methods Guide. … It is reasonable to use either a flexible qualitative approach or an ordinal approach to grading each … ordinal approach ranging from high to insufficient strength of evidence.

53. Bayesian Approaches to Indirect Comparisons | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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54. What is the comparative effectiveness of various local treatments for (1) unresectable liver metastases and (2) unresectable, localized hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)? Does the comparative effectiveness vary when lesions are unresectable… | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2017 - (Surgical resection, when possible, is considered the preferred approach. … Thus, there is great uncertainty about the optimal approach to these patients. … outcomes that those whose tumors are unresectable because comorbid illness precludes a standard surgical approach … developing a clinical guideline, working with a policy with large uncertainty about the appropriate approach … BlueCross and BlueShield Plans have used an evidence-based approach to medical policy for over twenty

55. The purpose of our tool is to compile a comprehensive list of questions that may be used to evaluate the quality of non-randomized studies of interventions or exposures (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2012 - to reach judgment (GRADE Working Group, EPC’s own qualitative approach, EPC’s own quantitative approach … , hybrid approach) · Same approach to combining domain scores when evidence is a combination of observational … The methods approach for qualitative assessment differed across reviewers. … based on guidance in Owens et al.; 2 the EPC‘s own approach; the EPCs own qualitative approach guided … We advised reviewers to try this approach first.

56. Llewellyn-Thomas (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2011 - Slide  3: INTRODUCTION (cont’d) • We’ve tried to be agnostic in our approach. • We do not argue … o Assess V/P  uncertainty o Plan appropriate individualized approach … • Results of a direct approach consistent with the results implied by an indirect approach?

57. Undescended-Testicle Executive (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2012 - Areas of uncertainty include selecting the optimal approach to treatment planning (imaging vs. … Five studies compared an open versus laparoscopic approach for the same procedure (one good quality … Success of the ensuing surgeries was also similar, regardless of exploratory approach. … One fair-quality and two poor-quality studies compared the use of a laparoscopic approach with open … Similarly, strength of evidence was low for the effect of the approach on atrophy.

58. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol: Management of High-Need, High-Cost Patients: A Realist and Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    November 07, 2019 - Purpose of the Review and Approach This review has three main objectives, all with the shared purpose … One direct approach is to identify the patients with the highest costs during a historical time period … Using this approach, the scope, focus, and refinement of the review evolve as the review proceeds; the … Several additional assumptions underlying the success of this approach is that the HNHC patients can … Table 4 below illustrates the approach.

59. Middle Ear Infections: What to Expect and Treatment Options (pdf file)
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    January 26, 2013 - 9) Treatment: Anti-microbial agents have typically been used to manage AOM, but a “wait and see” approach … “Wait and see” approach: a. Does ear pain decrease? b. Is the fever gone? 2. … Uncomplicated AOM, the existing research suggests the “wait and see” approach (9). … “Wait and see” approach (9). Parent/ Guardian Instructions: 1. Keep ears clean and dry 2.

60. Searching for Studies (ppt file)
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    June 01, 2012 - The first is to recognize the importance of a multiple-approach method of searching. … Benefits: This approach is preferred if specific medical tests are unknown. … This approach is used more often by reviewers. … This approach is often advisable if specific tests are unknown. … However, this approach is still likely to miss relevant articles.