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1281. Antipsychotics-Adults Surveillance (pdf file)
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      August 30, 2014 - Signal Assessment: The signals examined in this surveillance assessment suggest that the original CER … Potentially high impact interventions were considered in the final assessment. … Compilation of Findings and Conclusions For this assessment we constructed a summary table (Appendix … Signal Assessment for Currency of the CER We used the following considerations in our assessment of … since the original report, FDA boxed warnings, horizon scanning, and expert assessment is that: •

1282. Alcohol-Misuse Executive (pdf file)
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      April 28, 2010 - What adverse effects are associated with screening for alcohol misuse and screening-related assessment … All interventions required support systems to provide screening and screening-related assessment, and … Many studies included extensive assessment of alcohol-related behaviors, which could directly result … drinking by comparing brief assessment with a control that did not include assessment. … Assessment may conceal therapeutic benefit: findings from a randomized controlled trial for hazardous

1283. Crosscutting-Horizon-Scan-High-Impact-1312 (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2013 - (ECRI Institute, Technology Assessment). Horizon Scanning Structured Comment Form. … (ECRI Institute, Technology Assessment). Horizon Scanning Structured Comment Form. … (ECRI Institute, Technology Assessment). Horizon Scanning Structured Comment Form. … (ECRI Institute, Technology Assessment). Horizon Scanning Structured Comment Form. … Senior- friendly emergency department care: an environmental assessment.

1284. EHC Protocol - Allocation of Scarce Resources During Pandemics: Strategies for Policy Makers: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2013 - Risk of bias (quality) assessment: We will use five critical appraisal criteria consistent with the … We will not employ meta-analysis or formal strength of evidence assessment given the diversity of the

1285. Evidence-Summary-Cer-197-Fractional-Exhaled-Nitric-Oxide (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2017 - Needs Assessment Report for Potential Update of the Expert Panel Report-3 (2007): Guidelines for the … Management of Asthma. 2015. https://www. nhlbi.nih.gov/sites/www.nhlbi.nih.gov/files/Asthma-Needs- Assessment-Report.pdf

1286. The Role of Immunotherapy and the Management of Asthma: Systematic Review (pdf file)
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      September 14, 2016 - Assessment of Risk of Bias of Individual Studies We will use the Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for … Two reviewers will conduct risk of bias assessment and resolve disagreements through discussion. … Needs Assessment Report for Potential Update of the Expert Panel Report-3 (2007): Guidelines for the … https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/sites/www.nhlbi.nih.gov/files/Asthma-Needs-Assessment- Report.pdf. 3. … GRADE's software for Summary of Findings tables, Health Technology Assessment and Guidelines. 2015.

1287. #14 SUBSTANCE ABUSE (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2015 - (ECRI Institute, Technology Assessment). Horizon Scanning Structured Comment Form. … (ECRI Institute, Technology Assessment). Horizon Scanning Structured Comment Form. … (Technology Assessment, ECRI Institute, Plymouth Meeting, PA). Conversation with: Dr. … (ECRI Institute, Technology Assessment). Horizon Scanning Structured Comment Form. … (ECRI Institute, Technology Assessment). Horizon Scanning Structured Comment Form.

1288. Disposition of Comments Report for Intravascular Diagnostic Procedures and Imaging Techniques Versus Angiography Alone in Coronary Artery Stenting (pdf file)
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      February 26, 2013 - Discussions and assessment of case-specific issues are very important for the clinicians and cannot … Peer Reviewer 5 Introduction FFR does have moderate strength for the assessment of intermediate lesions … The value of IVUS for assessment of an intermediate lesion is limited and should not be used for a … The authors would need to emphasize the need for future studies to expand the knowledge for assessment … This group developed a table that summarizes the Working Group’s assessment of the level of evidence

1289. celiac-disease-protocol-140612 (pdf file)
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      June 12, 2014 - If important domains were excluded from either the risk of bias assessment, we will determine the need … Assessment of inter-rater reliability can be used to guard against selection bias in choosing the articles … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies - Risk of bias of each included study … Assessing Applicability – Applicability assessment will be based on the similarity of the populations … Coeliac disease: Recognition and assessment of coeliac disease.

1290. hemangioma-protocol-141223 (pdf file)
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      December 23, 2014 - involution, some patients have permanent cosmetic disfigurement and functional compromise.8 Early assessment … We will use the McMaster Quality Assessment Scale of Harms (McHarm) tool to assess harms studies.21 … Our preliminary assessment of the literature suggests that we may also be able to use meta-analytic … Risk of bias is derived from the quality assessment of the individual studies that addressed the KQ … McMaster Quality Assessment Scale of Harms (McHarm) for primary studies: Manual for use of the McHarm

1291. Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Rehabilitation Executive (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2012 - review drew heavily from randomized controlled trial (RCT) data and relied on a rigorous evidence assessment … the Cicerone reviews were drawn from a variety of study designs and used a less rigorous evidence assessment … Risk of Bias Assessment of Individual Studies Risk of bias assessment forms were developed specifically … RTI Observational Studies Risk of Bias and Precision Item Bank.27 We also created a risk of bias assessment … full report includes the literature flow diagram, outcomes, evidence, SOE tables, and risk of bias assessment

1292. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 10 (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2012 - Review of guidelines for good practice in decision- analytic modelling in health technology assessment … Good practice guidelines for decision-analytic modelling in health technology assessment: a review … and consolidation of quality assessment. … Consensus Conference on Guidelines on Economic Modelling in Health Technology Assessment. … AHRQ Technology Assessment, Rockville, MD 2001; http://www.cms.gov/determinationprocess/do wnloads/

1293. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      August 19, 2011 - addition, most complex plaques do not reveal sufficient alterations by angiography, thereby limiting assessment … not plan to evaluate technical attributes of each technique, since the focus of our review will be assessment … ., QCA parameters of PCI success, electrocardiographic ischemia, biochemical markers, noninvasive assessment … Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies We will use methods for evaluating study … Assessment of intermediate severity coronary lesions in the catheterization laboratory.

1294. Obesity Prevention and Control (pdf file)
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      February 08, 2017 - The quality assessment coding process will focus on the information that can be abstracted from the … Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies. … Assessment of study quality for systematic reviews: a comparison of the Cochrane Collaboration Risk of … Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 222. 4. … Dietary Measures Common short dietary assessment instruments (dietary screeners): Fruit & Vegetable

1295. Methods-Guide-Chapter-Prioritization-And-Selection-Of-Harms-For-Inclusion-In-Systematic-Reviews (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2018 - However, synthesizing evidence on harms poses unique challenges: the assessment and reporting of harms … highlighted unique challenges in finding and selecting data on harms, rating the quality of harms assessment … Although several articles provided general guidance on assessment of harms or on prioritization of outcomes … Guidance From Prior Chapter1 Summary of key points on assessment of harms in Comparative Effectiveness … Mayo Clinic Evidence-Based Practice Research Program Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development

1296. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      August 03, 2011 - Action: Transforming Health Care Quality. 2 AHRQ was also charged with the tasks of continuous assessment … Our KQs focus on the quality assessment component of quality improvement. … Examples of such works include: Comprehensive Assessment in Health Care of the Elderly: An Information … Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Measurement Tools and Grading the Evidence for Each … Comprehensive assessment. In: Peterson M and White D, eds.

1297. Untitled (pdf file)
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      February 16, 2016 - The first surveillance (assessment for need for update) was completed in January, 2012 and found a “ … The second assessment was completed in October, 2012 and found a “medium” need to update sections of … arms); patient characteristics (e.g., age, symptom severity, treatment history); diagnostic and/or assessment … device manufacturers or pharmaceutical companies via SIPs) for additional information on harms.44 Assessment … The assessment of the study limitations domain will be derived from the risk of bias of the individual

1298. Cerebral-Palsy-Feeding Executive (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2013 - At this point on the pathway, individuals with CP may undergo another feeding and nutrition assessment … Quality Assessment Two reviewers independently assessed quality using quality assessment tools appropriate … More information about our quality assessment methods is in the full report, and Table B describes the … Assessment of study quality for systematic reviews: a comparison of the Cochrane Collaboration Risk … Risk of bias versus quality assessment of randomised controlled trials: cross sectional study.

1299. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 23 Genetic Testing (pdf file)
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      June 30, 2015 - We appreciate the reviewer’s assessment. … We appreciate the reviewer’s assessment. … We appreciate the reviewer’s assessment. … We appreciate the reviewer’s assessment. … We appreciate the reviewer’s assessment.

1300. Nonopioid Pharmacologic Treatments for Chronic Pain (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2019 - a number of national initiatives to address gaps related to understanding the complexities of pain assessment … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies RCTs will be assessed based on criteria … of Bias of Individual Studies When Comparing Medical Interventions.14,17 Based on the risk of bias assessment