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2741. Disposition of Comments Report for Serum Free Light Chain Analysis for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prognosis of Plasma-Cell Dyscrasias (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/plasma-cell-dyscrasias-sflc-assay_disposition-comments.pdf
      August 23, 2012 - With this extremely low life-time risk, it is not necessary to do periodic laboratory assessments of … included studies, with clear discussion of the major findings and clear justification for the quality assessments

2742. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/disparities-quality-improvement_research-protocol.pdf
      February 23, 2012 - We will record quality assessments in tables, summarizing each study. … We will record strength of evidence assessments in tables, summarizing for each outcome. g.

2743. Untitled (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/thromboembolism-update_research-protocol.pdf
      February 17, 2016 - Full methodology for conducting the network meta-analyses will be reported, as will all results and assessments … Based on these assessments, we will assign a strength of evidence rating as being either high, moderate

2744. Evidence-Summary-CER-206-Sodium-And-Potassium-Intake-Effects-On-Chronic-Disease-Outcomes-And-Risk (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-206-evidence-summary-sodium-potassium.pdf
      June 01, 2018 - based on AHRQ guidance.22 The investigators consulted to reconcile any discrepancies in overall RoB assessments … Overall summary RoB assessments for each study were classified as low, moderate, or high based on a … long-term chronic disease outcomes of interest, primarily due to the limitations in the potassium intake assessments

2745. Research Protocol: Clostridium difficile Infection Update (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/c-difficile-update_research-protocol.pdf
      December 23, 2014 - Investigators will consult to reconcile any discrepancies in overall risk of bias assessments. … Overall summary risk of bias assessments for each study will be classified as low, moderate, or high

2746. Surveillance Report: CER 30: Comparative Effectiveness of Pain Management for Hip Fracture (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/hip-fracture-pain_surveillance.pdf
      July 08, 2015 - CER and most recent surveillance assessment, findings of the new literature search, and the expert assessments … We considered the following factors when making our assessments: •! … report and the most recent surveillance report, the results of the literature search, the experts’ assessments … studies do not have the potential to change the conclusions of the original CER or prior surveillance assessments

2747. Untitled (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/heart-disease-ace-inhibitor-arb_surveillance.pdf
      July 06, 2015 - questions and conclusions from the original CER, findings of the new literature search, and the expert assessments … We considered the following factors when making our assessments: •! … report and the most recent surveillance report, the results of the literature search, the experts’ assessments

2748. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/osteoporosis-bone-fracture_research-protocol.pdf
      May 14, 2010 - This assessment will be separate from other quality assessments. E.

2749. Evidence-based Practice Center Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prostate-cancer-surveillance_research-protocol.pdf
      May 19, 2011 - the forms will be the same as multiple forms we have used for other evidence reports and technology assessments

2750. Total Worker Health® (TWH) (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/worker-health_executive.pdf
      April 01, 2016 - Commentary Experts in workplace HP and OSH (clinicians and researchers) and experts in evidence-based assessments … In the full report, Appendix C documents risk-of-bias assessments and Appendix D presents SOE grades … control group, but limiting by study design is unlikely to have had a major effect on our SOE grade assessments

2751. Disposition of Comments CER 185 Tympanostomy Tubes in Children With Otitis Media (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/tympanostomy-tubes-disposition.pdf
      May 05, 2017 - Reviewer #1 Executive Summary P25 Line 21: Can the timing of the hearing loss and speech impairment assessments … Text of ES and Full Report edited to include timing of QoL assessments for this study Source: https … For brevity and ease of comparison, we have presented our assessments of Strength of Evidence this … This CER mirrors SRs done in the past, as well as evidence assessments done for CPGs.

2752. Disposition of Comments CER 185 Tympanostomy Tubes in Children With Otitis Media (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/tympanostomy-tubes-disposition.pdf
      May 05, 2017 - Reviewer #1 Executive Summary P25 Line 21: Can the timing of the hearing loss and speech impairment assessments … Text of ES and Full Report edited to include timing of QoL assessments for this study Source: https … For brevity and ease of comparison, we have presented our assessments of Strength of Evidence this … This CER mirrors SRs done in the past, as well as evidence assessments done for CPGs.

2753. Untitled (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/field-triage-glascow_research-protocol.pdf
      February 25, 2016 - We will evaluate any differences in conclusions based on direct versus indirect comparisons, as assessments

2754. Breast-Cancer-Medications Surveillance (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-cancer-medications_surveillance.pdf
      July 01, 2012 - key questions, the original conclusions, and the findings of the new literature search, the expert assessments … classify a CER conclusion into one category or another, we used the following factors when making our assessments

2755. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 7 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-tests-grading_methods.pdf
      July 01, 2012 - Reviewers 7-12 should resolve differences in domain assessments and grades of outcomes and should

2756. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
      effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/medical-test-reviews-strength-evidence.ppt
      June 01, 2012 - ordinal approach (ranging from high to insufficient strength of evidence) Resolve differences in domain assessments … Then the two independent reviewers must resolve differences in the domain assessments and outcome grades

2757. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
      effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/medical-test-reviews-strength-evidence.ppt
      June 01, 2012 - ordinal approach (ranging from high to insufficient strength of evidence) Resolve differences in domain assessments … Then the two independent reviewers must resolve differences in the domain assessments and outcome grades

2758. Acs-Pci-Adjunctive-Devices Research-Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/acs-pci-adjunctive-devices_research-protocol.pdf
      July 01, 2010 - All assessments will be made by two investigators, who will resolve disagreements through discussion

2759. Fatty-Acids-Cardiovascular-Disease Research-Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/fatty-acids-cardiovascular-disease_research-protocol.pdf
      April 02, 2015 - For example, observational studies based on self-reported dietary assessments (e.g., food frequency … eligibility criteria regarding interventions and exposures, search strategies, structure of the reviews, and assessments … Based on these assessments, we will assign a strength of evidence rating as being either high, moderate

2760. Rheumatoid-Arthritis-Medicine Surveillance (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/rheumatoid-arthritis-medicine_surveillance.pdf
      March 01, 2013 - the key questions, the original conclusions, the findings of the new literature search, the expert assessments … classify a CER conclusion into one category or another, we used the following factors when making our assessments … conclusions of the original report, the results of the literature and drug database searches, the experts’ assessments