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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/febrile-infants-diagnosis-management_executive.pdf
March 01, 2012 - In recent
decades, increasing awareness of these trade-offs has
led to efforts to discriminate better … (26.3 percent
to 28.0 percent).28
The overall diagnostic accuracy of PCT for predicting SBI
was better … clinical criteria alone (not well appearing
infants, age < 30 days, gender, fever > 40°C) reported
better … In the absence of better data on harms
and the costs of diagnostics and therapeutics or improved
positive … study evaluating the
Rochester criteria in neonates the testing in the neonatal
age group showed better
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/evidence-summary-cer-199-skin-cancer.pdf
December 01, 2017 - • There is moderate confidence that
PDT for BCC is associated with
better cosmetic outcomes than
surgery … Table B shows that the percentage of lesions
with good or better cosmetic outcomes ranged between
74.3 … Radiation (D) had the smallest
percentage of good or better cosmetic outcome. … recurrence, surgical treatments and radiation therapy
appear to be (statistically significantly) better … Fourth, better monitoring of population trends in
BCCs and SCCs can help focus research on the most
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/peptic-ulcer-horizon-scan-high-impact-1312.pdf
December 01, 2013 - Scanning System is to conduct horizon scanning of
emerging health care technologies and innovations to better … interest in natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (known as NOTES) if it can
demonstrate better … , POEM could renew interest in
NOTES procedures and instrumentation if ongoing trials demonstrate better … increase the size and density of intestinal
villi in the intestinal epithelial layer, resulting in better … of
teduglutide, prescribed by a gastroenterologist, could help patients with poor access to care better
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/07_diabetes_potential_high_impact_june_2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - Scanning System is to conduct horizon scanning of
emerging health care technologies and innovations to better … showing use of these systems will “prevent or reduce the length and severity of
hypoglycemia events better … hypoglycemic
agents with different mechanisms of action may have additive therapeutic effects and result in better … of GLP-1 agonists on the market, one expert said that
this therapy could reduce HbA1c levels and better … expensive for patients, third party payers, and
healthcare facilities if the patient would be able better
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/crosscutting-horizon-scan-high-impact-1312.pdf
December 01, 2013 - Scanning System is to conduct horizon scanning of
emerging health care technologies and innovations to better … aid patient
adherence to medication regimens for chronic diseases and be used in clinical trials to better … financial impact if more data show it can actually can cut costs by
reducing complications through better … only have the younger patients
that are less complicated, need less medical services/tests, and have better … environment established by senior-specific EDs would facilitate
improved communication and allow for better
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/arthritis-knee-physical-therapy_disposition-comments.pdf
November 06, 2012 - Later criteria (strength of quadracep measured in nm/x
are better determiners. … balance, walking) and participation in activities of
daily living would allow better prediction of patient … If this approach is included with the category
of the distribution method, then a better description … represented minimal
clinically important changes while a reduction of 33
percent represented “much better … patient-
oriented outcomes that should be used in clinical trials and the latter
can be addressed by better
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/renal-function_executive.pdf
August 01, 2014 - type of troponin assay, do the
operating characteristics of a certain type of troponin
test perform better … effectiveness of interventions or management
strategies for ACS (e.g., Is an aggressive strategy
better … )
against another type of troponin assay, does a certain
type of troponin test estimate prognosis better … using the profile likelihood estimate for calculating
between-study variance.30 This method provides better … Therefore,
we are unable to draw any specific conclusion about which
biomarker is better in the CKD