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261. Glasgow Coma Scale for Field Triage of Trauma: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/field-triage-glascow_executive.pdf
     January 01, 2017 - • Severe injury – Two studies found the tGCS was better able to discriminate those with major injury … The tGCS is better able than the mGCS to discriminate people with trauma who undergo neurosurgical … The tGCS was also better than the mGCS at discriminating trauma patients who died during hospitalization … Studies are needed to better understand the predictive utility in important subpopulations, including … Improving the Glasgow Coma Scale score: motor score alone is a better predictor.

262. Community Forum Deliberative Methods Demonstration: Evaluating Effectiveness and Eliciting Public Views on Use of Evidence--Executive Summary (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2013 - Many comments indicated the belief that better care is more expensive and boundaries aimed at cost containment … limit access to that better care. … • Participants also believed that education about high-quality care is a better approach than restrictive … close of their sessions, that they had a deeper understanding of the issues and problems, as well as a better … This case study juxtaposed concerns about having access to a “better” high- volume hospital versus the

263. Disposition of Comments for Treatment Strategies for Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease (pdf file)
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     May 29, 2013 - Rather than making general statements about epidemiology and diagnostic testing, it would be better … In fact the consensus of most experts in the field is that vein bypass grafting has considerably better … For KQ 2, it is not established that medcial tgherapy with cilostazol is better ro workse than other … It may help to say more about areas where additional/better studies are needed to address gaps in the … The authors need to better acknowledge the real and potential value of established treatments even

264. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2011 - If a patient has responded to one agent in the past, is that agent better than current alternatives at … Some results are now supported by better evidence than in 2007, which is reflected in a higher grade … Some results are now supported by better evidence than in 2007, which is reflected in a higher grade … Potential approaches include looking at ways to better predict the treatment response to optimize initial … Comparative adherence Low One trial provides evidence that fluoxetine weekly has better adherence rates

265. Quantitative Synthesis Chapter 3. Choice of Statistical Model for Combining Studies (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2018 - Simulation studies suggest that the Profile Likelihood (PL) methods generally performs best.6 ► They better … between-study heterogeneity ► Performs poorly for rare binary events (e.g., adverse events) • PL methods: ► Better

266. Disposition of Comments_Technical Brief No. 43: Measuring Healthcare Organization Characteristics in Cancer Care Delivery Research (pdf file)
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     June 20, 2023 - description regarding why the Integrated Framework was chosen for evaluation would be worthwhile to better … #7 Methods Under Discussions with Key Informants (page 20, lines 15-16), would be helpful to give a better … They discuss the need for better tools, but should also discuss the need and rationale for standardization … skill types” 70 Peer Reviewer #7 Findings Guiding Question 2: Under Psychological States…, I now better … Comment Response 82 Peer Reviewer #4 Summary and Implications I have two suggestions, both to better

267. Disposition of Comments for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Screening, Management, and Treatment (pdf file)
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     April 25, 2013 - We revised the text to better match the findings reported in the forest plots. … Additionally their survival is dramatically better than patients with connective tissue disease or … Additionally their survival is dramatically better than patients with connective tissue disease or … most people in this field did not anticipate better quality data. … Does a subpopulation respond better to a certain agent?

268. Disposition of Comments for CER 163 Appropriate Antibiotics (pdf file)
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     January 27, 2016 - I think it would be better to focus on the interventions that reduce/improve antibiotic use. … We’ve removed these from the PRISMA diagram to better focus the content on outcome studies we were … We have revised their descriptions to better clarify this. … But this reviewer doesn’t have any additional thoughts on how this issue could be better addressed. … This would be better as S. pyogenes or Group A Streptoococcus (which causes strep throat).

269. PULMONARY with "Discussions" in Exec Summary (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2013 - Scanning System is to conduct horizon scanning of emerging health care technologies and innovations to better … Better treatments to prevent COPD exacerbations are needed. … and offsets of other health care costs from improved outcomes from the drug will help elucidate and better … systems expert noted that additional clinical trials evaluating quality of life should be performed to better … Better treatments to prevent COPD exacerbations are needed.22 Intervention: Azithromycin (Zithromax

270. Treatment for Restless Legs Syndrome Disposition of Comments Report (pdf file)
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     November 27, 2012 - I think it would read better if it said "19 out of 21 and 5 out of 9" so we don't have to figure out … The impact of health outcomes in lack of treatment efficacy would be better identified if morbidity … We have added a phrase from this study’s discussion to better demonstrate this point. Thank you. … Implications of treatment outcome on comorbidities are not discussed There are no data and this would be better … We have attempted to modify the language to better facilitate clinical applicability for those less

271. #06 Developmental Delays ADHD, and Autism (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - Scanning System is to conduct horizon scanning of emerging health care technologies and innovations to better … earlier a definitive diagnosis can be established and the earlier that intervention can begin, the better

272. Microsoft Word - finbody.doc (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2007 - demographics or indicators of RAS severity) or diagnostic tests predict whether patients would have better … (including the recently added study) found that kidney function after angioplasty (or surgery) was better … SF-36 social functioning was better at 3 months among patients after angioplasty, but at 12 months was … better among those who never received angioplasty. … Two trials found that patients with bilateral RAS had better outcomes after angioplasty than medical

273. PEPTIC ULCER #11 (pdf file)
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     June 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

274. Renal-Function Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     June 13, 2013 - change from baseline measure for the diagnosis of ACS in patients with CKD might allow clinicians to better … Does a significant delta of change (such as greater than 20% within 9 hours) better discriminate between … type of troponin assay, do the operating characteristics of a certain type of troponin test perform better … I) against another type of troponin assay, does a certain type of troponin test estimate prognosis better … troponin I) against another type of troponin assay, does a certain type of troponin test predict risk better

275. The Evidence-Based Care Challenge: A Case Study (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ebc-challenge-case-130621.pdf
     June 01, 2013 - leadership and then engaging an Advisory Committee to represent the corporate supporters might have been a better … • Better define the judging criteria. … In future challenges, we will articulate these definitions better for all key partners prior to the … Doing so would have brought a more diverse set of skills into the process, allowing us to better address

276. Effectiveness of Screening and Treatment of Subclinical Hypothyroidism or Hyperthyroidism (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hypothyroidism-hyperthyroidism-screening-treatment_disposition-comments.pdf
     February 01, 2012 - symptoms, the term "screening in asymptomatic primary care patients" makes little sense clinically--a better … Peer Reviewer #4 Results p. 37, table 8a--formatting issue, would be better to move the N column … Our discussion said that the reanalysis was better evidence than we had before, but would not meet … I am not sure such pessimism is warranted without better data: it is possible that the population attributable

277. Slide 1
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     January 01, 2013 - Being selected for surgeries or procedures may be a surrogate for better general physical conditions … including having less severe disease and comorbid conditions and better functional and psychological … carried out Be aware of the documented direct relationship between the level of physician experience and better … A direct relationship between the level of physician experience and better patient outcomes has been

278. Middle Ear Infections: What to Expect and Treatment Options (pdf file)
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     May 29, 2025 - Most ear infections are viral and can get better on their own without antibiotic treatment (9).

279. Using Deliberative Methods to Engage the Public: Facilitating a Deliberative Session (pdf file)
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     May 29, 2025 - personal/societal values Slide 7 The overuse of antibiotics: focus group • Question: How can doctors better

280. Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: 2022 Update of the PTSD-Repository Evidence Base (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2022 - clinically meaningful as it does not attempt to provide clinical guidance on which therapies are better … SUD was the focus as opposed to other major comorbidities; I thought that could be explained a bit better … General The conclusion summarized the data well and explained some of the limitations and, for lack of a better … Etheridge General Although I am just a Bachelor Degree Nurse, I was able to understand the information better