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321. Management of Uterine Fibroids - Evidence Summary (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/evidence-summary-cer-195-uterine-fibroids-final.pdf
     December 01, 2017 - Laparoscopic myomectomy was also associated with better fertility and pregnancy outcomes over other … power to detect differences, the evidence is insufficient to determine if pregnancy outcomes are better … Additionally, such studies will be better able to estimate both common and rare harms, including the … determine what individual and fibroid characteristics best predict adverse events to better inform … Women need better information to guide their choices. References 1.

322. Disposition of Comments Report for Interventions To Improve Patient Adherence to Hepatitis C Treatment: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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     December 20, 2012 - efforts to develop both pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions at the patient level, and better … interventions may be captured under “system- level” or “patient-level” interventions, they probably fit better … TEP #5 Executive Summary- Introduction The authors need to define the global term of “adherence” better … High- quality studies that explore moderators, mediators and interaction effects are needed to better … The call for better studies and some standardization (e.g. outcome measurements) seems very appropriate

323. Disposition of Comments for CER 182 Glasgow Coma Scale (pdf file)
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     January 12, 2017 - We attempted to do a tree analysis to build a better guideline and data missing was frequently the better … I would change you analytic framework to better reflect the intended use of this review to determine … At a minimum, this warrants a better justification in the methods section. … The tGCS is better able than the mGCS to discriminate people with trauma who undergo neurosurgical … However, it is also important to clearly state that in other environments, tGCS may be a better predictor

324. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/atrial-fibrillation-ablation_disposition-comments.pdf
     October 01, 2010 - In our opinion, quality rating is better juxtaposed in the Results section. … This is likely related to better anticoagulation regimens in the past 5 years. … You should provide a better indication of estimated risk; perhaps the overall risk from pooling all … ) In the PVI group, mean scores improved from 89±12 at baseline to 60±8 at 6 months (lower scores better … monitoring regimens and data vetted through peer review and/or regulatory audits can be expected to better

325. Evidence Summary Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 250: Living Systematic Review on Cannabis and Other Plant-Based Treatments for Chronic Pain (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2021 - opioids drive a search for alternative pain treatments, including cannabis and related compounds to better … In order to better understand the small to moderate improvements in pain, and the complete adverse event

326. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2009 - The term “medications to reduce risk” is a better representation of the intervention and therefore, all … Most models perform only slightly better than age alone as a risk predictor.

327. Prostate-Cancer-Therapies-Update Consumer (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - Improved treatments and new treatments may now work better to treat localized prostate cancer. 9 … Some side effects may get better, but some may last a long time or may never go away.

328. #06 Developmental Delays ADHD, and Autism (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 … earlier a definitive diagnosis can be established and the earlier that intervention can begin, the better … One expert with clinical experience stated, “The theoretic and empiric support for this therapy is better

329. Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies for Women with Noncyclic Chronic Pelvic Pain (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - Public Reviewer #2 Results Better than 86% of patients are pain free in 1.8 clinic visits. … Thus the prevalence of comorbidities may better define the population studied, to avoid categorizing … We have emphasized the need for a better understanding of etiology and thorough diagnostic work-up

330. S103 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - : S103–S107) In clinical and epidemiological studies, researchers often ask whether 1 treatment is better … Rather than include year in the model, a better strategy is to define meaningful time periods and estimate … stan- dard errors generated by the weighted analytic model, but further empirical work is needed to better

331. renal-update-2015-150115 (pdf file)
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     January 15, 2015 - In addition, to better capture real-world scenarios for when open surgical options are chosen for patients … cause • Kidney function o Event (eg, need for renal replacement therapy) o Categorical (eg, better … Continuous (ie, GFR, CrCl, SCr) • Blood pressure o Event (eg, hypertensive crisis) o Categorical (eg, better

332. Microsoft Word - Comp Eff 10.doc (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2007 - comorbidities for which ACEIs or ARBs are more effective, associated with fewer adverse events, or better … comorbidities for which ACEIs or ARBs are more effective, associated with fewer adverse events, or better … Rates of continuation with therapy appear to be somewhat better with ARBs than with ACEIs; however, … enalapril ESRD with LVH (100%) RCT N = 20 6 mo Fair LVMI & LVEF ↓LVMI both, ARB better … Rates of continuation with therapy appear to be somewhat better with ARBs than with ACEIs; however,

333. Disposition of Comments Report for Cardiac Troponins Used as Diagnostic and Prognostic Tests in Patients Wtih Kidney Disease (pdf file)
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     August 11, 2014 - To display the trends in sensitivity and specificity better, we revised Figures 4 and 5. … limb on the question, Does a significant delta of change (such as greater than 20% within 9hours) better … How to define this better for this population is unclear. We rewrote this section. … So whether troponin T is better than existing clinical models is unclear.

334. Interventions Targeting Sensory Challenges in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders - An Update (pdf file)
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     May 26, 2017 - studies that are not blinded (i.e., do not use blinded assessment of any form) can be considered as better … We also note that only two studies that did not report blinded outcome assessment achieved better than … We have expanded our discussion of the need to understand sensory mechanisms better. … I think that the discussion should be rewritten to better reflect the limitations of the studies that

335. Disposition of Comments for Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - The studies that did show benefit of incremental interventions used teams, feedback loops, and were better … plus additional support versus control, there was weak evidence that medication adherence may be better … notion that it requires "decades" to witness the difference between improved blood pressure control and better … cost, at least in the short term, since there is a decades-long lag between improved BP control and better

336. Er r or Rate Reduction Regarding Lower Limb Prosthesis (pdf file)
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     March 16, 2017 - This can occur if a person receives a too-low level LLP when a higher level LLP would enable better … too-high level LLP which might be unnecessarily complex for an individual who would have equivalent or better … This review’s Key Questions and study eligibility criteria were designed to assist CMS to better understand … across studies and descriptions of statistical significance of studies, emphasizing larger studies with better

337. Mass-Casualty-Events-Scarce-Resources Executive (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2012 - There is also low to medium evidence that better management of POD operations can speed throughput … First, inclusive processes work better than those that do not. … not block progress in the field, but it almost certainly calls for research methodologies that are better … • Better approaches to prehospital triage during MCEs.

338. S158 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - equations.29 The main advantages of internal validation studies over external validation studies are: (1) better … Better prediction of exposure by inclusion of the survey information in the gold- standard PS resulted … lower propensity for NSAID use and to higher mortality is only partly captured in the main study and is better … performs as an approximate instrument under assumptions similar to surrogacy because it is hoped that it better

339. Comparative Effectiveness of Coronary Bypass Surgery and Percutaneous Coronary Interventions for Multivessel Disease: A Pooled Analysis of Individual Patient Data from Ten Randomized Trials (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2010 - The BARI trial28 was the first to report that patients with diabetes had substantially better survival … age might be a marker for more severe disease that was otherwise unmeasured and that might respond better … clinical registry studies have reported that patients with the least extensive coronary disease have better … survival with PCI, whereas patients with the most extensive disease have better survival with CABG.13

340. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 7 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - derived from the body of evidence are contained within one territory or the other 7-6 (“testing better … It is possible that the accuracy of a test is better than the reference standard because of an imperfect … Better information for better health care: the Evidence-based Practice Center program and the Agency