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141. PROPOSALS FOR A PHASED EVALUATION OF (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 - diagnostic-thinking efficacy, Fryback and Thornbury suggested studies to document the percentage of cases … receipt of test information.4 Studies of therapeutic efficacy should then establish the percentage of cases … where images were judged helpful in planning the management of patients, the percentage of cases where … therapy planned before imaging changed after imaging information was obtained, or the percentage of cases … Strategies exist to deal with cases in which the reference standard result is missing in some patients

142. Appendix A (pdf file)
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     May 29, 2025 - Appendix A Appendix A. Search Strategies PubMed Search (((((postpartum OR post-partum OR postnatal OR post-natal OR puerperal OR puerperium OR postdelivery OR post-delivery OR "post delivery" OR Peripartum OR Peri-partum OR "Perinatal Care"[Mesh] OR "Postnatal Care"[Mesh] OR "Peripartum Period"[Mesh] OR breastfe…

143. Quantitative Synthesis II: Interactive Quiz (ppt file)
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     May 29, 2025 - Quantitative Synthesis II: Interactive Quiz When To Select Observational Studies Interactive Quiz Prepared for: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Training Modules for Systematic Reviews Methods Guide www.ahrq.gov When To Select Observational Studies Interactive Quiz When should observational …

144. Quantitative Synthesis II: Interactive Quiz (ppt file)
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     May 29, 2025 - Quantitative Synthesis II: Interactive Quiz When To Select Observational Studies Interactive Quiz Prepared for: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Training Modules for Systematic Reviews Methods Guide www.ahrq.gov When To Select Observational Studies Interactive Quiz When should observational …

145. Minimal Modeling Approaches to Value of Information Analysis for Health Research (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2011 - In some cases, it is because ∗Alternatively, net … In other cases, a factor is considered, but without much rigorous analysis. … In other cases, critical issues such as the size of the affected population are modeled without much … In such cases, which we term “limited modeling,” it is necessary to build a survival model, but the … of acute rhinosinusitis and 20 million cases of acute bacterial rhinosinusitis are diagnosed every

146. Disposition of Comments Report for Core Needle and Open Surgical Biopsy for Diagnosis of Breast Lesions: An Update to the 2009 Report (pdf file)
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     September 10, 2014 - The authors are incorrect in stating that "MRI is likely reserved for diagnostically challenging cases … I think that the definition of false positive cases should be clearly stated in this report. … Results Regarding false positive cases. … As I commented above regarding the methods section, the definition of false positive cases should be … In some cases no additional surgery was performed (because the lesion was deemed benign).

147. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2010 - the harms associated with other prior treatments or disease natural history is not possible in many cases … nature of the data synthesis and the small numbers of studies and patients within studies, there are cases

148. Disposition of Comments for Chronic Urinary Retention: Comparative Effectiveness and Harms of Treatments (pdf file)
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     September 15, 2014 - Most cases of CUR in the neurogenic population involve “upper motor neuron lesions” and are associated … In these cases, the primary goals of therapy are to reduce storage pressures (treat detrusor overactivity … It believe it offers little guidance to the clinician and in many cases statements are incomplete or … an under active detrusor due to the obstruction or c) may be totally due to other non-obstructive cases … The neurogenic bladder cases are in CUR because of detrusor overactivity and dyssynergic sphincter and

149. PEPTIC ULCER #11 (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2013 - aspiration pneumonia, esophagitis, ulceration, and weight loss.36 About 3,000 esophageal achalasia cases … sponsoring trials.42,43,45,46 U.S. centers have performed more than 80 of the estimated 900 POEM cases … In very severe cases, intravenous nutrition can be required indefinitely.59 In cases in which an obstruction … Clinical results of per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) for 56 consecutive cases of esophageal achalasia … Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) for esophageal achalasia: 205 cases report.

150. genetic-testing-developmental-disabilities-protocol-140930 (pdf file)
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     September 30, 2014 - In rare cases in which a diagnostic yield study also address a clinical utility issue (e.g., reporting … of FDA-cleared or – See above approved commercial test kits) or the laboratory (in the cases of LDTs … Indications Describe the FDA-cleared or –approved (in the cases of See above commercial test kit) … or the laboratory-proposed (in the cases of LDTs) indication for the test, e.g., population, timing, … Duplication of the 15q11-q13 region: clinical and genetic study of 30 new cases.

151. renal-update-2015-150115 (pdf file)
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     January 15, 2015 - Atherosclerosis accounts for 90 percent of cases of RAS. … angioplasty with stenting,9 and nephrologists advocate aggressive medical therapy with stenting in selected cases … directory or editorial or festschrift or government publications or interview or lectures or legal cases … news or newspaper article or patient education handout or periodical index or "review of reported cases

152. Musculoskeletal-Complaints-Tests-Children Executive (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2012 - None of the case-control studies provided information about the presence of MSK pain in either the cases … combinations; however, the design of case-control studies may lead to bias.52-54 The selective inclusion of cases … Serological abnormalities in juvenile chronic arthritis: a review of 46 cases.

153. Disposition of Comment Report for Wireless Motility Capsule Versus Other Diagnostic Technologies for Evaluating Gastroparesis and Constipation (pdf file)
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     May 20, 2013 - In rare cases, endoscopic or surgical removal may be necessary. … In rare cases, endoscopic or surgical removal may be necessary. … In most cases, delayed meal emptying translates into delayed indigestible object emptying which is … In rare cases, endoscopic or surgical removal may be necessary. … In rare cases, endoscopic or surgical removal may be necessary.

154. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     June 12, 2012 - Prevalence estimates in the United States over the past 20 years have been approximately 2 to 4 cases … Of note, in classifying on motor function, spastic CP accounts for 70 to 80 percent of all cases of … Spastic cerebral palsy is hypertonic and accounts for 70% to 80% of cerebral palsy cases. … Together they make up 20% of cerebral palsy cases. … Broken down, dyskinetic makes up 15% of all cerebral palsy cases, and ataxic comprises 5%.

155. Undescended-Testicle Executive (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2012 - In some cases they are viable testicles, but in others they have atrophied and are no longer viable … orchiectomy (removal of the testicle) also can be performed, although this is usually reserved for cases … Rare cases of intestinal injury due to Veress needle puncture (one case) and to postoperative laparoscopic … port site reducible hernia (three cases) and incarcerated hernia (two cases) were noted with laparoscopy … The imaging literature provides mixed results for identifying cases of anorchia, with studies not pointing

156. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol: Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer (pdf file)
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     November 02, 2019 - 2019, prostate cancer will be the most frequently diagnosed non-dermatologic malignancy (174,650 new cases … cancer have cancer confined to the prostate gland or clinically localized prostate cancer (CLPC).2 Most cases

157. Data Points 17: Trends in Bariatric Surgery: Trends in bariatric surgery in Medicare beneficiaries (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2012 - Over the period of our study, bariatric surgery more than doubled, from 5,605 cases in 2006 to 12,720 … cases in 2009. … DS was the least common inpatient procedure, ranging from 0.3 percent of cases in the Southwest to … 2.1 percent of cases in the Midwest (Figure 2d).

158. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 2 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - This situation requires the assumptions that the same cases would be detected by both tests and that … Are the extra cases detected by the new, more sensitive test similarly responsive to treatment as are … If available trials selected only patients assessed with the old test, do extra cases identified with … Are tests’ cases subsequently confirmed by same reference standard? 6.

159. breast-biopsy-update-130920 (pdf file)
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     September 20, 2013 - past diagnosis of breast cancer as of 2009.2 The American Cancer Society estimates that 232,340 new cases … of invasive breast cancer and 64,640 new cases of noninvasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in 2013 … sampling patients on the basis of outcomes (e.g., diagnostic case-control studies, or studies selecting cases … We will describe our logic in cases where studies are not unanimous. … For patient populations (e.g., women at “average risk”), testing methods, and outcomes in cases where

160. Managing Gout: A Review of the Research for Adults (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2017 - . �� In rare cases, colchicine can cause muscle damage and blood disorders. … taking allopurinol or febuxostat, call your health care professional right away. �� In very rare cases