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301. Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation: Executive summary for the update of an ASTRO Evidence-Based Consensus Statement (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/topic-nomination-apbi-breast-cancer.pdf
     April 01, 2017 - Conclusion:These recommendationswill provideupdated clinical guidance regardinguse of acceleratedpartial … Results KQ1: Which patients may be considered for APBI outside of a clinical trial? … The RTOG 9804 randomized clinical trial included women with screen-detected DCIS, low to intermediate … Low-energy x-ray IORT for PBI should be used within the context of a prospective registry or clinical … The ultimate judgment regarding the propriety of any specific therapy must be made by the physician and

302. Fibromyalgia Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2015 - Understanding subgroup effects might help to better inform clinical treatment decisions. … risk-of-bias assessments and, when needed, a third investigator was consulted to reconcile the summary judgment … practice in the United States.77,78 Few men were included in clinical trials. … Clinical manifestations and diagnosis of fibromyalgia in adults. … Clinical and economic characteristics of patients with fibromyalgia syndrome.

303. FRN 35 - Preventive Pharmacological Treatments for Migraine in Adults: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - This report is not intended to be a substitute for the application of scientific judgment. … Rates of clinical response were moderate, 200 to 400 patients per 1,000 treated. … First, the nature of the condition relies on patient report and provider judgment for diagnosis and … Rates of clinical response were moderate, 200 to 400 patients per 1,000 treated. … First, the nature of the condition relies on patient report and provider judgment for diagnosis and

304. Methods Research Report: Linking Evidence Reviews to Organizational Guideline Planning: A Pilot Test of an Interactive Web-Based Presentation and Discussion of Evidence (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2018 - and discussion of evidence) in integrating systematic review findings into organization-specific clinical … This report is not intended to be a substitute for the application of clinical judgment. … Anyone who makes decisions concerning the provision of clinical care should consider this report in … This scenario may not be common for the clinical focus of most AHRQ reports. … operations decision-makers and people involved in implementation of a clinical service.

305. Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Wellbeing and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     February 05, 2025 - Mindfulness involves focusing attention on the present moment and accepting what is without judgment … This systematic review is intended to support the development of clinical practice guidelines. … To address potential clinical heterogeneity, we plan to conduct separate analyses for individuals at … Technical Experts Technical Experts constitute a multi-disciplinary group of clinical, content, and … Because of their unique clinical or content expertise, individuals are invited to serve as Technical

306. Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Wellbeing and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ped-mindfulness-protocol-amended.pdf
     September 25, 2024 - Mindfulness involves focusing attention on the present moment and accepting what is without judgment … This systematic review is intended to support the development of clinical practice guidelines. … To address potential clinical heterogeneity, we plan to conduct separate analyses for individuals at … Technical Experts Technical Experts constitute a multi-disciplinary group of clinical, content, and … Because of their unique clinical or content expertise, individuals are invited to serve as Technical

307. Methods Research Report: Testing a Machine Learning Tool for Facilitating Living Systematic Reviews of Chronic Pain Treatments (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2020 - This report is not intended to be a substitute for the application of clinical judgment. … trial.pt. 23. clinical trials as topic.sh. 24. … trial.pt. 24. clinical trials as topic.sh. 25. … trial.pt. 17. clinical trials as topic.sh. 18. … Clinical Drug Investigation. 2010;30(8):489-505. PMID: 20586515.

308. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - affect applicability Systematically abstract key characteristics that may affect applicability Make judgments … determining the most important factors, systematically abstracting the key characteristics, making judgments … Outcomes (from test results) How studies addressed clinical outcomes selected for the review: Earlier … The PICOTS element presented in this table is clinical outcomes. … How is the test used now in clinical practice compared to when the studies were completed?

309. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - affect applicability Systematically abstract key characteristics that may affect applicability Make judgments … determining the most important factors, systematically abstracting the key characteristics, making judgments … Outcomes (from test results) How studies addressed clinical outcomes selected for the review: Earlier … The PICOTS element presented in this table is clinical outcomes. … How is the test used now in clinical practice compared to when the studies were completed?

310. Topic-Brief3-Sud (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2021 - suitable for further action such as commissioning a systematic review or technical brief to inform clinical … treatment of acute pain in patients with opioid use disorder is insufficient to guide a policy or clinical … This report is not intended to be a substitute for the application of clinical judgment. … Anyone who makes decisions concerning the provision of clinical care should consider this report in … Incorporates issues around both clinical benefits and potential clinical harms Yes 2d.

311. Topic-Brief3-Sud (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2021 - suitable for further action such as commissioning a systematic review or technical brief to inform clinical … treatment of acute pain in patients with opioid use disorder is insufficient to guide a policy or clinical … This report is not intended to be a substitute for the application of clinical judgment. … Anyone who makes decisions concerning the provision of clinical care should consider this report in … Incorporates issues around both clinical benefits and potential clinical harms Yes 2d.

312. Continuous-Outcomes-Quantitative-Synthesis Methods (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2011 - This report is not intended to be a substitute for the application of clinical judgment. … Randomization in Clinical Trials: Theory and Practice: New York: Wiley; 2002. 6. … Suspended judgment. Significance tests of covariate imbalance in clinical trials. … Analysis of covariance in parallel-group clinical trials with pretreatment baselines. … Variance imputation for overviews of clinical trials with continuous response.

313. EHC Research Protocol (Amended): Treatments for Acute Episodic Migraine (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/migraine-treatments-research-amended-protocol.pdf
     January 09, 2020 - for each comparison and for each outcome: data source, effect size, SOE rating; and rationale for judgments … We will use this information to evaluate applicability of the evidence to real-world clinical practice … for this approach is that triptans and NSAIDs are already recommended as a standard of care in clinical … Technical Experts Technical Experts constitute a multi-disciplinary group of clinical, content, and … Because of their unique clinical or content expertise, individuals are invited to serve as Technical

314. antibiotics-respiratory-infection-protocol-140922 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/antibiotics-respiratory-infection_research-protocol.pdf
     September 22, 2014 - Existing clinical guidelines indicate that acute bronchitis and other acute RTIs that can be caused … A 2008 guideline by the United Kingdom’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE … Full-text articles will be reviewed by two reviewers, with differences in judgment on eligibility resolved … National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. … Clinical strategies, such as a clinical prediction rule, that are implemented at the system-level

315. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/bundled-payments-quality-effects_research-protocol.pdf
     June 23, 2011 - For this review, we will use both this explicit scoring scheme and the global implicit judgment about … Technical Experts Technical Experts comprise a multi-disciplinary group of clinical, content, and … Because of their unique clinical or content expertise, individuals are invited to serve as Technical … Reviewers Peer reviewers are invited to provide written comments on the draft report based on their clinical

316. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/heart-failure-natriuretic-peptide_research-protocol.pdf
     December 20, 2011 - The diagnosis of HF remains a difficult clinical challenge. … Trial Registries, Clinical Study Results, and WHO Clinical Trials. … Quantitative synthesis The decision to pool individual study results will be based on clinical judgment … National Clinical Guideline Centre. … Meta-analysis in clinical trials. Control Clin Trials 1986;7(3):177-88. 35.

317. FRN 29: Future Research Needs on Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Therapy (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2014 - This report is not intended to be a substitute for the application of scientific judgment. … May inform and help focus future clinical trials and data collection. … and statistical judgments. … May inform and help focus future clinical trials and data collection. … *Comparison between procalcitonin measurement plus clinical criteria versus clinical criteria alone to

318. Disposition of Comments for Epoetin and Darbepoetin for Managing Anemia in Patients Undergoing Cancer Treatment (pdf file)
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     April 25, 2013 - We concur that applying results to an individual patient lies in the domain of clinical practice. … Most of the actual clinical use of ESAs in practice are in patients with solid tumors. … There is evidence from clinical trials to the contrary. … the assumptions in this section, and the basis thereof, readers will be able to make more informed judgments … Our judgment is that using a risk difference is not appropriate under the circumstances here as previously

319. Association Between Outcomes and Dental Services in People at Risk of Post-Transplant Complications: A Rapid Response Review (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2025 - This report is not intended to be a substitute for the application of clinical judgment. … Additionally, we consulted our clinical subject matter experts (SMEs) for relevant clinical practice … within the clinical community were missed and to identify publications that lacked clinical applicability … clinical practice guidelines. … The clinical SMEs reviewed the final report to ensure accurate clinical contextualization of any findings

320. Cancer-Ovarian-Contraceptives Executive (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2013 - given to the potential biases inherent in those study designs when developing a research agenda and clinical … A pair of researchers with complementary clinical and methodological expertise was assigned to abstract … design, (2) apply predefined criteria for quality and critical appraisal, and (3) arrive at a summary judgment … To indicate the summary judgment of the quality for the individual studies, we used the summary ratings … We used these data to evaluate the applicability to clinical practice, paying special attention to study