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2101. Grading_didactic_faculty_approved (ppt file)
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      January 01, 2010 - would allow users of comparative effectiveness reviews to make judgments about the treatments being compared … interval so wide that it does not rule out the superiority or inferiority of either treatment being compared … transparency, as yet no empirical evidence supports the superiority of a particular point system when compared … believe that for certain outcomes, such as harms, observational studies have less risk of bias when compared

2102. Obesity-Child Executive (pdf file)
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      March 31, 2010 - America’s children.1-3 Overweight children and adolescents are at greater risk for health problems compared … focus in this report on the comparative effectiveness of interventions; thus, outcomes need to be compared … We compared the effects of the interventions on outcomes related to weight or body composition (e.g. … All of them reported statistically significant beneficial effects of the intervention compared with … Two of the RCTs detected a statistically significant beneficial effect of the intervention compared

2103. AHRQ Slide Template 2009 (ppt file)
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      September 01, 2009 - Example 1: [B]enefits of chondroitin were smaller in trials with adequate concealment of allocation compared … with unclear concealment (P for interaction = 0.050), in trials with an intention-to-treat analysis compared … with those that had excluded patients from the analysis (P for interaction = 0.017), and in large compared … Discussion: Summary of Evidence Example: Compared with men who used watchful waiting , men with clinically

2104. Gestational-Diabetes-Screening-Diagnosis Executive (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2012 - A wide variety of diagnostic criteria and thresholds were compared across the studies. … Fewer cases were found for women with false-positive results compared with CC GDM. … Patient groups with no GDM showed lower incidence of shoulder dystocia when compared with CC GDM (5 … The other significant difference showed lower incidence among the false-positive group compared with … Single studies compared the diagnostic characteristics of different pairs of diagnostic criteria in

2105. Use of Observational Studies in Systematic Reviews of (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2010 - steadily decline in function and spontaneous recovery is virtually unknown and a cohort study that compared … Selection bias refers to systematic differences among the groups being compared that arise from patient … The result of selection bias is that differences among the compared groups in prognosis, likelihood

2106. Use of Observational Studies in Systematic Reviews of (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2010 - steadily decline in function and spontaneous recovery is virtually unknown and a cohort study that compared … Selection bias refers to systematic differences among the groups being compared that arise from patient … The result of selection bias is that differences among the compared groups in prognosis, likelihood

2107. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      February 22, 2012 - , for example two different conformal RT methods or RFA compared to a conformal RT method … ○ For KQ 3, combinations may be considered, for example endobronchial debridement plus a stent, compared … to debridement alone; or, combination of 2D-RT with BT compared to RT alone … Endobronchial debridement and stents  Comparators KQs 1 and 2 ○ Interventions will be compared … KQ 3 ○ Interventions will be compared to each other as appropriate and noted above.

2108. Peripheral-Artery-Disease-Treatment Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      January 31, 2013 - Most studies have investigated differences in supervised exercise training when compared with standard … More recently, supervised exercise training has also been compared to endovascular revascularization … The 2008 Cochrane review by Watson et al.22 identified only two RCTs that compared walking outcomes … A review by Wilson26 identified an additional four RCTs conducted between 1990 and 2008 that compared … While improved clinical outcomes have been reported with angioplasty and stenting when compared to

2109. head-neck-cancer-update-140204 (pdf file)
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      February 04, 2014 - xerostomia was reduced and QoL domains related to xerostomia were improved in patients treated with IMRT compared … greater importance in patients identified with HPV as the causative agent of head and neck cancer, compared … We will seek direct evidence for one intervention compared to another, with or without chemotherapy … Thus, we will include studies in which a RT method was compared to a different method, for example with … In a qualitative synthesis of this hypothetical body of evidence, insufficient size (as compared

2110. Major-Depressive-Disorder Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      November 24, 2014 - As an initial treatment choice, how effective are SGAs compared with nonpharmacologic interventions? … treatment attempt, what is the effectiveness of second-generation antidepressants (SGAs) monotherapy compared … an initial adequate trial with an SGA, what is the effectiveness of switching to a different SGA compared … initial adequate trial with an SGA, what is the effectiveness of switching to a different SGA compared … nonpharmacologic treatment When we revised KQ2a, we broadened the management strategies that could be compared

2111. Medical-Evidence-Communication Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      July 31, 2012 - Thus, these reviews establish the contribution of each technique when compared with not using any communication … Federal and State policymakers because they have less direct impact on clinical decisionmaking when compared … approach with a combination of two or more communication techniques (e.g., tailoring and targeting) compared … a combination of two or more dissemination strategies (e.g., social marketing, academic detailing) compared … an intervention is expected to have the same effect in the population in which it will be used as compared

2112. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      March 10, 2010 - Angiotensin- Converting Enzyme Inhibitor-Intolerant Patients with Cardiovascular Disease (TRANSCEND) trial compared … Four of the seven studies included here have less than 1 year follow (compared to 4-5 yearly in the … across indications to see if there is a statistically significant difference in effect sizes for ACEs compared

2113. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      November 30, 2011 - is HCV genotype, with higher SVR rates in patients with genotypes 2 or 3 (SVR of 70 to 80 percent) compared … based on the methods used for randomization, allocation concealment, and blinding; the similarity of compared … results are at least as likely to reflect flaws in the study design as the true difference between the compared

2114. Quantitative Synthesis: Chapter 5. Network Meta-Analysis (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2018 - parameters and functional parameters.10 ► Basic parameters are effect parameters that are directly compared … arms across studies, thereby producing a pooled rate/mean outcome per arm. ► Estimates can then be compared … measures for the entire network. ► Loop-based approaches in which direct and indirect estimates are compared

2115. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2011 - to the lack of adverse cardiac side effects with this small daily dosage of terbutaline (3mg/day) compared … No group will look at these outcomes in SCT patients compared to a control group and follow them long-term

2116. Future Research Needs for Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2012 - for an RCT of Behavioral Interventions To Improve Compliance With CPAP, MAD, or Other Treatments, Compared … provided Tufts staff the most control, in terms of site content, structure and functionality, when compared … A short list of treatment strategies to be compared could include • No treatment • Fixed CPAP • … Further trials are not necessary to show the value of CPAP (compared to no treatment) for this group … However, compared with usual care, several interventions were shown to significantly increase hours

2117. Cancer-Pancreas Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      August 09, 2013 - Thus, the imaging results are compared against a gold standard for patients who undergo resection and … uncommon for abstracts that are published as part of conference proceedings to have inconsistencies when compared … The study must have compared both tests to a reference standard. 3. … Was prior experience with the test (technicians, readers) similar for the two imaging tests being compared

2118. Diagnostic Accuracy of Screening and Treatment of Post–Acute Coronary Syndrome Depression: A Systematic Review. Evidence Summary. (pdf file)
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      November 01, 2017 - These tools and strategies were compared against the gold standard of a validated criterion standard … KQs) follow: KQ 1: What is the accuracy of depression screening instruments or screening strategies compared … events among post-ACS individuals treated with collaborative care, CBT, or antidepressant medications compared

2119. antibiotics-respiratory-infection-protocol-140922 (pdf file)
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      September 22, 2014 - complications (including mortality and adverse effects of receiving or not receiving antibiotics) compared … on other clinical outcomes (e.g., hospitalization, health care utilization, patient satisfaction) compared … evaluate methods used for randomization, allocation concealment, and blinding; the similarity of compared … results are at least as likely to reflect flaws in the study design as a true difference between the compared … They may be easier to implement compared to some other strategies.

2120. Obesity (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2012 - Average weight loss at week 108 was -9.3% and - 10.5%, respectively, for the mid- and top-dose as compared … and 6.7% with top-dose phentermine/topiramate and low-dose phentermine/topiramate, respectively, compared … mean percent weight loss at week 56 was 10.0% and 5.1% for the top and low dose, respectively, as compared … 48.9 kg/m 2 underwent EndoBarrier implantation in conjunction with dietary restriction and were compared … second European trial, EndoBarrier implantation was attempted on 27 patients whose outcomes were compared