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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/version-3-immunity-after-COVID-19-appendix-table-B-1.xlsx
January 24, 2022 - 33835707 Changes in humoral immune response after SARS-CoV-2 infection in liver transplant recipients compared … of anti-spike and anti-nucleocapsid antibodies after COVID-19 in solid organ transplant recipients compared … of anti-spike and anti-nucleocapsid antibodies after COVID-19 in solid organ transplant recipients compared … ) 10,457 748 9,709 5 743 830 8,879 The protective effect conferred by previous infection, added and compared … The prevalence of infections classified as symptomatic or asymptomatic was compared for primary infections
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cad-women-diagnosis_research-protocol.pdf
June 06, 2011 - However, the
prevalence of CAD in women with chest pain is about 50 percent, as compared with 80
percent … Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov
Published Online: June 06, 2011 Page 2 of 21
when compared … The AHA asserts that the main advantages of CTA, when
compared with CMR, are wider availability, higher … The literature suggests that, when compared to men, women are initially
diagnosed with more advanced … KQ 3:
Is there evidence that the use of NITs (when compared to other NITs or to
diagnostic cardiac
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/comparator-selection-in-observational-chapter-5.pptx
January 01, 2013 - patients who would either always or never be exposed to the treatment under study and, thus, cannot be compared … However, for example, in a comparative effectiveness research study in which the effects of drug A are compared … exposure window(s)
Nonadherence
May differ between treatment and comparators
Treatment effects should be compared … benefits and harms of different interventions in real-world conditions, treatment effects should be compared
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-250-cannabis-2024-surv-rep-update-executive-sum.pdf
January 01, 2024 - One new RCT in two publications (n=134) compared plant-derived
synthetic equivalent THC (dronabinol; … b Two trials are included in both the THC and CBD columns, as they compared THC to CBD, CBD/THC, and … Key Question 1: Benefits of cannabinoids for chronic pain compared with placebo in the
short term (4 … Key Question 2: Harms of cannabinoids for chronic pain compared with placebo in the
short term (4 weeks … Compared with placebo, these interventions resulted in greater risk of common adverse
events (dizziness
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/study-objectives-and-questions-chapter-1.pptx
January 01, 2013 - Study Objectives and Questions for Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
Study Objectives and Questions for Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
www.ahrq.gov
Study Objectives and Questions for Observational Comparative Effective…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/prostate-cancer-therapies-update/research-protocol
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/weight-loss-surgery_executive.pdf
June 01, 2013 - Documented short- and long-term benefits
and harms of surgical procedures were compared to
answer … We also found two observational studies that compared
procedures. … One conducted in the United States compared
RYGB with LAGB. … The other study, conducted in Germany,
compared results for 12 BPD patients with 4 RYGB
patients. … We found three RCTs of
surgery versus nonsurgical treatment (one of these also
compared two procedures
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/medical-evidence-communication_executive.pdf
November 01, 2013 - Data Synthesis and Grading Strength of Evidence
Studies included in our review compared a wide range … Some
trials compared two strategies directly with each other
(e.g., targeting vs. tailoring); others … Three trials directly compared the effectiveness of targeting
to tailoring,26,28, 29, 31 but they produced … Some trials compared strategies
with a usual-care or no-treatment control group, but we
included them … • Many studies did not consistently compare strategies
directly with each other, but instead compared
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/major-depressive-disorder_clinician.pdf
September 01, 2016 - is a trend toward
a higher rate of treatment discontinuation due to adverse
events with SGAs when compared … effects of other
interventions (including other psychological therapies, CAM,
and exercise) when compared … benefits and
adverse effects of various other MDD interventions—alone
or in combination with SGAs—when compared
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/atrial-fibrillation-ablation_surveillance.pdf
May 16, 2013 - None of the included studies compared RFA
with anti-arrhythmic drugs (AAD). … In two RCTs,13,14 different techniques of ablation were
compared. … The other
RCT14 compared catheter ablation and surgical ablation techniques. … These
observational studies compared many different
approaches to RFA. … Another
RCT
compared
WACA
with
vs.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/quantitative-synthesis-expanded-methods_methods.pdf
March 01, 2013 - OR) provide estimates that are less likely to vary over different populations and
study durations, compared … Therefore, a RR of 2 means a twofold increased risk of an
event in patients receiving a treatment compared … For example, a CER on second-generation
antidepressants compared discontinuation due to adverse events … could also be interpreted as a twofold increased risk of an event in
patients receiving a treatment compared … Enhanced persistence with
tiotropium compared with other respiratory
drugs in COPD.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/assessing-applicability-quiz.ppt
May 29, 2025 - 25 to 35 years of age, prevents bone mineral density loss during prolonged stays in outer space when compared … 25 to 35 years of age, prevents bone mineral density loss during prolonged stays in outer space when compared
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/assessing-applicability-quiz.ppt
May 29, 2025 - 25 to 35 years of age, prevents bone mineral density loss during prolonged stays in outer space when compared … 25 to 35 years of age, prevents bone mineral density loss during prolonged stays in outer space when compared
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/study-eligibility-criteria.ppt
January 01, 2000 - widening or narrowing the scope of a review
Provide information to determine whether reviews can be compared … result in too much literature to feasibly review
Could pull in disparate literature that cannot be compared … To what exposure is the intervention being compared?
What outcomes are relevant? … preliminary reviews of the literature, the National Institutes of Health was aware that no studies compared … Institute–University of North Carolina Evidence-based Practice Center (RTI-UNC EPC) included studies that compared
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-265-radiation-bone-disease-disposition-comments.pdf
August 29, 2023 - EBRT compared with another
single MBD treatment modality
(e.g., surgery, radionuclide
therapy, bisphosphonate … .,
surgery, radionuclide therapy,
bisphosphonate therapy,
ablation kyphoplasty/
vertebroplasty) compared … .,
surgery, radionuclide therapy,
bisphosphonate therapy,
ablation kyphoplasty/
vertebroplasty) compared … EBRT is associated with a small
decrease in overall pain response at up to 4 weeks post-
treatment compared … .perhaps not for this paper but something to
note...single fraction 3d such as 8 x 1 saves money...compared
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0007_03-17-2008.pdf
January 01, 2008 - address certain areas of this nomination, no
comparative effectiveness reviews were identified that compared
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/measuring-blood-pressure_disposition-comments.pdf
January 01, 2012 - The incremental interventions that were
ineffective in general are ineffective or weakly effective compared … conclusion
accordingly: “SMBP with or without additional support
results in a small reduction in BP compared … as high in favor of an improvement
in BP control using SMBP with some form of additional
support compared … as high in favor of an improvement
in BP control using SMBP with some form of additional
support compared … as high in favor of an improvement
in BP control using SMBP with some form of additional
support compared
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/trauma-child-interventions_executive.pdf
February 01, 2013 - group
therapy with individual therapy;29 and a third compared
outcomes for GTFI with coping skills … imipramine to chloral hydrate;35 a second compared
imipramine to fluoxetine and placebo;36 and a third … compared sertraline to placebo.37
As in the cluster of studies reporting on interventions
targeting … with chloral hydrate35 or placebo,36 or
imipramine compared with fluoxetine.36 These studies
did … One study found no increase in several types of adverse
events associated with sertraline compared with
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/home-dialysis-ESKD-rapid-research.pdf
April 01, 2025 - Is assisted home dialysis safe and effective compared with unassisted home dialysis? … Another study based on the French registry data27 included 12,144 incident PD patients
and compared … Compared with PD patients assisted by a family member, patients
receiving nurse-assisted PD had a lower … with self-PD, while family
assistance was associated with a similar risk compared with self-PD (HR … Canada
In the multicenter study in British Columbia described above, the investigators compared
outcomes
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pelvic-pain_disposition-comments.pdf
January 01, 2012 - studies are designed to include subjects who present with pain in
which an intervention is tested and compared