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341. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     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

342. Executive summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 250_Living Systematic Review on Cannabis and Other Plant-Based Treatments for Chronic Pain: 2024 Update (pdf file)
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     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

343. Slide 1
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     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

344. Weight-Loss-Surgery Executive (pdf file)
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     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

345. Communication and Dissemination Strategies To Facilitate the Use of Health-Related Evidence (pdf file)
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     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

346. Nonpharmacological Versus Pharmacological Treatment for Patients With Major Depressive Disorder: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     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

347. Atrial-Fibrillation-Ablation Surveillance (pdf file)
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     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.  

348. Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews - Expanded Guidance on Selected Quantitative Synthesis Topics (pdf file)
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     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.

349. Study Eligibility Criteria (ppt file)
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     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

350. Disposition of Comments Report for Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 137 (pdf file)
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     August 06, 2014 - TEP Reviewer #4 General K7: Suggested that there was a problem that no studies compared treatment to

351. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 265_Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Bone Disease: Effectiveness and Harms (pdf file)
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     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

352. Assessing Applicability: Interactive Case Study Quiz (ppt file)
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     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

353. Assessing Applicability: Interactive Case Study Quiz (ppt file)
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     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

354. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2008 - address certain areas of this nomination, no comparative effectiveness reviews were identified that compared

355. Trauma-Child-Interventions Executive (pdf file)
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     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

356. Rapid Evidence Product_Assisted Home Dialysis in the United States: New Interest in an Old Idea (pdf file)
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     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

357. Breast-Cancer-Imaging Technical-Brief (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2014 - One study11 compared metabolic response as measured by two types of tracers (FDG- vs. … One study compared tumor response as assessed by bone scan compared with CT.25 Almost all of the studies … Three of these compared treatment evaluation using tracer (FDG15,16 and FES20) uptake from PET/CT with … Specifically, tumor masses are relatively hypoxic compared with surrounding tissue, which activates … Additionally, all costs incurred during the followup period could be compared between the different

358. Meditation Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - Sixth, studies found an improvement in outcomes among the mindfulness groups (compared with control) … One RCT compared a meditation program with active control on the outcome of attention. … We also found low SOE that MBSR was not superior in reducing pain severity when compared with various … When compared with other skills that require training, the amount of training afforded in the trials … There was no advantage of meditation programs over specific therapies they were compared with.

359. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/head-neck-cancer_disposition-comments.pdf
     May 27, 2010 - Thus, IMRT should be compared to the literature dealing with both 2D and 3D RT. … We agree with the reviewers that there are trends for improvement in other domains of QOL in IMRT compared … complements two earlier RCTs which document similar improvements in toxicity following use of IMRT compared … Thus, IMRT should be compared to the literature dealing with both 2D and 3D RT. … We agree with the reviewers that there are trends for improvement in other domains of QOL in IMRT compared

360. Lung-Cancer-Nonsurgical-Therapies Executive (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2013 - with debridement alone or combination of 2DRT with brachytherapy compared with radiotherapy alone … • For Key Questions 1 and 2, we compared single interventions—for example, two different conformal … radiotherapy methods, or RFA compared with a conformal radiotherapy method. … Therefore, the SOE is insufficient that, compared with brachytherapy alone, brachytherapy plus EBRT … Therefore, the SOE is insufficient that, compared with EBRT alone, brachytherapy plus EBRT improves