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81. Treatments for Basal Cell and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    May 01, 2019 - Evidence was insufficient to draw conclusions for other treatments. … The data were not sufficient to draw conclusions about the comparison of curettage with interventions … Data on the relative effect of thermal interventions versus PDT were not precise enough to draw conclusions … Conclusions.

82. Imaging for the Pretreatment Staging of Small Cell Lung Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - individual studies using an internal validity instrument and graded the overall strength of evidence of conclusions … Conclusions Evidence is sparse on imaging modalities in the pretreatment staging of small cell lung … Nevertheless, we drew three conclusions about comparative accuracy: (1) FDG PET/CT is more sensitive … We assigned a grade of low to the strength of evidence for these conclusions, mostly due to risk of bias

83. VTE Surveillance Assessment_49_low_SPI (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2012 - said conclusions were still valid. … three experts said the conclusions were still valid. … , but three experts said the conclusions were still valid. … , but three experts said the conclusions were still valid. … experts said the conclusions were valid and one did not know.

84. Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Measures for Guiding Antibiotic Treatment for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Evidence is also insufficient to draw conclusions about the effect of continuous infusions of beta-lactam … Conclusions Despite the theoretical advantages of optimizing IV antibiotic dosing using PK/PD principles … in patients with HAP, major gaps in the available evidence preclude our drawing conclusions or explaining

85. Underperformance of Contemporary Phase III Oncology Trials and Strategies for Improvement | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    June 01, 2024 - Statistical testing in phase III clinical trials is subject to chance errors, which can lead to false conclusions … Conclusions: Current statistical approaches detect almost all truly effective oncologic therapies studied

86. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 234 Evidence Summary: Management of Primary Headaches in Pregnancy (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2020 -  A single primary study provided insufficient (direct) evidence to make conclusions about the harms … o Nonpharmacologic interventions  There is insufficient direct evidence to make conclusions about the … Prevention—antiepileptics: There was insufficient direct evidence to make conclusions about harms of … Treatment—nonpharmacologic interventions: There was insufficient direct evidence to make conclusions … Implications and Conclusions Evidence regarding the benefits and harms of interventions in women who

87. Disposition of Comments Report for Outpatient Case Management for Adults With Medical Illness and Complex Care Needs (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2013 - We’ve reviewed the summary and conclusions to make sure we are clear about what the evidence shows. … Peer Reviewer #2 Discussion/ Conclusion Conclusions are good. … There is some vaguery embedded in the conclusions regarding what is required to more fully evaluate … Findings and conclusions were substantiated by the data reviewed and analyzed. … Can conclusions be used to inform policy and/or practice decisions?

88. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2009 - Conclusions Key Question 1. … Our conclusions for Key Question 1 are summarized in Table A and Figures A through D. … Our key conclusions are stated below. … We have performed sensitivity analyses (Table D) of the impact of this possibility on our conclusions … In addition, our conclusions are rated as being supported by a low strength of evidence.

89. Avoiding Bias in Selecting Studies | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    August 01, 2019 - ; the findings and conclusions do not necessarily represent the views of AHRQ. … These differences in which trials were included led to differences in conclusions. … Although we do not know the exact truth, different conclusions lead readers to believe that alternate … inclusion and exclusion criteria result in biased conclusions. … Lack of specificity on other aspects of outcome measurement may also bias SR conclusions.

90. Reporting the Findings of Updated Systematic Reviews of Comparative Effectiveness: How Do Users Want To View New Information? | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2017 - to see changes in review process as well as outcomes clearly marked, (with changes in outcomes and conclusions … form), while at the same time having access to the entire set of data and the analyses on which the conclusions … report (Key Questions, conceptual framework, inclusion/exclusion criteria) as well as the outcomes and conclusions … Conclusions Different users of CERs clearly have different information needs.

91. Inguinal-Hernia Executive (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2012 - The evidence was sufficient to permit the following conclusions: • Results favored laparoscopy for … Conclusions and Strength of Evidence Table A lists the conclusions we drew from the evidence. … The relevant populations, comparisons, outcomes, conclusions, and summary effect sizes are listed. … Any conclusions of a clinically significant difference between 9 Table A. … Nevertheless, the data often precluded conclusions because they suggested contradictory conclusions

92. Evidence-based Practice Center Evidence Report Surveillance Process | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    August 01, 2019 - Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) Program for selecting evidence reports to be assessed for currency of their conclusions … data on new research that is relevant to the topic of an EPC Program report and assesses whether the conclusions … If the currency surveillance indicates that the conclusions are still valid, the report will remain on

93. Arthritis-Psoriatric Executive (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2012 - LOW No head-to-head studies met inclusion criteria; unable to draw conclusions on the comparative … INSUFFICIENT Methotrexate No head-to-head studies met inclusion criteria; unable to draw conclusions … LOW No head-to-head studies met inclusion criteria; unable to draw conclusions on the comparative … INSUFFICIENT Sulfasalazine No head-to-head studies met inclusion criteria; unable to draw conclusions … Evidence was insufficient to draw firm conclusions about the comparative efficacy, effectiveness,

94. Disposition of Comments for Treatments for Fibromyalgia in Adult Subgroups (pdf file)
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    January 26, 2015 - Peer Reviewer 1 Discussion/ Conclusions The conclusions are of insufficient quality to inform … The lack of good data makes it impossible to come to any strong conclusions. … Thank you for the compliment TEP Reviewer 2 Discussion/ Conclusions Conclusions are clearly … TEP Reviewer 4 Discussion/ Conclusions I think that the conclusions are reasonable, although an alternative … I have no disagreement with what they did, nor with their conclusions.

95. Diagnosis of Right Lower Quadrant Pain and Suspected Acute Appendicitis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Trials directly comparing diagnostic tests were too heterogeneous to support definitive conclusions; … Therefore, no definitive conclusions could be drawn about patient-relevant outcomes or harms. … Conclusions The literature on the diagnosis of acute appendicitis is large but consists almost exclusively … The evidence is largely insufficient to support conclusions about comparative effectiveness for clinical

96. Disposition of Comments for Chronic Urinary Retention: Comparative Effectiveness and Harms of Treatments (pdf file)
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    September 15, 2014 - Conclusion Conclusions are valid. … Data was insufficient to draw conclusions regarding most outcomes for each comparison. … Evidence was insufficient to draw conclusions for all other outcomes. … Evidence was insufficient to draw conclusions for all other outcomes.” We agree. … It would be unfair to lump these conditions to draw meaningful clinical conclusions.

97. C-Diff-Infections-Surveillance-140925 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2014 - for Key Question 1, two of eight conclusions for Key Question 2, one of three conclusions for Key … Question 3, and one of five conclusions for Key Question 4 are possibly out of date … • For Key Question 2, conclusions regarding prevention are possibly out of date. … • For Key Question 3, conclusions regarding treatment are possibly out of date. … Data are insufficient to draw conclusions. Harms were not reported.

98. Executive summary_Evaluation of Dietary Protein and Amino Acid Requirements: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2024 - narratively summarized and synthesized results, and evaluated the strength of the evidence supporting the conclusions … Overall, the evidence was insufficient to draw conclusions for average daily dietary protein and indispensable … Implications and Conclusions Our review expands on the previous evidence used to inform the 2005 DRIs … Main Points Background and Purpose Methods Results Strengths and Limitations Implications and Conclusions

99. Trauma Informed Care: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2025 - • Evidence was insufficient to draw conclusions about the effects of Trauma Informed Care (TIC) … • Evidence was insufficient to draw conclusions about the effects of TIC in any setting for children … Implications and Conclusions Evidence was insufficient to make any clear determinations on the effectiveness … field_product_pub_date Main Points Background and Purpose Methods Results Limitations Implications and Conclusions

100. Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Effectiveness of Treatments Options for the Prevention of Complications and Treatment of Symptoms of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2016 - reporting bias such as publication bias and outcome reporting bias, may lead to biased and flat out wrong conclusions … What is the impact on the conclusions of the EPC report with and without the information from ClinicalTrials.gov … based on the typical evidence table for the DPN project; this will provide a second comparison of conclusions … Finally, the full team will consider if the final conclusions are influenced by any indication of reporting … • Finally, the full team will consider if the final conclusions are influenced by any indica- tion