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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/arthritis-psoriatric_research-protocol.pdf
December 06, 2010 - Published Online: December 6, 2010
In patients with PsA, historically, few trials have been conducted … This comparative effectiveness review is an update to the original one conducted
in 2007 for the Agency … Search Strategy 2
With FDA approval of tocilizumab, an additional search was conducted by using the … With the impending
approval of tocilizumab, we conducted an additional search and added another 20 new … We will
be reviewing the results of a gray literature search conducted by the SRC as a means of
confirming
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/heart-failure-transition-care_executive.pdf
May 01, 2014 - An experienced Evidence-based
Practice Center (EPC) librarian conducted the searches and
another EPC … We conducted meta-analyses stratified
by intensity, delivery personnel, and method of
communication … Included trials
were conducted in a mix of settings, including academic
medical centers, Department … conducted in Taiwan and Canada. … were conducted in Australia, the United Kingdom, and
various European countries.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rapid-assessment-research-updates_research.pdf
September 15, 2008 - The first 14 CERs were conducted from 2005 through
2007. … We conducted pilot tests of the initial letter among the principal investigator and several Technical … the
subject matter expert for CER #6 (Offlabel Uses of Atypical Antipsychotics), both of which were
conducted … With the exception of the literature searches conducted for reports #6 and 7, the title lists that
resulted … drugs considered in the
original CERs that were issued since (or 1 to 2 years prior to) the searches conducted
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/trauma-informed-care-executive-summary.pdf
January 01, 2025 - For
Contextual Questions, we also conducted a grey literature search of organizations. … designs to
consider include NRSIs, but the results of this review underscore the importance of well-
conducted
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-193-naloxone-executive-summary.pdf
November 01, 2017 - Literature Search Strategy
A research librarian conducted searches in Ovid
MEDLINE (1946-August Week … We did not apply search date
restrictions and updated searches were conducted through
September 2017 … The addition of studies
conducted in ED settings was a protocol modification
for Key Questions 1 and … 1a, due to few randomized
controlled trials (RCTs) conducted in field settings … • IN versus IV naloxone:
– One trial conducted in an Iranian ED setting found
that IN naloxone
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breastfeeding-health-outcomes-disposition-comments.pdf
March 31, 2025 - Yes, we conducted an updated search for evidence
on August 14, 2024. … We conducted our
review in an unbiased manner using prespecified
established methods. … We conducted our
review in an unbiased manner using prespecified
established methods. … We conducted our
review in an unbiased manner using prespecified
established methods. … We conducted our
review in an unbiased manner using prespecified
established methods.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-245-breast-reconstruction-after-mastectomy-evidence-summary-updated-1.pdf
October 01, 2021 - Where there
was sufficient evidence with an acceptable amount of heterogeneity, we conducted
pairwise … Timing of IBR and AR in relation to chemotherapy and radiation therapy:
Whether IBR is conducted before … IBR probably results in comparable risk
of implant failure/loss or need for explant surgery whether conducted
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/asthma-treatment_executive.pdf
May 01, 2011 - Researchers conducted all trials with individuals with
symptomatic, mostly stable asthma. … While all trials were conducted in health care
settings outside the United States, they were conducted … Three of the
trials were extremely intensive and were conducted in
India. … The best quality trial of yoga conducted in India showing
large benefits of treatment reported that … Only three
trials were conducted in the United States.32,33,41 Trials
of hyperventilation reduction
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pressure-ulcer-treatment_executive.pdf
May 01, 2013 - We
limited our search to publications and investigations
conducted from 1985 to June 2012. … When meta-analysis was conducted, we used
relative risk as the effect measure. … was conducted to assess
the association of effect measure with study duration. … Studies of surgical interventions
were nearly all observational, and most were conducted
in single … We also conducted gray literature searches to look for
unpublished data and did not find evidence of
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/updating-criteria-qdr-protocol-amendment.pdf
December 28, 2023 - Extensive research has been conducted regarding
operationalizing and measuring equity in recent years … KI interviews will be conducted as web conferences, and
we will invite key informants to individual … Searches will be conducted without date
restriction.
2. … Information Management
Literature screening and data abstraction will be conducted in an online database
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/plant-based-treatments-revised-protocol.pdf
March 29, 2023 - the Key Questions
Publication Date Range: Electronic searches for evidence on cannabinoids will be conducted … Searches for other PBCs (e.g., kratom) and for observational studies will be conducted
from the inception … As part of our LSR methods, these procedures will be used to screen the results of searches
conducted … Meta-analyses will be conducted using a random effects model, and statistical
heterogeneity will be … Sensitivity analyses will be
conducted on study risk of bias.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/liver-cancer_research-protocol.pdf
July 24, 2013 - procedure, access to the imaging facility, the number of imaging procedures, and
other procedures conducted … procedure, access to the imaging facility, the number of imaging procedures and
other procedures conducted … Tests of heterogeneity will be conducted using the
standard χ2 tests and I2 statistic, when appropriate … Intermediate outcomes include:
• Rates of followup tests conducted, including further
imaging and … )
• Studies of treatment response
• Studies looking at liver metastases
• Studies with imaging conducted
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/systematicreviewsreplacedenovo.pdf
September 01, 2009 - Quality assessments (Figure 1, Step 3) are time intensive
and should be conducted only on existing SRs … searches.7 In addition, inadequate reporting of SR methods
does not necessarily mean that the SR was conducted … Nonetheless, rating the
quality of an SR without understanding how it was conducted is difficult. … AMSTAR) tool includes
additional criteria, such as whether study selection and data extraction were conducted … (No matter how well conducted a systematic
review, its findings are limited by the quality of included
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-de-novo-processes_methods.pdf
September 01, 2009 - Quality assessments (Figure 1, Step 3) are time intensive
and should be conducted only on existing SRs … searches.7 In addition, inadequate reporting of SR methods
does not necessarily mean that the SR was conducted … Nonetheless, rating the
quality of an SR without understanding how it was conducted is difficult. … AMSTAR) tool includes
additional criteria, such as whether study selection and data extraction were conducted … (No matter how well conducted a systematic
review, its findings are limited by the quality of included
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-247-interventional-treatments-acute-chronic-pain-evidence-summary_0.pdf
September 01, 2021 - Meta-
analyses were conducted for vertebroplasty versus no vertebroplasty (sham or usual care)
and effects … on pain, function, quality of life, and harms; analyses were conducted to
assess how the control type … Otherwise, meta-analyses were not conducted due to small number of studies,
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methodological … • Three trials that conducted within-study subgroup analyses found no interaction
between duration
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-238-cervical-ripening-outpatient-setting-comments.pdf
March 22, 2021 - differences in how studies reported parity, some
not reporting on it at all, and that some studies conducted … single-balloon RCTs, 0 of 1 double-balloon
RCTs, and 0 of 2 catheter vs prostaglandin
RCTs were conducted … In our opinion, more RCTs need to be
conducted to gather enough evidence to
support outpatient cervical … Health
Research
Discussion The AHRQ review notes that the limitations of
the research that has been conducted
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/diabetes-behavior-programs_executive.pdf
September 11, 2015 - Synthesis for T1DM (KQs 1–4)
For each comparison of interest, we conducted a pairwise
meta-analysis … The analysis was conducted
using a Bayesian network model. … ; nine were conducted in adults. … All of the studies targeting adults were conducted in the
United Kingdom, Europe, or New Zealand. … For
youths, most studies (73%) were conducted in the United
States; the remaining studies were conducted
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-221-copd-comments_0.pdf
October 11, 2019 - Throughout the report
and KQs, we conducted meta-analyses only when it’s
reasonable to do so. … In the review, all of the studies were conducted in
clinical settings and deemed to be “effectiveness … network geometry on the
validity of the network meta-analysis.: Not applicable
because no NMA was conducted … We could
not find information on how randomization was
conducted (unclear random sequence generation … The
numerous analyses conducted make it impossible to
present all information in the main report.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/autism-adolescents_executive.pdf
August 01, 2012 - Studies were conducted in the United States, Europe, and
Canada and included a total of 302 participants … All studies were
conducted in the United States, and at least two explicitly
included participants … The
studies included a total of 272 individuals with ASD,
and all were conducted in the United States … Medical studies conducted in adolescents and young
adults have focused largely on problem behaviors, … Although the studies that have been conducted focused
on the use of medications to address specific
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/epc-evidence-reviews-federal-agencies.pdf
July 01, 2020 - AHRQ’s Evidence-based Practice Center Program- Synthesizing evidence to improve health care practice and delivery
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AHRQ’s Evidence-based Practice
Center Program
Synthesizing evidence to improve health care practice and delivery
AHRQ’s Evidence-based Practice Center Program Conducts
Evidence Reviews for Federal…