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461. Disposition of Comments Report for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections (pdf file)
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     November 30, 2012 - Observational studies were included if a clearly defined baseline period existed. … Outcome and process measures (definitions) also very well defined. … Inclusion and exclusion criteria are clearly defined. … This is explained well and clearly defined. … Studies are well defined and the rationale for the work is useful and applicable.

462. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     November 22, 2011 - review has assessed the interaction of PPIs with the clopidogrel treatment effect within categories defined … Subgroups of interest for assessing effect modification will be those defined by race or ethnicity, … Additional meta-analyses may be performed for studies using continuous outcomes to compare groups defined … For all statistical tests, except those for heterogeneity, statistical significance will be defined … interest. 34,35 We will evaluate studies (or subgroups of studies) of elderly adults (operationally defined

463. Disposition of Comments Report for Imaging Tests for the Diagnosis and Staging of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (pdf file)
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     September 23, 2014 - Results: The detail seems appropriate and the characteristics of the studies included are defined. … For our report, we defined EUS-FNA as the procedural ability to take FNA, not the requirement that … This is almost always quite clearly defined on ct imaging (which is the first test performed in almost … and Technology Alliance) General Comments 2) Outcomes related to the use of imaging must be defined … We agree that the studies defined high-risk differently.

464. Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer Update (pdf file)
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     December 09, 2014 - Conventional therapy is never defined, however, and the reader is left to wonder what conventional … These terms need to be clearly defined in the context of this study and if they refer at all to the … The text is of highly variable quality and does not seem to be aimed at a defined target audience. … IMRT is defined not only by intensity modulation but also inverse planning, which is an absolutely … As a technique, SBRT is defined by robust immobilization, highly precise, image- Source: https://

465. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 25 Disparities within Serious Mental Illness (pdf file)
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     May 26, 2016 - have also revised this section of the report to better reflect our searches related to subgroups defined … literature search included the Mesh term “minority groups” as a way of capturing multiple groups defined … would be helpful to provide a description of how “disparities” and “access” were conceptualized and defined … Similarly, “access” is not defined merely by the number of times an individual or group utilizes primary

466. PHARMACO-EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS FOR A STUDY OF (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2009 - pyelonephritis, septic arthritis, osteomyelitis, or opportunistic infection.28 Other Covariates We defined … cerebrovascular events, congestive heart failure, pneumonia, and other serious bacterial infections were defined … Diabetes was defined by the presence of diagnoses plus use of anti-diabetic medications.

467. Dyspnea DEcIDE (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2010 - evaluation Construct Definition Dyspnea The American Thoracic Society 1999 consensus statement defined … The measure is an operationalized version of a quality process or outcome that at a minimum has defined

468. Mobile Health Technology for Diabetes (pdf file)
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     July 12, 2017 - pharmacists and patients have started to use mHealth to assist with diabetes self-management. mHealth is defined

469. Preventing Complications and Treating Symptoms of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (pdf file)
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     March 24, 2017 - mentions seven RCTS, but it is unclear which RCTs it is referring to; Page 26, line 47, “SDIS” is not defined … One trial had no defined primary endpoint and no placebo response. … Peer reviewer #1 General For prevention of DPN complications (KQ1), intensive glycemic control (as defined … TEP #3 General extremely meaningful, target population is well defined and questions are clearly stated

470. Preventing Complications and Treating Symptoms of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (pdf file)
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     March 24, 2017 - mentions seven RCTS, but it is unclear which RCTs it is referring to; Page 26, line 47, “SDIS” is not defined … One trial had no defined primary endpoint and no placebo response. … Peer reviewer #1 General For prevention of DPN complications (KQ1), intensive glycemic control (as defined … TEP #3 General extremely meaningful, target population is well defined and questions are clearly stated

471. GRADING THE STRENGTH OF A BODY OF EVIDENCE (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2013 - Group studies, aggregating evidence for each major outcome by factors defined in the analytic framework … The Patient- Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has defined patient-centered outcomes as those … As briefly defined in Table 1, these domains represent related but separate concepts, and each is scored … threshold; this is referred to as the minimally important difference (MID).34 The MID is a clearly defined … Reporting bias is defined and described in greater detail in Table 2 of the main text.

472. Disposition of Comments for CER 182 Glasgow Coma Scale (pdf file)
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     January 12, 2017 - TEP Reviewer #2 General Comments Are the target population and audience explicitly defined? … There are also several instances where an acronym is defined, having already been defined earlier. … For example, “TBI” is defined on page 26, line 18 but then defined again on page 32, line 33. … “GCS” is defined on page 33, line 14 having been defined earlier. Thank you.

473. Disposition of Comments for CER 212 Nonsurgical Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Women (pdf file)
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     August 08, 2018 - The authors defined their outcomes of cure or improvement in UI. … that the other outcomes- satisfaction, quality of life, and adverse events - were also adequately defined … You have already defined statistical significance levels, which these treatments did not meet. … Neuromodulation is now defined in the Methods section. … Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation is defined by the American Physical Therapy Association

474. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 11, 2010 - Methods The underestimation rates need to be better defined. … Missed cancers were defined as women diagnosed as “benign” who were later found to not be so.

475. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2011 - The four components of treatment, as defined by the authors, have been clearly articulated. … Peer Reviewer #5 Methods “Grey literature” should be defined but if it includes unrefereed internet … The populations are well-defined and the key questions addressed are laid out in advance.

476. Colorectal-Cancer-Liver-Metastases-Therapies Executive (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2012 - 5-year survival estimates ranging between 30 percent and 58 percent.15-21 CRC liver metastases are defined … concurrent medical comorbidities such as poor performance status (functional impairment typically defined … TACE Insufficient Two studies reported overall survival for this intervention.61,66 Both studies defined … Survival was defined from time of study treatment and 3-year survival was 68%.67 Quality of Life … We have identified a core set of variables or core dataset, defined as the information set needed to

477. Disposition of Comments for Screening for Glaucoma: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2012 - glaucoma, specific racial/ethnic groups, older age, and specific ocular or other medical conditions as defined … We included studies of adult (“adult” as defined by included studies) asymptomatic participants in general … This was corrected and reference standard was defined based on 5 criteria (IOP, visual field, optic … This probably is because the report format is defined rigidly, but the redundancy makes the report … This probably is because the report format is defined rigidly, but the redundancy makes the report

478. S96 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - A case in NEISS-CADES is defined as an ED visit for a condition that the treating physician explicitly … Positive Predictive Value PPV is defined as the proportion of ADEs reported by NEISS-CADES that are … By providing timely and detailed information NEISS-CADES can monitor ADEs in defined patient populations

479. Behavioral Programs for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2016 - Behavioral programs for diabetes may be defined as organized, multicomponent programs that consist of

480. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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     February 16, 2011 - the addition of psychotherapy to medical approaches.2 Summary CPP is a common and broadly defined