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181. Medical Therapies for Locally Advanced Gastric Adenocarcinoma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 01, 2025 - Specifically, the SR will 1) determine comparative effectiveness of medical therapies, and 2) determine … We will contact authors of original studies if we determine that additional information is needed. … analyze them together for KQ1 but separately for KQs 2 and 3, as the purpose of these questions is to determine

182. Diabetes-Foot-Ulcer-Amputation-Prevalence Research (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2011 - This algorithm is used to determine the denominator for diabetic foot ulcer and LEA prevalence measurements

183. Using the Principles of Randomized Controlled Trial Design to Guide Test Evaluation | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2019 - All differences between the tests at these critical steps are identified and prioritized to determine … Careful scrutiny of this pathway is undertaken to identify critical steps that will determine the effectiveness … cognitive, or behavioral response to the test result and clinical management. 5 The next task is to determine … This flow diagram can be used to determine the type of comparative evidence needed to demonstrate a difference … These differences will determine the effectiveness of the new test and can be used to formulate the research

184. FRN 29: Future Research Needs on Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Therapy (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2014 - The major impetus of undertaking the CER was that a comprehensive review would determine the benefits … For the immunocompromised patient with suspected LRTI/sepsis, does a PCT-guided strategy used to determine … For ICU patients with pneumonia/sepsis, does a PCT-guided strategy used to determine the duration of … We need to determine cut-offs for these specific populations. … Dual infection  PCT levels used to determine viral from bacterial, but need etiology.

185. Living Systematic Reviews: Practical Considerations for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Evidence-based Practice Center Program (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2022 - evidence. 2.7 Updating Strength of Evidence Ratings One of the anticipated challenges was being able to determine … Following the AHRQ EPC methods guidance on SOE,11 we could determine if new evidence changed the SOE … evolving literature base.12-16 A future approach may be to allow the newly identified evidence to determine

186. Comparative Effectiveness of Case Management for Adults With Medical Illness and Complex Care Needs | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Background and Objectives for the Comparative Effectiveness Review Objective: To determine the effectiveness … searches, we will review titles and abstracts by using our pre-established inclusion/exclusion criteria to determine … To determine the appropriateness of meta-analysis, we will consider the clinical and methodological diversity

187. • The roles of the psychiatric hospital, lengths of stay, and transition support services after discharge | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - It is also important to determine the cost-effectiveness of hospitalization vs. alternatives to hospitalization … appropriate length of stay to adequately address the acute inpatient needs of an individual is difficult to determine

188. GRADING THE STRENGTH OF A BODY OF EVIDENCE (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2013 - Sometimes EPCs may determine a priori (in protocols) that, even if a study might have met other inclusion … To determine which groups of studies to include in the domain score and the final strength of evidence … Thus, EPCs may not be able to determine a meaningful threshold across scales with different measurement … These four types of outcomes may overlap to some degree; however, EPCs should determine the outcome … With these types of nontherapeutic intervention questions, the challenge to EPCs is to determine the

189. Management of Uterine Fibroids - Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2017 - Patient-reported outcomes are more common, reported in 63 percent of studies, as are data to determine … Expectant Management We did not identify any studies intentionally designed to determine outcomes of … Evidence is insufficient to determine if myomectomy meaningfully improves bleeding patterns or anemia … Because of low power to detect differences, the evidence is insufficient to determine if pregnancy … and does baseline BMI determine results?

190. Rapid-Reviews-End-User White-Paper (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2016 - impressions of rapid products, and (3) determine where/when/how end-users might use rapid review … Determine what makes end-users trust and value an evidence synthesis, including (but not limited to) … Determine end-user impressions of different rapid products with a focus on acceptability and usability … Determine their impressions with respect to: strengths and limitations, trade-offs (what approaches … Determine their impressions with respect to: strengths and limitations, trade-offs (what pieces or

191. Cancer-Pancreas Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     August 09, 2013 - This review concerns imaging tests to identify and diagnose suspected pancreatic cancer and to determine … The best way to determine the accuracy of an imaging test is to compare its interpretation to a gold … For such primary studies, we will consult with the Technical Expert Panel (TEP) to determine suitable … complications would be measured, reporting the occurrence of a procedure-related harm and the ability to determine

192. Colon-Cancer-Gene-Profiling Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 13, 2012 - Determine the state of the current research for the following information on available studies (see … • Was a reclassification analysis performed (to determine if the GEP test results provide new (additional

193. Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring: Comparative Effectiveness | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2020 - To determine predictors of adherence with SMBP monitoring.

194. Noninvasive Treatments for Low Back Pain: Current State of the Evidence | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 01, 2021 - Disease Characteristics More research is needed to determine effective treatments for low back pain … The evidence is insufficient to determine the efficacy of some pharmacological treatments (e.g., pregabalin … The evidence is insufficient to determine the efficacy of some noninvasive nonpharmacological treatments

195. Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting for Trials Evaluating Treatment for Infertility | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - goal of this project was to evaluate the utility of CT.gov for detecting selective reporting, and to determine

196. Pilot To Promote Entry of Structured Data Into the Systematic Review Data Repository (SRDR) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 01, 2019 - Skip to main content An official website of the Department of Health & Human Services Careers Contact Us Español FAQs Effective Health Care Program Powered by the Evidence-based Practice Centers …

197. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol: Management of High-Need, High-Cost Patients: A Realist and Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     November 07, 2019 - applied in various circumstances.22 Using the terminology of the realist approach, reviewers seek to determine … For studies without adequate information to determine inclusion or exclusion, we will retrieve the full … To determine whether quantitative analyses are appropriate, we will assess the clinical and methodological

198. Disposition of Comments Report for Intravascular Diagnostic Procedures and Imaging Techniques Versus Angiography Alone in Coronary Artery Stenting (pdf file)
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     February 26, 2013 - In this respect further studies are needed to determine the value of FFR for a decision-making. … Page 10 line 34: “Whether a stent was successfully placed”– she better be stated as it is difficult to determine … as pointed out in the review, with quickly evolving technologies, additional study is necessary to determine … underestimates a lesion, FFR is discovers the lesion is significant but then IVUS may be needed to determine … Similar to the value that FFR provides in clinical decision making to determine which lesions require

199. Routine Preoperative Testing: Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - CI) of a difference is within the boundaries of 0.80 to 1.20 (on the odds ratio [OR] scale), will we determine … To determine that there is evidence of a clinically important difference, the 95% CI of the difference … Alternatively, to determine that there is evidence of no clinically important difference, the 95% CI … Based on these, we will, in group discussion among the whole research team, determine the strength of

200. Evidence Summary: CER 231 Care Interventions for People Living With Dementia and Their Caregivers (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2020 - • We found little information to determine whether interventions are equally appropriate for or have … While the literature was highly diverse, we found little information to determine whether interventions