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361. The Effect of Dietary Digestible Carbohydrate Intake on Risk of Cardiovascular Disease (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2023 - We will determine whether a meta-analysis is appropriate (i.e., more than 2 studies address the same

362. Chronic-Cough Executive (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2014 - It is important to determine whether the tools currently in use accurately assess cough and response … These tools are usually simple and easy to use, but more data are needed to determine their reliability … placebo on cough severity support a benefit of these therapies, but the evidence is insufficient to determine … cough frequency support a benefit of these therapies, although the estimates are too imprecise to determine … placebo in MTM (ranging from 0.54–0.63), but wide and overlapping CIs are too imprecise to (determine

363. Transitional Care Interventions To Prevent Readmissions for People With Heart Failure | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Interventions with inconclusive evidence : Evidence was inconclusive to determine the efficacy of the … Emergency room (ER) visits : Evidence was insufficient to determine if transitional care interventions

364. pneumonia-antibiotic-treatment-protocol-130718 (pdf file)
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     July 19, 2013 - expressed about the possibility that dose-monitoring studies, in which PK/PD principles are used to determine … For studies without adequate information to determine inclusion or exclusion, we will retrieve the … In order to determine whether quantitative analyses are appropriate, we will assess the clinical and

365. Disposition of Comments for Comparative Effectiveness Review 133 Transitional Care Interventions To Prevent Readmissions for People With Heart Failure (pdf file)
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     May 27, 2014 - I can’t determine (easily) just from the SE. CI would be easiest. … We agree that “support the efficacy” can be vague; we have replaced this with “determine” or other … Or “current evidence is inadequate to determine the efficacy of telemonitoring.” … Few trials used a risk stratification scheme to determine eligibility. … The eligibility criteria determine the inclusion of trials.

366. Chronic Urinary Retention (CUR) Treatment | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2020 - In men, it may also be important to determine whether the retention is high-pressure or low-pressure … Two independent investigators will screen the full text to determine if our inclusion criteria are met … We will assess the clinical heterogeneity among methodological and PICOTS elements to determine appropriateness

367. Tonsillectomy for Recurrent Infection and Obstructive Sleep Disordered Breathing | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2020 - The team will evaluate any additional non-English studies that appear relevant to determine whether and … We will use a best evidence approach to determine final inclusion of studies(i.e., If evidence from randomized … The form used at the abstract screening level will include basic questions to determine study eligibility … Specifically, we will determine the population, intervention, comparator, and setting in each study and … Decision Date 510(K) Number a 510K approval is premarket notification, which allows FDA to determine

368. PCA3 Testing for the Diagnosis and Management of Prostate Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - This information will be used to determine if studies of intermediate or long-term outcomes are in the … We will conduct an updated search of the published literature upon submission of the draft report to determine … a second set of six selection questions, full articles will be reviewed using the same approach to determine … These data can be analyzed with McNemar’s test to determine the statistical significance of PCA3 versus … Tests will be performed to determine whether a threshold effect is present, and if so, an analysis of

369. Machine Learning Methods in Systematic Reviews: Identifying Quality Improvement Intervention Evaluations (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2012 - Further research is needed to determine how similar interventions might affect other quality measures … We sought to determine recent trends in adherence to guideline-based therapies for NSTE ACS. … CONCLUSIONS: This is the first attempt to determine the prevalence of errors in surgery. … OBJECTIVES: To determine whether outsourcing of medical consulting services could improve the quality … This study aims to audit the goals set out for the mobile surgical service and determine if they are

370. Interventions for Preventing Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Alzheimer’s Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2020 - We are unable to determine a clear a priori operational definition to address this challenge and will … The challenge is to determine the most effective decision rules for inclusion that balance comprehensiveness … Two investigators will independently perform full-text screening to determine if inclusion criteria are … We will assess the clinical and methodological heterogeneity and variation in effect size to determine

371. Cancer-Pancreas Executive (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2014 - Available studies do not report results for individual imaging modalities, therefore, one cannot determine

372. AHRQ Evidence-based Practice Center Program Research Gaps Summary: Primary Care (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2022 - The goal of this review is to provide evidence to help identify high-need, high-cost patients and determine … • Determine how using risk prediction instruments impact treatment decisions and, ultimately, patient … • Studies to determine whether pulmonary rehabilitation commenced during hospitalization for COPD … • Studies to determine whether pulmonary rehabilitation commenced during hospitalization for COPD … • There was little or no evidence to determine the effect of antipsychotics on cognitive function

373. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 01, 2019 - ADHD Diagnosis ADHD diagnosis is normally based on physician assessment to determine whether the patient … Rating scale data are integrated with a clinical interview to determine the onset, course, duration, … interest, future decisionmakers could incorporate our effectiveness findings into their cost analysis to determine … Primary care providers often use one or more standardized instruments and clinical judgment to determine … We will then determine the feasibility of completing a quantitative synthesis (i.e., meta-analysis).

374. Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments for Noncyclic Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2020 - approach to searching for grey literature/regulatory information therefore included consulting the TEP to determine … Determine Outcomes to Extract. … number of abstracts and articles out for review to the Methods and Content Leads, contact reviewers to determine

375. Treatments for Fibromyalgia in Adult Subgroups | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Two independent investigators will screen full text to determine if all inclusion criteria are met and … to determine if subgroup outcomes are reported. … critical appraisal by Fisher et al. 57 of the principal methods for pooling individual-level RCT data to determine … We will assess the heterogeneity among clinical, methodological and PICOTS elements to determine the

376. Proposed Governance and Data Management Policy for the Systematic Review Data Repository (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2012 - The agency (or contractor) would also determine appropriate terms of service. 4 Based on internal

377. The Effect of Dietary Digestible Carbohydrate Intake on Risk of Cardiovascular Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2023 - We will determine whether a meta-analysis is appropriate (i.e., more than 2 studies address the same

378. Protocol: Imaging for Pretreatment Staging of Small Cell Lung Cancer (pdf file)
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     December 08, 2014 - Multidetector CT is widely used as the critical imaging test to determine whether, where, and how to … cancer (most often non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC)), as accurate N staging is important to determine … If direct comparisons are insufficient to determine comparative accuracy, we will broaden the inclusion … Grading the Strength of Evidence (SOE) for Major Comparisons and Outcomes We will determine

379. Chronic-urinary-retention-protocol (pdf file)
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     November 19, 2012 - In men it may also be important to determine whether the retention is high-pressure or low-pressure … Two independent investigators will screen full text to determine if inclusion criteria are met. … We will assess the clinical heterogeneity among methodological and PICOTS elements to determine appropriateness

380. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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     May 24, 2010 - We will review abstracts against pre-established inclusion/exclusion criteria to determine potential … The project manager, together with the expert clinical abstractors, will review all the abstracts to determine … abstracts and articles out for review to the project and scientific directors, contact reviewers to determine