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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/colorectal-cancer-staging_executive.pdf
September 01, 2014 - Staging
Once the diagnosis has been established,
patients with colorectal cancer undergo
Effective … Treatment options for colorectal cancer differ depending
on the clinical stage of disease at diagnosis … The first is
immediately after diagnosis, before any treatment has
been given. … Populations:
• Adult patients with an established diagnosis of
primary colorectal cancer
• Adult patients … with an established diagnosis of
recurrent colorectal cancer
Interventions:
Noninvasive imaging using
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January 01, 2012 - Although AD is potentially fatal, patients can live as long as 20 years after diagnosis and often have … Earlier diagnosis could enable earlier intervention, although available
treatments do not make much … On the other hand, some experts thought that having the diagnosis would
enable planning for safety … rule out AD), reduce need for long-
term care, and avoid use of ineffective therapies for incorrect diagnoses … , stating that because clinicians currently have no
tools to provide a definitive diagnosis of AD,
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October 01, 2007 - age, sex, race, all prescriptions filled within
120 days before the date of hospital admission, all diagnoses … Study
Error-Prone
Claims Data
Gold-Standard
Claims and
Survey
Exposure X X X
Demographics X X X
Diagnoses … 0.9–1.4
Race
Black 1.6 1.5–1.7 1.4 1.1–1.9 1.2 0.9–1.7
Other 2.0 1.9–2.2 1.5 1.0–2.2 1.6 1.1–2.5
Diagnoses … Cancer 0.8 0.8–0.8 0.6 0.4–0.9 0.6 0.4–1.0
Arthritis (RA or OA) 2.1 2.0–2.2 2.4 1.7–3.4 1.8 1.3–2.5
Diagnoses
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/siminoff_eccs2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - Slide 7: Family and Sociocultural Influences
of Care Seeking
• Two examples:
o Seeking a diagnosis … o Making treatment decisions
Slide 8: Diagnosis
• Physician’s approach
o Application of accrued … of self-‐treatment
Self or others take action to obtain medical assessment
Slide 9: Seeking
a Diagnosis … o Chart review
Verification of physician encounters and recommendations
Slide 10: Seeking
a Diagnosis … o Qualitative data themed and coded by trained coders
Slide 11: Seeking
a Diagnosis
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April 20, 2022 - the delivery, and may result in severe morbidity or
mortality due to eclampsia and stroke.4, 5
Diagnoses … Question 1 (Home BP Monitoring)
Population
● Postpartum individuals (with or without a prior HDP diagnosis … Separate network meta-
analyses will be conducted for separate subpopulations (e.g., different HDP diagnoses … Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy: Approach to differential
diagnosis.: UpToDate; 2021.
2. … Postpartum Hypertension: Etiology, Diagnosis, and Management.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/04_dementia_potential_high_impact_2012-12-10.pdf
January 01, 2012 - Currently, a definitive diagnosis can be made only by postmortem examination of the brain,
because … Earlier diagnosis could enable earlier intervention, although available
treatments do not make much … On the other hand, some experts
thought that having the diagnosis would enable planning for patient … out AD), reduced need for long-
term care, and avoided use of ineffective therapies for incorrect diagnoses … A diagnosis could, however, help patients and families plan for the patient’s care and safety.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ptsd-protocol-2021_0.pdf
January 01, 2021 - PTSD treatments may be associated with
health and functional outcomes including PTSD symptoms and diagnosis … clinician-
administered or patient-reported assessment
tool
• Children (mean age <18 years old)
• Diagnosis
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October 01, 2022 - PTSD treatments may be associated with health
and functional outcomes including PTSD symptoms and diagnosis … clinician-
administered or patient-reported assessment
tool
• Children (mean age <18 years old)
• Diagnosis
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December 01, 2013 - Extensive time may be spent to educate the patient about
self-diagnosis and personal health. … senior-specific EDs
including reduced lengths of stay, more appropriate hospital admissions, and improved
diagnoses … Clinical researchers state that these challenges, combined with the pressure to make
rapid diagnoses … , can increase the risk of incorrect or missed diagnoses. … They cited reduced lengths of stay,
more appropriate hospital admissions, and improved diagnoses as
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/liver-cancer_executive.pdf
October 01, 2014 - 1
Imaging Techniques for the Diagnosis and
Staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Executive Summary … Accurate diagnosis and staging of HCC are critical
for providing optimal patient care. … Separate
analytic frameworks address detection (Figure A),
diagnosis (Figure B), and staging (Figure … Contrast-enhanced ultrasound
in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. … Imaging Techniques for the Diagnosis and Staging of
Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/autism-adolescents_executive.pdf
August 01, 2012 - The diagnosis is fundamentally
behaviorally based (i.e., there is no
specific genetic test or clinical … / laboratory
procedure for diagnosis) and rests on
documented core impairments related to
social interaction … Diagnoses made by clinical providers,
often pediatricians, behavioral providers,
child neurologists … autism, with research investigations
increasingly utilizing such measures
in combination with clinical diagnoses … An analysis of music therapy program goals
and outcomes for clients with diagnoses on the autism spectrum
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April 10, 2020 - We recommend that the term mixed depression diagnoses is
removed our more clearly defined
Replaced … We removed the phrase “mixed
depression” and specified diagnoses
throughout the text. … implications
if the inclusions criteria for studies (i.e., only studies involving youth with
“a confirmed diagnosis … We required a clinical diagnosis for
inclusion but included all measured
outcomes, as long as the authors … Participant inclusion was
based on screening questionnaire
cutpoints rather than an MDD diagnosis.
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March 29, 2011 - research is increasingly critical as the prevalence of ASDs continues to grow and as children with
ASD diagnoses … certain interventions work better
for certain subgroups of individuals with ASDs (e.g., particular diagnoses … anticipate that
these data will include those related to baseline participant characteristics (age, diagnosis … anticipate that these elements will include population and intervention
characteristics such as age, diagnoses … of effect of treatment to identify
subgroups, which may include different age groups, specific ASD diagnoses
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/renal-function_executive.pdf
August 01, 2014 - Use of Troponin for the Diagnosis of Acute
Coronary Syndrome in Patients With Chronic
Kidney Disease … As with the initial diagnosis of ACS, elevated background
troponin levels in patients with CKD call … No study addressed harms associated with a false positive
diagnosis.
11
Ta
b
le
D
. … Many
studies failed to report any rigorous adjudication for ACS
diagnosis. … Frequency of elevated
troponin I and diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction.
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September 10, 2014 - In this context, false positives are errors in
core biopsy diagnosis. … Furthermore, the number of false positive
diagnoses for different diagnostic procedures mentioned in … Reviewer #5 Abstract Is diagnosis the right word? … If the
pathologist diagnoses ADH or ALH or radial scar on a core biopsy
and a follow-up surgical biopsy … It is too directly related to the diagnosis of breast
cancer to be ignored.
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January 01, 2011 - Based on the principal diagnosis on each inpatient claim,
the International Classification of Diseases … Based on the principal
diagnosis on each Carrier claim, ICD-9 chapters accounting
for the five highest … Based on the principal
diagnosis on each skilled nursing facility
claim, ICD-9 chapters accounting … More information on ICD-9 conventions and diagnoses can
be found at www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/icd9/icdguide10 … Claims with nonnumeral diagnoses (except characters E
and V, indicative of Supplementary classification
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ptsd-5-protocol-update-2023.pdf
January 01, 2023 - PTSD treatments may be associated with health
and functional outcomes including PTSD symptoms and diagnosis … clinician-
administered or patient-reported assessment
tool
• Children (mean age <18 years old)
• Diagnosis … Duration of PTSD symptoms/diagnosis
5. % Active Duty Military
6. % Veteran Percent
7. % Service-Connected
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July 09, 2014 - interested in the comparative effectiveness of interventions to reduce
Summary: disparities (e.g., diagnosis … HIV and cardiovascular disease
Intervention(s): Interventions to reduce disparities (e.g., improved diagnosis … what is the comparative effectiveness of interventions to reduce
from Nominator: disparities (e.g., diagnosis
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/breast-biopsy-update_research-protocol.pdf
September 20, 2013 - Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Core Needle and Open Surgical Biopsy
for Diagnosis … develop breast cancer during their lifetime, and an
estimated 2.7 million women had a current or past diagnosis … The process of
breast cancer diagnosis is initiated by detection of an abnormality through self-examination … test performance of
different types of core-needle breast biopsy when compared with open biopsy for diagnosis … illustrates how core-needle biopsy versus open surgical biopsy may result in KQ 1 outcomes
such as diagnosis
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/colorectal-cancer-staging_research-protocol.pdf
May 20, 2013 - Systematic Review
Colorectal Cancer
In the United States, each year about 100,000 patients receive a diagnosis … of colon cancer
and another 50,000 receive a diagnosis of rectal cancer.1 Colorectal cancer most commonly … Staging Systems
Once the diagnosis has been established, patients with colorectal cancer undergo … The first is immediately after diagnosis, before any treatment has been given. … of primary colorectal cancer
o Adult patients with an established diagnosis of recurrent colorectal