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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-274-tethered-spinal-cord-disposition-comments.pdf
October 25, 2024 - Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 274: Diagnosis and Treatment of Tethered … Spinal Cord
Comparative Effectiveness Review Disposition of Comments Report
Title: Diagnosis … Diagnosis and Treatment of Tethered Spinal Cord. Comparative Effectiveness Review No.
274. … Public Reviewer 1 Results The report provides a comprehensive synthesis of the
available evidence on diagnosis … main issues, such as the variability in
clinical presentations, the need for accurate and timely
diagnosis
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/outcome-definition-and-measurement-chapter-6.pptx
January 01, 2013 - of outcomes include: when investigators are not blinded to the hypothesis of the study and rule-out diagnoses … ) to validate the occurrence of the outcome of interest, including to exclude erroneous or rule-out diagnoses … particularly important for medical events identified in administrative claims databases, for which a diagnosis … code associated with a medical encounter may represent a rule-out diagnosis or a condition that does … not map to a specific diagnosis code.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-abnormalities-tests_executive.pdf
February 01, 2006 - What are the sensitivity and specificity of the tests
for diagnosis of breast cancer in women presenting … studies met inclusion criteria to
evaluate the accuracy of MRI, PET,
scintimammography, or US for the diagnosis
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/postpartum-care-one-year-protocol-amendment.pdf
April 25, 2022 - incidence, prevalence/continuation, severity,
and resolution)
o Maternal mortality*
o Symptoms or diagnosis … incidence, prevalence/continuation, severity,
and resolution)
o Maternal mortality*
o Symptoms or diagnosis
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ch_5-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
January 01, 2012 - Defining the indication
typically involves requirement for the presence
of certain diagnoses, the absence … of diagnoses
for alternative indications, or a combination of
both,20 but also depends on how the … Disease Onset to a Treatment
If not appropriately accounted for, lag times
between date of initial diagnosis … Careful attention to the time from
initial diagnosis and general sequence of different
treatment modalities
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mental-health-pregnant-protocol.pdf
August 24, 2023 - Individuals who are pregnant or postpartum (up to 12 months after delivery) with new or
preexisting diagnosis … anxiety disorders, post-
traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
o Diagnoses … threshold
o EXCLUDE: studies that evaluate patients with depressive or anxiety symptoms in
contrast with diagnoses … including studies that include patients
with screening tool values below a threshold consistent with diagnosis
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/app-d-surv-report-3-noninvasive-nonpharma_0.xlsx
January 01, 2022 - B
Age: 51 vs. 54 years
Female: 94.7% vs. 100%
Year since diagnosis: 8.16 vs. 8.98 years
Baseline VAS … C
Age: 56 (8.4) vs. 56 (7.9) vs. 54 (8.2)
%Female: 100 vs. 100 vs. 100
Years since diagnosis: 8 (6.3 … C
Age: 56 (8.4) vs. 56 (7.9) vs. 54 (8.2)
%Female: 100 vs. 100 vs. 100
Years since diagnosis: 8 (6.3 … C
Age: 52 (7.2) vs. 55 (7.2) vs. 56 (8.8)
%Female: 100 vs. 100 vs. 100
Year of diagnosis: 2001 (7.5) … B
Age: 53 (8) vs. 52.7 (8.5)
%Female: 73 (97.3) vs. 74 (98.7)
Year of diagnosis: 14 (9) vs. 13.1 (9.7
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/colon-cancer-gene-profiling_research-protocol.pdf
March 13, 2012 - lung cancer) with 51,690 deaths.1
The most important prognostic factor for colon cancer is stage at diagnosis … stage II disease that
may be at higher-than-average risk for recurrence, such as those whose initial diagnosis … disease including T4 tumors (which tend to be
large); obstruction or bowel perforation at initial diagnosis
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/prostate-cancer_executive.pdf
February 01, 2008 - mortality rates have declined, and an
estimated 1.8 million men living in the
United States have a diagnosis … Diagnosis of localized disease is
based primarily on a screening of asymptomatic
patients. … high-
grade prostate cancers had a high probability of dying
from their disease within 10 years of diagnosis … ,
regardless of their age at diagnosis (53 percent with
Gleason score 8-10 died due to prostate cancer … High-quality, large prospective cohort studies or cancer
registries that identify men at the time of diagnosis
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/tethered-spinal-cord-protocol.pdf
July 19, 2023 - Systematic Review Protocol
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Diagnosis … Purpose of the Review
The review will summarize the evidence regarding diagnosis, prophylactic treatment … Key Questions
The key questions proposed for the systematic review, addressing diagnosis (Key
Question … One of the received comments addressed the diagnosis of tethered spinal cord
and noted that babies are … We will stratify key question 1 (diagnosis) by studies
evaluating first-time diagnosis versus studies
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/liver-cancer_disposition-comments.pdf
October 23, 2014 - Disposition of Comments Report for Imaging Techniques for the Diagnosis and Staging of Hepatocellular … Effectiveness Review Disposition of Comments Report
Research Review Title: Imaging Techniques for the Diagnosis … Imaging Techniques for the Diagnosis and Staging
of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. … All studies based diagnosis of HCC on findings on
contrast-enhanced imaging. … This is why
non-contrast ultrasound works in surveillance, but not in diagnosis.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/app-d-surv-report-1-noninvasive-nonpharma_0.xlsx
January 01, 2021 - period; (2) those who were suffering from other diseases that increased the pain or another specific diagnosis … B
Age: 51 vs. 54 years
Female: 94.7% vs. 100%
Year since diagnosis: 8.16 vs. 8.98 years
Baseline VAS … C
Age: 56 (8.4) vs. 56 (7.9) vs. 54 (8.2)
%Female: 100 vs. 100 vs. 100
Years since diagnosis: 8 (6.3 … C
Age: 52 (7.2) vs. 55 (7.2) vs. 56 (8.8)
%Female: 100 vs. 100 vs. 100
Year of diagnosis: 2001 (7.5) … B
Age: 53 (8) vs. 52.7 (8.5)
%Female: 73 (97.3) vs. 74 (98.7)
Year of diagnosis: 14 (9) vs. 13.1 (9.7
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/app-d-surv-report-2-noninvasive-nonpharma.xlsx
January 01, 2021 - period; (2) those who were suffering from other diseases that increased the pain or another specific diagnosis … B
Age: 51 vs. 54 years
Female: 94.7% vs. 100%
Year since diagnosis: 8.16 vs. 8.98 years
Baseline VAS … C
Age: 56 (8.4) vs. 56 (7.9) vs. 54 (8.2)
%Female: 100 vs. 100 vs. 100
Years since diagnosis: 8 (6.3 … C
Age: 52 (7.2) vs. 55 (7.2) vs. 56 (8.8)
%Female: 100 vs. 100 vs. 100
Year of diagnosis: 2001 (7.5) … B
Age: 53 (8) vs. 52.7 (8.5)
%Female: 73 (97.3) vs. 74 (98.7)
Year of diagnosis: 14 (9) vs. 13.1 (9.7
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/coronary-artery-disease-testing_research-protocol.pdf
January 15, 2015 - Accurate, early diagnosis of CAD is important for initiation of appropriate treatment and
reduction … basic pathophysiology of CAD may facilitate appreciation of some of the
challenges related to its diagnosis … vessels, and various thresholds for occlusion have been used (e.g.,
≥ 50% or ≥ 70% occlusion) for diagnosis … Fihn SD, Gardin JM, Abrams J, et al. 2012 ACCF/AHA/ACP/AATS/PCNA/SCAI/STS
Guideline for the diagnosis … This protein-containing
serum may then be used to evaluate heart function and aid in diagnosis of a
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pdf/epc-maternal-health-grand-rounds-slides.pptx
January 01, 2023 - Question 1 Conclusions: Home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) of postpartum individuals with a prior HDP diagnosis … not powered to detect differences in patient outcomes
Enrolled participants with an antepartum HDP diagnosis
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s81.pdf
October 01, 2007 - One is to
expand the number of candidate covariates beyond ICD-
9-CM codes and Diagnosis-Related Groups … For ICD-9-CM codes, there were 16 fields: 1 primary
diagnosis field, 8 secondary diagnosis fields, 6 … Because analyses on related data
demonstrated that primary diagnoses often represented out-
patient conditions … observations in the
analysis cohort for 10,000 iterations.21
RESULTS
We identified 1676 admissions with diagnoses … The prevention, diagnosis and management of
delirium in older people: concise guidelines.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/multiple-sclerosis_research-protocol.pdf
December 17, 2013 - MS affects twice as many women as men and diagnosis
usually occurs between the ages of 20 and 50.1 Symptoms
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/breast-reconstruction-mastectomy/protocol
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/colorectal-cancer-screening_disposition-comments.pdf
February 01, 2012 - of patients self
selecting for colonoscopy, and the lag-time between stool
collection and clinical diagnosis … complications from testing resulting from false positives, or
clinically significant sequelae from missed diagnosis
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/tinnitus_research-protocol.pdf
February 22, 2012 - tinnitus), in which the
perceived sound originates from the auditory nervous system, is the most common diagnosis … ])
Comparators
Different clinical evaluation methods used to characterize a diagnosis and … Population(s)
Adult patients with a diagnosis of subjective idiopathic (nonpulsatile) tinnitus … )
KQs 2 & 3: Adults (≥18 yrs) with a diagnosis of
subjective idiopathic (nonpulsatile) tinnitus … years of
age
Adults diagnosed with
pulsatile tinnitus
Unilateral cases with specific
medical diagnoses