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1121. Protocol: Imaging for Pretreatment Staging of Small Cell Lung Cancer (pdf file)
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      December 08, 2014 - The majority of patients diagnosed with SCLC are current or former smokers.4 Diagnosis In evaluating … However, SCLC remains a pathological diagnosis requiring tissue obtained via biopsy. … SCLC from NSCLC, other types of lung cancer, or other non-cancerous conditions (i.e., differential diagnosis … Timely diagnosis and staging is also important to maximize Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov … Treatment of small cell lung cancer: diagnosis and management of lung cancer, 3rd ed: American college

1122. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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      June 01, 2012 - A later link in the causal chain would include considering how diagnosis by cardiac MRI versus angiography … Tests that are used both for screening and diagnosis also pose challenges. … Precision of estimates not provided Tests may be used as part of management strategy in which exact diagnosis … Clinical outcomes from the test results may mean earlier diagnosis or intervention, change in the sequence … Challenges are the variable amount of resources available to providers for diagnosis and treatment, variable

1123. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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      June 01, 2012 - A later link in the causal chain would include considering how diagnosis by cardiac MRI versus angiography … Tests that are used both for screening and diagnosis also pose challenges. … Precision of estimates not provided Tests may be used as part of management strategy in which exact diagnosis … Clinical outcomes from the test results may mean earlier diagnosis or intervention, change in the sequence … Challenges are the variable amount of resources available to providers for diagnosis and treatment, variable

1124. Glaucoma-Screening Surveillance (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2013 - for glaucoma screening, whereas the remainder considered only the sensitivity and specificity for diagnosis … various subpopulations, including only healthy individuals and individuals with confirmed glaucoma diagnoses … Based on three glaucoma diagnosis 15 Conclusions From CER Executive Summary RAND Literature … Comparison of Glaucoma Diagnoses Using Stratus and Cirrus Optical Coherence Tomography in Different … Based on three glaucoma diagnosis definitions (glaucomatous optic nerve appearance, glaucomatous visual

1125. Slide 1
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      January 01, 2013 - Often a clinically relevant outcome in a data source can be ascertained in several ways (e.g., a single diagnosis … code, multiple diagnosis codes, a combination of diagnosis codes).

1126. CER 218 Evidence Summary: Long-Term Drug Therapy and Drug Holidays for Osteoporosis Fracture Prevention: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2019 - BMD=bone mineral density; CCT=controlled clinical trial; CI=confidence intervals; CO=consistent; DX=diagnosis … estimated OR 6.03 [95% CI 1.87, 19.42]).63 However, this analysis did not radiologically confirm AFF diagnoses … Consensus development conference: diagnosis, prophylaxis, and treatment of osteoporosis. … Diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women and older men in the UK: National … Diagnosis and management of osteonecrosis of the jaw: a systematic review and international consensus

1127. Colorectal-Cancer-Liver-Metastases-Therapies Executive (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2012 - In the sections that follow, we describe CRC and its diagnosis and treatment to orient the reader to … and Treatment of Colorectal Cancer The diagnosis of CRC requires pathologic review to characterize … In cases where patients may not have resectable liver metastases at diagnosis, systemic chemotherapy … , time from diagnosis of metastases) … In: Carr BI, ed Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Diagnosis and Treatment.

1128. AHRQ's Evidence-based Practice Center Division Annual Report 2021: Solving the Puzzle for Evidence-Based Decision Making (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2021 - Diagnosis and Management of Acute Colonic Diverticulitis (American Association of Family Physicians [ … Osteoporosis Prevention, Screening, and Diagnosis https://bit.ly/373w7LX Long-Term Drug Therapy and … Diagnosis and initial management of acute colonic diverticulitis. … Update to 2018 AHRQ Review: ADHD: Diagnosis and Treatment in Children and Adolescents https://go.usa.gov

1129. What do we know about how evidence of harm and benefit is communicated in other countries? (ppt file)
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      January 01, 2005 - Canada and New Zealand Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Osteoporosis

1130. Template for Reports Developed (pdf file)
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      October 26, 2012 - detection or specific antigens Stool culture Gene detection KQ1 Diagnosis … inpatients, ambulatory care patients, residents of any healthcare facility without symptoms/ diagnosis … Effectiveness of Early Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection. … How do different methods for detection of toxigenic Clostridium difficile to assist with diagnosis … Effectiveness of Early Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection.

1131. Slide 1
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      January 01, 2013 - Defining the indication typically involves a requirement for the presence of certain diagnoses, the absence … of diagnoses for alternative indications, or a combination of both. … Time from disease onset to a treatment: Pay careful attention to the time from initial diagnosis and … 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 to the general sequence of different treatment

1132. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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      November 16, 2010 - loss, and elevated intraocular pressure, but these mechanisms need not occur in tandem to confirm diagnosis … Psychological effects related to a glaucoma diagnosis or misdiagnosis g. … Intraocular Pressure"[mh] OR "intraocular pressure"[tiab] OR IOP [tiab]) AND (screening[tiab] OR "early diagnosis

1133. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      October 05, 2010 - statement describes the use of clinical examination in determining the presence of an RC tear (page 14): “Diagnosis … However, many nonoperative studies were excluded because they failed to confirm the diagnosis of a rotator … Since clinical tests alone are often inaccurate in establishing the diagnosis of a tear, we believe

1134. #06 Developmental Delays ADHD, and Autism (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2013 - The dearth of topics on diagnosis, treatment, and services for developmental disorders including attention-deficit … Experts think that the earlier a definitive diagnosis can be established and the earlier that intervention … DSM-5 proposed criteria for autism spectrum disorder designed to provide more accurate diagnosis

1135. DEMENTIA INCLUDING ALZHEIMER'S #04 (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2015 - Although FDA has recently approved multiple radiological contrast imaging agents useful in diagnosis … Although common convention, also used in this report, refers to patients as having a diagnosis of AD … Definitive AD diagnosis can be made only through postmortem neuroanatomical examination. … Intranasal Insulin for Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease Unmet need: In 2010, 4.7 million Americans had a diagnosis

1136. Disposition of Comments Report for Cardiac Troponins Used as Diagnostic and Prognostic Tests in Patients Wtih Kidney Disease (pdf file)
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      August 11, 2014 - characteristic rise of serial troponins and have consistent clinical information to diagnose AMI Yes, we have diagnosis … review the implications of an elevated troponin level in chronic kidney disease with regard to 1) diagnosis … We have emphasized that the rise/fall pattern for diagnosis is only for those who have at least one … with principle that findings must be in context of what we already know about the use of troponin for diagnosis

1137. Prostate-Cancer-Test Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      October 14, 2011 - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol Project Title: PCA3 Testing for the Diagnosis … These decisions may be based on a single PCA3 value after biopsy diagnosis of cancer or on PCA3 monitoring … DD3(PCA3)-based molecular urine analysis for the diagnosis of prostate cancer. … [Value of urinary PCA3 test for prostate cancer diagnosis French]. … The role of the prostate cancer antigen 3 (PCA3) test for the diagnosis of prostate cancer in the era

1138. Wheeled Mobility (Wheelchair) Service Delivery (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2012 - Components of patient assessment (i.e., diagnosis versus functional abilities, cognitive abilities, … Clinical practice recommendations for patient evaluation included consideration of medical diagnoses … Ten of these studies included a consumer population with similar diagnoses; three studies addressed … Comparisons matched by age, diagnosis, and type of seating components received. … diagnosis: 56% Case-control N=30 (10 per group) Setting (telerehabilitation vs.

1139. CER 174 Executive Summary: Imaging for the Pretreatment of Small Cell Lung Cancer (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2016 - seen in smokers2 and comprises approximately 15 percent of all lung cancers.3 Despite advances in diagnosis … adrenal glands, bone, bone marrow, and brain.7 Patients with SCLC who have extensive disease at diagnosis … Given the rapid progression of SCLC, timely diagnosis and staging is important; performing potentially … enrolled N, funding source), patient characteristics (e.g., enrollment criteria, age, sex, final diagnoses … EBUS and EUS may be used as much for diagnosis as for staging, which may partially explain the lack

1140. heart-failure-readmission-protocol-130611 (pdf file)
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      June 10, 2013 - It is the most common principal discharge diagnosis among Medicare beneficiaries and the third highest … Survival after HF diagnosis has improved over time, as shown by data from the Framingham Heart Study13 … However, the death rate remains high: 50 percent of people diagnosed with HF die within 5 years after diagnosis … estimated to be 12.5 percent; this rate is based on claims data that identifies “red flags” in readmission diagnoses … Diagnoses and timing of 30-day readmissions after hospitalization for heart failure, acute myocardial