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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/mental-illness-heart_research-protocol.pdf
April 18, 2012 - (Note: Excluded from
this definition are individuals with a primary diagnosis of substance abuse, dementia … Studies of individuals with dual diagnoses
(e.g., bipolar disorder and substance abuse) will be eligible … KQs 1–4:
• People <18 years of age
• Individuals with a primary diagnosis of
substance abuse, dementia … (Studies of individuals with
dual diagnoses [e.g., bipolar disorder
and substance abuse] will be eligible … )
• People with a primary diagnosis of
other mood disorders
In addition to these population
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/chronic-kidney-disease-anemia-2011_executive.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Across
guidelines, it is agreed that the optimal management
of anemia in HD patients depends on diagnosis … What reference standards are used for the diagnosis of
iron deficiency in studies evaluating test performance … Comparative Effectiveness of Newer
Versus Older Markers of Iron Status for the Diagnosis
and Management … Reference Standards for the Diagnosis of Iron
Deficiency
A total of 27 studies were included for Key … Diagnosis of iron
deficiency in patients undergoing hemodialysis.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-quality-indicator-testing_research.pdf
April 01, 2010 - Additional inclusion criteria included being alive 30 days post
diagnosis and having at least one outpatient … visit at VAGLAHS following diagnosis. … colorectal cancer (and Stage IIIB for lung cancer) disease in 2003-
2005 who died 2-15 months after diagnosis … Hopkins or at least two outpatient visits and a hospitalization of
at 3-30 days in length after the diagnosis … is diagnosed with cancer, THEN s/he should be screened for
depression within 1 month following the diagnosis
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/masks-surveillance-2-appendix-table-a-3.xlsx
March 23, 2020 - physician
7% environmental services worker
5% nutrition services worker
2% pharmacist
2% other COVID-19 diagnosis … versus surgical mask: 0.18 (0.06 to 0.53)* Not reported Not reported Potential recall bias; SARS-1 diagnosis … and high-risk hospital departments during COVID-19 outbreak 493 32 87% 27% doctor
73% nurse COVID-19 diagnosis
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/Masks-appendix-table-b-3-surveillance-report.xlsx
February 01, 2020 - physician
7% environmental services worker
5% nutrition services worker
2% pharmacist
2% other COVID-19 diagnosis … equivalent vs. surgical mask: 0.18 (0.06 to 0.53)* Not reported Not reported Potential recall bias; SARS-1 diagnosis … and high-risk hospital departments during COVID-19 outbreak 493 32 87% 27% doctor
73% nurse COVID-19 diagnosis
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/masks-appendix-table-b-3-version-2.xlsx
February 01, 2020 - physician
7% environmental services worker
5% nutrition services worker
2% pharmacist
2% other COVID-19 diagnosis … equivalent vs. surgical mask: 0.18 (0.06 to 0.53)* Not reported Not reported Potential recall bias; SARS-1 diagnosis … and high-risk hospital departments during COVID-19 outbreak 493 32 87% 27% doctor
73% nurse COVID-19 diagnosis
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/fatty-acids-cardiovascular-disease_research-protocol.pdf
April 02, 2015 - of CVD, peripheral vascular disease, congestive heart failure, major
arrhythmias, and hypertension diagnosis … o Congestive heart failure, new diagnosis
o Cerebrovascular disease, new diagnosis
o Peripheral … vascular disease, new diagnosis
o Ventricular arrhythmia, new diagnosis
o Supraventricular arrhythmia … , new diagnosis
o Major vascular interventions/procedures (e.g, revascularization,
thrombolysis, … minimum of about 10 longitudinal observational
studies for each clinical outcome (and hypertension diagnosis
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/wireless-motility-capsule_disposition-comments.pdf
May 20, 2013 - The report concluded that WMC is at least comparable to
other modalities for diagnosis of slow-transit … In such
patients, which represent the most severe tip of the
iceberg, diagnosis is often confirmed … In
my opinion, the diagnosis of gastroparesis is often
inappropriately applied to patients who have … Once organic
causes of constipation are excluded, a diagnosis of
functional constipation can be made … of gastroparesis in one city bears only
marginal relation to its diagnosis in adjacent cities.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/medical-test-reviews-intro.ppt
June 01, 2012 - Medical tests are defined here as any test used in a health care context, for example, screening, diagnosis … Reasoning foundations of medical diagnosis; symbolic logic, probability, and value theory aid our understanding … Statistical problems in assessing methods of medical diagnosis, with special reference to X-ray techniques … efficacy
• Clinical utility • Impact on mortality or morbidity
• Impact on clinician judgment about diagnosis … Statistical problems in assessing methods of medical diagnosis, with special reference to X-ray techniques
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/medical-test-reviews-intro.ppt
June 01, 2012 - Medical tests are defined here as any test used in a health care context, for example, screening, diagnosis … Reasoning foundations of medical diagnosis; symbolic logic, probability, and value theory aid our understanding … Statistical problems in assessing methods of medical diagnosis, with special reference to X-ray techniques … efficacy
• Clinical utility • Impact on mortality or morbidity
• Impact on clinician judgment about diagnosis … Statistical problems in assessing methods of medical diagnosis, with special reference to X-ray techniques
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/mccormack-presentation.pdf
May 29, 2025 - Not everyone might be ready to play that role rightwhen
they’re faced with a diagnosis but over time …
and
resisting the challenge to convey all of those important points to a patient soon
after diagnosis
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0519_02-27-2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - 0437
Document Completion Date: 05-10-12
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Heart failure (HF) is a common discharge 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/cancer-survivor-care-transition_research-protocol.pdf
March 27, 2013 - Endometrial cancer survivors are
unsatisfied with received information about diagnosis, treatment and … Melanoma survivors are dissatisfied with perceived
information about their diagnosis, treatment and … Cancer survivorship research encompasses the physical, psychosocial,
and economic sequelae of cancer diagnosis … Survivorship research focuses on the health
and life of a person with a history of cancer beyond the acute diagnosis … It
seeks to both prevent and control adverse cancer diagnosis and treatment-related outcomes such
as
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/abnormal-uterine-bleeding_research-protocol.pdf
November 21, 2011 - Abnormal uterine bleeding is a diagnosis of exclusion in which there is abnormal
bleeding (i.e., quantity … dysfunctional uterine bleeding also carried a variable element of recognition that the label was a
diagnosis … Diagnosis of abnormal uterine bleeding with biopsy or hysteroscopy. … Diagnosis of abnormal uterine bleeding with imaging. Menopause. 2011
Apr;18(4):421-4. … Approach to diagnosis and management of abnormal uterine
bleeding.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-tests-applicability_methods.pdf
July 01, 2012 - Tests used as part
of management
strategy in which
exact diagnosis is
less important than
“ruling … from test
results
How studies
addressed clinical
outcomes selected for
the review:
Earlier diagnosis … diagnostic use
Resources available
to providers for
diagnosis and
treatment of
condition vary … For example,
obesity diminishes image quality in tests, such as ultrasound for diagnosis of gallbladder … diagnosed for the first time with
dyslipidemia and eligible to have the course of disease altered by that diagnosis
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prioritization-selection-of-harms.pdf
February 01, 2018 - For reviews that involve effects of diagnostic tests, consider inclusion of over-diagnosis and
overtreatment … workgroup suggests that
EPC reviews consider inclusion of intermediate measures of harm such as over-diagnosis … What are the harms associated
with a false-positive diagnosis of
ACS based on an elevated
troponin … RLQ
abdominal pain (£7 days
duration) for whom
appendicitis was
considered in the
differential diagnosis … What are the comparative
adverse effects of various tests for
diagnosis and post-treatment
surveillance
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ch_6-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
October 30, 2012 - Candidates might include new diagnoses of
genital warts, or new diagnoses of the precancerous
conditions … outcomes
include: when investigators are not blinded to the
hypothesis of the study, and “rule-out” diagnoses … validate the occurrence of the outcome of
interest, including to exclude erroneous or “rule-
out” diagnoses … diagnosis code. … For some
complex diagnoses, such as unstable angina, a
standard clinical definition must be applied
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/diabetes-foot-ulcer-amputation-economics_research.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Ulcer
Beneficiaries with diabetes, as defined above, and a pri-
mary or secondary (i.e., nonprimary) diagnosis … Amputation
Beneficiaries with diabetes, as defined above, and a primary
or secondary (i.e., nonprimary) diagnosis … prevalent LEA populations by inpatient stays unique
by beneficiary, admission date, provider, and Diagnosis … DFU or LEA hospitalizations were defined
by such inpatient stays with a DFU or LEA diagnosis or
procedure