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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/congestive-heart-failure-medicines_research.pdf
March 01, 2010 - We used our clinical judgment and the distribution of the intervals between heart failure
diagnosis … The hazard ratio is a function of the time, s, from diagnosis of HF that an individual
started H-ISDN … We
chose to use three time intervals: 1-4 months, 5-12 months, and >12 months after HF diagnosis. … Hazard ratios significantly >1.0 were seen
when H-ISDN was initiated >12 months after the diagnosis … From prescription and
outcome data on more than half a million patients with a diagnosis of HF, we
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/disruptive-behavior-disorders-protocol.pdf
January 31, 2023 - Because children and adolescents may
have multiple psychiatric diagnoses, in accordance with the 2015 … If possible, we will report
treatment results based on psychiatric diagnoses at baseline for individual … Demographic influences on psychiatric diagnoses among youth
served in california systems of care. … Disparities in diagnoses received prior to a
diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. … The influence of race and ethnicity on
psychiatric diagnoses and clinical characteristics of children
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/c-diff-infections-nomination-140925.pdf
February 19, 2014 - Effectiveness of Early Diagnosis … Nomination Summary Document
Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps
§ Effectiveness of Early Diagnosis … Effectiveness of Early
Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection. … : Key Question 1: How do different methods for detection of toxigenic C. difficile to assist
with diagnosis … How do different methods for detection of toxigenic C. difficile to assist with diagnosis of
CDI compare
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/plasma-cell-dyscrasias-sflc-assay_research-protocol.pdf
May 02, 2011 - In addition, it has been the mainstay of diagnosis
for disorders such as AL amyloidosis and LCMM, in … combination with SPEP and SIFE
yields high sensitivity and negates the need for 24-hr urine studies for diagnoses … These areas span diagnosis, therapeutic decisions and
monitoring, diagnosis of response and remission … Question 3
In patients with an existing diagnosis of PCD (MM, NSMM, or AL amyloidosis), does the … Question 4
In patients with an existing diagnosis of PCD (MM, NSMM, or AL amyloidosis) is the SFLC
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/adhd-update_research-protocol.pdf
August 18, 2016 - ADHD Diagnosis: ADHD diagnosis is normally based on physician assessment to determine
whether the patient … Inappropriate
diagnosis can lead to undertreatment, overtreatment, or missed diagnosis of other conditions … This KQ will
focus on the initial diagnosis. … KQ 1: For the diagnosis of
ADHD:
a. … This KQ will focus
on the initial
diagnosis.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0320_06-17-2009.pdf
January 01, 2009 - Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps
Serum free light chain assay analysis for the diagnosis … questions for a review on the effectiveness of serum
free light chain (FLC) assay analysis to guide the diagnosis … electrophoresis as compared with the current practice of
performing urine and serum electrophoresis for diagnosis … economic implications of routinely measuring serum FLC in
conjunction with serum electrophoresis for diagnosis … immunoglobulins are increased; however, some believe they may still be required
for specific disease diagnosis
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0319_06-17-2009.pdf
January 01, 2009 - 1
Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps
The use of procalcitonin for the diagnosis … The topic of biomarkers other than procalcitonin for the diagnosis and management of sepsis is … The nominator asks whether these serum biomarkers
provide evidence for the diagnosis or prognosis of … For patients at risk for, or in, sepsis, are there serum biomarkers available for the
diagnosis and … and given that there are a number of published trials evaluating the
use of procalcitonin for the diagnosis
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-disposition-comments.pdf
December 06, 2024 - Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 276: Diagnosis and Managment of Obsessive … December 6, 2024
Comparative Effectiveness Review Disposition of Comments Report
Title: Diagnosis … Diagnosis and Management of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders in
Children. … j.janxdis.2018.02.001
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2018.12.024
The inclusion criteria for KQ
1 (Diagnosis
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/tethered-spinal-cord/protocol
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cad-women-diagnosis-future_research_1.pdf
February 01, 2013 - FRN 41 - Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease in Women: Future Research … Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of
Coronary Artery Disease in Women. … Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis
of Coronary Artery Disease in Women. … [MeSH:noexp] OR diagnostic *[MeSH:noexp] OR
diagnosis, differential[MeSH:noexp] OR diagnosis[Subheading … [MeSH:noexp] OR diagnostic *[MeSH:noexp] OR
diagnosis, differential[MeSH:noexp] OR diagnosis[Subheading
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-end-of-life-quality-meaures_research.pdf
April 01, 2010 - Hospice use before death: variability
across cancer diagnoses. Med Care
2002;40(1):73-78.
18. … Reference period:
Prospective: 14 months following cancer diagnosis. … Reference period:
Prospective: 14 months following cancer diagnosis. … Reference period:
Prospective: 14 months following cancer diagnosis. … Death date (index date) Diagnosis date: -14 months
-30 days
14 months (or
death) Diagnosis date
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/renal-function_research-protocol.pdf
June 13, 2013 - levels
among individuals with CKD, this population may have a higher risk of having false positive
diagnoses … other risk
prediction
models
No
comparison
KQ1.1 Diagnosis of ACS X
KQ1.2 Diagnosis of ACS … X (by subgroups)
KQ1.3 Diagnosis of ACS X (regarding harms)
KQ1.4 Diagnosis of ACS X … ACS is largely a clinical diagnosis, which can lend itself to some subjectivity. … However, by itself, troponin is neither required
nor sufficient for a diagnosis of ACS.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s143.pdf
October 01, 2007 - For example, if age, gender,
pre-existing diagnoses, and concomitant drug use are the
characteristics … For example, consider matching on
age in 10 categories, gender in 2 categories, 5 prior diagnoses
each … Services provided to
members are recorded in a computerized database with coded
diagnoses and procedures … difference with respect to other variables (such as
lipid-related laboratory tests or cardiovascular diagnoses … physician visits in the past year
0.96 0.54 �0.01 0.74 0.83 0.12
Mean no. cardiovascular disease-related
diagnoses
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/genetic-testing-developmental-disabilities_disposition-comments.pdf
June 30, 2015 - There needs to be much more clarity on
functional diagnoses versus etiologic diagnoses as this
underlies … /differential diagnosis. … etiologic diagnosis. … For example, 113 tests were identified to
diagnoses "Angelman syndrome". … diagnoses are scrupulously evaluated with a
conservative approach to definitive assignment.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/disruptive-behavior-disorders-protocol-amendment.pdf
March 22, 2023 - Because children and adolescents may have multiple psychiatric diagnoses, in
accordance with the 2015 … If possible, we will report
treatment results based on psychiatric diagnoses at baseline for individual … Demographic influences on psychiatric diagnoses among youth served
in california systems of care. … Disparities in diagnoses received prior to a
diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. … The influence of race and ethnicity on psychiatric
diagnoses and clinical characteristics of children
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cad-women-diagnosis_disposition-comments.pdf
June 12, 2012 - Disposition of Comments Report for Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease … Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease in Women. … Stress ECHO with contrast has a higher diagnostic
accuracy in the diagnosis of CAD than stress ECHO … These
procedures are central to the diagnosis of coronary artery disease in
both men and women, and … One question that arose for me is what is meant by prevalence
in the box labeled "Diagnosis."
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/gout_research-protocol-2014.pdf
January 01, 2014 - Diagnosis of Gout: Definitive diagnosis of gout requires laboratory confirmation of
joint/synovial fluid … The remainder of this protocol
considers only the questions pertaining to diagnosis. … Analytic framework for diagnosis of gout
IV. … Hyperuricemia and gout: new concepts in diagnosis
and management. … Part I: Diagnosis.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/appendicitis_research-protocol.pdf
December 09, 2013 - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Diagnosis of Right Lower … Delay in diagnosis (time from presentation to definitive diagnosis; time from
presentation to initiation … Meta-analysis of the clinical and laboratory diagnosis of
appendicitis. … A practical score for the early diagnosis of acute appendicitis. … Imaging and the use of scores for the diagnosis of appendicitis
in children.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0068_01-30-2009.pdf
January 01, 2009 - multiple etiologies, and the
history and physical examination greatly aid in narrowing the differential diagnosis … Laboratory and
radiological studies may help to support a diagnosis in a child with a high likelihood … of inflammatory
musculoskeletal illness and may exclude worrisome diagnoses such as infection and malignancy … Although immunologic laboratory tests can have great utility in the diagnosis and management of
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/eising_panel_2.pdf
January 01, 2010 - 3: Understanding
of Consumer Health Information-‐Seeking
• Go through phases (prediagnosis to diagnosis … ) that influence their health information-‐seeking
goals and tactics
o Phase — Self-‐diagnosis (identify … cause of symptom)
o Phase — Confirm suspected
cause of symptom
o Phase — Confirm diagnosis and