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161. Prognostic Tests (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Statistical evaluation of prognostic versus diagnostic models: beyond the ROC curve. … Comparisons of predictive values of binary medical diagnostic tests for paired designs. … Reviewers can adapt criteria developed for diagnostic tests. … Statistical evaluation of prognostic versus diagnostic models: beyond the ROC curve. … Comparisons of predictive values of binary medical diagnostic tests for paired designs.

162. final Fibromyalgia CER protocol_3-31-14 (pdf file)
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     April 03, 2014 - criteria.9 The diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia have evolved.10,11 Fibromyalgia diagnostic criteria … test for the syndrome,17 there is great diagnostic variability among health care providers in the timing … • Enrolled patients who met either the 199012 or 201010 revised fibromyalgia diagnostic criteria … Diagnosis and diagnostic tests for fibromyalgia (syndrome). Reumatismo. 2012;64(4):194-205. … Applying the ACR Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria in the Diagnosis and Assessment of Fibromyalgia.

163. Cancer-Drugs-Utilization Research (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - Utilization of anticancer biologic products among Medicare beneficiaries, by diagnostic cancer subchapter … Utilization of anticancer biologic products by diagnostic cancer subchapter • #7 • Data Points 3 … • #7 • Utilization of anticancer biologic products by diagnostic cancer subchapter 4 Use of Kinase … Utilization of anticancer biologic products by diagnostic cancer subchapter • #7 • Data Points 5 … Utilization of anticancer biologic products by diagnostic cancer subchapter • #7 • Data Points 7

164. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     May 02, 2011 - Protocol 1 Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published Online: May 2, 2011 Table 1: Diagnostic … Table 12 provides an overview of the diagnostic criteria and clinical course of selected PCDs. … While the guidelines suggest that using the SFLC assay as a screening and initial diagnostic tool for … PCD could eliminate the need for urine tests, its diagnostic value could differ depending on the PCD … The Key Questions Question 1 Do the SFLC assay and the к/λ ratio improve diagnostic accuracy for

165. Topic 0549 Diagnosis and Management of Gout NSD _SJ Clean (pdf file)
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     June 24, 2014 - More specifically, the nominator is interested in the diagnostic accuracy of clinical criteria alone … versus standard diagnostic techniques, the predictive value of baseline uric acid levels for determining … The diagnostic accuracy of clinical signs and symptoms is uncertain. § Gout is treated by both nonpharmacologic

166. Disposition of Comments Report for Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment and Prevention (pdf file)
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     May 08, 2013 - The sentence in question is referring to studies of diagnostic accuracy, not studies of interventions … We revised this sentence to be clearer that we are referring to studies of diagnostic accuracy. … We revised this sentence to be clearer that we are referring to studies of diagnostic accuracy. … the AUROC are measures of diagnostic accuracy. … This is true of any screening, diagnostic, or risk assessment instrument.

167. Depression-Postpartum-Screening Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - Postpartum depression is defined in the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th … Edition, Text Revision” (DSM-IV-TR)1 as a major depressive disorder according to standard diagnostic … criteria for psychiatric illness, the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th … Other diagnostic standards allow the definition of onset to extend beyond 4 weeks and up to 12 months … QUADAS-2: a revised tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies.

168. How Patients Process Clinical Evidence on Diagnostic and Treatment Effectiveness (Session I) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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169. Technical Brief: Evaluation of Suspicious Skin Lesions Using Non-Invasive Diagnostic Techniques | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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170. Comparative Effectiveness of Intravascular Diagnostic Procedures and Imaging Techniques versus Angiography Alone | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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171. Breast Abnormalities Update Surveillance Assessment_CER 47_Low (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2012 - Breast Abnormalities Update Surveillance Assessment_CER 47_Low CER #47: Noninvasive Diagnostic … Diagnostic Performance of a Dedicated 1.5- T Breast MR Imaging System. … AND sensitivity and specificity"/ or early diagnosis/ or diagnostic imaging/ or diagnostic value/ or … diagnostic accuracy/ or diagnostic procedure/ or tumor diagnosis/ OR diagnos$.mp. or di.xs. or "gold … imaging or diagnostic value or diagnostic accuracy or diagnostic procedure or tumor diagnosis) adj

172. Cardiac Troponins Used as Diagnostic and Prognostic Tests in Patients With Kidney Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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173. Chronic-Kidney-Disease-Anemia-2011 Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - For example: • Biological variation in diagnostic indices • Use of different diagnostic reference … Accuracy Studies [QUADAS] tool for studies of diagnostic performance, and the Cochrane risk of bias … • Diagnostic odds ratio (DOR): The DOR is a single indicator of test performance that combines the … The diagnostic odds ratio: a single indicator of test performance. … The efficacy of diagnostic imaging. Med Decis Making. 1991 Apr;11(2):88-94. 48.

174. Horizon-Scan Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2011 - 9 Questions Considered About Screening and Diagnostic Interventions 1. … Is this a novel screening or diagnostic intervention being developed for potential diffusion into the … These questions aid searchers in determining whether the screening or diagnostic intervention is within … If this is a new type of screening or diagnostic test that purports to address an unmet need, select … If this is an accepted form of screening or diagnostic testing delivered in a slightly different setting

175. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 6 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - To make informed decisions about medical tests, whether diagnostic, prognostic, or those used to monitor … Cut-off/diagnostic thresholds applied in practice and in studies. … Screening and diagnostic uses mixed. … Diagnostic odds ratio. Area under curve. Discriminant capacity. … Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-IV-TR. 4th ed.

176. Urinary-Incontinence-Treatment Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     September 30, 2010 - Interventions For KQ1 about diagnostic methods, the methods that were defined as the gold standards: … Studies that reported absolute values of the diagnostic tests in incontinent women; 9. … Studies that did not report true and false positive and negative cases of diagnostic tests. … Systematic review and meta-analysis of methods of diagnostic assessment for urinary incontinence. … Meta-Analyst: software for meta-analysis of binary, continuous and diagnostic data.

177. Cancer-Pancreas Executive (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2014 - What is the comparative diagnostic accuracy of using a single imaging technique versus using multiple … How are patient factors and tumor characteristics related to the comparative diagnostic accuracy of the … report) could may permit more estimates of single test diagnostic accuracy. … Diagnostic management of pancreatic cancer. Cancers. 2011 Mar;3(1):494-509. 5. … Grading a body of evidence on diagnostic tests. AHRQ Publication No. 12-EHC079-EF.

178. Renal-Function Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     June 13, 2013 - Whether baseline troponin elevation reduces diagnostic ability for ACS detection only in ESRD but not … Recommended diagnostic strategies include clinical evaluation, 12-lead ECG, and biomarker determination … High-risk ACS patients are generally recommended for an “early invasive” strategy (i.e., diagnostic … This may lead to misclassification and reduce the utility of the diagnostic test. … QUADAS-2: a revised tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies.

179. Horizon Scanning Protocol and Operations Manual January 2013 Revision (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2013 - Questions considered about screening and diagnostic interventions ................................ 8 … Questions considered about screening and diagnostic interventions 1. … Is this a novel screening or diagnostic intervention being developed for potential diffusion into the … The following questions aid searchers in determining whether the screening or diagnostic intervention … Is this an available screening or diagnostic testing tool that is being used in a new way for a disease

180. DEMENTIA INCLUDING ALZHEIMER'S #04 (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2015 - Research, AHRQ is interested in innovations in drugs and biologics, medical devices, screening and diagnostic … scanning pertains to identification of new (and new uses of existing) pharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostic … other dementia disorders, the Healthcare Horizon Scanning system has identified relatively few non- diagnostic