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361. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     May 27, 2010 - We believe that it will be very difficult enroll patients onto a randomized IMRT vs 2D or 3D RT trial … the unintended consequences would likely be that without private insurer coverage, it would be more difficult … General Comment Another hurdle is that culturally, it is difficult to imagine the acceptance for

362. M (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2009 - development of Comparative Effectiveness Reviews and describes recommended approaches for addressing difficult … Nonetheless, rating the quality of an SR without understanding how it was conducted is difficult. … For some criteria included in quality rating instruments, delineating objective definitions is difficult

363. CER 215 Executive Summary: Adverse Effects of Pharmacologic Treatments of Major Depression in Older Adults (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2019 - Determining if adverse outcomes were defined or pre-specified was difficult. … Further characterization of the comparative safety of antidepressants is difficult because few studies

364. White Paper: Narratively Describing Effects of Interventions in Systematic Reviews (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2020 - Oversimplification of findings may risk misunderstanding for some audiences, but too much detail can be difficult … the existing published guidance useful but had concerns that it may oversimplify findings or may be difficult

365. Prehospital Airway Management: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 01, 2021 - This is made more difficult by the lack of a definitive gold standard in prehospital care and by the … The study may be missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential problems

366. Blueprint for a Distributed Research Network To Conduct Population Studies and Safety Surveillance | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2019 - multiple health data networks, raising the likelihood that independent, single-purpose networks will be difficult … standardization of definitions, analytic approaches, and data quality that will otherwise be extremely difficult

367. CER 205 Disposition of Comments for Physiologic Predictors of Severe Injury: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2018 - is very little in the results section to support the conclusions made about extremes of age It is difficult … varied widely between studies but this is detailed in the methods and as a limitation Pg 35 ln 38 Difficult

368. Work Plan for Methods Research on (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2010 - One of the main reasons that the selected studies were difficult to classify was poor reporting within … Specifically, it was often difficult to determine whether the two groups under study were derived from … In general, it is difficult to determine the extent to which the results reflect issues with the taxonomy … One of the main reasons that the selected studies were difficult to classify was poor reporting within … Further testing should be done targeting specific study designs, particularly those that are difficult

369. Local Therapies for Unresectable Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - First, it is difficult to classify interventions based on curative or palliative intent of the treatment … classification systems and the inability to translate disease stage from one system to another made it difficult … chemotherapy and other treatment specifics that may or may not be reported that render comparisons difficult

370. Using Existing Systematic Reviews to Replace de Novo Processes in CERs | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - development of Comparative Effectiveness Reviews and describes recommended approaches for addressing difficult … Nonetheless, rating the quality of an SR without understanding how it was conducted is difficult. … For some criteria included in quality rating instruments, delineating objective definitions is difficult

371. Comparative Effectiveness of Treatment Strategies for Women With Coronary Artery Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - 13 Third, the coronary vessels in women tend to be smaller than those of men, which makes them more difficult … limitations was the preponderance of men that reached 85 percent of the patients enrolled, thus making difficult … Women also continue to be underrepresented in research on heart disease, making it difficult to draw

372. Decision Support Tools for Screening and Treatment Decisions in Early Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - process. 25 In addition, how patients rate the quality of their interaction with their provider is difficult … Similarly, self-reporting of knowledge status (as opposed to objective assessment of factual knowledge) is difficult … Studies with moderate risk of bias may not be randomized or may be missing information, making it difficult … We acknowledge that both types of reporting bias are difficult to reliably detect on the basis of data

373. DST_Draft_Protocol_Nov_4_2013_clean (2) (pdf file)
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     November 12, 2013 - process.25 In addition, how patients rate the quality of their interaction with their provider is difficult … Similarly, self-reporting of knowledge status (as opposed to objective assessment of factual knowledge) is difficult … Studies with moderate risk of bias may not be randomized or may be missing information, making it difficult … We acknowledge that both types of reporting bias are difficult to reliably detect on the basis of data

374. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     August 26, 2011 - Knowledge of effective interventions to prevent HAIs can be difficult to convert into practice, however … support. 10 As extensive efforts to improve compliance with hand washing have shown, it can be difficult … started.Furthermore, there was concern that the epidemic nature of norovirus outbreaks would make it more difficult … controlled trials on this topic with sufficient sample size (e.g., if randomized by location) is difficult

375. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 29, 2011 - deficits (mainly from a lack of natural protein) to result.10,12 Compliance with the diet can be difficult … imperative to prevent negative fetal outcomes.22 Management of the diet for some pregnant women is difficult … professionals with expertise in PKU.4 Management of the diet in adolescent girls with PKU is also difficult … staff will meet to discuss the results and progress to date; review cases that have been particularly difficult

376. Facilitating a Deliberative Session: Transcript (pdf file)
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     January 11, 2017 - But it’s very difficult saying no to patients who are convinced that they need an antibiotic. … back to our active listening example, is we’re looking out for those participants who are finding it difficult … when we’re chopping onions it can be quite tearful, sometimes it can be quite challenging and quite difficult … so it can start out fun, and then she got into antibiotic use, so making the questions a bit more difficult

377. Renal-Cancer Executive (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2016 - It is more difficult to make conclusions on final needle aspiration given only one older study met inclusion … Body Mass Index 5 Insufficient Conflicting and non-significant results in studies make it difficult … in body mass index make interpretation of the association of body mass index with malignant disease difficult … Given limitations in the data and the performance characteristics of renal mass biopsy, it is difficult … Anterior and hilar tumors may be more difficult to biopsy due to their difficult location, and partially

378. Cervical Degenerative Disease Treatment: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 01, 2024 - Gaps in the evidence make it difficult to create recommendations and inform policy. … For some Key Questions evidence was limited to one study per comparison, making it difficult to draw

379. Psychosocial and Pharmacologic Interventions for Disruptive Behavior Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2016 - populations and reported outcomes of overlapping symptoms (e.g., those of ADHD and DBD), making it difficult

380. Treatments for Fecal Incontinence: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2016 - It is difficult to compare the effectiveness of surgical to nonsurgical fecal incontinence treatments