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461. Disparities-Quality-Improvement Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/disparities-quality-improvement_executive.pdf
     August 01, 2012 - , including clinical outcomes such as mortality, process measures in the health care system, and disease … – Congestive heart failure – Coronary artery disease (including ischemic heart disease, myocardial … Connett and Stamler, 198417 RCT Cardiovascular disease: coronary artery disease and hypertension … disease • Patient education • Provider education • Promotion of self- management • Other (guideline … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

462. Single-arm studies in comparative effectiveness reviews (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - For example, in patients with end-stage liver disease, the natural history of disease is so well known … On the other hand, single group studies of interventions for diseases with stable or steadily progressing … Similarly, if symptoms fluctuate over the course of disease, the exacerbation of symptoms may drive … However, for some diseases with an apparently uniformly poor prognosis, there may be subtle yet clinically … For diseases with an unpredictable or variable natural history, a strong rationale must be available

463. Future Research Needs for Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2012 - Trials of CPAP stratified by disease severity. b. … Analyses of CPAP stratified by disease severity b. … Analyses of CPAP stratified by disease severity b. … Analyses of CPAP stratified by disease severity b. … Analyses of CPAP stratified by disease severity b.

464. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Example: The disease, such as psoriatic arthritis, is complex. … Index and reference tests are correlated within strata of disease. … It provides data on sensitivity, specificity, and disease prevalence. … Estimating disease prevalence in the absence of a gold standard. … Estimating disease prevalence in the absence of a gold standard.

465. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Example: The disease, such as psoriatic arthritis, is complex. … Index and reference tests are correlated within strata of disease. … It provides data on sensitivity, specificity, and disease prevalence. … Estimating disease prevalence in the absence of a gold standard. … Estimating disease prevalence in the absence of a gold standard.

466. Research White Paper Registries in Accountable Care Addendum Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes Third Edition (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2018 - address health management for whole populations, including those who are healthy, those with chronic diseases … care arrangements typically focus on subsets, or cohorts, of patients, such as patients with specific diseases … Often, a patient cohort is defined by the presence of a chronic disease such as diabetes or heart disease … , and lung disease, especially chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. … categories, such as end stage renal disease.

467. Disposition of Comments for Screening for Glaucoma: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2012 - Details about disease severity are included in the tables. … Details about disease severity are included in the tables. … Does the variation in severity of disease explain much of the heterogeneity of results? … as compared with late stage disease where the outcomes are worse. … stage disease when the visual, functional, and quality of life outcomes would be worse.

468. Horizon Scanning Protocol and Operations Manual January 2013 Revision (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2013 - Arthritis and nontraumatic joint disease 2. Cancer 3. Cardiovascular disease 4. … Infectious Disease, including HIV/AIDS 10. Obesity 11. Peptic ulcer disease and dyspepsia 12. … Costs of care for the disease or condition 3. … newsletter that aggregates original research and news about developments in various urinary cancers and diseases … and dyspepsia Examples of subcategories: Bowel diseases (e.g., Inflammatory Bowel, Crohn’s), Gastroesophageal

469. PULMONARY with "Discussions" in Exec Summary (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2015 - Horizon Scanning System – Potential High-Impact Interventions Report Priority Area 13: Pulmonary Disease … ES-2 Pulmonary Disease Interventions .............................................................. … A limited number of lung transplants are available for patients with severe disease. … Researchers have identified more than 1,800 mutations associated with the disease. … Treatment focuses on managing stable disease and exacerbations.

470. Diabetes-Behavior-Programs Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     June 05, 2014 - Pathophsyiology “Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by hyperglycemia resulting … conditions.7 In adults, the most frequent first-listed diagnoses among hospital discharges in 2010 were diseases … conference proceedings from the ADA, AADE, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Diabetes Report Card 2012. … Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.

471. CER 174 Executive Summary: Imaging for the Pretreatment of Small Cell Lung Cancer (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2016 - characterized by rapid doubling time, high growth fraction, and early development of metastatic disease … Study Group (VALSG) system,4 which classifies SCLC as either “limited stage” or “extensive stage” disease … with the following definitions: • Limited stage disease (LD): Cancer is confined to one hemithorax … • Extensive stage disease (ED): Cancer that cannot be classified as LD, such as when contralateral … chemotherapy and radiation protocols used for patients with limited disease.

472. S131 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - The 4S trial, an RCT of 4444 patients with coronary heart disease including 1021 patients ages 65 and … However, the situ- ation is quite different if we restrict the study population by disease severity, … The treatment of unrelated disor- ders in patients with chronic medical diseases. … Effects of pravastatin on mortality in patients with and without heart disease across a broad range of … 332.0, 332.1, 333.0 Peripheral vascular disease 440.xx, 443.9 Renal disease 250.4, 250.40, 250.41,

473. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     February 22, 2012 - in 2010, an estimated 222,520 cases were expected to be diagnosed, with 157,300 deaths due to the disease … Lung Cancer Only about 20 percent of patients with NSCLC present with stage I (T1N0M0, T2N0M0) disease … and hemoptysis.4, 5 Up to 40 percent of lung cancer deaths may be attributed to such locoregional disease … Management of patients with advanced disease is a significant challenge. … The treatment of early-stage disease. Semin Radiat Oncol. 2010 Jul;20(3):178-85.

474. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hepatitis-c_research-protocol.pdf
     November 30, 2011 - the comparative effectiveness of treatments between patient subgroups (by race, genotype, age, sex, disease … Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published Online: November 30, 2011 2 liver disease … in the US, with the direct medical costs of HCV-related liver disease projected to reach $10.7 billion … non-black); sex; stage of disease (e.g., cirrhosis or fibrosis); others (e.g., baseline viral load, … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The ABCs of hepatitis.

475. PHARMACO-EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS FOR A STUDY OF (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/antipsychotic-medicine-cardiovascular-elderly_research.pdf
     February 01, 2009 - Additional conditions included other evidence of ischemic heart disease (e.g., angina, PTCA, CABG, or … nitroglycerin use), other cardiovascular conditions (e.g., valvular disease, aneurysms, peripheral … vascular disease), cancers, HIV, dementia, delirium, mood disorders, psychotic disorders, and other … conventional agents were less likely than new users of the atypical agents to have cerebrovascular disease … International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification.

476. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2008 - coronary syndrome risk in asymptomatic renal function–impaired patients without history of coronary disease …  Due to the lack of guidance on how to interpret troponin scores in patients with renal disease

477. Renal-Cancer Executive (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2016 - Diagnostic Evaluation and Detection of Disease All solid renal masses and cystic lesions with solid … stage 3, 3b, and/or 4 [or greater], and incidence of end-stage renal disease. … and end-stage renal disease). … stage 3, chronic kidney disease stage 3b, end-stage renal disease, as well as change in creatinine … and/or end-stage renal disease.

478. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0012_03-21-2008.pdf
     January 01, 2008 - Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations for screening for thyroid disease (available … found to be addressed by an in-process update to the 2004 AHRQ report titled Screening for Thyroid Disease

479. Lung-Cancer-Nonsurgical-Therapies Executive (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2013 - cancer (NSCLC) refers to any type of epithelial lung cancer other than small-cell lung cancer.1 The disease … , such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or pulmonary fibrosis. … The disease setting and patient populations are defined in the Key Questions section. … • CSS reflects the absolute effect of a cancer intervention on the disease. … The treatment of early-stage disease. Semin Radiat Oncol. 2010 Jul;20(3):178-85.

480. Effectiveness of Early Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2012 - Also, here and elsewhere, the nomenclature has recently changed so that C. difficile associated disease … ) – since that is the disease – but we did not make that point well and did not even rigidly adhere … It is currently under review at Clinical Infectious Diseases and I suppose could go in the table near … difficile disease. The subset of 32 patients were those treated with high dose vancomycin. … This is not necessarily the same as prevention of C. difficile disease.