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521. DST_Draft_Protocol_Nov_4_2013_clean (2) (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-decision-support-tools_research-protocol.pdf
     November 12, 2013 - not use language of publication as a criterion at the abstract screening stage (instead, we will evaluate … [Type text] [Type text] [Type text] evaluate … We will also evaluate the consistency of direct and indirect effects, whenever possible (i.e. for comparisons … Grading the Strength of Evidence (SOE) for Individual Outcomes We will follow the Methods Guide to evaluate … Assessing Applicability We will follow the Methods Guide to evaluate the applicability of included

522. Hypertension-Pulmonary-Arterial Executive (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - It was designed to evaluate the comparative validity, reliability, and feasibility of echocardiography … across our KQs using the PICOTS format as described in the Methods Guide.20,23 We used these data to evaluate … We found no studies assessing D-dimer or asymmetric dimethylarginine to evaluate their ability to assess … – Consider studies that evaluate a global echocardiographic assessment based not only on sPAP but … Predicting survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension: insights from the Registry to Evaluate Early

523. Emergency Medical Service/911 Workforce Infection Control and Prevention Issues (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2015 - • NA 5 o Vaccines o Equipment Comparison • Any comparison group (for studies that evaluate … effectiveness of an EMS/911 workforce practice) • Studies without a comparison group (for studies that evaluate

524. Zikmund (pdf file)
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     December 26, 2012 - • Precision o Degree of clarity regarding exact likelihood • Evaluability o Ability to evaluate the

525. Assessing Applicability (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2009 - Finally, evaluate the prevalence of the disease in diagnostic test studies. … In the fourth example, trials are conducted to evaluate the benefits and harms of carotid endarterectomy … For the comparator, the researcher first needs to evaluate the medication dose, schedule, and duration … For outcomes, the researcher needs to evaluate the outcomes and how they were defined.

526. Pediatric Quality Measures Program 3.0: An Evidence Map of Measures for Vision, Hearing, and Developmental Screening and Followup (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2014 - payor/health plan, type of institution/system/hospital, type of clinician • Studies that do not evaluate

527. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 12 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - prognostic test to classify patients into the prognostic groups—although this is not always sufficient to evaluate … Was the study designed to evaluate the new prognostic test, or was it a secondary analysis of data collected … prognostic method that was not fit to the same sample. 12-6 Step 4: Extracting Statistics to Evaluate … • Criteria to evaluate and score the quality of studies of prognostic tests have not been firmly

528. AHRQ Slide Template 2009 (ppt file)
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     March 01, 2010 - be posed because: the answers are assumed to be known, or there seems to be adequate literature to evaluate … not be posed because the answers are assumed to be known or because there is adequate literature to evaluate … Because of this feedback, we explicitly designed a key question to evaluate the links between intermediate

529. Omega−3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease: An Updated Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2016 - consumption,1 there have been hundreds of observational studies and clinical trials conducted to evaluate … Observational studies did not evaluate differences in duration of exposure. 2.9 What is the effect … status or intake (e.g., with both high- and low-fish diets), subgroup analyses should be conducted to evaluate … In contrast, results from observational studies (which did not evaluate intermediate outcomes) are

530. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2010 - In patients with GHD or ISS, there is little evidence to evaluate the effects of rhGH treatment on cancer … Observational Studies • Future observational trials should evaluate the relationship between: – The

531. Untitled (pdf file)
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     February 25, 2016 - include studies that use alternative cutoffs or modifications of tGCS •   Exclude: Studies that evaluate … •   Studies that compare the mGCS vs. tGCS; for KQs 1, 2, and 4 will also include studies that evaluate … If there is insufficient head-to-head evidence, we will also include studies that evaluate either the … We will evaluate any differences in conclusions based on direct versus indirect comparisons, as assessments

532. Disposition of Comments for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Screening, Management, and Treatment (pdf file)
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     April 25, 2013 - Public Reviewer - ACCP 3 Executive Summary “Ínstead, we focus on available studies that evaluate … We did evaluate accuracy of echo methods for estimating mPAP. … We did not evaluate results for degrees of pericardial effusion. … We did not evaluate results for degrees of pericardial effusion. … We did not evaluate results for degrees of pericardial effusion.

533. Physiologic Predictors of the Need for Trauma Center Care: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     May 31, 2017 - We will also abstract how the included studies evaluate the measures, the measure characteristics, and … evaluated using appropriate study-design specific criteria24 or an appropriate tool for studies that evaluate … We will record what was adjusted for in each study and group studies by the measure they evaluate and … the findings in published studies are likely to reflect the results when the measures are used to evaluate

534. Nuclear Scans | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 14, 2016 - Skip to main content An official website of the Department of Health & Human Services Careers Contact Us Español FAQs Effective Health Care Program Powered by the Evidence-based Practice Centers …

535. Mental-Illness-Heart Executive (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - The review was designed to evaluate strategies to improve CVD risk factors in adults with SMI. … We designed the data abstraction forms for this project to collect the data required to evaluate the … We used these data to evaluate the applicability to clinical practice, paying special attention to study … longer term followup Quasi-experimental or observational studies Setting Lack of studies designed to evaluate … outcomes, such as cardiovascular events, may take large sample sizes and long followup periods to evaluate

536. Plasma-Cell-Dyscrasias-Sflc-Assay Executive (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2012 - Objectives The aim of this CER is to evaluate the present body of evidence addressing the relative … Our goals were to evaluate the SFLC assay as an add-on test in diagnostic settings and to compare it … In the light of these results, we rated the strength of evidence to evaluate the effect of adding SFLC … The authors concluded it was not possible to eliminate the need for bone marrow testing to evaluate

537. Future Research Needs for Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation in the Pediatric Population (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2012 - pediatric patients with autoimmune diseases, controlled trials with sufficient followup are needed to evaluate … population to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).1 The aims of the review were to evaluate … However, for all evaluated autoimmune diseases evidence was insufficient to evaluate the balance of … To evaluate the neuropsychological late effects among survivors treated on the Head Start II protocol … To evaluate the ability of a Web-based Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT-) Comprehensive

538. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - When is measuring sensitivity and specificity sufficient to evaluate a diagnostic test, and when do we … To evaluate diagnostic test performance, a summary receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve is commonly … It shows need to evaluate the surrogate measure in the context of the clinical outcome. … The GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation) system can be used to evaluate … When is measuring sensitivity and specificity sufficient to evaluate a diagnostic test, and when do we

539. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - When is measuring sensitivity and specificity sufficient to evaluate a diagnostic test, and when do we … To evaluate diagnostic test performance, a summary receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve is commonly … It shows need to evaluate the surrogate measure in the context of the clinical outcome. … The GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation) system can be used to evaluate … When is measuring sensitivity and specificity sufficient to evaluate a diagnostic test, and when do we

540. Guidance for the Conduct and Reporting of Modeling and Simulation Studies in the Context of Health Technology Assessment (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2016 - Sensitivity analyses (to assess the influence of model inputs) and stability analyses (to evaluate the … Such analyses can be used to evaluate the impact of different inputs on model outputs or to examine … Model Assessment and Consistency: Evaluate the model with respect to the specified modeling goals. … Model Assessment and Consistency Evaluate the model with respect to the specified modeling goals. … Decision- analytic modeling to evaluate benefits and harms of medical tests: uses and limitations.