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341. Systematic Review Search Strategy Development Tools: A Practical Guide for Expert Searchers (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2025 - Further, we chose not to evaluate all of the tools in the SR Toolbox that are categorized as search-related … We also chose not to evaluate tools that: (1) had not been updated within the last two years (instead

342. Appendicitis Executive (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2015 - Grading the Strength of Evidence and Assessing Applicability We followed the Methods Guide50 to evaluate … reporting bias, we made qualitative dispositions rather than performing formal statistical tests to evaluate … • Such diagnostic cohort studies (and comparative studies in particular) are also needed to evaluate … Studies that evaluate two or more index tests should provide a detailed description of the role of testing … • Large-scale observational prospective studies could be used to evaluate the effectiveness of alternative

343. Disposition of Comments Report for Assessment and Management of Chronic Cough (pdf file)
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     January 07, 2013 - Our task for this systematic review was to evaluate treatments used specifically for unexplained or … It was not in the scope of this report to evaluate diagnosis or treatment for other less common causes … To that end, the intent of this report was to evaluate literature looking at nonspecific therapies … and their potential usefulness in patients who cannot be easily diagnosed or treated and to evaluate … We have reviewed these exclusions to evaluate whether this was an appropriate determination and have

344. Evaluation of Mental Health Applications | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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345. Disposition of Comments Report for The Patient-Centered Medical Home (pdf file)
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     July 03, 2012 - It also excludes studies examining one or a few elements of the Medical Home that are important to evaluate … assessment tool (Appendix D) and summary quality scores (Results and Appendices G-I) are used to evaluate … While the use of a treatment effectiveness model to evaluate medical home outcomes is flawed, we also … We conducted additional qualitative and quantitative analyses to evaluate results in adult and pediatric

346. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2011 - they did not impact mortality, MACE, or TIMI-3 blood flow versus control, with insufficient data to evaluate … modifier of 30-day mortality with catheter aspiration device use.60 These are the only data available to evaluate … There was a paucity of trials available to evaluate adverse events with any of the embolic protection … protection device, no significant differences were found and the trials were vastly underpowered to evaluate … Prospective randomised study to evaluate effectiveness of distal embolic protection compared to abciximab

347. Disposition of Comments: Management of Colonic Diverticulitis (pdf file)
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     October 12, 2020 - and or investigators were omitted and therefore personal bias to the literature is not feasible to evaluate … Age is a typical factor to evaluate for subgroup differences.

348. ADHD-Update-protocol-160818 (pdf file)
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     August 18, 2016 - Although treatment of ADHD in childhood and adolescence is the focus, the review will evaluate outcomes … KQ 3: What are the comparative safety and effectiveness of different monitoring strategies to evaluate … We will also evaluate the internal consistency, test-retest, and inter-rater reliability of the included … We will design the data abstraction forms for this project to collect the data required to evaluate … We will use these data to evaluate the applicability to clinical practice, paying special attention

349. Kidney-Stone-Prevention Executive (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2013 - We did not evaluate these additional types of studies for adverse effects of dietary treatments under … Therefore, it was not possible to evaluate the effect of these interventions on risk of stone recurrence … Thus we could not evaluate the effect of these interventions in patients with other stone types. … • Additional RCTs should evaluate effectiveness and harms of single and/or multicomponent biochemistry … A multicentre trial to evaluate three treatments for recurrent idiopathic calcium stone disease - a

350. Evidence Summary: Management of Colonic Diverticulitis (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2020 - There is insufficient evidence to evaluate diverticulitis staging criteria.

351. Executive summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 276: Diagnosis and Management of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders in Children (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2024 - Executive summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 276: Diagnosis and Management of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders in Children Comparative Effectiveness Review Number 276 Diagnosis and Management of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders in Children Executive Summary Main Points • Diagnosis of O…

352. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - The evidence base may often be too limited in scope to evaluate the clinical utility of the test. … Evaluate case-control studies carefully for potential selection bias. … on technical issues that need to be addressed; distinguish between functional and DNA-based assays; evaluate … Principle 6: Evaluate Case-Control Studies Carefully for Potential Selection Bias Jonas DE, Wilt TJ, … Principle 6: Evaluate Case-Control Studies Carefully for Potential Selection Bias To determine whether

353. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - The evidence base may often be too limited in scope to evaluate the clinical utility of the test. … Evaluate case-control studies carefully for potential selection bias. … on technical issues that need to be addressed; distinguish between functional and DNA-based assays; evaluate … Principle 6: Evaluate Case-Control Studies Carefully for Potential Selection Bias Jonas DE, Wilt TJ, … Principle 6: Evaluate Case-Control Studies Carefully for Potential Selection Bias To determine whether

354. Primary Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer: Research Protocol (pdf file)
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     April 17, 2024 - Purpose of the Review This systematic review aims to evaluate the benefits and harms of various hypofractionated … comparative cohort studies with concurrent control groups.21 This tool is specifically designed to evaluate … Two reviewers will independently evaluate each study and assign a risk of bias rating of “high,” “some

355. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 257_Schedule of Visits and Televisits for Routine Antenatal Care: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     June 28, 2022 - In particular, there is an urgent need for studies that evaluate more patient-reported outcomes, instead

356. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - For example, criteria developed to evaluate laboratory studies may not be appropriate for studies of … 18 bias-assessment tools, all of which were intended to be used in conjunction with other tools that evaluate … Wilson et al. (2009) undertook a systematic review to evaluate the accuracy of patient self-reports of … disease/death registry Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (QUADAS) criteria were used to evaluate … criteria from the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (QUADAS) instrument were used to evaluate

357. Breast-Biopsy-Update Executive (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2014 - meta-analysis of rates of DCIS and high risk lesion underestimation.24 We used meta-regression methods to evaluate … Grading the Strength of Evidence We followed the Methods Guide8 to evaluate the strength of the body … We made qualitative dispositions rather than perform formal statistical tests to evaluate differences … Further, because we relied on published information, we were unable to evaluate the impact of patient … prospectively-collected observational data on breast biopsy procedures and outcomes could be used to evaluate

358. 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

359. Urinary-Incontinence-Treatment Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     September 30, 2010 - We plan to evaluate comparative effectiveness of pharmacological and nonsurgical treatments for urinary … First, we will evaluate previously published systematic reviews.88 Then we will conduct a comprehensive … We propose to evaluate quality of observational studies using criteria of internal and external validity … We propose to evaluate quality of interventional studies using criteria from the Methods Guide for Comparative … outcomes and measures of quality of life following the FDA guidelines for UI.82 In addition, we will evaluate

360. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     April 18, 2012 - We will design the data abstraction forms for this project to collect the data required to evaluate … We will evaluate the quality of individual studies by using the approach described in the Methods Guide … To evaluate methodological quality, we will apply criteria for each study type derived from the core … individual studies or a body of evidence as recommended in the Methods Guide.31 We will use these data to evaluate … We will use these data to evaluate the applicability to clinical practice, paying special attention