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421. The Effectiveness and Risks of Long-Term Opioid Treatment of Chronic Pain (pdf file)
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     September 19, 2014 - None of the trials was designed to evaluate abuse, addiction, or related outcomes. … prescription drug monitoring program than in States without one, but used an ecological design, did not evaluate … findings were similar to a previously published systematic review that found weak evidence with which to evaluate … could also help address a number of these research questions, but should be specifically designed to evaluate … noncancer pain: a randomized, double-blind, crossover study followed by a 12-week open-label phase to evaluate

422. ECRI_Penn EPC FINAL Environ Cleaning Protocol 08_21_14 CC[1] (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - cleaning or monitoring modality, focus and scope of outcome measure, and analytical technique used to evaluate … Notes will be reviewed and discussed by the investigators to evaluate how KI input confirms or varies

423. Pressure-Ulcer-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - sham treatment or standard care in wound improvement outcomes; there was insufficient evidence to evaluate … growth factor in promoting wound improvement in stage III and IV ulcers.10 We found evidence to evaluate … We were not able to conduct quantitative analyses to evaluate the possibility of reporting bias for … further study should compare these technologies with other treatments, with sufficient followup to evaluate

424. Tympanostomy Tubes in Children With Otitis Media (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2017 - Key Question 4 We identified 11 publications which reported 2 RCTs and 9 NRCSs, which evaluate a range … Strength of Evidence Our systematic review of 172 publications focused on five Key Questions (KQ), which evaluate … Very little evidence from RCTs is available to evaluate factors that identify children most likely to … RCT=Randomized Control Trial Limitations The available evidence base is composed of studies that evaluate

425. children-special-needs-transition-protocol-131003 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2013 - and keywords from grey literature search results to search the published literature for studies that evaluate

426. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2015 - We did not evaluate metformin compared with placebo in this report. … TEP Reviewer #4 Introduction, pg 2 do you evaluate this outcome? … We evaluate fracture risk for the SGLT-2 inhibitors only. … A more sophisticated and updated method to evaluate the validity of observational studies is needed … Please evaluate whether a pasting error was made. Thank you. We have made this edit.

427. 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.

428. Executive Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 263: Management of Postpartum Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2023 - Executive Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 263: Management of Postpartum Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Comparative Effectiveness Review Number 263 Management of Postpartum Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Executive Summary Main Points • Home Blood Pressure Monitoring (HB…

429. Technical Brief 16 Disposition of Comments Report (pdf file)
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     July 29, 2014 - Peer Reviewer #2 Findings Use of the IPDAS standards to evaluate existing DA is a definite strength … should invest in research and demonstrations to guide optimizing the care planning process, learning to evaluate

430. Disposition of Comments Report for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation (pdf file)
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     August 23, 2013 - We initially felt it was important to evaluate these studies in KQ 2. … KQs are explicitly stated and appropriate. although KQ 4, 5, and 6 had very little to no data to evaluate … Also, it is not clear to me why they did not evaluate other measures used to assess risk assessment … We have highlighted the limitations of using the c-statistic to evaluate risk prediction tools throughout … We initially felt it was important to evaluate these studies in KQ 2.

431. Disposition of Comments Report for Testing of CYP2C19 Variants and Platelet Reactivity for Guiding Antiplatelet Treatment (pdf file)
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     September 25, 2013 - There has been a call for a large randomized trial to evaluate the utility of platelet function testing … We agree with these suggestions in principle, however, we can only evaluate the evidence that is available … method cited for most modern commercially‐available methods for measuring platelet reactivity to evaluate … While we agree that this is a preferred approach, there are other methods to evaluate the robustness … The PCI patient population is the most reasonable population to evaluate the utility of platelet function

432. Disposition of Comments for Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Orthopedic Surgery (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2012 - In order to evaluate the impact of practice and patient care changes, the experts agreed that a subgroup … Agree with inclusion of observational trials since older data important to evaluate for questions 3 … Director, Medical Information Janssen Scientific Affairs LLC General Rivaroxaban trials evaluate … However, the current draft research review does evaluate rivaroxaban. … McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs Methods GLOBAL - Inclusion of Additional Safety endpoints: To evaluate

433. Disseminating Findings From EPC Reports: Pilot Project of Three Products (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2018 - system decision to target.We engaged with decision makers in the JHU health system to develop and evaluate … Other Health Systems The limited responses from the decision makers, while hindering our ability to evaluate

434. Future Research Needs for Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2012 - There is a need to evaluate the value of routine (or selected) preoperative screening for OSA, to assess … The aim of the topic is to evaluate the “prognostic” accuracy of existing CPRs, to evaluate, whether … Ideally, one would like to evaluate hard clinical outcomes, such as mortality, cardiovascular disease … Proposed Study Designs We clarify that the aim of the topic is to evaluate the “prognostic” accuracy … Specifically, the aim is to evaluate whether CPRs can determine who will experience a clinical outcome

435. Disposition of Comments Report for Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment and Prevention (pdf file)
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     May 08, 2013 - Alternatively you can conceptualize this as a risk prediction and evaluate as clinical prediction rules … We already state that studies should evaluate the use of validated risk assessment instruments. … patients in a hospice setting; we added a sentence to highlight it's results: "The only study to evaluate … This study does not meet inclusion criteria because it does not evaluate the clinical utility or predictive … and to evaluate the benefits and harms of preventive interventions for pressure ulcers, in different

436. Disposition of Comments for Treatment of Glaucoma: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2012 - comment/ AAO-AGS Executive Summary This AHQR document attempts to achieve a worthy goal: to evaluate … Thus, in Key Question 6, we recommend that AHRQ comprehensively evaluate the risks and harms associated … It is also important for AHRQ to evaluate how the sequencing of therapies impacts treatment effectiveness … However, in order to evaluate outcomes in medicine, we must rely on surrogate measures that have been … There are alternative study designs that could be used to evaluate the impact of treatment on the final

437. Disposition of Comments Report for Antinuclear Antibody, Rheumatoid Factor, and Cyclic-Citrullinated Peptide Tests for Evaluating Musculoskeletal Complaints in Children (pdf file)
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     March 07, 2012 - The third objective was “to evaluate the impact of test results on clinical decision-making and clinically … adolescents with undiagnosed musculoskeletal pain…” The results of these tests, when obtained to evaluate … Therefore the sensitivity and specificity of these tests, used by themselves to evaluate musculoskeletal … To evaluate whether these tests can be used early in the disease process they index needs to be applied

438. Microsoft Word - finbody.doc (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2007 - The goal of the study was to evaluate 12 changes in blood pressure and kidney function after … the studies used stenosis greater than 50 percent as their definition and utilized angiography to evaluate … The approach of this systematic review, and of most of the primary studies, was to evaluate the average

439. Methods Research Report Improving Access To And Usability of Systematic Review Data for Health Systems Guideline Development (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2019 - To evaluate the developed product and its expected utility among potential end-users (decision makers … interventions using customized visualization formats.40-42 Recommended Next Steps To continue to evaluate … In addition to uptake and comprehension, we recommend future researchers consider ways to evaluate

440. Prostate-Cancer-Risk-Assessment-Genes Executive (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Evidence-Based Practice Evidence-based Practice Program The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), through its Evidence- based Practice Centers (EPCs), sponsors the development of evidence reports and technology assessments to assist public- and private-sector organizations in their efforts to imp…