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461. 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

462. 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

463. Disposition of Comments Report for Core Needle and Open Surgical Biopsy for Diagnosis of Breast Lesions: An Update to the 2009 Report (pdf file)
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     September 10, 2014 - Discussion/Conclusion The report suggests “future research needs” include studies of test performance to evaluate … We have also performed additional sensitivity analyses to evaluate alternative definitions of FP findings … We have also performed additional sensitivity analyses to evaluate alternative definitions of FP findings … We have also performed additional sensitivity analyses to evaluate alternative definitions of FP findings … I would suggest that a valuable next report would be to evaluate studies that directly compare typed

464. 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

465. 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

466. 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

467. 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

468. 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

469. 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

470. Future Research Needs for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Effectiveness of Treatment in At-Risk Preschoolers, Long-Term Effectiveness in All Ages, and Variability in Prevalence, Diagnosis, and Treatment (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2012 - For the older age group, stakeholders prioritized a need for studies to evaluate the relationship between … However, trials designed to compare components of different interventions or those designed to evaluate … effective manner but will not be able to fully replace the need for new large, long-term trials to evaluate … Also, trials to evaluate harms will require lengthy duration and large sample sizes. … (for example, comparing subcomponents of psychosocial intervention packages) or those designed to evaluate

471. Venous-Ulcers-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - Finally, we attempted to evaluate the durability of healing of an ulcer over time. … effects of advanced wound dressings on pain and quality of life outcomes because the studies did not evaluate … Surgical Interventions There have been no evidence-based reviews of studies with control groups to evaluate … develop a strong evidence base so clinicians can make informed therapy recommendations and better evaluate … A prospective, multi-centre, randomised, open label, parallel, comparative study to evaluate effects

472. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - PowerPoint Presentation Introduction to the Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Prepared for: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Training Modules for Medical Test Reviews Methods Guide www.ahrq.gov Introduction to the Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews This slide set is based on chapter 1…

473. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - PowerPoint Presentation Introduction to the Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Prepared for: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Training Modules for Medical Test Reviews Methods Guide www.ahrq.gov Introduction to the Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews This slide set is based on chapter 1…

474. 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

475. 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

476. Heart-Failure-Natriuretic-Peptide Executive (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2013 - We omitted KQs 3 to 5 because criteria to evaluate and score prognostic studies have not been fully … • For populations with acute HF, more studies are needed to evaluate the potential differences in … • There is a need to evaluate outcomes of morbidity and composite outcomes in decompensated HF subjects … • There is a need to evaluate BNP in stable chronic populations with respect to incremental predictive

477. Llewellyn-Thomas (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - individualized approach to  V/P elicitation o Implement that  individualized V/P elicitation plan o Evaluate

478. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     February 22, 2012 - heard only by the patient and cannot be directly observed by a physician, thus making it difficult to evaluate … Measures Various measures can be used to evaluate the presence and severity of the tinnitus.9 There … evaluation instruments, as identified above, can be used to characterize a subjective diagnosis and evaluate … Measuring disease-specific health-related quality of life to evaluate treatment outcomes in tinnitus

479. Hepatitis-C-Screening Executive (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2012 - Finally, we did not evaluate evidence on potential barriers to screening and how they might affect … lieu of direct evidence on effects of screening on clinical outcomes, studies that prospectively evaluate … Studies that evaluate the outcomes of patients who receive treatment without liver biopsies would be

480. Comparative Effectiveness of Medications in Patients with Epilepsy (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2012 - Statistical heterogeneity was assessed using the I2 statistic evaluate the degree of inconsistency … applicability of the individual studies and the applicability of the studies that were pooled to evaluate … We were asked to, in an unbiased manner, assess, evaluate, and summarize the available data. … Our main charge was not to evaluate how kinetics drove dynamics. … We agree with your assessments of the studies you identified but also need to evaluate the study by