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321. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 266_Cervical Degenerative Disease Treatment: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2023 - The largest number of studies evaluated the effectiveness of cervical arthroplasty compared with ACDF

322. Rapid Response_The Association Between Outcomes and Dental Services in Persons With Autoimmune Disease Treated With Biologics and Other Immunosuppressants: A Rapid Response Review (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2024 - All 10 primary studies focused on patients with periodontitis and evaluated the effect of non- surgical … All but one study39 specified that NSPT was given during autoimmune treatment; no study evaluated the … Two RCTs evaluated the effect of NSPT among patients with psoriasis. … Risk of bias assessment evaluated using AMSTAR2 for systematic reviews Systematic Review Author … Risk of bias assessment evaluated by ROBINS for studies other than RCTs Studies Other Than RCTs With

323. Blood-based Tests for Multiple Cancer Screening: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     June 05, 2024 - Cancer biomarker technology and the analytes evaluated are continually evolving. … sensitivity, positive and negative predictive value) varies, and many tests may never progress to be evaluated … For quantitative syntheses, we will conduct sensitivity analyses excluding studies evaluated as high … For KQ 3, we will consider the pace of evolution and enhancements of the tests evaluated, whether tests … are replicable or available outside of the studies where they have been evaluated, secular trends in

324. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Fatigue and Sleepiness of Clinicians Due to Hours of Service (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2023 - general principles and practices for fatigue risk management systems have been developed7, 8 and evaluated … consequently general principles and practices for fatigue risk management systems have been developed7, 8 and evaluated

325. Executive Summary - Living Systematic Review on Cannabis and Other Plant-Based Treatments for Chronic Pain: 2023 Update (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2023 - THC to CBD ratio cannabis products versus placebo for neuropathic pain1 and another new RCT (n=15) evaluated … c One trial evaluated a plant-extracted low THC to CBD product and product that underwent further purification

326. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-ovarian-contraceptives_research-protocol.pdf
     March 13, 2012 - efficacious and less toxic therapies after diagnosis and primary prevention, need to be considered and evaluated … literature recommended during public and peer review or found during the updated literature search will be evaluated … be assessed using the approach described in AHRQ’s General Methods Guide.20 The evidence will be evaluated … confidence intervals of effect estimates Additionally, when appropriate, the studies will be evaluated

327. Technical Brief 16 Disposition of Comments Report (pdf file)
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     July 29, 2014 - that five of the tools identified in Table 1 “do not focus on decision(s) and are, therefore, not evaluated … Peer Reviewer #4 Findings Table 4: NE = Not evaluated. What is a blank cell? … Perhaps NE = no effect and a blank cell = not evaluated. That is correct. … but only 7 citations follow, in “Patient Population” on page 14, the text notes that “five studies evaluated

328. PEPTIC ULCER #11 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - Rockland, MA) can also be used to increase absorption of nutrients; however, somatropin has not been evaluated … Impact Potential: Teduglutide (Gattex) for treatment of short bowel syndrome Teduglutide has been evaluated … perspective stated the need for larger studies, and one of these experts thought teduglutide should be evaluated … Although teduglutide has been evaluated in only a small patient population, most of the reviewers were

329. Management of Renal Masses and Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2017 - Current State of the Evidence Focus of This Summary This is a summary of a systematic review that evaluated … RR 3.48 (1.08 to 11.15) ��� Perioperative outcomes 3 (11,404) No study evaluated estimated blood loss

330. Dispostion of Comments Report for Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults (pdf file)
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     November 27, 2012 - The proportion missed is simply based on the studies that evaluated targeted strategies and reported … Sustained virologic response (SVR) is evaluated as an outcome in a separate but complementary report … As discussed in the results, very few studies have evaluated such outcomes. … How can screening be evaluated in the absence of treatment? … have evaluated clinical effects of rapid testing on test uptake or clinical outcomes.

331. Strategies for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care (pdf file)
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     August 04, 2022 - for approaches that have not been implemented • Descriptions of approaches that have not been evaluated … our search for “valid and reliable” studies will limit inclusion to measures that have been used and evaluated … Institutes of Health Reporter and Clinicaltrials.gov for approaches that are currently being developed and evaluated … Each study evaluated will be independently reviewed for risk of bias by two team members.

332. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/vte-prophyalaxis_research-protocol.pdf
     March 01, 2011 - have FDA approval at present but are likely to gain approval will be systematically identified and evaluated … a prolonged INR secondary to liver disease or those receiving antiplatelet therapy, have not been evaluated … thromboprophylaxis in the United States or interventions not available in the United States will not be evaluated … does not require proof of safety and efficacy in randomized controlled trials, IVC filters have been evaluated … in uncontrolled designs that will be evaluated for inclusion.

333. S66 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - We evaluated adherence and persistence during new episodes of use of traditional and biologic DMARDs. … We evaluated persistence through survival analyses, and adherence within episodes through the medication … on specific DMARD therapies was examined by estimating the time to treatment discontin- uation.19 We evaluated … All fitted models were evaluated through standard diagnostic procedures and no major depar- tures from … is unclear.51 Further, specific reasons for treatment discontinuation or poor adherence could not be evaluated

334. Fecal-Incontinence Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     November 30, 2014 - Patients with FI due to spinal cord injury will be separately evaluated. … Additionally, we will search for systematic reviews published since 2007 that evaluated treatments for … outcomes and assessment methods used to detect change in those questionnaire results will be specifically evaluated … Outcomes The overall strength of evidence for select clinical outcomes within each comparison will be evaluated … study limitations domain having considerable importance.43 A fifth domain, reporting bias,43 will be evaluated

335. Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease: An Updated Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     August 12, 2016 - We have clarified which studies evaluated ethyl esters. … fibrillation sections that, in theory, we included supraventricular arrhythmias, but that all studies evaluated … recommendations, the authors may also wish to indicate that the total FA status of study participants should be evaluated … The limitations both of the evaluated studies and of the review are clearly stated and the consequently … We were unable to meaningfully analyze the subset of studies that evaluated untreated hypertensives

336. Appendicitis Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     December 09, 2013 - Clinical signs and symptoms can be evaluated relatively easily and inexpensively. … Studies meeting these criteria will be included regardless of the specific role of testing evaluated … We will perform analyses appropriate for the specific role of testing evaluated in each study (replacement … The concordance of findings across subgroup analyses will be evaluated qualitatively (in all instances … “not suspected”) will be evaluated with respect to publication bias, selective outcome reporting bias

337. Prostate-Cancer-Test Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     October 14, 2011 - Question 3 In patients with a positive biopsy for prostate cancer who are being evaluated to distinguish … value of PCA3 test results in multispecialty team decisionmaking and noted that this test should be evaluated … Timing  Any duration of followup will be evaluated. … morbidity; improved mortality; improved quality of life Biopsy A C D *Patients may be evaluated … also generate hierarchical SROCs if needed).11 It is likely that a range of cut-off levels will be evaluated

338. Disposition of Comments for CER 212 Nonsurgical Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Women (pdf file)
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     August 08, 2018 - In addition to public comments, each draft research review is independently evaluated by peer reviewers … In the next sentence, however, they state that both sets of studies evaluated behavioral therapy and … We meant "However" they both evaluated behavioral therapy and neuromodulation. … TENS has been evaluated by numerous studies. … surgical procedure, and, theoretically, doesn’t fit into the definition of “non-surgical” treatments evaluated

339. Ced-Topic-Refinement (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2022 - ........................................................ 27 KQ2: How Might the Amended Criteria be Evaluated … • KQ2: How might the revised criteria (“requirements”) be evaluated in the future? … The existing requirements have not been formally evaluated, making it challenging to comment objectively … KQ2: How Might the Amended Criteria be Evaluated in the Future We are unaware of any previous evaluation … The amended requirements might be evaluated with attention to both process and outcome metrics.

340. Whole-Body Vibration Therapy for Osteoporosis (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - We excluded studies (n = 37) that did not evaluate whole-body vibration, such as those that evaluated … All but one study of this group evaluated post-menopausal women.21,27,30,32,52,57 The other study included … visually showed, that there was a support device available on the platform.30,70-73 Three studies evaluated … A few studies evaluated whole-body vibration as an adjunctive therapy; two studies examined whole-body … such as bone mineral content, fractures, and bone turnover markers.30-32,47,57,71,72 Studies also evaluated