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2321. Disposition of Comments for Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Orthopedic Surgery (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2012 - The length of VTE prophylaxis used in trials was taken into consideration when evaluating the applicability … Currently, the draft research review omits a number of key studies evaluating the comparative effectiveness … Additionally, information such as drug regimen was considered when evaluating the applicability of the … CERs are precluded from evaluating cost as a determinant of comparative effectiveness. … We wanted to specify that we were not evaluating the early phase mild thrombocytopenia due to heparin

2322. Abnormal-Uterine-Bleeding Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      November 21, 2011 - consideration for this review, make it difficult to reliably establish a minimum sample size for evaluating … A systematic review evaluating health-related quality of life, work impairment, and health-care costs

2323. Meditation Executive (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2014 - We found 32 trials for KQ1: 4 evaluating TM, 2 evaluating other mantra meditation, and 26 evaluating … Among the 13 trials evaluating the effects of meditation programs on health-related behaviors affected … by stress, while very few controlled studies have found a similar benefit.14-16 Among the 14 RCTs evaluating … A pilot study evaluating mindfulness-based stress reduction and massage for the management of chronic

2324. Appendicitis Executive (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2015 - All studies evaluating the test performance of the same single index test in a similar patient population … Events Six studies (3 studies of US, 3 of MRI, and 2 of multiple clinical and lab tests, some studies evaluating … Seven studies (5 studies of US, 2 of MRI, 1 of CT, and 1 of clinical symptoms and signs, some studies evaluating … to be appropriate candidates for medical management or wait-and-see strategies) are necessary for evaluating … evaluate two or more index tests should provide a detailed description of the role of testing they are evaluating

2325. renal-update-2015-150115 (pdf file)
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      January 15, 2015 - Analytic framework for evaluating the effectiveness and  safety of treatments for renal artery stenosis

2326. Hepatitis-C-Screening Executive (pdf file)
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      November 01, 2012 - We also included studies that reported the diagnostic accuracy of noninvasive tests for evaluating … was insufficient evidence to determine clinical outcomes associated with different strategies for evaluating … Most of the studies64-68 evaluating the sensitivity and yield of different screening strategies (Key … Few studies evaluating harms of liver biopsy were conducted specifically in populations of patients

2327. Pressure Ulcer Treatment Strategies: A Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      November 08, 2011 - Current Page Topic Timeline Sep. 22, 2010 Topic Suggestion Nov. 8, 2011 Research Protocol May. 8, 2013 Systematic Review Sep. 12, 2013 Disposition of Comments Report Pressure Ulcer Treatment Strategies: A Comparative Effectiveness Review Research Protocol Archived November 8, 2011 Download Main Document PDF 251.7 …

2328. Disruptive-Behavior-Disorder Executive (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2015 - The two studies evaluating the SNAP ORP both reported significant differences between treatment and … a fairly robust literature on psychopharmacologic drugs as a whole, we identified only 13 studies evaluating … Most of the studies evaluating a psychosocial intervention for a child disruptive behavior included … of the evidence for this body of literature would be strengthened with more studies independently evaluating … Finally, there are few direct comparisons of individual interventions and no studies evaluating the

2329. CER 174 Executive Summary: Imaging for the Pretreatment of Small Cell Lung Cancer (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2016 - of widespread availability, high spatial resolution, and high speed and is particularly useful for evaluating … Furthermore, study authors did not specify whether nuclear medicine physicians evaluating FDG-PET images … Our findings suggest that clinicians evaluating patients for the presence of osseous metastases may … Unfortunately, as we found only one study evaluating EBUS and no studies evaluating EUS, MRI, or PET

2330. Progression-Free Survival: What Does It Mean for Psychological Well-Being or Quality of Life? | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      April 12, 2013 - Progression-Free Survival: What Does It Mean for Psychological Well-Being or Quality of Life? Research Report April 12, 2013 Web Version [NLM Site] Download Main Document PDF 511 KB People using assistive technology may not be able to fully access information in these files. For additional assistance, p…

2331. Renal-Cancer Executive (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2016 - malignant pathology in studies that evaluated tumor size as a categorical variable and in studies evaluating … Eight studies, evaluating active surveillance, were uncontrolled studies. … not be considered current. 23 Discussion This systematic review addresses three key questions evaluating … The literature evaluating renal mass sampling did not routinely report details such as localization

2332. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2011 - Evaluating outcomes in extraesophageal reflux manifestations is much more complex than evaluation of … Because of the paucity of patients and randomized controlled trials evaluating asthma outcomes with

2333. Methods Research Report: Linking Evidence Reviews to Organizational Guideline Planning: A Pilot Test of an Interactive Web-Based Presentation and Discussion of Evidence (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2018 - Elizabeth (Beth) Liles, M.D., M.C.R., and Qiana Amos, M.P.H., for work in developing, executing, and evaluating … methodologist and evidence analyst served as our primary collaborators in developing, administrating, and evaluating

2334. Computerized Definitions Showed High Positive Predictive Values for Identifying Reasons for Hospitalizations in a Medicaid Population with Rheumatoid Arthritis (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2008 - Although time and resource consuming, evaluating the accuracy of outcome identification is often necessary … TennCare) databases have been used extensively for post marketing studies of medication safety and we are evaluating

2335. Noninvasive Testing for Coronary Artery Disease (pdf file)
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      January 15, 2015 - described in the AHRQ methods guides.15, 18 A final strength of evidence grade will be assigned by evaluating

2336. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2007 - Layout 1 This report is an update to a Comparative Effectiveness Review on management strategies for renal artery stenosis (RAS) from October 2006. The systematic review included all studies of patients with atherosclerotic RAS (ARAS) that compared two or more interventions. It also reviewed recent prospective cohort…

2337. Obesity Prevention and Control (pdf file)
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      February 08, 2017 - This project will help inform the Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Methods for Evaluating Natural Experiments … identify methods that would provide lower bias and higher validity in using multiple data systems in evaluating … infrastructure to maintain and operate the system.2 Natural experiment: Natural experiment refers to ways of evaluating

2338. Obesity (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2012 - . 4 In 2011, Kushner and colleagues announced results from a phase III clinical trial (SEQUEL) evaluating … In 2011, Allison and colleagues announced results from a 56-week clinical trial (EQUIP) evaluating … While preliminary results are promising, further studies evaluating efficacy and safety are needed, … In 2012, Escalona and colleagues announced results from a 46-patient clinical trial (SEQUEL) evaluating

2339. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2007 - Many outcomes besides HbA1c and lipid levels are important when evaluating and comparing oral diabetes … sulfonylurea or metformin, due to lack of adjustment for key confounders in cohort studies and lack of studies evaluating … sulfonylurea or metformin, due to lack of adjustment for key confounders in cohort studies and lack of studies evaluating … Evaluating the durability of effects on proximal outcomes will be helpful in determining the clinical

2340. Breast Abnormalities Update Surveillance Assessment_CER 47_Low (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2012 - Breast Abnormalities Update Surveillance Assessment_CER 47_Low CER #47: Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests for Breast Abnormalities: Update of a 2006 Review Original release date: February, 2012 Surveillance Report: January, 2013 Key Findings: All of the key questions remain up-to-date. Summary Deci…