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1801. Disposition of Comments for Efficacy and Safety of Screening for Postpartum Depression (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/depression-postpartum-screening_disposition-comments.pdf
      May 01, 2013 - Screening for symptoms for RISK of PPD is a great first step but there needs to be further evaluation … Imagine when our clinical priors are already elevated that screening adds little to need to evaluation … Think of it: what if evaluation of mammography failed to exclude women already diagnosed with breast … The evaluations of screening need to be independent of the evaluation of other enhancements of care … Screening for symptoms of RISK for PPD is a great first step but there needs to be further evaluation

1802. Disposition of Comments CER 194 Intermittent Inhaled Corticosteroids and Long-Acting Muscarinic Antagonists for Asthma (pdf file)
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      March 19, 2018 - In addition, statistical evaluation of heterogeneity revealed no concerns for the analysis. … he methodologies used and the presentation of the results an outstanding example of this type of evaluation … However, there is a lot of text, table and chart space devoted to laying out the evaluation strategy

1803. VTE Surveillance Assessment_49_low_SPI (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/blood-clots-hip-knee-surgery_surveillance.pdf
      December 01, 2012 - A higher level of statistical heterogeneity was detected in the evaluation of PE. … Statistically significant publication bias was detected in the evaluation of distal DVT and nonfatal … A higher level of statistical heterogeneity was detected in the evaluation of PE. … A higher level of statistical heterogeneity was detected in the evaluation of proximal DVT and major … Statistically significant publication bias was detected in the evaluation of distal DVT and nonfatal

1804. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/psoriasis-chronic_research-protocol.pdf
      January 10, 2012 - and to compare harms in patients without psoriasis or untreated controls with psoriasis, such an evaluation

1805. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0278_03-10-2008.pdf
      January 01, 2008 - Effective Health Care Topic Number(s): 0041 Document Completion Date: 6-2-09 1 Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps  Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) will go forward for refinement as a comparative effectiveness or effectiveness review. The scope of this topic, includi…

1806. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/juvenile-arthritis-dmards_disposition-comments.pdf
      September 01, 2011 - Executive Summary (Pg 15, line 46 & 56) A disease registry rather than a DMARD registry is key for evaluation … Providing this level of dosing information goes beyond our evaluation. … The FDA AERS evaluation for this review was not helpful to the report and has been deleted. … The adverse reaction reporting system evaluation conducted specifically for this review has been removed … The process used for evidence review and synthesis as described in this report is standard for the evaluation

1807. Disposition of Comments Report for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections (pdf file)
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      November 30, 2012 - (Prepared by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Technology Evaluation Center Evidence-based … could have been richer and might have mentioned the SQUIRE guidelines and the various mixed methods evaluation … However, the techniques, inclusion and exclusion criteria, evaluation criteria, and key questions have … To understand heterogeneity, mixed methods evaluation is needed, but there is little mention of this … No response is needed. 112 Peer Reviewer #4 Discussion/ Conclusion Given the way the evaluation

1808. Glaucoma-Screening Executive (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2012 - Because of this new evidence, we believe that a re-evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of population … Evaluation of optical coherence tomography and heidelberg retinal tomography parameters in detecting … Retinal nerve fibre layer evaluation in ocular hypertensive eyes using optical coherence tomography … Retinal nerve fiber layer evaluation in open-angle glaucoma. … Evaluation of scanning resolution on retinal nerve fiber layer measurement using optical coherence

1809. CER 205 Disposition of Comments for Physiologic Predictors of Severe Injury: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2018 - Peer Reviewer #3 General Comments This is a very thorough and well written evaluation of the existing

1810. chronic-fatigue-protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/chronic-fatigue_research-protocol.pdf
      May 01, 2014 - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Health Technology Assessment, National Health Sciences Economic Evaluation … using the approach described in the AHRQ Methods Guide.14 To ensure consistency and validity of the evaluation … Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.

1811. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/health-careassociated-infections_research-protocol.pdf
      August 26, 2011 - The RAND Health report identified important evaluation questions for QI strategies, reporting requirements …  Is the length of followup sufficient to support the evaluation of primary outcomes and harms? … #10 RCT search Randomised [ti] OR Randomized [ti] OR Controlled [ti] OR intervention [ti] OR evaluation … [ti] OR impact [ti] OR effectiveness [ti] OR Evaluation [ti] OR Studies [ti] OR study [ti] Comparative … [ti] OR Clinical Trial [pt] OR Randomized Controlled Trial [pt] OR Epidemiologic Studies [mh] OR Evaluation

1812. Conducting Quantitative Synthesis when Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-quantitative-synthesis_methods.pdf
      October 01, 2010 - Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR b Danube University, Krems, Austria c Technology Evaluation … Evaluation of multiple interventions also makes the assessment of similarity among studies and the … These increased the complexity in the evaluation of clinical and methodological diversity. … Examples to illustrate how to make appropriate decisions based on evaluation of different types of … Investigators should perform a comprehensive evaluation of clinical and methodological diversity and

1813. Conducting Quantitative Synthesis when Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/methodsguide_conductingquantitativesynthesis.pdf
      October 01, 2010 - Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR b Danube University, Krems, Austria c Technology Evaluation … Evaluation of multiple interventions also makes the assessment of similarity among studies and the … These increased the complexity in the evaluation of clinical and methodological diversity. … Examples to illustrate how to make appropriate decisions based on evaluation of different types of … Investigators should perform a comprehensive evaluation of clinical and methodological diversity and

1814. Disposition of Comments for CER 153 Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer (pdf file)
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      October 27, 2015 - --how often and how long should cytology be performed in evaluation and followup of screening patient … Use of biomarkers for evaluation of atypical cytology was outside the scope of this review, which … We Revised to be clearer that evaluation of symptoms was in patients without a prior diagnosis of … Results were presented separately for evaluation of symptoms (no prior diagnosis) and surveillance … Follow-up of the negative evaluation of microscopic hematuria related to pre-test probabilities 2.

1815. Grading_didactic_faculty_approved (ppt file)
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      January 01, 2010 - in large measure on the approach used by the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation … systematic reviews by diverse decisionmakers and stakeholders To give decisionmakers: A comprehensive evaluation … additional components in our approach, we have attempted to give decisionmakers a more comprehensive evaluation … I2 statistics Four Required Domains: Consistency Scores Four Required Domains: Consistency Scores Evaluation … Centers is conceptually similar to the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation

1816. Trauma-Child-Interventions Executive (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2013 - Evaluation of individual and group grief and trauma interventions for children post disaster.

1817. Renal-Function Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      June 13, 2013 - Recommended diagnostic strategies include clinical evaluation, 12-lead ECG, and biomarker determination … dyspnea for example).This presents a diagnostic dilemma to the clinician and often requires an extended evaluation … While troponin is one factor often considered in evaluation of MI/ACS, by itself, troponin is neither … Publication bias will be examined by using Begg’s test and Egger’s test, including evaluation of the … Prognostic value of cardiac markers in ESRD: Chronic Hemodialysis and New Cardiac Markers Evaluation

1818. Disposition of Comments Report for Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 131 (pdf file)
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      February 25, 2014 - Finally, we request consideration that the review limit its evaluation to only the phase III efficacy … Public: UCB Results, KQ3 For the evaluation of long-term remission, it is difficult to consent patients … Public: UCB Results, KQ6 In the evaluation of patient-reported outcomes during the maintenance of remission … on p. 70 and p.71 – Table 15, the following patient-reported outcomes data should be added to the evaluation

1819. Colorectal-Surgery-Preparation Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      March 26, 2013 - We do not plan to use rigid counts of studies as standards of evaluation (e.g., four of five studies … Technology Status Evaluation report. Colonoscopy preparations. May 2001.

1820. GRADING THE STRENGTH OF A BODY OF EVIDENCE (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-grading-evidence_methods.pdf
      November 01, 2013 - Historically, EPCs referred to the evaluation of individual studies as quality assessment; EPCs have … EPCs may consider the overlap of CIs when making this evaluation. … If these criteria are met, such that a quantitative evaluation is permissible, the flow diagram takes … If one or more of these criteria are not met, then EPCs would forego a quantitative evaluation and attempt … only a qualitative evaluation instead (moving down the right-hand column of the figure).