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141. Protocol: Imaging for Pretreatment Staging of Small Cell Lung Cancer (pdf file)
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     December 08, 2014 - patients with possible lung cancer, key clinical inputs include symptom assessment, clinical exam, risk factor … characteristics (KQ3), the study must have reported comparative accuracy data stratified by patient/tumor factor … , or comparative effectiveness data stratified by patient/tumor factor. … factors and tumor characteristics, we will calculate for each study the association between a patient factor … This factor is used for studies of treatments, and is not relevant for this topic.

142. Impact of Healthcare Worker Safety and Wellness: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     October 26, 2024 - Impact of Healthcare Worker Safety and Wellness: A Systematic Review Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol Project Title: Impact of Healthcare Worker Safety and Wellness: A Systematic Review I. Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review As trained professionals who pr…

143. Disposition of Comments Report for Recurrent Nephrolithiasis in Adults (pdf file)
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     July 26, 2012 - Dean Executive Summary There is epidemiologic evidence that high fructose consumption is a risk factor … main report to acknowledge the epidemiologic data supporting high fructose consumption as a risk factor … Assimos, Dean Executive Summary They should consider adding abnormalities of urine pH as a risk factor … We added mention of malabsorption as a potential risk factor for kidney stones to the revised Executive … do not believe there would be an acceptable method to adjust or weigh results to account for this factor

144. Disposition of Comments for CER 201 Effectiveness of Indoor Allergen Reduction in the Management of Asthma (pdf file)
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     February 15, 2018 - following text to the Discussion emphasizing this important limitation of the “Another important factor … that the actual extent of allergen reduction achieved in a patient’s home is an important mediating factor … The manuscript notes (roughly) that this makes it difficult to resolve which factor mattered most. … Although there is some mention that age might be a factor, there is insufficient discussion of this … Academy leadership would observe that although there is some mention that age might be a factor, there

145. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 258_Diagnostic Errors in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2023 - The causal and risk factor literature was strongest for patient and illness characteristics and relatively

146. Chicago-Area DEcIDE Center (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2009 - For each factor, we created a quantitative relative index measure. … of the three scores with volume weighted at 0.5, safety at 0.25 and the combined cost and marketing factor … We weighted the volume component with a higher weight because extent of use is a fundamental factor … vulnerable populations. ** Denotes Factors where more the 50% of the TEP rated the importance of the factor … * Denotes factors where more than 50% of the TEP rated the importance of the factor as a 4 or a 5 on

147. First- and Second-Generation Antipsychotics in Children and Young Adults: Systematic Review Update (pdf file)
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     March 16, 2017 - Peer Reviewer 9 Methods Provide a reference for inconsistency factor plotting – The method is not called … “inconsistency factor plotting”, but it is "loop-specific approach" that evaluates inconsistency separately … If the lower confidence interval limit of the inconsistency factor for a loop does not reach the zero … TEP 7 Methods [page 67]: Provide reference for interpretation of inconsistency factor plots, as these … We agree that for these outcomes the treatment duration may be a major factor.

148. First- and Second-Generation Antipsychotics in Children and Young Adults: Systematic Review Update (pdf file)
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     March 16, 2017 - Peer Reviewer 9 Methods Provide a reference for inconsistency factor plotting – The method is not called … “inconsistency factor plotting”, but it is "loop-specific approach" that evaluates inconsistency separately … If the lower confidence interval limit of the inconsistency factor for a loop does not reach the zero … TEP 7 Methods [page 67]: Provide reference for interpretation of inconsistency factor plots, as these … We agree that for these outcomes the treatment duration may be a major factor.

149. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 11 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - with a particular genetic change who exhibit signs and symptoms of a disorder.”3 Penetrance is a key factor … This is a good example of incorporating a key preanalytic factor (family history), that has an important

150. Effect-Dietary-Digestible (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2021 - Understanding whether and when carbohydrate intake is a modifiable risk factor for disease or poor health … The biggest risk factor of the development of T2D is obesity, defined as an abnormal or excessive fat

151. FRN 40 - Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2013 - Prioritized list of risk factor research questions with PICOTS information .............. … Prioritized list of risk factor research questions with PICOTS information ................... 19 Table … Prioritized list of risk factor research questions with PICOTS information Research Question Population … Prioritized list of risk factor research questions with PICOTS information Research Question Population

152. Assessing Applicability (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2009 - Assessing Applicability Assessing Applicability Prepared for: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Training Modules for Systematic Reviews Methods Guide www.ahrq.gov Assessing Applicability Systematic Review Process Overview * Systematic Review Process Overview This slide illustrates the steps…

153. Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2016 - uterotonics, misoprostol, tranexamic acid, carboprost tromethamine, thrombomodulin, and recombinant factor

154. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 15, 2010 - Night-to-night variation in an important factor to consider when comparing portable monitors to PSG … Obstructive sleep apnea as a risk factor for stroke and death. N Engl J Med 2005;353:2034-41. 5. … Population-based study of sleep-disordered breathing as a risk factor for hypertension.

155. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 - Effective Health Care Topic Number: 0168 Document Completion Date: 6-9-10 1 Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps  Cesarean birth in low-risk women will go forward for refinement as a systematic review. The scope of this topic, including populations, interventions, comparato…

156. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2010 - subgroups of people; (3) Whether the feasibility, efficacy, and/or harms of treatment for the risk factor … filtration rate, and hematocrit with 25-year incidence of end-stage renal disease in the multiple risk factor

157. Diabetes-Foot-Ulcer-Amputation-Incidence Research (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - which was 13.2 percent in 2006 and 2007 and 13.6 percent in 2008 and has been shown to be a risk factor … Thirty-year trends in cardiovascular risk factor levels among U.S. adults with diabetes: National Health

158. Disposition of Comments for Interventions To Improve Cardiovascular Risk Factors in People With Serious Mental Illness (pdf file)
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     April 22, 2013 - tobacco use prevention/cessation We agree that tobacco use prevention and cessation is an important factor … The impact of smoking (and prevalence) does not seem to be adequately emphasized as a major risk factor … (independent of weight loss) is also something that could be more clearly addressed as both a risk factor … OR is the major factor here the combination of a behavioral and a pharmacological intervention. … As smoking (by itself) is highly prevalent and an important cardiovascular risk factor, the report

159. Assessing Applicability: Interactive Case Study Quiz (ppt file)
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     May 29, 2025 - Assessing Applicability: Interactive Case Study Quiz Assessing Applicability Interactive Quiz Prepared for: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Training Modules for Systematic Reviews Methods Guide www.ahrq.gov Assessing Applicability Interactive Quiz Why might trials with run-in periods and …

160. Assessing Applicability: Interactive Case Study Quiz (ppt file)
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     May 29, 2025 - Assessing Applicability: Interactive Case Study Quiz Assessing Applicability Interactive Quiz Prepared for: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Training Modules for Systematic Reviews Methods Guide www.ahrq.gov Assessing Applicability Interactive Quiz Why might trials with run-in periods and …