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241. Grading_didactic_faculty_approved (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2010 - In an observational study, sometimes plausible confounding factors work in the direction opposite that … Plausible Confounding Two scores are possible for plausible confounding: Present: confounding factors … that would decrease the observed effect may be present Absent: confounding factors that would decrease … Use one of two scores: Present: confounding factors that would decrease the observed effect may be present … Absent: confounding factors that would decrease the observed effect are not likely to be present.

242. Research Protocol: Clostridium difficile Infection Update (pdf file)
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     December 23, 2014 - The likelihood of developing CDI is dependent on a number of factors that allow colonization and toxin … Based on these factors, the overall strength of evidence for each outcome will be rated as.40 • High … Antimicrobial-associated risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection. … Meta- analysis to assess risk factors for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. … Yes Yes, most or all known factors were assessed No Critical factors are missing Uncertain

243. Tinnitus Executive (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2013 - To help inform medical practice, this systematic review was undertaken to explore prognostic factors … For adults with subjective idiopathic tinnitus, what prognostic factors, patient characteristics, and … • Patient characteristics: age, sex, race, medical or mental health comorbidities, socioeconomic factors … For adults with subjective idiopathic tinnitus, what prognostic factors, patient characteristics, and … Key Question 3 • Develop studies to evaluate the natural history and prognostic factors in persons

244. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     June 06, 2011 - .5 Factors that are unique to women (such as hormonal factors) have been reported to induce ECG changes … Additional factors may improve the accuracy of the exercise test, such as chronotropic and hemodynamic … 06, 2011 Page 5 of 21 comorbidities limit their tolerance for exercise testing.3 In summary, many factors … nephrogenic systemic fibrosis, anaphylaxis, and arrhythmias—and how these events vary by demographic factors … X-ray angiography‖ OR ―Xray angiography‖) + Female: women OR woman OR female OR females OR sex factors

245. Breast-Abnormalities-Tests-Update Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2010 - If the evidence permits, we will also examine the influence of various factors—age; the size and morphological … lesion; the presence of calcifications; the density of the breast tissue; and other key clinical risk factors—on … Question 2 Are there demographic (e.g., age) and clinical risk factors (e.g., morphologic characteristics … www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published Online: July 01, 2010 5 Question 3 Are there other factors … The fate of abstracts submitted to a cancer meeting: factors which influence presentation and subsequent

246. CER 217 Disposition of Comments: Management of Infertility (pdf file)
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     May 14, 2019 - TEP Reviewer #2 Discussion/ Conclusion It might be better to just discuss socioeconomic factors and

247. Healthcare Delivery of Clinical Preventive Services for People with Disabilities (pdf file)
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     January 16, 2024 - The challenge arises from and is complicated by many factors, including: the various definitions and … , but as an outcome of the interaction between an individual’s health conditions and environmental factors … to a particular preventive service if the interaction of their functional ability and environmental factors … Environmental factors may be physical (e.g., accessibility of facilities), social (e.g., communication … Interventions that also address factors other than clinical preventive services may be included, provided

248. Renal-Function Executive (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2014 - other causes for increased troponin, clinicians use elevated troponin levels (along with clinical factors … (Background for Key Question 2) Frequently, clinicians use troponin levels, along with clinical factors … Only one study compared discrimination against a model of clinical factors. … Need To Compare Troponin Testing Against Conventional Risk Prediction/Clinical Factors As described … Predictive cardiovascular risk factors in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).

249. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     May 14, 2010 - individuals of the same age, sex, and body size, and it is not used for persons over the age of 50.4 Risk factors … treatments vary between individuals with different risks for fracture as determined by the following factors … b) What factors affect adherence and persistence? … , 6) 2º Outcome: Adverse effects of treatment Factors that affect Adherence/persistence with … KQ2 assesses the evidence for factors that affect the effectiveness of treatment (e.g., comorbidity,

250. Slide 1
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     January 01, 2013 - the time window for this effect using various intervals to define treatment, and the control for all factors … While the design avoids confounding by factors that are stable over time, it can still be confounded … by factors that vary over time. … Advantages The self-controlled design controls for factors that are stable over time. … Case-crossover study proposals should discuss the potential for confounding by time-varying factors and

251. Methods White Paper: Improving the Utility of Evidence Synthesis for Decision Makers in the Face of Insufficient Evidence (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2021 - Results of both the literature review and review of systematic reviews highlighted the factors decision … KI interviews were used to summarize contextual or implementation factors and to develop conceptual … Fifteen (71%) included a Guiding Question pertaining to contextual or implementation factors. … (factors other than benefits/harms) Example 1. … Evidence on other factors that may affect the decision may be helpful to decisionmakers, such as

252. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 15, 2010 - Are any of these characteristics or factors predictive of treatment success? … For polysomnography and home monitoring devices  Any combination of 2 or more “channels” (measured factors … Clinical decision-making tools o  Single or multiple patient characteristic predictors or risk factors … We will extract basic demographic data such as age, sex, and race and any and all factors that may have … Sleepiness, sleep-disordered breathing, and accident risk factors in commercial vehicle drivers.

253. Cancer-Pancreas Executive (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2014 - about 46,000 people received a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and 40,000 died of the disease.3 Risk factors … The two key factors in assessing resectability are distant metastasis (which excludes resectability) … How are patient factors and tumor characteristics related to the comparative staging accuracy of the … How are patient factors related to the harms of different imaging techniques? b. … How are patient factors related to the harms of different imaging techniques?

254. Slide 1
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     January 01, 2013 - Treatment decisions are based on factors associated with underlying disease and its severity, general … Treatment decisions are based on numerous factors associated with the underlying disease and its severity … Because clinicians routinely make treatment decisions based on numerous factors associated with the underlying … If these time-varying factors are not controllable, the use of a historical comparison group cannot be … Stratification must be carried out to inform decisions about how to handle these factors.

255. Effectiveness of Early Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2012 - Peer Reviewer #8 Introduction The statement regarding risk factors, remarks on the controversial … Risk factors for CDI was not formally part of the scope of the CER. … For the risk factors, only studies published after the systematic review by Bignardi are selected for … Peer Reviewer #8 Results Based on the 13 studies included for the risk factors, all of the studies … Description of studies evaluating risk factors for Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea (CDAD)

256. Opioid Treatments for Chronic Pain Research Protocol (pdf file)
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     December 19, 2018 - associated with a variety of conditions and influenced by multiple biological, psychological, and social factors … Therefore, optimal approaches to the management of chronic pain should consider psychological and social factors … Factors that may affect applicability which we have identified a priori include eligibility criteria … and patient factors (e.g., demographic characteristics, duration or severity of pain, underlying pain … Risk Factors/ 22. Proportional Hazards Models/ 23. "Reproducibility of Results"/ 24.

257. Nonpharmacological Versus Pharmacological Treatment for Patients With Major Depressive Disorder: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2016 - SGAs and CBT, clinicians and patients might consider the benefits and harms of treatment and other factors … worsening or persisting depression and suicide �� That treatment decisions may take the following factors … into account: �– Patient factors (e.g., history of trauma or abuse) �– Severity of the patient’s depression

258. Disposition of comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 242: Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases (pdf file)
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     June 09, 2021 - It is certainly true that clinicians use a nuanced framework incorporating a number of factors such … For factors such as number of lesions and volume of lesions, this information was abstracted when … Re 4) Tumor histology and prognosis are certainly important factors. … While individual studies may have performed subgroup analyses based on tumor type or other factors … For factors such as number of lesions and volume of lesions, this information was abstracted when

259. Ch 5-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - Treatment decisions are based on numerous factors associated with the underlying disease and its severity … Because clinicians routinely make treatment decisions based on numerous factors associated with the … If these time-varying factors are not controllable, the use of a historical comparison group cannot … Because many factors associated with socioeconomic status that might be associated with treatment choice … assessing the impact of healthy user bias is necessary and more research is needed to understand factors

260. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     August 10, 2010 - interest in summarizing information about the variation in prevalence, diagnosis and treatment of ADHD by factors … Subgroup and Sensitivity Analysis There are key patient-specific or intervention-specific factors … Additionally, if there are sufficient studies we will explore trial specific factors such as 1) duration … assess the overall strength of the body of the evidence using the GRADE approach.12 There are several factors … Precision (degree of certainty surrounding an effect estimate for a specific outcome) There are factors