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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hypothyroidism-hyperthyroidism-screening-treatment_executive.pdf
October 01, 2011 - Layout 1
Background
Mildly elevated or decreased serum thyroid
stimulating hormone (TSH, also called
thyrotropin) levels are the most common
abnormalities related to thyroid function.
Subclinical thyroid dysfunction, defined as
an abnormal TSH with normal levels of
serum thyroid hormones (T3 and T4),
affects 5 perc…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/coronary-artery-stenting_research-protocol.pdf
August 19, 2011 - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
1
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Comparative Effectiveness of Intravascular Diagnostic Procedures and
Imaging Techniques versus Angiography Alone
Amendment Dates: 3/1/12, 5/1/12
(see Appendix VII)
I. Bac…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/atypical-antipsychotics-seniors-death_research.pdf
August 01, 2007 - Microsoft Word - ehcrr#2toCSI.doc
Effective Health Care
Number 2
Research Reports
Comparative Safety of Conventional and
Atypical Antipsychotic Medications:
Risk of Death in British Columbia Seniors
Sebastian Schneeweiss, M.D., Sc.D.
Soko Setoguchi, M.D., Dr.P.H.
Alan Brookhart, Ph.D.
Colin Dormuth, M.A., Sc…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/draft-living-review-plant-chronic-pain-e-cohort-studies.xlsx
March 25, 2024 - Table E-5. Can. Cohort Studies
Table E-5. Cannabis cohort studies
PMID Author, Year Study Design Setting Pain Population Pain Condition Age Measure (Mean, Median) Age, Years Female % Race, White % Race, Black % Race, Hispanic/Latino % Race, Asian % Race, Other % Pain Duration Measure
(Mean, Median) Pain Duration, Mon…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/episodic-migraine-surveillance-report-2.pdf
June 01, 2022 - Acute Treatment for Episodic Migraine: Surveillance Report 2
Acute Treatments for Episodic Migraine:
Surveillance Report 2
Literature Update Period: September 2, 2021, Through December 30, 2021
Background and Purpose
This report is the second surveillance report for the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quali…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/surveillance-report-2-nonopioid-pharm-chronic-pain.pdf
April 01, 2022 - Systematic Review on Nonopioid Pharmacologic Treatments for Chronic Pain: Surveillance Report 2
Systematic Review on Nonopioid
Pharmacologic Treatments for Chronic
Pain: Surveillance Report 2
Literature Update Period: October 2021 through December 2021
Background and Purpose
This is the second update for the 20…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/anal-cancer-protocol.pdf
September 26, 2023 - Treatment of Stage I-III Squamous Cell Anal Cancer
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Treatment of Stage I-III Squamous Cell Anal Cancer
Publication Date: August 18, 2023
Amendment Date: September 26, 2023
(Amendments Details–see Section VI)
I. Background
Although anal ca…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/episodic-migraine-surveillance-report-2.pdf
June 01, 2022 - Acute Treatment for Episodic Migraine: Surveillance Report 2
1
Acute Treatments for Episodic Migraine:
Surveillance Report 2
Literature Update Period: September 2, 2021, Through December 30, 2021
Background and Purpose
This report is the second surveillance report for the Agency for Healthcare Research and
…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/surveillance-report-2-nonopioid-pharm-chronic-pain.pdf
April 01, 2022 - Systematic Review on Nonopioid Pharmacologic Treatments for Chronic Pain: Surveillance Report 2
1
Systematic Review on Nonopioid
Pharmacologic Treatments for Chronic
Pain: Surveillance Report 2
Literature Update Period: October 2021 through December 2021
Background and Purpose
This is the second update fo…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/appendixes-surveillance-report-1-nonopioid-trtmts-chronic-pain.pdf
January 01, 2021 - Appendix A. Literature Search Strategies
A-1
Appendix A. Literature Search Strategies
Randomized controlled trials
Database: Ovid MEDLINE(R) and Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed
Citations, Daily and Versions(R)
1 (celecoxib or diclofenac or diflunisal or etodolac or fenoprofen or …
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/assessing-applicability.ppt
January 01, 2009 - In the first example, to maximize internal validity, the Fracture Intervention Trial (FIT) used very
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/prostate-cancer-therapies-update_disposition-comments.pdf
December 16, 2014 - patients compared with contemporary IMRT, and
Does not appear to increase either the risk of hip fracture
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mass-casualty-events-scarce-resources_executive.pdf
June 01, 2012 - Evidence-Based
Practice
Evidence-based Practice
Program
The Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ), through its Evidence-
based Practice Centers (EPCs), sponsors
the development of evidence reports and
technology assessments to assist public-
and private-sector organizations in their
efforts to imp…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ch_1-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
August 13, 2012 - 7
Abstract
The steps involved in the process of developing research questions and study objectives for conducting
observational comparative effectiveness research (CER) are described in this chapter. It is important
to begin with identifying decisions under consideration, determining who the decisionmakers and
sta…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s158.pdf
October 01, 2007 - ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Adjustments for Unmeasured Confounders in
Pharmacoepidemiologic Database Studies Using External
Information
Til Stürmer, MD,*† Robert J. Glynn, PhD,*†‡ Kenneth J. Rothman, DrPH,*§¶ Jerry Avorn, MD,*
and Sebastian Schneeweiss, MD*�
Background: Nonexperimental studies of drug effects in large
automa…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/app-d-opioid-chronic-pain-surveillance-report-3.xlsx
September 30, 2015 - Appendix Table D-1. RCTs
Table D-1. Randomized controlled trials
Author, Year Study Design
Duration Setting
Country Eligibility Criteria Interventions Sample Characteristics Screened
Eligible
Randomized
Analyzed Results Adverse Events and Withdrawals Due to Adverse Events Sponsor Quality
Hruschak, 2021 RCT
Duration:…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/choice-of-mean_white-paper.pdf
April 01, 2015 - The
medical conditions included hip fracture, obstructive sleep apnea, depression, diabetes, and
alcohol … Pain Management Interventions for Hip
Fracture. Comparative Effectiveness Review
No. 30.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/telehealth-women/protocol
September 20, 2021 - Telehealth for Women
Research Protocol September 20, 2021 Download Main Document PDF 530.1 KB
Submit Supplemental Evidence and Data by October 18, 2021
I. Background and Objectives
In 2016, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) partnered with the American College of Obstetrics and …
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/telehealth-women-protocol.pdf
June 21, 2021 - Telehealth for Women
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Telehealth for Women
I. Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review
Background
In 2016, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) partnered with the American
College of Obstetrics a…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/bundled-payments-quality-effects_disposition-comments.pdf
August 24, 2012 - Peer Reviewer
#7
Results Page 41, lines 3-6. ³Hip fracture patients² is used twice. … reviewer that this
particular result is not meaningful, and we do
report mortality one-year post-fracture