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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/medical-test-reviews-intro.ppt
June 01, 2012 - Typical types of medical tests:
Laboratory tests
Radiological imaging
Patient history
Physical examinations … While medical tests are most often thought of as those conducted in the laboratory or in the radiology
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/appendicitis_disposition-comments.pdf
December 14, 2015 - useful for the
authors to report the sensitivity and
specificity of the clinical symptoms, signs,
and laboratory … Imaging tests have adequate test
performance, while clinical signs and symptoms and laboratory
tests … appeared to have test
performance that was superior to the
individual clinical signs, symptoms, or
laboratory … selective use of imaging tests, and the need
to judiciously combine imaging tests with clinical and
laboratory … I am not
sure what you mean by “The literature on
clinical symptoms and signs, laboratory and
imaging
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/venous-ulcers-treatment-future_research.pdf
January 01, 2014 - veins documented by duplex ultrasound performed by a well-
trained sonographer or accredited vascular laboratory … accurate diagnosis using ultrasound performed by a well-trained sonographer or
accredited vascular laboratory … veins documented by duplex ultrasound performed by a well-
trained sonographer or accredited vascular laboratory … tributaries documented by duplex ultrasound
performed by a well-trained sonographer or accredited vascular laboratory … perforators documented by duplex
ultrasound performed by a well-trained sonographer or accredited vascular laboratory
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/health-topics/hypoglycemia
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/medical-test-reviews-risk-bias.ppt
June 01, 2012 - Because of variation in laboratory procedures or observers, a test may not consistently yield the same … How to apply criteria:
Criteria developed for laboratory studies may not be appropriate for studies of … For example, criteria developed to evaluate laboratory studies may not be appropriate for studies of
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/medical-test-reviews-risk-bias.ppt
June 01, 2012 - Because of variation in laboratory procedures or observers, a test may not consistently yield the same … How to apply criteria:
Criteria developed for laboratory studies may not be appropriate for studies of … For example, criteria developed to evaluate laboratory studies may not be appropriate for studies of
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s77.pdf
October 01, 2007 - The Veterans Affairs Healthcare
System: a unique laboratory for observational and interventional re-
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/health-topics/west-nile-virus
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/version-3-immunity-after-COVID-19-appendix-table-B-1.xlsx
January 24, 2022 - Quant Antibody Test CMIA;
Anti-N-IgG Architect chemiluminescent micropartical immunoassay CMIA Abbott Laboratories … Health Service HCWs recruited from 135 hospital sites across the UK Public Health England national laboratory … (1.3)
NR NR PCR TaqPath Two positive test results for the same individual 90 or more days apart Laboratory-confirmed
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/colon-cancer-gene-profiling_disposition-comments.pdf
December 14, 2012 - of handling that relate
to GEP assays are discussed in
the report; general issues that
relate to laboratory … page 10 it states,
“GEPS marketed as LDTs may enter the U.S. market with analytical
validation under laboratory
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pepticulcer_hi_impact.pdf
January 01, 2012 - The therapy
involves self-infection with laboratory-grown parasitic worms (helminths), which are … Ovamed GmbH, Barsbuttel, Germany) contains
microscopic porcine whipworm ova that have been grown in a laboratory
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/sleep-apnea_surveillance.pdf
April 01, 2012 - Large differences compared with in-laboratory
PSG cannot be excluded for all portable monitors. … 54 STOP-Bang.af.
55 sleep apnea, obstructive/di
56 or/44-55
57 exp Laboratory … screening method
incorporating subjective and
objective factors
N=223, patients referred to sleep laboratory … Large
differences compared with in-laboratory
PSG cannot be excluded for all portable
monitors.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/clinical-care-rapid-review-appendix-c.xlsx
January 01, 2018 - Comparison Between Arm Comparison Adjusted Factors
CRP Helmchen, 2016 Arm 1 Comparison hospital Clincal laboratory … Post-implementation
Growth rate: -0.005 (SD 0.3) NA NA NA
CRP Helmchen, 2016 Arm 2 UIH implementation Clincal laboratory … Comparison Between Arm Comparison Adjusted Factors
CRP Helmchen, 2016 Arm 1 Comparison hospital Clincal laboratory … Post-implementation
Growth rate: -0.005 (SD 0.3) NA NA NA
CRP Helmchen, 2016 Arm 2 UIH implementation Clincal laboratory
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/infectious-disease-horizon-scan-high-impact-1506.pdf
December 01, 2015 - In August 2013, FDA categorized the Xpert MTB/RIF test as “moderate complexity”
under the Clinical Laboratory … Xpert MTB/RIF point-of-
care testing had similar sensitivity to laboratory-based Xpert MTB/RIF testing … Five percent of point-of-care Xpert MTB/RIF tests failed
compared with 6% of laboratory-run Xpert MTB … In August 2013,
FDA categorized the Xpert MTB/RIF test as “moderate complexity” under the Clinical Laboratory … QuantiFERON-TB Gold test), and/or chest radiographs.122,123 The
recommended diagnostic procedure for laboratory
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/infectious-disease-horizon-scan-high-impact-1412.pdf
December 22, 2014 - In August 2013, FDA categorized the Xpert MTB/RIF test as
“moderate complexity” under the Clinical Laboratory … Xpert MTB/RIF point-of-
care testing had similar sensitivity to laboratory-based Xpert MTB/RIF testing … Five percent of point-of-care Xpert MTB/RIF tests failed
compared with 6% of laboratory-run Xpert MTB … In August 2013, FDA categorized the
Xpert MTB/RIF test as “moderate complexity” under the Clinical Laboratory … QuantiFERON-TB Gold test), and/or chest radiographs.108,109 The
recommended diagnostic procedure for laboratory
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/antenatal-care.pdf
January 01, 2020 - recommendations include 12 to 14 office-based
visits for low-risk pregnant patients, in addition to laboratory … individuals to receive during
the course of their antenatal care.11 These include first trimester laboratory
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/accountable-care-registries-guide-3rd-ed-addendum-white-paper-2018-5.pdf
January 01, 2018 - In identifying a cohort based on a chronic condition, it is not prudent to use a single
laboratory value … For discrete data elements, such as laboratory results,
data can be collected longitudinally but also … health coaching, offers of
social and financial supports, scheduling follow up visits to ensure certain laboratory
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pneumonia-antibiotic-treatment_disposition-comments.pdf
November 24, 2014 - include ventilator days, rates of relapse,
rates of reinfection, mortality risk, and timeliness of laboratory … the investigators defined
those outcomes (e.g., clinician judgment of patient signs and
symptoms, laboratory … agree the patient-centered outcomes are most important in
clinical practice (as contrasted solely with laboratory
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pneumonia-antibiotic-treatment_executive.pdf
November 01, 2014 - include ventilator days, rates of relapse, rates of
reinfection, mortality risk, and timeliness of laboratory … the investigators defined those outcomes
(e.g., clinician judgment of patient signs and symptoms,
laboratory
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prioritization-selection-of-harms.pdf
February 01, 2018 - such as
patients rating all outcomes as similarly high priority (e.g., mortality and an intermediate
laboratory … stakeholders prioritize harms differently or when very serious clinical
outcomes and minor harms (e.g., laboratory … In general, intermediate outcomes (e.g., changes in laboratory values or
physiological parameters) are