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61. Evidence Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 257: Schedule of Visits and Televisits for Routine Antenatal Care: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2022 - Though there is strong evidence for many prenatal services (e.g., routine laboratory testing, imaging … recommendations include 12 to 14 office-based visits for individuals with low-risk pregnancies, in addition to laboratory

62. Disposition of Comments for CER 162 Diagnosis of Celiac Disease (pdf file)
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    January 28, 2016 - We have added mention of potential differences in accuracy among laboratories under “Applicability” … Some of these kits have adjustment of the kit manufacturer reference ranges by individual testing laboratories … In particular, the U.K. study has shown substantial variability in the quantification between laboratories … under Applicability in the Discussion section and cite studies comparing accuracy among different laboratories … For the serological assays it clearly brought out the fact that different laboratories may use different

63. Prostate-Cancer-Test Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    October 14, 2011 - However, several reference laboratories offer PCA3 testing as laboratory-developed tests (tests developed … by and used at a single laboratory testing site). … attention has been directed at creating algorithms or nomograms that combine multiple clinical and laboratory … Note: PCA3 testing has not been approved by the FDA but is offered as a laboratory- developed test. … Testing complies with requirements of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (Public Law 100-578).

64. Disposition of Comments Report for Cardiac Troponins Used as Diagnostic and Prognostic Tests in Patients Wtih Kidney Disease (pdf file)
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    August 11, 2014 - We did not collect data on the number of laboratories used in our initial data collection. … None of the 21 articles reported if they used different local laboratories or if there was a core laboratory … It is presumed to be cardiologists, nephrologists, laboratory medicine specialists and emergency department … diverse set of contingents including cardiologists, nephrologists, emergency room physicians, and laboratory

65. PREGNANCY, INCLUDING PRETERM BIRTH #12 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2012 - (San Diego, CA), which markets a laboratory-developed test and is in the process of developing a … o Other companies that have followed suit to develop a similar laboratory-developed test include Verinata … Several companies have developed a laboratory-developed test (LDT), and one of the companies is developing … This test launched in fall 2011 as an LDT performed at the company’s Clinical Laboratory Improvements … Act-certified reference laboratory, Sequenom Center for Molecular Medicine. 52 Additionally, Sequenom

66. C-Diff-Infections-Surveillance-140925 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2014 - Laboratory diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection. … Comparison of two commercial molecular assays to a laboratory- developed molecular assay for diagnosis … Goldenber 2010 Laboratory not stated, assumed C Diff Quik Chek 60 N/A sensitivity (95% This study used … assays: Prodesse ProGastro CD assay BD GeneOhm Cdiff assay Laboratory-developed assay: LC-CDTX … diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection submitted to three clinical microbiology laboratories

67. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2007 - What clinical, imaging, laboratory, and anatomic characteristics are associated with improved or worse

68. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2011 - feel, such as disability or quality of life or death), intermediate or surrogate outcomes (such as laboratory … Large differences compared with in-laboratory PSG cannot be excluded for all portable monitors. … Furthermore, there are variations across laboratories in 10 the definitions of OSA (using different … Most of the studies were conducted either in the sleep laboratory setting or at home. … PSG patients visiting preoperative clinics, sleep laboratories, and primary care centers for evaluation

69. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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    June 01, 2012 - How similar are results obtained in multiple laboratories using the same, or different technology … Genetics and the College of American Pathologists (CAP) can be useful in establishing the degree of laboratory-to-laboratory … to laboratory, and quality control. … How reproducible is the test from laboratory to laboratory? … When evaluating DNA-based molecular tests, the complexity of the test method, laboratory-to­-laboratory

70. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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    June 01, 2012 - How similar are results obtained in multiple laboratories using the same, or different technology … Genetics and the College of American Pathologists (CAP) can be useful in establishing the degree of laboratory-to-laboratory … to laboratory, and quality control. … How reproducible is the test from laboratory to laboratory? … When evaluating DNA-based molecular tests, the complexity of the test method, laboratory-to­-laboratory

71. 8 (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2008 - administrative databases usually contain information routinely collected during clinic, hospital, laboratory … Active methods, such as querying patients using a comprehensive checklist or standardized laboratory … structured questionnaires or interviews about the occurrence of specific adverse events, or predefined laboratory … In the context of systematic reviews, the term is often used to refer to laboratory-determined abnormalities … However, the terms “abnormal laboratory measurements” and “laboratory abnormalities” are more specific

72. 8 (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2008 - administrative databases usually contain information routinely collected during clinic, hospital, laboratory … Active methods, such as querying patients using a comprehensive checklist or standardized laboratory … structured questionnaires or interviews about the occurrence of specific adverse events, or predefined laboratory … In the context of systematic reviews, the term is often used to refer to laboratory-determined abnormalities … However, the terms “abnormal laboratory measurements” and “laboratory abnormalities” are more specific

73. Disposition of Comments for CER 166 Calcineurin Inhibitors (pdf file)
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    March 15, 2016 - This area was identified as an area of uncertainty by laboratory medical experts who were part of … Public Reviewer 4 Roger Bertholf, PhD Professor Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine … The laboratory monitoring of immunosuppressants is no doubt provide valuable information for maximizing … Public Reviewer 5 Adil Khan, MSc, PhD, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Temple … Public Reviewer 3 LiSheng Chen, PhD, on behalf of the AACC Discussion The selection of laboratory

74. Hepatic-Fibrosis White-Paper (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2014 - Development of a novel score for liver fibrosis staging and comparison with eight simple laboratory … Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Medicine. 2012 Apr;50(4):693- 9. PMID: 22505560. 15. … Predicting cirrhosis in patients with hepatitis C based on standard laboratory tests: results of … Development of a novel score for liver fibrosis staging and comparison with eight simple laboratory … Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Medicine. 2012 Apr;50(4):693- 9. PMID: 22505560. 37.

75. Grading_didactic_faculty_approved (ppt file)
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    January 01, 2010 - Intermediate or surrogate outcomes instead of health or patient-centered outcomes Example: laboratory … about the link between use of the intervention and proxy, surrogate, or intermediate measures (e.g., laboratory … final/ultimate outcomes, or between use of the service and the intermediate or proxy measures such as laboratory … e.g., positive effects on health outcomes such as physical function or quality of life, or effects on laboratory … e.g., positive effects on health outcomes such as physical function or quality of life, or effects on laboratory

76. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2012 - conducted from 1966 to 2000.3–5 In the review, the term “"test" was defined broadly to include traditional laboratory … Because of variation in laboratory procedures or observers, a test may not consistently yield the same … For example, a criterion that is straightforward for the evaluation of laboratory studies may be less

77. Kravitz_ECCS2012 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2012 - About 25 percent of the outpatients made requests for physician action. o Requests were made for:  Laboratory

78. Naik (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2009 - expected care o Lack of shared  goals and  pre-­‐set treatment plans o Limited  automation of laboratory

79. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Response_Active Surveillance Culturing of Clostridioides difficile and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales, and Candida auris (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2024 - the feasibility of implementing Candida auris surveillance, but a survey of Canadian hospitals and laboratories … There are two options for C. difficile and MDRO reporting in NHSN– Laboratory Identified (LabID) Events … . difficile in high-risk patients without diarrhea or other evidence of C. difficile disease.20,21 Laboratory … A third study surveyed Canadian hospitals and laboratories to assess their readiness to implement surveillance … Hospital-acquired Clostridioides difficile infections in Alberta: The validity of laboratory-identified

80. Grading_didactic_faculty_approved (ppt file)
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    January 01, 2013 - Indirectness Intermediate or surrogate outcomes instead of health or patient-centered outcomes Example: laboratory … about the link between use of the intervention and proxy, surrogate, or intermediate measures (e.g., laboratory … final/ultimate outcomes, or between use of the service and the intermediate or proxy measures such as laboratory … e.g., positive effects on health outcomes such as physical function or quality of life, or effects on laboratory … e.g., positive effects on health outcomes such as physical function or quality of life, or effects on laboratory