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81. Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of New Therapies (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/diabetes-glucose-control_research.pdf
    July 01, 2010 - Results from laboratory evaluations are also available on a subset of the enrollees. … requested all available data from the medical claims file and the prescription drug file, and limited laboratory … Hospital ACG Predictive Model (version 8 beta), * n refers to the number of individuals having this laboratory

82. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/plasma-cell-dyscrasias-sflc-assay_research-protocol.pdf
    May 02, 2011 - www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/� 2 Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published Online: May 2, 2011 Table 2: Laboratory … Table 26 provides an overview of the laboratory tests used to diagnose PCDs. … reagent set of polyclonal antibodies and is performed by immunonephelometry on a number of automated laboratory

83. Technical Brief 13: Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Stage II Colon Cancer (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/colon-cancer-gene-profiling_technical-brief.pdf
    December 01, 2012 - The clinical experts were from the disciplines of medical oncology, surgical oncology, laboratory medicine … the U.S. are the FDA and the Centers 10 for Medicare and Medicaid Services under the Clinical Laboratory … The FDA has jurisdiction over both laboratory developed tests (LDTs) for use in an in-house laboratory … and tests classified as “in-vitro devices” that are distributed to other laboratories as test kits. … Currently available GEP assays are being marketed as laboratory-developed tests (LDT); currently, none

84. Effectiveness of Early Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/c-diff-infections_disposition-comments.pdf
    March 01, 2012 - In my own experience when a laboratory moves from testing any sample to only testing loose stools the … by identification of a toxigenic isolate (ie, toxigenic culture), as performed by an experienced laboratory … One needs to realize that the laboratory cannot diagnose toxigenic CDI, all the laboratory can do is … Results KQ1 The section on diagnostic tests is a bit confusing, but that unfortunately is the nature of laboratory … General The section on diagnostic tests is a bit confusing, but that unfortunately is the nature of laboratory

85. Plasma-Cell-Dyscrasias-Sflc-Assay Executive (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2012 - The studies were all retrospective, were conducted in a hospital laboratory setting, and comprised … They used archived laboratory samples that had been obtained for SPEP or UPEP. … In several studies, study samples were obtained from large repositories in laboratories, populations … Selection bias could occur if study samples from large laboratory repositories are selected on the basis … African-American patients with MGUS have been found to have different laboratory findings than Caucasians

86. Renal-Artery-Stenosis Surveillance (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2012 - What clinical, imaging, laboratory, and anatomic characteristics are associated with improved or worse … to the medical versus angioplasty. 7,8 No Signals Key Question # 2 What clinical, imaging, laboratory … Key question # 2: What clinical, imaging, laboratory and anatomic characteristics are associated with … Key question # 2: What clinical, imaging, laboratory, and anatomic characteristics are associated with … What clinical, imaging, laboratory and anatomic characteristics are associated with improved or worse

87. Evidence Summary - Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 249: Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2021 - Malnutrition: laboratory markers vs nutritional assessment.

88. Evidence Summary - Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 249: Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-249-malnutrition-hospitalized-adults-evidence-summary_0.pdf
    October 01, 2021 - Malnutrition: laboratory markers vs nutritional assessment.

89. Medication-Therapy-Management Executive (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2014 - Intermediate outcomes, including biometric and laboratory measures, drug therapy problems identified … of integration of MTM with usual care, which includes access to real-time clinical information and laboratory … : • Studies must report at least 1 eligible outcome – Intermediate outcomes � Disease-specific laboratory … Number of laboratory tests RCT: 2 (1,842) Insufficient Medium study limitations, inconsistent, indirect … Costs of laboratory tests RCT: 3 (2,050) Insufficient Medium study limitations, inconsistent, indirect

90. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2011 - We included studies that concurrently compared at least two diagnostic tests in the same laboratory using … actually know the sensitivity and specificity of the test(s) for toxigenic C. difficile employed by their laboratories … Questions about whether the newer toxin gene amplification and detection tests are more consistent across laboratories … Laboratory confirmation of a pathogenic C. difficile organism (e.g., by toxin testing) and clinical symptoms … Clostridium difficile testing in the clinical laboratory by use of multiple testing algorithms.

91. Ced-Appendix-3 (xls file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ced-appendix-3.xlsx
    June 24, 2022 - thresholds that are raised or lowered to reflect improvements in data quality (e.g., requiring that >50% of laboratory … outcomes that patients do not directly experience, such as intermediate outcomes, surrogate outcomes, and laboratory … Date_outcome Generate operational definitions using diagnosis and procedure codes (e.g., ICD-9-CM, ICD-10), laboratory … Design_definitions Generate operational definitions using diagnosis and procedure codes (e.g., ICD-9-CM, ICD-10), laboratory … outcomes that patients do not directly experience, such as intermediate outcomes, surrogate outcomes, and laboratory

92. Medication-Therapy-Management Research-Protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/medication-therapy-management_research-protocol.pdf
    January 01, 2014 - Other MTM services relate to intermediate health outcomes measured typically by laboratory or other … Intermediate outcomes, including biometric and laboratory measures, drug therapy problems identified … of integration of MTM with usual care, which includes access to real-time clinical information and laboratory … of integration with prescribers ● Outcomes o Intermediate Outcomes  Disease-specific laboratory

93. Ch 8-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2013 - typically identified when they present for care, and the data collected generally include clinical and laboratory … describe normal and abnormal findings; imported text from earlier notes on the patient; and linkages to laboratory … Yes Behavioral risk factors Yes* No Diet Sometimes* No Indicators of procedures having being done (laboratory … , therapeutic) Yes Yes Results from diagnostic procedures (echocardiography, radiology) Yes No Laboratory … about interventions that reduce the amount of albuminuria will almost certainly require access to laboratory

94. Outcome Measure Framework Design Document (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/registry-of-patient-registries_research-2014.pdf
    January 01, 2014 - widely depending on the purpose of the study and may include events (e.g., death, hospitalization), laboratory … multiple disease areas (e.g., diabetes, myocardial infarction, heart failure) and outcome types (e.g., laboratory … Information To Be Displayed As noted above, outcome measures encompass multiple types of data, including laboratory … For example, at the most basic level, a patient outcome measure collected in a registry may be a laboratory … disease/condition area (e.g., cardiovascular disease, oncology) or by type of outcome measure (e.g., laboratory

95. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/medical-test-reviews-options-summarizing.ppt
    June 01, 2012 - There is large night-to-night variability in measured AHI and substantial between-rater and between-laboratory … significant variability in night-to-night AHI measurement, as well as between raters and between different laboratories … Instead, a set of diagnostic criteria (symptoms, signs, imaging results, and laboratory measures) is … The disease is diagnosed by a set of criteria including symptoms, signs, imaging results, and laboratory … There was a high amount of night-to-night variability, between-rater variability, and between-laboratory

96. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/medical-test-reviews-options-summarizing.ppt
    June 01, 2012 - There is large night-to-night variability in measured AHI and substantial between-rater and between-laboratory … significant variability in night-to-night AHI measurement, as well as between raters and between different laboratories … Instead, a set of diagnostic criteria (symptoms, signs, imaging results, and laboratory measures) is … The disease is diagnosed by a set of criteria including symptoms, signs, imaging results, and laboratory … There was a high amount of night-to-night variability, between-rater variability, and between-laboratory

97. Renal-Function Executive (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/renal-function_executive.pdf
    August 01, 2014 - diverse set of contingents including cardiologists, nephrologists, emergency room physicians, and laboratory … Newby et al. stress that the problem with troponin testing, like any laboratory test, is inappropriate … A survival model with clinical factors and routine laboratory markers predicted mortality with an area … National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory Medicine Practice Guidelines: clinical characteristics … National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry laboratory medicine practice guidelines: use of cardiac troponin

98. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/coronary-artery-stenting_research-protocol.pdf
    August 19, 2011 - Furthermore, variation in how IVDx techniques are adopted in clinical practice across catheterization laboratories … : o Tertiary care centers or community hospitals o In-hospital or stand-alone catheterization laboratories … Assessment of intermediate severity coronary lesions in the catheterization laboratory.

99. Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hemorrhage-postpartum_clinician.pdf
    July 01, 2016 - Once PPH is controlled, followup management varies and may include laboratory testing (e.g., hemoglobin

100. Maternal, Fetal, and Child Outcomes of Mental Health Treatments in Women: A Systematic Review of Perinatal Pharmacological Interventions (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-236-maternal-fetal-child-outcomes-disposition-comments.pdf
     April 15, 2021 - In the last paragraph, the results refer to a “stable dose at delivery per laboratory confirmation” … The specific aspects of the laboratory confirmation are unclear as there are few antipsychotic medications … There can also be variations in levels even on a stable dose, so confirming a stable dose based on laboratory … It would be helpful to be more specific about whether the laboratory tests actually confirmed that … The laboratory tests did, in fact, confirm that the dose was stable.