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321. Revised Protocol - Opioids 12 13 13[1] (pdf file)
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     December 19, 2013 - long-acting and dose),dosing strategies, and characteristics of the clinical setting; limitations in … KQs I, III, IV: Pain (intensity, severity, bothersomeness), function (physical disability, activity limitations … The study may be missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential problems … validity of the evaluation, the grades will be reviewed by the entire team of investigators for: • Study limitations … (low, medium, or high level of study limitations) • Consistency (consistent, inconsistent, or unknown

322. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2011 - Unfortunately, digital examination of the cervix in early labor is not highly reproducible, adding to the limitations … These (methodological and clinical) limitations are incorporated in grading the strength of evidence … The limitations of the studies are described but after listing such issues as bias and other problems … However, we have now added a subsection discussing limitations of included evidence. … quality of primary studies – so describing the low strength of evidence and then again discussing the limitations

323. Pbt-Lsr-Draft-Report (pdf file)
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     February 04, 2022 - ES-6 Limitations Key limitations of the evidence base relate to the limited ability to provide strong … These limitations affect both the stability and applicability of the findings. … pain has multiple important limitations. … Despite limitations in the evidence base, our review has several strengths. … There are also some limitations to our review process.

324. Development of Harmonized Outcome Measures for Use in Patient Registries and Clinical Practice: Methods and Lessons Learned | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 11, 2019 - To address these limitations, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) developed the Outcome

325. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
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     June 03, 2014 - appropriate management decisions for leiomyomas based on the needs of the individual patient, resources, and limitations

326. Intravascular Diagnostic Procedures and Imaging Techniques Versus Angiography Alone in Coronary Artery Stenting: Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 26, 2013 - Limitations Studies evaluating FFR and IVUS were limited by incomplete outcome reporting, heterogeneity

327. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2008 - Although both tests are easy to perform, there are some limitations to using these traditional laboratory

328. How can patients who have chronic diseases better prepare for critical illness and the end of life? Will a decision aid, using individualized estimates of outcomes, help shared decision making about advance care planning? | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 22, 2011 - Conditions (updated in 2008) Cardiovascular disease, including stroke and hypertension Functional limitations

329. Disposition of Comments for Chronic Urinary Retention: Comparative Effectiveness and Harms of Treatments (pdf file)
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     September 15, 2014 - I think the authors’ point is better made in the Limitations section, but I had to read the first sentence … Discussion The implications of the major findings are clearly stated - The limitations of the review … The limitations are described adequately. … CUR in men with BPH and no studies of treating diabetic patients with CUR; therefore, due to space limitations … Under limitations on page 13, I would point out that there is a lack of standardization with regards

330. Disposition of Comments Report for Intravascular Diagnostic Procedures and Imaging Techniques Versus Angiography Alone in Coronary Artery Stenting (pdf file)
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     February 26, 2013 - The authors have explicitly presented the main points and limitations of the FFR/IVUS. … I agree that because of the limitations in the available studies gender differences could not be addressed … methods are appropriate, and there is an appropriate reference to the timing of these studies in the limitations … In particular, limitations in the current literature with regard to patient populations, clinical scenarios … The limitations of the study are clearly stated.

331. Interventions To Prevent Age-Related Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2017 - inherent in each quality domain and confidence that the results are believable given the study’s limitations … incidence, or cognitive performance domains based on four strength of evidence domains: (1) study limitations … domain having considerable importance.15 Study limitations were rated as low, moderate, or high according … Limitations of the Review Process This review encountered several limitations, including but limited … Other limitations arose from conceptual and methodologic issues with eligible studies.

332. Interventions To Prevent Age-Related Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2017 - inherent in each quality domain and confidence that the results are believable given the study’s limitations … incidence, or cognitive performance domains based on four strength of evidence domains: (1) study limitations … domain having considerable importance.15 Study limitations were rated as low, moderate, or high according … Limitations of the Review Process This review encountered several limitations, including but limited … Other limitations arose from conceptual and methodologic issues with eligible studies.

333. Evidence Summary for CER 239: Acute Treatments for Episodic Migraine (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2020 - Limitations For many interventions, very few or a single trial were available and most were small, … Question (KQ) 1: Opioid Therapy KQ2: Nonopioid Pharmacologic Therapy KQ3: Nonpharmacologic Therapy Limitations

334. Disposition of Comments CER 214 Stroke Prevention in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (pdf file)
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     October 30, 2019 - Peer Reviewer #3 General I may have missed it but I did not see if there were limitations on the type … Given the methodological limitations of observational studies which do not use propensity matched … Conducting such analyses have major limitations because of the differences in study design, patient … We have clarified the limitations of the evidence exploring CKD and bleeding risk in both the key … We agree however that this section overlaps with the limitations and future research section and

335. Disposition of Comments Report for Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 137 (pdf file)
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     August 06, 2014 - The authors did a thorough job discussing limitations of the review and challenges of the specific … We have added a statement about sample size concerns to the discussion of the limitations of the evidence … We have noted the lack of information on providers in the Limitations of the Evidence Base and Research … We discuss issues with outcome measurement in the Limitations and Research Gaps sections and note that … We have noted the limitations of case series in the Methods section.

336. Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease: Current State of the Evidence | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 25, 2017 - † The overall evidence grade was assessed based on the ratings for the following domains: study limitations … Gaps in Knowledge and Limitations of the Evidence Base Numerous differences exist between RCTs and

337. Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/fatty-acids-cardiovascular-disease_clinician.pdf
     July 01, 2017 - † The overall evidence grade was assessed based on the ratings for the following domains: study limitations … observational study; RCT = randomized controlled trial; SBP = systolic blood pressure Gaps in Knowledge and Limitations

338. Treatments for Fecal Incontinence: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2016 - † The overall evidence grade was assessed based on the ratings for the following domains: study limitations … fecal incontinence; PFMT-BF = pelvic floor muscle training with biofeedback Gaps in Knowledge and Limitations

339. Contrast-Induced Nephropathy (CIN): Current State of the Evidence on Contrast Media and Prevention of CIN (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2016 - * The overall evidence grade was assessed based on the ratings for the following domains: study limitations … Development of CIN 3 583 ⬌ – 0.89 (0.34 to 2.30) ��� Overview of Clinical Research Evidence (Continued) Limitations

340. Disposition of Comments Report for Multigene Panels in Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment (pdf file)
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     July 03, 2012 - Peer Reviewer 1 Discussion The discussion covers very well the limitations of this work, essentially … We have also added a brief discussion of the limitations of discrimination and calibration for clinical