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5261. Interventions to Support Breastfeeding: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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      April 08, 2025 - Poor-quality studies with critical methodological limitations were excluded and typically had several … Overall Summary of Evidence by Key Question No. of RCTs (No. of observations) Study quality Major limitations … Limitations This review was limited to fair- and good-quality RCTs evaluating breastfeeding support interventions

5262. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Low-Dose Aspirin Use for the Prevention of Morbidity and Mortality From Preeclampsia: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary51/low-dose-aspirin-use-for-the-prevention-of-morbidity-and-mortality-from-preeclampsia-preventive-medication-september-2014
      April 08, 2014 - A poor-quality study had a single fatal flaw or multiple important limitations that could seriously bias … Discrepancies were resolved through discussion of identified limitations and consultation with a third … Our study has several limitations.

5263. Research White Paper Multinational Registries Addendum Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes Third Edition (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/multinational-registries-guide-3rd-ed-addendum-white-paper.pdf
      February 01, 2018 - bowel obstructions.19 Both the central registry and the registry network models have strengths and limitations

5264. Screening for Breast Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2020 - Screening for Breast Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement Screening for Breast Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement Albert L. Siu, MD, MSPH, on behalf of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Description: Update of the 2009 U.S. Preventive Services Ta…

5265. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Diagnosis and Treatment in Children and Adolescents - Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      November 01, 2021 - of evidence assessment and downgrade out confidence in evidence summaries in the presence of study limitations … determining the strength of a body of evidence, the following domains will be evaluated: • Study limitations … individual studies reporting an outcome is considered; graded as low, medium, or high level of study limitations … The strength of the evidence may be downgraded based on the limitations described above.

5266. FRN 41 - Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease in Women: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2013 - intended to be restrictive of potential study designs, we comment on each design’s potential benefits or limitations … to be restrictive of potential study designs, this section is intended to discuss the benefits or limitations … data source for testing – observational studies mainly from current administrative datasets have limitations … in examining subset effects, yet study-level analyses can lead to biased assessments and have some limitations

5267. Disposition of Comments for CER 208 Treatment for Bipolar Disorder in Adults A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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      August 07, 2018 - This issue is addressed in the discussion section on the limitations of the evidence base. … If these were limitations severe enough that no usable data could be extracted from the above studies … Whether the impact of this on the strength of evidence is done through higher study limitations or … The assessment was based on high study limitations and imprecision in the findings. … We have revised the limitations and future research sections t.

5268. MEDLINE Searches (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2009 - Limitations of the Gail model in the specialized breast cancer risk assessment clinic. … Studies will be graded “fair” if any or all of the following problems occur, without the important limitations … Poor: Studies will be graded “poor” if any of the following major limitations exists: Groups assembled … Poor: Has important limitations such as inappropriate reference standard, very small sample size, very … C1-3 Applicability Assessment with PICOTS: Limitations that Reduce Applicability Population:

5269. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      December 16, 2024 - determining the quality of the body of evidence, the following domains will be evaluated: • Study limitations … aggregate risk of bias across individual studies will be graded as low, medium, or high level of study limitations

5270. #05 DEPRESSION (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2015 - controlled trials and long-term studies to clearly establish the drug’s therapeutic benefits and limitations

5271. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol: Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults (pdf file)
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      October 19, 2020 - When meta-analysis is impossible (due to limitations of reported data) or is judged to be inappropriate … Study limitations concern the degree to which the included studies for a given outcome have a high likelihood

5272. HL7 Implementation Guide.
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      July 07, 2016 - HL7 Implementation Guide. An official website of the Department of Health & Human Services Search All AHRQ Websites Careers Contact Us Espanol FAQs Email Updates …

5273. Methods-Guidance-Applicability Methods (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2011 - clearly highlight important issues relevant to applicability of individual studies in a “Comments” or “Limitations … Make and Report Judgments About Major Limitations to Applicability of Individual Studies Describe impact … Use a summary table for applicability to highlight significant limitations to applicability. … In some instances it may lead to more cautious conclusions due to limitations in applicability. … Make and Report Judgments About Major Limitations to Applicability of Individual Studies Once the

5274. Methods Guide Atkins (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2011 - clearly highlight important issues relevant to applicability of individual studies in a “Comments” or “Limitations … Make and Report Judgments About Major Limitations to Applicability of Individual Studies Describe impact … Use a summary table for applicability to highlight significant limitations to applicability. … In some instances it may lead to more cautious conclusions due to limitations in applicability. … Make and Report Judgments About Major Limitations to Applicability of Individual Studies Once the

5275. Disposition of Comments for CER 167 Renal Masses (pdf file)
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      February 24, 2016 - A discussion of this limitation was added to the report (discussion, limitations of the evidence base … The limitations of the reviews are described adequately. … Space limitations make it difficult to report the full results of each individual study. … Major findings are clearly stated as are the limitations. … This comment is consistent with the limitations we have mentioned in the report.

5276. Disposition of Comments for Evidence Report 221 Behavioral Programs for Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)
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      September 28, 2015 - We added discussion on these matters in the Limitations of the Comparative Effectiveness Review sections … We agree that the report provided a better description of some of the limitations and these are also … We have added the term “focusing on” in the abstract but word limitations prevent further elaboration … We have revised our comments about the limitations of this method in the discussion. … of the review, limitations of the body of evidence, and future research needs.

5277. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      July 12, 2004 - cross-coverage," the management of patients by physicians other than those primarily responsible, and the limitations … Adding up all the "floating" (particularly since the implementation of the ACGME duty hours limitations … In this case, patient unfamiliarity, inadequate signout, time limitations, and the institutional culture

5278. Psychosocial and Pharmacologic Interventions for Disruptive Behavior Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Current State of the Evidence (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 … Gaps in Knowledge and Limitations of the Evidence Base Several gaps and limitations were identified in

5279. Novel IT to Create Patient-Integrated Quality Improvement - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs024553-bardach-final-report-2018.pdf
      January 01, 2018 - Methods (Study Design, Data Sources/Collection, Interventions, Measures, Limitations) Aims 1 and 2. … Limitations: Aims 1 and 2: We did not include monolingual Spanish speakers, which excluded 10% of our … , Incidence, Prevalence) Methods (Study Design, Data Sources/Collection, Interventions, Measures, Limitations … Limitations: Results (Principal Findings, Outcomes, Discussion, Conclusions, Significance, Implications

5280. CHOICE: Coalition of Hospices Organized to Investigate Comparative Effectiveness - Final Report (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2014 - Limitations These methods have two main limitations. … Scope Background Context Settings Participants Methods Study design Data sources Measures Limitations