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1021. Disposition of Comments for CER 177 Agitation Aggression Dementia (pdf file)
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      March 21, 2016 - , latent class analysis, support vector machine classifiers or other approaches would likely be needed … small sample sizes but if results were reported in a stratified fashion, they may be more amenable to meta‐analysis … This is the most fundamental issue and this work needs to be done before additional RCTs and meta-analyses … TEP #2 Methods Would change "we meta-analyzed" to, "we conducted a meta- analysis". … Few studies conducted subgroup analysis.

1022. Disposition of Comments Report for Chronic Venous Ulcers: A Comparative Effectiveness Review of Treatment Modalities (pdf file)
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      January 27, 2014 - Peer Reviewer#1 Methods In regard to the decisions about undertaking meta- analysis. … The authors do not describe their tests of heterogeneity to justify not doing a meta-analysis. … We added to the Data Analysis and Synthesis section of the Methods chapter, “We qualitatively assessed … We added to the Data Analysis and Synthesis section of the Methods chapter that we lacked sufficient … We have changed this to “No separate analysis of chronic venous ulcers.”

1023. Disposition of Comments for CER 202 Effectiveness and Safety of Bronchial Thermoplasty in the Management of Asthma (pdf file)
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      December 14, 2017 - We decided against conducting meta- analysis because the evidence base is small and heterogeneous in … Their analysis seems to be biased. … The result in the ITT analysis was not statistically significant, and while the per-protocol analysis … We further considered the responder analysis, which favored BT, but note that this analysis was not … Analysis of results for the intention-to-treat population found no improvement, but analysis of results

1024. Disposition of Comments Report for Assessment and Management of Chronic Cough (pdf file)
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      January 07, 2013 - the lack of a gold standard and in response to several reviewers’ comments, we have reworked the analysis … Thank you TEP #1 General This paper is a meta-analysis studying the comparative value of tools for … Nevertheless, the scientific rigor in this meta-analysis is appropriate and the conclusions are sound … We have also restructured the analysis and discussion of cough assessment tools to focus on their … They then could have restricted the populations in their K2 analysis to those who met the definition

1025. Surveillance Report: CER 30: Comparative Effectiveness of Pain Management for Hip Fracture (pdf file)
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      July 08, 2015 - A systematic review and meta- analysis of utility-based quality of life for osteoporosis-related conditions … All conclusions were up to date SRC Literature Analysis: •! … All conclusions were up to date SRC Literature Analysis: ! … All conclusions were up to date SRC Literature Analysis: •! … All conclusions were up to date SRC Literature Analysis: •!

1026. Disposition of Comments Report for Outpatient Case Management for Adults With Medical Illness and Complex Care Needs (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2013 - If after the review the team decides to still exclude the works of Coleman and Naylor from the analysis … If after the review the team decides to still exclude the works of Coleman and Naylor from the analysis … The reasons for not attempting meta-analyses are appropriate. … reviewed and scoring mechanisms very thorough, especially since the studies did not lend themselves to a meta … analysis.

1027. Ch 2-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2011 - This sampling needs to be accounted for in the analysis,20 but otherwise this design offers all the … Limitations Because only cases with discrepant exposure histories contribute information to the analysis … In addition, the new user design offers a further advantage in anchoring the time scale for analysis … Biases introduced by suboptimal study design cannot usually be removed during the statistical analysis … A meta-analysis of the association between adherence to drug therapy and mortality.

1028. Disposition of Comments Report for Primary Care Management of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding (pdf file)
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      March 21, 2013 - They outline their analysis strategies for this CER and provide satisfactory detail about their approach … Peer Reviewer #2 Methods methods included an in depth analysis of literature exclusion of reports and … Meta-analysis is not feasible. The authors did use a standardized measure of study bias. … The decision to perform a narrative synthesis instead of a statistical meta- analysis is justifiable … They have summarized major findings and then provided a detailed analysis of each treatment.

1029. Pneumonia-Antibiotic-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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      November 01, 2014 - allocation concealment, similarity of groups at baseline, masking, attrition, whether intention-to-treat analysis … that reported similar outcomes; for that reason, we could not consider quantitative synthesis (i.e., meta … - analysis) of data from included studies. … Attributable mortality of ventilator-associated pneumonia: a meta-analysis.

1030. Untitled (pdf file)
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      July 10, 2015 - All conclusions were up-to-date SRC Literature Analysis: •! … All conclusions were up to date SRC Literature Analysis: •! … All conclusions were up to date SRC Literature Analysis: •! No new literature was found. … All conclusions were up to date SRC Literature Analysis: •! … Meta-analysis was performed using the Peto odds ratio (Peto OR) for dichotomous outcomes and the mean

1031. Breast-Cancer-Medications Surveillance (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2012 - important expansion of treatment A6 Clinically important caveat A7 Opposing findings from discordant meta-analysis … Tamoxifen and raloxofine did not significantly reduce noninvasive breast cancer, including DCIS, in meta-analysis … A survival analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2007 Aug 21;147(4):224-33. PMID 17638714. 4. … Tamoxifen and raloxofine did not significantly reduce noninvasive breast cancer, including DCIS, in meta … - analysis of four placebo-controlled trials, although noninvasive breast New Evidence:

1032. Disposition of Comments Report for Strategies To Reduce Cesarean Birth in Low-Risk Women (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2010 - Peer Reviewer #16 Methods The authors also appropriately addressed the issue of not using meta-analysis … Response Peer Reviewer #18 Methods Inclusion criteria: OK Search strategies: OK Definitions: OK No meta-analysis … *The analytic models indicate the authors conducted data analysis of the effect of the intervention … Clearly this is a difficult analysis due to the wide variety of components of the studies. … Precisely this concern is why there is no aggregate meta- estimate for effects.

1033. Self-Measured Blood Pressure: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2012 - Cost-Effectiveness Analysis We recommend a quality-adjusted cost-benefit analysis comparing the incremental … Preference should be given to a discrete events analysis. … A societal perspective should be assumed in the main analysis. … Impact of home blood pressure telemonitoring and blood pressure control: a meta-analysis of randomized … Telecare is a valuable tool for hypertension management, a systematic review and meta- analysis.

1034. Disposition of Comments for Treatment of Glaucoma: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2012 - instance, viscocanalostomy and deep sclerectomy are the only non-penetrating procedures for which a meta-analysis … Meir (2005) conducted a meta-analysis of five RCTs concerning the treatment of OHT and open-angle glaucoma … Also, as the author points out, there is no formal economic analysis comparing trabeculectomy, laser … The individual studies included were too heterogeneous to conduct a meta-analysis Source: http … The individual studies included were too heterogeneous to conduct a meta-analysis.

1035. Colorectal-Cancer-Screening Executive (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2012 - Data Synthesis and Analysis We conducted qualitative syntheses of study results for each key question … We did not conduct meta-analysis of results due to the limited number of studies for each key question … Aliquots—A measured portion of a sample taken for analysis. … Assay—An analysis conducted to verify the presence (and amount) of a substance. … The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for assessing the quality of nonrandomised studies in meta-analyses

1036. Glaucoma-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2012 - We developed a search strategy for MEDLINE, accessed via PubMed, based on an analysis of the medical … Multiple Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR), and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses … followup intervals, or assessments of outcomes, we did not combine the results of primary studies in a meta-analysis … The plan for the analysis of primary studies, including the assessments of heterogeneity, reporting … The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for Assessing the Quality of Nonrandomised Studies in Meta-Analyses

1037. Disposition of Comments: Management of Colonic Diverticulitis (pdf file)
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      October 12, 2020 - Also the methods to assess the risk of bias were described along with details of data synthesis and analysis … Data Synthesis and Analysis (p.8): Please check the following sentence: “When feasible and appropriate … , we conducted random effects model pairwise meta-analyses.

1038. breast-cancer-imaging-protocol-131217 (pdf file)
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      December 17, 2013 - Process Assessment (Health Care)" 726373 8 exp Mortality 283847 9 mo.fs. 421173 10 exp survival analysis … and surgical impact of magnetic resonance imaging in breast cancer staging: systematic review and meta-analysis

1039. palliative-care-protocol (pdf file)
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      April 14, 2016 - Psychometrics"[Mesh] OR "Psychometrics"[tiab] OR "Psychometric"[tiab]))   Limit to  systematic reviews and  meta … A comparative analysis of comprehensive geriatric assessments for nursing home residents receiving palliative … Key Informants do not do analysis of any kind nor contribute to the writing of the report and have not

1040. Disposition of Comments for CER 158 Diagnosis of Gout (pdf file)
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      February 24, 2016 - of the performance of tests or clinical features ‘compared to synovial fluid analysis’. … However, at various times throughout the analysis, data are included that use clinical criteria as … of having neither so many or so few features of gout that SF analysis was unnecessary. … identify sufficient numbers of similar studies, we did not consider conducting a random effects meta-analysis … These findings tend to support not undertaking MSU analysis in the primary care setting .