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161. Comparative Effectiveness of Non-Invasive Diagnostic Tests for Breast Abnormalities – An Update of a 2006 Report | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Adverse events related to the procedures, such as discomfort and reactions to contrast agents, will be … Methods A. … In: Methods guide for comparative effectiveness reviews . … Doppler ultrasound: a method of using ultrasound to evaluate blood flow through vessels. … NOTE: The following protocol elements are standard procedures for all protocols.

162. The Facilitation Primer: Strategies, Tools & Considerations to Get You Started (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - Well-facilitated meetings also involve processes, tools and methods to help people interact productively … Preparation includes identifying, in advance, the methods and tools that will be used, or materials … Regardless of the method chosen, participants should be asked about what worked well, what could be … Alternative methods to consider include: • • • • • • Web forums Surveys Feedback and evaluation … Then, practice until the chosen method does not affect the ability to facilitate.

163. Survey of Medicare Part D Plans’ Medication Therapy Management Programs (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2007 - The method provision of the MTM program, as a proxy for program intensity, was assessed via the method … The methods by which the MTM services were provided were also assessed. … Method of MTM service provision by 21 MTM programs. … Method of MTM service provision Proportion of MTM programs using the method (%) Potential number … What type of delivery method (face-to-face, telephonic, by mail, other) will the plan use to provide

164. Disposition of Comments Report for Nitrous Oxide for the Management of Labor Pain (pdf file)
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     August 23, 2012 - We do not have a method to determine the rationale of hospitals using nitrous oxide. … N2O is an anxiolytic and anxiety is a major problem during labor) or effects on use of obstetric procedures … Effects on use of other procedures and restrictions imposed on the woman may be intermediary outcomes … on use of other procedures and restrictions on the mother, with feedback loops to complications. … method of search and inclusion/exclusion of specific studies.

165. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 11, 2010 - Executive Summary Add a legend to figure 1 stating how many biopsies per method. … Introduction p. 10 insert “biopsy” before procedure We have made the suggested change. … Results In the section on dissemination of cancer cells during the biopsy procedure the risks of breast … of biopsy and did not report results separately by biopsy method. … Results p. 39 “three vacuum-assisted biopsy procedures” add the total number of procedures to this sentence

166. Comparative Effectiveness of Surgical Options for Inguinal Hernia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Different procedures often require different methods for anesthesia. … Also, a previous KQ had combined type-of-mesh comparisons and type-of-fixation-method questions, and … Procedure category, specific procedure, specific mesh (if applicable), fixation method (if applicable … performing the procedure they performed in the study?   … method=diseases&MonographId=723&ActiveSectionId=23 . Schneider E.

167. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     February 22, 2012 - Comparing interventional ablative and external beam radiotherapy (RT) procedures to surgery in this … This procedure relieves dyspnea effectively and rapidly, although results may not always translate into … placement can reduce respiratory distress in patients with malignant endobronchial obstruction.26 This procedure … or RFA compared to a conformal RT method … Procedures used for meta-analysis will conform to methods outlined by the AHRQ EPC program in the Methods

168. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 10, 2010 - It is not about the method, but about how to use the method. … Methods Dermonian and Laird method is not good for rare events of binary outcomes, even if in the presence … Methods section is modified to reflect this and analyses are rerun with Peto odds method where appropriate … (Reference 38) had adequate concealment and double- blind procedure while Gaudiani did not. … Both studies utilized appropriate blinding procedures.

169. Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (pdf file)
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     July 10, 2018 - in some intervention arm(s) may jeopardize the validity of findings.17-19 Third, there are numerous methods … Methods 1. … / or random allocation/ or single-blind method/ 39. … / or random allocation/ or single-blind method/ 22. … Method for handing missing data for primary PTSD outcome measure d.

170. Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (pdf file)
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     July 10, 2018 - in some intervention arm(s) may jeopardize the validity of findings.17-19 Third, there are numerous methods … Methods 1. … / or random allocation/ or single-blind method/ 39. … / or random allocation/ or single-blind method/ 22. … Method for handing missing data for primary PTSD outcome measure d.

171. Statistical Design and Analytic Considerations for N-of-1 Trials (Chapter 4) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 01, 2019 - In order to ensure high-quality performance of the automated procedure, we recommend that these procedures … This procedure ignores the actual size of the differences and thus ignores potentially important information … same method might be less pertinent for n-of-1 trials. … and analysis procedures, including procedures for a single n-of-1 trial and procedures for combining … Res Synth Method. 2012;3(2):98-110. Lu GB, Ades AE.

172. Tonsillectomy for Recurrent Infection and Obstructive Sleep Disordered Breathing | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2020 - The entities together represent more than 15% of all surgical procedures in children under the age of … All procedures are performed under general anesthesia. … comparative effectiveness and harms of tonsillectomy in children with the most common indications for the procedure … Abbreviations: KQ = Key Question; OSDB = Obstructive Sleep-Disordered Breathing Methods The methods … Methods Research Report.

173. Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2020 - & Tools Research Methods & Tools Tools & Software Education Resources About … Methods Criteria for Inclusion/Exclusion of Studies in the Review: Studies will be included in the … outperforms the standard DerSimonian-Laird method. … / or single-blind method/ or placebos/ or cross-over studies/ or crossover procedure/ or cross over studies … / or double blind procedure/ or single blind procedure/ or placebo/ or latin square design/ or crossover

174. ECRI_Penn EPC FINAL Environ Cleaning Protocol 08_21_14 CC[1] (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - Visual inspection is the most simple method for evaluating cleanliness, but concerns about the adequacy … consider important human factors and logistical concerns that interact with environmental cleaning procedures … Methods 1. Data Collection: A. … stethoscopes, patient and guest personal items, linens and similar items with distinct disinfection procedures … population, hospital characteristics, hand hygiene policies and similar concurrent infection control procedures

175. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 - )  Immunotherapy is a method of reducing sensitivity to a given allergen by repeated administration

176. Joint Disorders | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 24, 2017 - Questions and Draft Reports Submit SEADs Resources for Getting Involved Research Methods … & Tools Research Methods & Tools Tools & Software Education Resources About … have a sports injury , treatment often begins with the RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation) method … Effective Health Care (EHC) Program Evidence Reports Health Topics Research Methods

177. Diagnosis of Celiac Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2020 - method, i.e. type or number of specimens? … Methods In general, this systematic review will follow the procedures of the EPC Methods Guide for … and a comparator diagnostic method (as listed in the PICOTS in Section II). … Literature search methods Category Method Publication dates For KQ1a, high quality … If three or more studies of the same diagnostic method and comparator report sensitivity and specificity

178. Genetic Testing for Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - FDA-cleared or -approved test kits include all reagents and instructions needed to complete the test procedure … Methods We describe below the methods for addressing the guiding questions previously defined. … These analysis methods may include CMA (including aCGH), PRC-based methods, and sequencing. … Analytic specificity : is defined as the ability of a measurement procedure to measure solely the analyte … de or ‘nucleic acid analysis’/exp or ‘molecular diagnosis’:de or ‘genetic screening’:de or ‘genetic procedures

179. Development and Implementation of Secure Statistical Analyses on Distributed Databases | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Questions and Draft Reports Submit SEADs Resources for Getting Involved Research Methods … & Tools Research Methods & Tools Tools & Software Education Resources About … As a result, this current project is to develop, test, and validate a method for secure statistical analysis … Objectives: To develop methods and electronic tools (e.g., SAS macros) to enable multivariate analyses … Methods: This work is intended to enable remote execution of multivariate statistical analysis within

180. Dietary Intake of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Plasma Lipid and Cardiovascular Events | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2024 - Methods IV. References V. Definition of Terms and Abbreviations VI. … considered to be at high risk of bias If one risk of bias or quality issue, other than randomization method … at moderate risk of bias If two or more risk of bias or quality issues, other than randomization method … AHRQ Methods for Effective Health Care.  … Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews.