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301. Treatment of Depression During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Characteristics of diagnosis—whether depression was detected during screening or not, time of diagnosis, method … characteristics of diagnosis (whether depression was detected during screening or not, time of diagnosis, method … , and pediatrician visits); numbers of patients screened, eligible, enrolled, and lost to followup; method … characteristics of diagnosis (whether depression was detected during screening or not, time of diagnosis, method … Methods for Meta-Analysis in Medical Research.

302. Developing Validated Algorithms to Ascertain Medical Procedures Used During Pregnancy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - Questions and Draft Reports Submit SEADs Resources for Getting Involved Research Methods … & Tools Research Methods & Tools Tools & Software Education Resources About … Validation of algorithms to ascertain clinical conditions and medical procedures used during pregnancy … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/pregnancy-procedures/abstract   … Effective Health Care (EHC) Program Evidence Reports Health Topics Research Methods

303. Comparative Effectiveness of Epoetin and Darbepoetin for Managing Anemia in Patients Undergoing Cancer Treatment–An Update to the 2006 Report | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - -10 g/dl) usually has been left untreated. 23 Although homologous blood transfusion is the fastest method … allocated by alternation, the use of case record numbers, dates of birth or day of week, and any other procedure … Trial characteristics: design, method of randomization, concealment of allocation, blinding of patients … Stat Methods Med Res 2009;18(4): 421-32. … NOTE: The following protocol elements are standard procedures for all protocols.

304. Diagnosis of Gout | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2020 - the procedures of the Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews . … Data Abstraction and Data Management Data abstraction will follow the procedures described above. … For studies that assess the validity of an alternative diagnostic method against that of analysis of … strength of evidence by using guidance suggested by AHRQ for its Effective Health Care Program. 16 This method … given the limitations of the oldest, gold standard method, the newness of most methods that rely on

305. Selecting Observational Studies for Comparing Medical Interventions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 01, 2022 - A paucity of RCT evidence is common, particularly for many surgical and diagnostic procedures, and for … Work by Glasziou and colleagues suggests a procedure for implementing this advice: before looking at … Registries in which enrollment has been defined by procedures may be more valid for comparative effectiveness … relatively narrow spectrum of disease (generally single or two-vessel disease) relative to those getting the procedures … The registry data confirmed that the choice between the two procedures in the community varied substantially

306. Benefits and Harms of Routine Preoperative Testing: Comparative Effectiveness | 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 … testing with electrocardiography, complete blood count, and/or a basic metabolic panel did not affect procedure … There was also insufficient evidence for patients undergoing other procedures. … cataract surgery, routine preoperative testing has no effect on total perioperative complications or procedure

307. Primary Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2024 - characteristics (e.g., risk group, prostate gland volume, lower urinary tract symptoms, prior prostate procedures … pretreatment characteristics (i.e., tumor stage, disease risk, urinary tract symptoms, prior prostate procedures … The process will involve a dual independent abstraction method where one reviewer initially extracts … This method serves as a key mechanism for quality control, reducing errors, and enhancing data reliability … Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) : A highly precise radiation therapy method that delivers

308. Diagnosis and Treatment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Information that will be abstracted that is relevant for assessing applicability will include the method … include clear descriptions of the population, setting, interventions, and comparison groups; a valid method … quality of the studies and the heterogeneity among studies in design, patient population including method … Available at: https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-de-novo-processes/methods … Preventive Services Task Force Procedure Manual. AHRQ Publication No. 08-05118-EF.

309. antibiotics-respiratory-infection-protocol-140922 (pdf file)
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     September 22, 2014 - e) Does the comparative effectiveness differ according to the diagnostic method or definition used, … d) Does the comparative effectiveness differ according to the diagnostic method or definition used, … d) Does the comparative effectiveness differ according to the diagnostic method or definition used, … Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. … Current methods of the third U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

310. Inclusion of Nonrandomized Studies of Interventions in Systematic Reviews of Intervention Effectiveness: An Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 01, 2022 - & Tools Research Methods & Tools Tools & Software Education Resources About … The workgroup used an informal method for generating consensus about guidance. … Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. … Dec 30, 2019 Training Modules for the Systematic Reviews Methods Guide Methods Guide – Chapter … Practice Center Program Research Protocol Dec 20, 2024 The Performance of Fusion Procedures

311. Principles in Developing and Applying Guidance for Comparing Medical Interventions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - In 1996, for example, the procedures used by EPCs, documented in AHRQ’s Manual for Conducting Systematic … studies are more applicable to the spectrum of patients who will use a drug, have a test, or undergo a procedure … advantages of different approaches and a lack of sufficiently strong empirical evidence to dictate a single method … Principles of and procedures for systematic reviews [book chapter]. … Challenges in systematic reviews of therapeutic devices and procedures.

312. Mixed MethodsReview -Integrating Palliative Care with Chronic Disease Management in Ambulatory Care (pdf file)
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     November 21, 2019 - interventions and their characteristics, details about their implementation, outcome measures and the method … studies: include studies that use a formal qualitative data collection method such as interviews, … key informant interviews, we will solicit input on the categories into which the qualitative, mixed- method … For sparse data meta-analysis, we will employ the Peto Odds ratio method when event rates are less than … arms, or when effect size is large, dichotomous data will be meta-analyzed using the Mantel-Haenszel method

313. Chronic-urinary-retention-protocol (pdf file)
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     November 19, 2012 - that resolves when drug treatment is stopped or reduced • CUR attributable to a medical or surgical procedure … Methods A. Criteria for Inclusion/Exclusion of Studies in the Review. … duration); followup duration; participant baseline demographics, comorbidities; CUR definition and method … attempts to balance allocation; effect modifiers and confounders; and appropriateness of analytic methods … / (118498) 21 Single  Blind Method/ (17086) 22 clinical trial/  (476450) 23 clinical trial, phase

314. Mrsa-Screening-2010 Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - One key issue relates to the microbiological testing method applied. … Patients undergoing surgical procedures. Interventions 1. … [mh] OR single-blind method [mh] OR clinical trial [pt] OR clinical trials [mh] OR "clinical trial … Methods A. … Methods B.

315. Interventions for Dyspnea in Patients With Advanced Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 01, 2020 - These include interventional procedures, such as stenting, thoracentesis and pleural catheters for bronchial … Methods A. … ), study participant characteristics, eligibility criteria, interventions, outcome measures and the method … For sparse data meta-analysis, we will employ the Peto Odds ratio method when event rates are less than … two arms, or effect size is large, dichotomous data will be meta-analyzed using the Mantel-Haenszel method

316. Chapter 5: Assessing Risk of Bias as a Domain of Quality in Medical Test Studies | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Reference Standard and Verification Procedure Inappropriate reference standard Errors of imperfect … Because of variation in laboratory procedures or observers, a test may not consistently yield the same … Reviewers should identify their proposed method of handling inadequate reporting a priori and document … Often UNAFFECTED relatives do not have their disease status verified by any method (assume proband/ … TO PARTICIPATE in interviews or further clinical testing are excluded from having any verification method

317. Training Modules for the Systematic Reviews Methods Guide | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 01, 2022 - & Tools Research Methods & Tools Tools & Software Education Resources About … Presentations* The AHRQ Training Modules for the Systematic Reviews Methods Guide: An Introduction … Guide – Chapter Dec 30, 2019 Presentation Methods Guide … Reviews of Intervention Effectiveness: An Update Methods Guide – Chapter | Feb 23, 2018 … Quantitative Synthesis—An Update Methods Guide – Chapter | Oct 5, 2009 Comparing Medical

318. Comparative Effectiveness of Intravascular Diagnostic Procedures and Imaging Techniques versus Angiography Alone | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Nevertheless, these techniques remain invasive, and their application can result in procedure-related … During PCI to guide the procedure? Immediately after PCI to evaluate the success of PCI? … During PCI to guide the procedure? Immediately after PCI to evaluate the success of PCI? … Methods A. … Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews.

319. Woolf_ECCS2012 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 -  evidence that it saved  lives o Had advised against women self-­‐examining their breasts, the method

320. Management of Renal Masses and Localized Renal Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - and recurrence-free survival, renal functional outcomes, and the complications associated with each procedure … For sparse data meta-analysis we will employ the Peto Odds ratio method when event rates are less than … Guide. 40 For the diagnostic studies, we will use the grading method recommended in the AHRQ Methods … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-grading-evidence/methods/ . … Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews.