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161. 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

162. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/lung-cancer-nonsurgical-therapies_research-protocol.pdf
     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

163. Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation (NPPV) for Acute Respiratory Failure | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 11, 2012 - Review Methods Two investigators screened each abstract and full-text article for inclusion, abstracted … acute respiratory failure who are postoperative or post-transplant, and in selected populations, as a method

164. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0107_05-19-2009.pdf
     January 01, 2009 - )  Immunotherapy is a method of reducing sensitivity to a given allergen by repeated administration

165. 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.

166. Testing the Predictive Validity of Strength of Evidence Grades | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 14, 2015 - Critics of the GRADE approach argue that the method is too strict and that systematic reviewers tend … Objectives This methods project had three main objectives: To assess the predictive validity of each … Grades: A Meta-Epidemiological Study The goal of this phase is to address the three objectives of this methods

167. ABSTRACT (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2012 - Methods. … outcomes as more abstract concepts such as ―intervention‖ and ―outcome,‖ with the hypothesis that this procedure … Finally, to bridge some of the large differences between the parametric GLMnet and non- parametric GBM procedures … , we created a hybrid approach that would reject articles only if both procedures rejected them. … Equivalently, we accepted articles if either procedure assigned sufficiently high probability of relevance

168. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol: Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer (pdf file)
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     November 02, 2019 - 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/ … Methods V. References VI. Definition of Terms VII. Summary of Protocol Amendments VIII.

169. Diagnosis of Celiac Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 11, 2014 - 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 SRs according … Table 6 below, taken from the AHRQ Methods Guide for Medical Test Review s, briefly describes the methods

170. Comparative Effectiveness Review (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2006 - Quality Assessment Methods The methods outlined in this document ensure that the products created … This document has been adapted from the Procedure Manual developed by the Methods Work Group of the … analgesics, antipyretics and/or NSAIDs; required or recently received treatment with any drug or procedure … Method of identifing included studies was not specified. … Quality Assessment Methods Appendix F. Evidence Tables

171. Tonsillectomy Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     February 10, 2016 - The  entities  together  represent   more  than  15%  of  all  surgical  procedures  in  children  under … All  procedures  are  performed  under  general   anesthesia.       … November 9, 2015 3   tonsillectomy  in  children  with  the  most  common  indications  for  the  procedure … Methods The  methods  for  this  systematic  review  will  follow  the  AHRQ  Methods  Guide  for   … Methods  Research  Report.  

172. Quantitative Synthesis: Chapter 1. Decision To Combine Trials (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2019 - for: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Training Modules for Systematic Reviews Methods … Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. … increases; unreliable if too few studies • Cochrane’s Q and 𝝉𝝉𝟐𝟐: no standardized scale. • No method … is perfect and no method can make the determination of whether to pool alone. 9. … Stat Methods Med Res. 2012;21(4):409-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/096228021039200 8 9.

173. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0163_09-03-2009.pdf
     January 01, 2009 - )  Immunotherapy is a method of reducing sensitivity to a given allergen by repeated administration

174. Cer-235-Pharma-Nonpharm-Ptsd-Update-Appendix-G-1 (xls file)
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     November 12, 2020 - Reporting Bias Domain: Does the Method of Handling Measurement Attrition Mitigate the Impact of Any Overall … adequate (e.g., double-dummy technique for drug trials) No: • Open-label • Described as blinded but methods … Yes: • All outcomes listed in protocol and/or Methods section were reported No: • Not all outcomes listed … in protocol and/or Methods section were reported Yes: • Measurement attrition (overall and differential … observation carried forward) Unclear: • No details/not reported Yes • Study used a validated PTSD assessment method

175. Cer-235-Pharma-Nonpharm-Ptsd-Update-Appendix-G-1 (xls file)
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     November 12, 2020 - Reporting Bias Domain: Does the Method of Handling Measurement Attrition Mitigate the Impact of Any Overall … adequate (e.g., double-dummy technique for drug trials) No: • Open-label • Described as blinded but methods … Yes: • All outcomes listed in protocol and/or Methods section were reported No: • Not all outcomes listed … in protocol and/or Methods section were reported Yes: • Measurement attrition (overall and differential … observation carried forward) Unclear: • No details/not reported Yes • Study used a validated PTSD assessment method

176. Research White Paper - EPC Response to IOM Standards for Systematic Reviews (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - The committee defined a standard as “a process, action, or procedure that is deemed essential to producing … Establish a fair procedure for resolving discrepancies—do not simply give final decision-making power … interest among the study team • Review of role and responsibilities, and the establishment of a fair procedure … Establish a fair procedure for resolving discrepancies—do not simply give final decisionmaking power … Opinion Between EPC Report Authors and AHRQ Officer This summary has been incorporated into the EPC procedure

177. A Process for Robust and Transparent Rating of Study Quality: Phase 1 | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2011 - Methods We conducted three sequential exercises: (1) quality assessment of randomized controlled trials … assessed by multiple reviewers using a process of reconciliation, in the absence of a gold standard method

178. Assessing the Impact of Economic Evidence on Policymakers in Health Care — A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 23, 2012 - Methods The review included original studies that applied a quantitative or qualitative method for

179. Comparative Effectiveness of Surgical Options for Inguinal Hernia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 11, 2011 - 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.

180. Healthcare Industry Waste and Lifecycle Assessment (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/lifecycle-assessment-technical-brief-protocol.pdf
     August 23, 2023 - .1-8 The framework for LCA is described in ISO 14040.9 To assess the impacts associated with a procedure … can serve as a pathway to raise awareness about environmental impacts with a particular healthcare procedure … Methods The methods for this technical brief will follow the Methods Guide for the Evidence- based Practice … This procedure ensures that in the case of group interviews, all key informants feel heard and have … Innovations in framework synthesis as a systematic review method.