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241. Covariate Selection for Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
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     January 01, 2013 - Backward selection procedures Begin with all covariates in the model and consider whether each covariate … Forward selection procedures begin with an empty set of covariates and then consider for each covariate … Created variables capture the frequency of codes for procedures, diagnoses, and medication fills during … The created variables capture the frequency of codes for procedures, diagnoses, and medication fills … When empirical selection procedures are newly developed or modified, investigators are encouraged to

242. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 249: Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     October 13, 2021 - If someone is getting a procedure, then it is important to time the NPO correctly to not extend it … and place a diet order as soon as the procedure is completed. … by comparison to a gold standard (colonoscopy), despite the fact that colonoscopy is an invasive procedure … There are several diagnostic procedures in medicine that we accept due to thorough experience and … It can be foreseen that continuous R&D activities will fine-tune diagnostic procedures and be better

243. Treatments for Adults with Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     September 23, 2016 - include clear descriptions of the population, setting, interventions, and comparison groups; a valid method … the past, this evidence will not undergo this sufficiency assessment process and will undergo the procedures … Assessment procedure to ascertain sufficiency of evidence: All studies will undergo quality assessment … for all intervention areas in Key Question 2 were to undergo full data abstraction and synthesis procedures … Those areas deemed insufficient would undergo limited data abstraction and synthesis procedures.

244. Cervical Degenerative Disease Treatment (pdf file)
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     January 12, 2022 - Furlan AD, Malmivaara A, Chou R, et al. 2015 Updated Method Guideline for Systematic Reviews in the … Procedure Manual. 2015. … https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/procedure-manual. 35. … (alladult[Filter])) Surgery Key Questions 1,2,3,4,7,8,9 "surgery"[MeSH Subheading] OR "surgical procedures … , operative"[MeSH Terms] OR "surgical procedures, operative"[MeSH Terms] OR "general surgery"[MeSH Terms

245. Disposition of Comments for CER 162 Diagnosis of Celiac Disease (pdf file)
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     January 28, 2016 - and genome wide SNP profiles to predict celiac disease in subjects with family history; this method … Perhaps inclusion of a review We found no safety data specific to persons undergoing these procedures … Such HLA-DQ haplotypes can only be identified when using molecular method for HLA typing but not by … serological method for typing. … disease (including dermatitis herpetiformis, anemia, joint pain, just to name a few) for which the procedure

246. AHRQ Slide Template 2009 (ppt file)
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     September 01, 2009 - Methods Chapter 3. Results Chapter 4. … Chapter 2: Methods The purpose of this chapter is to explain the methods used in the review, including … Describe the method of data extraction. … Methods: Data Extraction Authors should describe the method used for extracting data from the studies … prestudy condition and after therapy.… We tested for heterogeneity with the Breslow-Day test, and used the method

247. Assessing Applicability (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2009 - What types of care or procedures are routine or represent standard of care? … What types of care or procedures are routine or represent the standard of care? … Effectiveness trials have greater applicability than efficacy trials and, in this method, meet at least … In the intervention column, the type of surgical procedure is described. … /methods).

248. Preventing Complications and Treating Symptoms of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (pdf file)
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     March 24, 2017 - The findings may have been different had a different analytical method been conducted. … in pain77 as clinically meaningful; findings may have been different with a different analytical method … Finally, invasive procedure which are richly reimbursed by insurance payers (epidural stimulators) … We agree that newer pharmaceutical agents and invasive procedures are more likely to have higher-quality … For nonpharmacologic treatments, invasive procedures involving devices (i.e., spinal cord stimulators

249. Preventing Complications and Treating Symptoms of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (pdf file)
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     March 24, 2017 - The findings may have been different had a different analytical method been conducted. … in pain77 as clinically meaningful; findings may have been different with a different analytical method … Finally, invasive procedure which are richly reimbursed by insurance payers (epidural stimulators) … We agree that newer pharmaceutical agents and invasive procedures are more likely to have higher-quality … For nonpharmacologic treatments, invasive procedures involving devices (i.e., spinal cord stimulators

250. Disposition of Comments Report for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (pdf file)
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     June 28, 2013 - TEP #1 ES (Methods) All aspects of the Methods, including inclusion/exclusion criteria, search strategy … Peer Reviewer #4 Methods Analytical methods seem rigorous Thank you. … TEP #3 Methods No concerns. Thank you. … The method of selecting appropriate studies by 2 reviewers is reasonable. … TEP #6 Methods The methods seemed quite reasonable and appropriate to addressing the key questions.

251. Disposition of Comments for Imaging Tests for the Staging of Colorectal Cancer (pdf file)
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     November 20, 2014 - mixed-effects model to make direct comparison and the models could be fit using SAS, PROC NLMIXED procedure … Peer Reviewer 4 Methods Page 16, one typo -- Al-Sukhni et al., Primary method of analysis: hierarchical … Methods: The statistical method looks at relative risk which makes no clinical sense for diagnostic … NEMA standard XR 27 - 2012, X-ray Equipment for Interventional Procedures User Quality Control Mode … Studies of AEC procedures (continued) Public Reviewer 2 (Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance

252. AHRQ's Evidence-based Practice Center Division Annual Report 2019: Solving the Puzzle for Evidence-Based Decision Making (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2019 - scientifically rigorous and unbiased analysis of evidence Completed Research 11 Research Reports 8 Methods … Web Interactive Presentation of EPC Reports: A Foray Into Interactive Reports Link to All Reports Methods … Reports https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/machine-assisted-abstract-screening/methods-report … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/learning-health-systems-pilot-adhd/methods-report https … /methods-report https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/research-methods Manuscripts AHRQ EPC Series on

253. Prognostic Tests (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - This method does not require clinically meaningful prognostic categories, since not all increases or … Instead, this method focuses on subjects that have a higher or lower predicted probability when a new … Dear’s method (1994) Uses a fixed-effects regression model Arend’s method (2008) Is similar to a DerSimonian-Laird … Dear’s method (1994) uses a fixed-effects regression model to do this. … Arend’s method (32008) is similar to a DerSimonian-Laird random-effects model and is used when there

254. Prognostic Tests (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - This method does not require clinically meaningful prognostic categories, since not all increases or … Instead, this method focuses on subjects that have a higher or lower predicted probability when a new … Dear’s method (1994) Uses a fixed-effects regression model Arend’s method (2008) Is similar to a DerSimonian-Laird … Dear’s method (1994) uses a fixed-effects regression model to do this. … Arend’s method (32008) is similar to a DerSimonian-Laird random-effects model and is used when there

255. Comparative Effectiveness Review Disposition of Comments Report: Anxiety in Children (pdf file)
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     August 31, 2017 - Further, given the complexity of the SOE procedures and their heavy use in examining the data/studies … The EPC methods guide on assessing the strength of evidence was cited in the report method section; … analysis (pp. 17, 38, 56-57) The authors propose an ambitious set of subgroup analyses in the method … I have one question/comment about the analytic procedures for part of the review, one caveat that … Regarding the analytic procedures for the subgroup analyses, the contrasts that were tested did not

256. Research Protocol: Improving Cultural Competence To Reduce Health Disparities for Priority Populations (pdf file)
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     July 09, 2014 - Key Question 5 was rewritten to better fit systematic review methods focused on interventions targeted … Methods A. … topic, including participant selection; attrition, ascertainment, and appropriateness of analytic methods … Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. Vol. … Are the statistical methods used to assess the primary outcomes appropriate to the data?

257. Searching for Studies (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Methods guide for medical test reviews. … Recognize the importance of a multiple-approach method of searching Understand the current state of indexing … The first is to recognize the importance of a multiple-approach method of searching. … Methods guide for medical test reviews. … Until reporting/indexing is standardized, the best method is to combine highly sensitive searches and

258. Guidance for the Conduct and Reporting of Modeling and Simulation Studies in the Context of Health Technology Assessment (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2016 - An introduction to a Bayesian method for meta-analysis: the confidence profile method. … Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Procedure Manual: Section 3. … Scenario and parametric uncertainty in GESAMAC: a methodological study in nuclear waste disposal risk … The confidence profile method: a Bayesian method for assessing health technologies. … A Bayesian method for synthesizing evidence. The confidence profile method.

259. Amended Protocol: Management of Infantile Epilepsy (pdf file)
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     March 07, 2021 - for studies of surgical interventions, for which we only required at least 10 patients per surgical procedure … Methods guide for comparative effectiveness reviews. … Also available: https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/ methods-guidance-grading-strength/methods … /methods https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-grading-strength/methods https … * OR surg*)) OR (multilobar NEAR/3 disconnect*) OR (palliat* NEAR/3 operat* OR procedure* OR surg*)

260. Disposition of Comments for CERs 155 156 Contast-Induced Nephropathy (pdf file)
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     January 07, 2016 - procedures. … Methods: The methods are sound and well-explained. … from contrast material despite the absolute absence of any control group to prove that (e.g., 'sham procedure … Thank you for your comment 48 Technical Expert #3 Methods Methods: Yes. … kinase), or possibly interfering with its laboratory measurement, enzymatic or nonenzymatic (Jaffe method