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November 01, 2013 - Then, according to these decisions rules and procedures
documented in protocols, EPCs assess individual … Overall, EPC and GRADE guidance both emphasize applying a structured, transparent
method. … impact of unreported data through, for instance, tests for
funnel plot asymmetry, a trim and fill method … EPCs should carefully document procedures used to grade strength of evidence (in the
review’s Methods … Trim and fill: A simple
funnel-plot-based method of testing and
adjusting for publication bias in meta
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June 06, 2011 - The contrast agent used during the procedure to
visualize the coronary arteries may cause anaphylaxis … At present, this device is not widely available.6
Exercise/stress ECHO is another noninvasive method … physicians and support staff.7 Although the use of noninvasive modalities to minimize
the need for invasive procedures … Methods
A. … NOTE: The following protocol elements are standard procedures for all protocols.
VIII.
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September 29, 2014 - Peer Reviewer 1 Methods The authors explain that the methods used for this manuscript conform to those … independent assessment of study quality resulted in
initially equivalent determinations, given the method … Peer Reviewer 9 Methods The methods are well described with what I consider appropriate inclusion and … Methods are adequate. … Peer Reviewer
11
Methods Appropriate statistical methods used?
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January 01, 2013 - The AHRQ Project Officer then described successful and
unsuccessful procedures used by other EPCs not … In this way, group members gained familiarity with the procedures of other EPCs,
identifying shared … It also resulted in the elimination of two
questions related to nonmesh procedures; expansion of questions … Methods Research
Report. … For further details about
submission, please see the EPC Procedure Guide.
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November 06, 2012 - Peer Reviewer #1 Methods There appear to be reporting errors in the document. … clinically important differences, including relative
and absolute differences and the distribution method … They note that
the relative difference method incorporates baseline severity and the
distribution method … If this approach is included with the category
of the distribution method, then a better description … Reimbursement is still dependent on billing for procedures
such as US, diathermy, e-stim, etc.
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February 29, 2016 - This is
the standard method for
reporting/assessing minimum
clinically important differences. … typically
derived from change from baseline at a
given “disease severity”-often using an
anchor method … This is
the standard method for
reporting/assessing minimum
clinically important differences. … of imaging and
procedures. … on mechanisms of injury may
underlie overuse of imaging and
procedures.
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February 07, 2018 - Methods
The methods for this comparative effectiveness review follow the guidance provided in
the … Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. … Stat Methods Med Res. January 2017:962280217721246.
19. … Double Blind Method/
50. … Single Blind Method/
51. clinical trial/
52. clinical trial, phase i.pt.
53. clinical trial
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June 10, 2013 - text to the Methods section in the ES and full
report
Added to last paragraph to the ES methods … We did not
report mean effect sizes if we could not report a pooled CI; this is not a
standard method … and is not a method that is recommended in the AHRQ
Methods guide.
72 Peer Reviewer 3 Executive … overall comment made,
was there an attempt to do “Indirect
Comparisons” as described in the AHRQ
Method … Guide on CER (e.g., Bucher’s simple
method)?
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October 01, 2011 - These questions have been derived through
AHRQ procedure and cannot be changed
Peer Reviewer
#4 … in order to conduct the review at all, but “because I said so” is
not exactly a strong, scientific method … Peer Reviewer
#3
Methods Overall, the method section did a good job in describing how studies
were … Single studies
with contrary findings raise questions about the method that merit
explication and caution … subsequent to PR version
Peer Reviewer
#7
Results p 127 L-20 Treated prevalence –more specific than method
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May 04, 2015 - Peer reviewer #2 Methods Methods: I appreciate the rigor of two-person review and
secondary review … of a frenotomy versus skilled lactation consultation
support (or some other conservative management method … TEP reviewer #3 Methods Methods: Yes to all the above questions Thank you for your comment. … Inclusion
criteria now incorporates all
surgical/procedures used to
describe frenulum division including … As
any oral procedure will produce a small amount of post
procedure bleeding, it would also be important
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April 03, 2013 - psychodynamic
approaches, and a farewell ritual at the end of the treatment in a single treatment
method … The clinician follows standardized procedures to monitor and guide the
patient’s associative process … Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Basic
principles, protocols and procedures (2nd ed.). … is
a primary author in the study
of that method. … This tends to be a limitation of
the AHRQ/GRADE method and not this document, per se.
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June 01, 2013 - Please see the
methods section for more details about this process. … interested in innovations in drugs and biologics, medical devices, screening and
diagnostic tests, procedures … identifying new (and new uses of existing) pharmaceuticals, medical devices,
diagnostic tests and procedures … For purposes of horizon scanning, AHRQ’s interests are broad and encompass drugs, devices,
procedures … Executive Summary
Background
Methods
Results
Discussion
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November 30, 2014 - biocompatible tissue-bulking agents into the anal canal walls are a newer,
more invasive nonsurgical procedure … .11 Surgical procedures used to treat FI in the United States
include implanted sacral nerve stimulators … etc.) and become progressively more invasive (local injections of tissue-bulking
material, surgical procedures … Methods
A. … If dissimilar baseline Yes What method?
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November 15, 2011 - We make this exclusion
clearer in the methods section. … There are standardized methods to assess the risk of bias, e.g., JADAD,
PEDro. … Peer Reviewer #2 Methods p. 3 l44-46: There is a problem with the appendices. … In this method, the low levels of vibration displacements were optimally
designed using simulation studies … The
effective stress on the bone by this method is the combined stress on the
bone from low-level vibration
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January 01, 2019 - Methods
Future Research Needs Report No. 3. … We welcome comments on this Methods Research Project. … to inform prioritization of future research, but all agreed that
modeling should not be the only method … cost-benefit analysis
2008 BMJ
17638858 Diagnostic accuracy and clinical utility of a simplified low cost
method … alternatives for
beef bulls with preputial prolapse
1997 J Am Vet Med Assoc
9357709 A decision analytic method
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February 15, 2018 - Peer Reviewer 1
Methods 2. … Peer Reviewer 1
Methods 4. … Peer Reviewer 1
Methods 5. … , in the
Methods section. … TEP Reviewer 4
Methods In the search strategy (Methods Search Strategy, Page
14 of 173), I would
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October 07, 2011 - Methods The methods are generally appropriate. Thank you. … This has been clarified in
the methods describing this decision
Methods Something should be said somewhere … Additionally, the Peto method can be more useful when there are
many trials that have no events occur … However,
several of our meta-analyses were done
across very heterogeneous studies, and
Peto's method … In addition, Peto's method is known
to be very biased when the estimated ORs
are not near 1.
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September 19, 2014 - Methods
The methods for this Comparative Effectiveness Review
(CER) follow the methods suggested in … Effectiveness Reviews.30
All methods were determined a priori. … Methods Guide for
Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. … Preventive
Services Task Force Procedure Manual. … Methods
Guide for Medical Test Reviews.
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January 01, 2016 - Does the comparative effectiveness differ according to
the diagnostic method or definition used, the … We used a dual
rating procedure for study quality in which all studies
were first rated by one reviewer … number of years in practice, type of clinic, geographic region, and
population served
Diagnostic method … Delayed prescribing (any method) resulted in
moderate-strength evidence of large reductions in use of … Intervention Education Education varied widely in method, duration, intensity, and local tailoring.
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March 23, 2018 - Peer Reviewer
#1
Methods The Methods are described in a very thorough and detailed … The method of article
selection is clearly articulated. … Appropriate statistical methods were used. … We realize many publications
may not provide this information, but the method of AE collection
can … interventions as they
are reported in the manuscripts, we did not
try to convert them to a standardized
method