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241. Adaptation of Data Mining Algorithms Assessing the Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of NSAIDs | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - & Tools Research Methods & Tools Tools & Software Education Resources About … Abstract Introduction Bayesian data mining methods have been used to evaluate drug safety signals … Methods In this pilot study, we evaluated the feasibility of adapting data mining methods using the … Technical Brief is to report what outcomes (benefits and harms) have been studied for a technology, drug or procedure … systematic review that draws conclusions as to the clinical benefits and harms of a drug, device, or procedure

242. Routine Preoperative Testing: Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - For some procedures, testing may truly be routine such that all patients undergo testing prior to the … procedure. … The length of time prior to the procedure that the tests are conducted? … Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/cer-methods-guide/overview/ .

243. Evidence Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 248: Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation for Major Joint Replacement (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2021 - evidence regarding the impact of prehabilitation on quality of life (QoL) or need for postoperative procedures … increased, the numbers of TKAs and THAs have increased and are now the most common inpatient surgical procedures … Methods We used methods consistent with Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Evidence-based … Practice Center Program Methods Guidance (https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/topics/cer-methods-guide … We assessed the risk of bias and evaluated the SoE using standard methods.

244. Oral Mechanical Bowel Preparation for Colorectal Surgery | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - In addition, the bowel integrity is maintained in typical (uncomplicated) colonoscopic procedures but … not in surgical procedures. … Methods A. … Intervention characteristics include the specific OMBP method used and the coadministration of oral antibiotics … be considered a one-stage procedure?

245. Effectiveness and Safety of Bronchial Thermoplasty in Management of Asthma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 01, 2019 - Questions and Draft Reports Submit SEADs Resources for Getting Involved Research Methods … & Tools Research Methods & Tools Tools & Software Education Resources About … BT along with standard medical management, compared to a similar procedure without the heat (sham procedure … Review methods. … risk of bias using the Cochrane Risk of Bias instrument, and the evidence base was assessed using the methods

246. Educating Session Participants (pdf file)
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     January 11, 2017 - Management and Policy University of Michigan Slide 20 Educating Session Participants  Deliberative procedures … o Methods used:  Conflicting experts, with questioning by participants • Problem – may assume adversarial

247. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Interventions to Prevent Nonventilator Hospital-acquired Pneumonia (NV-HAP) for Inpatients (pdf file)
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     August 05, 2024 - https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.o rg/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and- processes/procedure-manual … https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual … /uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-vi-criteria-assessing-internal-validity-individual-studies … https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual … /uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-vi-criteria-assessing-internal-validity-individual-studies

248. Disseminating Findings From EPC Reports: Pilot Project of Three Products (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2018 - Disseminating Findings From EPC Reports: Pilot Project of Three Products Methods Research Report … Methods Research Report. … media within and between osmolality classes in patients receiving diagnostic or therapeutic imaging procedures … risk of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) in patients receiving diagnostic or therapeutic imaging procedures … Population: all patients (children and adults) undergoing procedures or diagnostic studies requiring

249. Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Postoperative Pain Management in Cardiothoracic Surgery: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2025 - Questions and Draft Reports Submit SEADs Resources for Getting Involved Research Methods … & Tools Research Methods & Tools Tools & Software Education Resources About … Review methods. … Following AHRQ Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews and using dual review … You Might Also Like Research Protocol Dec 20, 2024 The Performance of Fusion Procedures

250. 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.

251. Healthcare Industry Waste and Lifecycle Assessment (pdf file)
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     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.

252. PowerPoint Presentation (pdf file)
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     August 27, 2012 - NHLBI, AHRQ, NINR • Phases of stakeholder engagement (2 years) – Pre-conference TCs • Goals, procedures … objective (research topic) Topic 2 Topic 3 Topic 4 1/9 to 9x as important 14 MCDA methods … comparisons for 4 alternatives (topics) for 1 criterion. 1/9 to 9x as important 20 MCDA methods … Results would inform care in diverse settings 22 MCDA methods: the Analytic Hierarchy Process … topic) 2 3 4 6 8 5 7 9 Criterion 4 Criterion 5 Criterion 6 Criterion 7 23 MCDA methods

253. Deciding Whether to Complement a Systematic Review of Medical Tests with Decision Modeling | 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 … To familiarize new investigators with the methodological framework and guidance outlined in the Methods … This module is one of 12 in the collection, Training Modules for the Methods Guide for Medical Test … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-tests-decision-models/slides

254. Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: 2022 Update of the PTSD-Repository Evidence Base (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2022 - Peer Reviewer #2 (TEP) Methods Methods are appropriate. … We did, however, abstract and classify the assessment procedures used in studies, and these data elements … And I think most people would call the examples in that category “medical devices or procedures” and … So perhaps call this category “device or procedure”. … Peer Reviewer #8 Methods The methods are very well detailed-following a standard protocol.

255. Angioplasty | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 20, 2015 - Questions and Draft Reports Submit SEADs Resources for Getting Involved Research Methods … & Tools Research Methods & Tools Tools & Software Education Resources About … Angioplasty is a procedure to restore blood flow through the artery. … Artery Disease Systematic Review Archived February 26, 2013 Intravascular Diagnostic Procedures … Effective Health Care (EHC) Program Evidence Reports Health Topics Research Methods

256. Skin Substitutes for Treating Chronic Wounds | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2020 - vascular status, and infection status Basic study design and conduct information including at least method … wound characteristics: definition of "failure to heal", and definition of a successfully healed wound Method … including method of assessment(s); frequency and time points for assessment(s); and blinding of assessors … Methods 1. … Oct 03, 2019 Section III Methods 2. Data Organization a.

257. Comparative Effectiveness of Case Management for Adults With Medical Illness and Complex Care Needs | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Methods A. … Our research team will use appropriate procedures to reduce bias and enhance consistency in our study-selection … These procedures include using dual reviewers to review abstracts and full-text articles for inclusion … eligibility and exclusion criteria; case management intervention and comparisons; the outcome-ascertainment method … NOTE: The following protocol elements are standard procedures for all protocols.

258. Executive Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 269: Respectful Maternity Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - and equitable intrapartum and postpartum care, but it lacks a standard definition, clear measurement method … Methods This review follows standard methods for systematic reviews1 based on methods developed by … Methods are discussed in detail in the full report and in Appendix A. … Few studies specifically addressed professional training, or specific procedures or policies to inform … Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews.

259. Local Therapies for the Treatment of Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Endobronchial Obstruction Due to Advanced Lung Tumors | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - All of these RT procedures are time-intensive, require significant training, and necessitate substantial … 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

260. Translation of a C. difficile Treatment Clinical Pathway Into Machine-Readable Clinical Decision Support Artifacts Prototyped for Electronic Health Record Integration | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2020 - Questions and Draft Reports Submit SEADs Resources for Getting Involved Research Methods … & Tools Research Methods & Tools Tools & Software Education Resources About … Methods. … Methods Research Report. … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/translation-c-diff-treatment/methods-report