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241. 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

242. Disposition of Comments Report for Local Hepatic Therapies for Metastases to the Liver From Unresectable Colorectal Cancer (pdf file)
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     December 11, 2012 - consortium algorithm and patient registry to help determine how best to identify patients and which procedure … reader to understand the intent of the review, the manner in which the data were collected, and the method … Due to lack of evidence this report fails to identify the best if any method for local management of … Peer Reviewer #6 Introduction pg 34: substantial # of RFA procedures performed by surgeons and typically … studies that were evaluated re: appropriate patient population (i.e., number and size of lesions), procedure

243. Use of a Clinical Pathway To Facilitate the Translation and Utilization of AHRQ EPC Report Findings (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2018 - EHC002-EF December 2018 ii Key Messages Pilot Project Purpose Clinical pathways are one method … Methods Research Report. … Clinical pathways are one method of promoting the uptake of evidence into clinical practice. … The purpose of this standard is to ensure that supporters of competing procedures, clinicians with no … vested interest in utilization of one procedure or another, methodologists, and patients or potential

244. GRADING THE STRENGTH OF A BODY OF EVIDENCE (pdf file)
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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

245. 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*)

246. Disposition of Comments Report for Breathing Exercises and/or Retraining Techniques in the Treatment of Asthma: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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     September 10, 2012 - primary outcomes or follow their methods. … This is a hyperventilation [HV] reduction method, and has, in the Soviet Union where this method originated … Reviewer 3 Methods Statistical methods appear to be appropriate. No changes made. … A controlled evaluation of this procedure is warranted.” … include training in symptom perception, stress management, hypnosis, yoga, and several biofeedback procedures

247. Disposition of Comments Report for CER 207 on PTSD (pdf file)
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     May 17, 2018 - treatment/control groups, if the analysis is not done "by intention to treat", or if the analytic procedure … The Cornell paper demonstrates that the confidence intervals using the D-L method may be too narrow … It is hard for me to see how it is reasonable to operationalize that recommendation into the rigid procedure … Using this rigid procedure, a body of evidence with, say, four studies, and little heterogeneity in … One recommendation I urge you to consider is downgrading the use of LOCF as a method of performing

248. 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

249. 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

250. 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

251. Disposition of Comments Report for Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 137 (pdf file)
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     August 06, 2014 - trials will be needed to address the unanswered questions about moderators, “dose,” intervention method … Procedures for conducting the literature search, including or excluding reports, and extracting data … treatment produced clinically meaningful improvement in comparison to baseline or another treatment procedure … symptoms commonly associated with ASD such as anxiety) which does not refer to a behavioral intervention method … regardless of the method (or both) is needed.

252. 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.

253. S5 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - ORIGINAL ARTICLE Emerging Methods in Comparative Effectiveness and Safety Symposium Overview and Summary … Lohr, PhD Background: Interest in new methods for comparative effective- ness, drug and patient safety … Key Words: comparative effectiveness, drug safety, health care, methods, patient safety, pharmaceuticals … , to reduce costs and/or improve cost effectiveness, and to provide an explicit, fair, and rational method … Refining methods that will permit comparative effectiveness and other health services research projects

254. Decision Modeling (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Methods guide for medical test reviews. … Methods guide for medical test reviews. … Methods guide for medical test reviews. … Methods guide for medical test reviews. … If AD is determined in a long-term clinical evaluation (the usual method of diagnosis), then a PET test

255. Decision Modeling (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Methods guide for medical test reviews. … Methods guide for medical test reviews. … Methods guide for medical test reviews. … Methods guide for medical test reviews. … If AD is determined in a long-term clinical evaluation (the usual method of diagnosis), then a PET test

256. Evidence Summary: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 238: Cervical Ripening (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2021 - Methods We employed methods consistent with those outlined in the Agency for Healthcare Research and … /topics/cer-methods-guide/overview), and we describe these in the full report. … 4 cohort studies (n=2,511) 33% vs. 33% RR 0.79 (0.67 to 0.98) Key Question 2: Mechanical Method … difference 2 RCTs (n=1,120) 4% vs. 3% RR 1.39 (0.67 to 3.03) Key Question 2: Mechanical Method … Studies Incidence Relative Risk (95% CI) I2 for pooled analysesb Key Question 2: Mechanical Method

257. Tools to (Semi) Automate Evidence Synthesis (pdf file)
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     August 15, 2023 - For the purpose of this review, we define a tool as a system, method, instrument, model, application … Methods The review will follow AHRQ EPC Program methodology, as described in its Methods Guide,2 with … For each study, we will extract • Basic information about the tool and the automation method o Tool … AHRQ Methods for Effective Health Care. … EPC Methods: An Exploration of Methods and Context for the Production of Rapid Reviews.

258. CER 210: Disposition of Comments for Breastfeeding Programs and Policies, Breastfeeding Uptake, and Maternal Health Outcomes in Developed Countries (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - TEP Reviewer 1 Methods Statistical methods were used appropriately. Thank you. … Peer Reviewer 2 Methods Yes. … Peer Reviewer 6 Methods ES-15. … TEP Reviewer 9 Methods The methods for assessing risk of bias are clearly articulated. … This is explained in Table 2 of the methods and in the methods text.

259. Executive Summary_Systematic Review_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 - Methods We followed methods outlined in the AHRQ Evidence-based Practice Center Program Methods Guidance … (https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/topics/cer-methods- guide/overview) where applicable.5 For this … /overview https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/topics/cer-methods-guide/overview 3 … Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. … Chapters available at: https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/topics/ce r-methods-guide/overview. 6.

260. Labor-Nitrous-Oxide Executive (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2012 - Labor pain management methods used in studies included in this review Method Description Timing and … pain • Self-administered between and/or during contractions • May be continued into third stage if procedures … labor with infusion usually continuing into second stage • May be continued into third stage if procedures … Labor pain management methods used in studies included in this review (continued) Method Description … methods such as TENS.