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2821. First- and Second-Generation Antipsychotics in Children and Young Adults: Systematic Review Update (pdf file)
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      March 16, 2017 - Peer Reviewer 9 Methods It is fine to use Bayesian method to conduct pairwise meta-analyses. … Peer Reviewer 9 Methods Provide a reference for inconsistency factor plotting – The method is not called … This method provides very low power to detect inconsistency. … It helps to employ more than one method. … TEP 6 Methods Methods appear to be solid, logical, and explicitly stated.

2822. First- and Second-Generation Antipsychotics in Children and Young Adults: Systematic Review Update (pdf file)
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      March 16, 2017 - Peer Reviewer 9 Methods It is fine to use Bayesian method to conduct pairwise meta-analyses. … Peer Reviewer 9 Methods Provide a reference for inconsistency factor plotting – The method is not called … This method provides very low power to detect inconsistency. … It helps to employ more than one method. … TEP 6 Methods Methods appear to be solid, logical, and explicitly stated.

2823. Diagnosis and Treatment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      May 01, 2014 - Information that will be abstracted that is relevant for assessing applicability will include the method … include clear descriptions of the population, setting, interventions, and comparison groups; a valid method … quality of the studies and the heterogeneity among studies in design, patient population including method … Available at: https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-de-novo-processes/methods … Preventive Services Task Force Procedure Manual. AHRQ Publication No. 08-05118-EF.

2824. Mrsa-Screening-2010 Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2010 - One key issue relates to the microbiological testing method applied. … Patients undergoing surgical procedures. Interventions 1. … [mh] OR single-blind method [mh] OR clinical trial [pt] OR clinical trials [mh] OR "clinical trial … Methods A. … Methods B.

2825. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2011 - Peer Reviewer #3 Methods All methods seem appropriate. Thank you for the comment. … Peer Reviewer #4 Methods The methods are utilized are sound and the inclusion and exclusion criteria … This is a critical point in that it is not appropriate to introduce a method of data analysis in the … The method used to assign IMMPACT categories to the outcome measures was essentially the judgment of … Please change the terms “…procedures like nerve blocks and discectomies…” to “…percutaneous spinal procedures

2826. Treatment of Non-metastatic Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      July 21, 2014 - selected, well-informed patients due to the need for continued surveillance and invasive diagnostic procedures … include clear descriptions of the population, setting, interventions, and comparison groups; a valid method … /products/cer-methods-guide/overview/ . … Available at: https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-de-novo-processes/methods … Preventive Services Task Force Procedure Manual.

2827. Case Study Comparing Bayesian and Frequentist Approaches for Multiple Treatment Comparisons | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      March 28, 2013 - Structured Abstract Background Bayesian statistical methods are increasingly popular as a tool for … We compared Bayesian and traditional frequentist statistical methods for multiple treatment comparisons … Methods We searched major electronic bibliographic databases, U.S. … Conclusions Bayesian methods are more flexible and their results more clinically interpretable but

2828. Bladder-Cancer-Non-Muscle-Invasive Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      July 21, 2014 - Tests with high false positive rates could lead to unnecessary invasive procedures for further evaluation … Electromotive drug administration (EMDA) is a method for enhancing the effectiveness of intravesical … Clinical trials of EMDA are ongoing in the US, but the method is not widely available or FDA approved … Methods A. … Preventive Services Task Force Procedure Manual.

2829. Slide 1 (pdf file)
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      August 27, 2012 - Analytic Hierarchy Processes as preference assessment tools Describe applications of preference methods … involvement in comparative effectiveness research in AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program To advance methods … Effectiveness Research ~Institute of Medicine, 2009 Community Forum Community Forum Categories of CER Methods … elicitation of patient preferences in HTA, multiple criteria decision making and discrete choice methods … Moderator: Penny Mohr Goals AHRQ Community Forum Comparative Effectiveness Research Categories of CER Methods

2830. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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      August 24, 2011 - percent used nitrous oxide (likely an overestimate considering how few U.S. facilities offer this method … women’s self-reporting of analgesia use, it provides a general sense of the relative use of each method … widespread use of nitrous oxide in other countries suggests it is an effective labor pain relief method … Inhaled self-administered nitrous oxide in a 50/50 mix (e.g., Nitronox) is the most common method of … Methods A.

2831. Suicide Prevention | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      December 28, 2015 - The data systems identified through this search method should not be assumed as an exhaustive list of … When available, we will also tabulate the actual statistical packages and procedures used. … training, testing, and assisting beverage servers and retailers in the development of policies and procedures … Other methods? … Procedures CPT Others Lab LOINC Medication RxNorm NDC Other?

2832. Gout Dx protocol_140715-draft (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2014 - Methods In general, this systematic review will follow the procedures of the Methods Guide for Medical … few studies will address the question of adverse outcomes or patient satisfaction with diagnostic procedures … Data Abstraction and Data Management – Data abstraction will follow the procedures described above. … For studies that assess the validity of an alternative diagnostic method against that of analysis of … , given the limitations of the oldest, gold standard method, the newness of most methods that rely on

2833. Diagnosis and Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Adult Women | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      August 06, 2010 - Interventions For KQ1 about diagnostic methods, the methods that were defined as the gold standards … Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews 80 , 81 , 84 ) Methods A. … Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews; 2010. … Available at: https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/topics/methods-guidance-de-novo-processes/methods … NOTE: The following protocol elements are standard procedures for all protocols.

2834. Systematic Review of Calcineurin Inhibitors for Kidney Transplant | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      October 14, 2014 - Intervention Criteria Monitoring method. … Available at: https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-grading-strength/methods … A refined method for the meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials with binary outcome. … '/exp OR 'double blind procedure' OR 'single blind procedure'/exp OR 'single blind procedure' OR 'placebo … OR 'crossover procedure' OR 'triple blind procedure'/exp OR 'triple blind procedure' OR 'controlled

2835. Disposition of Comments Report for Local Therapies for Unresectable Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma (pdf file)
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      May 24, 2013 - It would be reasonable to compare ablative procedures vs. each other (RF ablation, microwave ablation … The selection criteria for these procedures is different - the percutaneous ie RFA , PEI, Cryo are … The principle reason is in the approach to the 'lesions' - if small <3cm and accessible the default procedure … hands on expertise, qualified MDs may not be available at a given site and therefore the default procedure … Further, surgeons perform ablation procedures as do interventional radiologists.

2836. Disposition of Comments for Screening of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2010 - incentives that reward positive processes (e.g., MRSA testing and compliance with infection control procedures … Reviewer #4 (Peer) Methods Methods: Good. … The progression from acquisition (colonization) to infection cannot be influenced by screening procedures … were MRSA carriers did not receive anti-MRSA preoperative prophylaxis at the time they are surgical procedure … Furthermore, 59% of the surgical patients received < 1 day of decolonization therapy prior to their procedure

2837. Dia 1 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2011 - MCDA methods enable the evaluation of many alternatives by explicit ranking, rating or pairwise comparison … one of the most widely used MCDA techniques available (Saaty, 1989)  Conjoint Analysis (CA) methods … Conjoint analysis methods  Helps to improve judgment  Decomposed  Hierarchical  Low cognitive … AHP) CA methods Adapted from Mulye et al, J. Beh.Dec. … Mak, 1998 9 MCDA methods: the Analytic Hierarchy Process 10 Criterion 1 Criterion 2 Criterion

2838. Slide 1 (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2012 - Slide 1 Community Forum Community Forum Deliberative Methods Experiment Agency for Healthcare … Community Forum 4 Overview of experiment RCT comparing education-only control and 5 deliberative methods … Analysis: summer 2012 – summer 2013  Information to look for ─ Literature review of deliberative methods … www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/tools-and-resources/how-to-get-involved-in-the-effective-health-care-program/ Deliberative Methods

2839. Urinary-Incontinence-Treatment Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      September 30, 2010 - Interventions For KQ1 about diagnostic methods, the methods that were defined as the gold standards: … Methods A. … Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews; 2010. … NOTE: The following protocol elements are standard procedures for all protocols. VIII. … Grading the Evidence for Each Key Question NOTE: The following protocol elements are standard procedures

2840. Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      January 30, 2012 - There were no other significant changes to our KQs or proposed methods. … procedures (WATCHMAN® device, AMPLATZER® cardiac plug, and PLAATO® device) Antiplatelet therapy: … procedures (WATCHMAN® device, AMPLATZER® cardiac plug, and PLAATO® device) Antiplatelet therapy: … Assessing Applicability We will assess applicability across our key questions using the method described … in AHRQ’s Methods Guide . 25,29 In brief, this method uses the PICOTS format as a way to organize