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21. Disposition of Comments for CER 177 Agitation Aggression Dementia (pdf file)
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    March 21, 2016 - TEP #5 Methods Risk of bias is used in various areas of the review up to this point, but is never defined … by 'to usual care' and sometimes followed by nothing. … This reviewer thinks it would be good to always follow 'similar' by "to ....' … Therefore, interpretation should always be with an understanding of the size of the difference that … If the living environment and approach to care arean ongoing cause of the unmet need then we can never

22. Disposition of Comments Report for Imaging Tests for the Diagnosis and Staging of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (pdf file)
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    September 23, 2014 - There were some systematic reviews that included some studies of EUS alone, and sometimes these could … As written, this manuscript seems to advocate that EUS should always be accompanied by FNA. … Our evidence tables provide information on specific vessels, but there was never enough accuracy data … The report acknowledges that CT is usually the first test. … The draft report itself notes that “the evidence was usually too imprecise to permit conclusions” and

23. Disposition of Comments for Comparative Effectiveness Review 133 Transitional Care Interventions To Prevent Readmissions for People With Heart Failure (pdf file)
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    May 27, 2014 - a potential to “game the system” when looking only at readmissions (especially CHF readmissions)…sometimes … the meaning of “necessary” was never explicitly defined. … Meta-analytic approaches are always hampered by between trial heterogeneity, and in this regard, the … Several times that phrase is mentioned but never defined. … This was not part of our scope; the specific role of nursing was not usually defined in included trials

24. A Prospective Comparison of Evidence Synthesis Search Strategies Developed With and Without Text-Mining Tools (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2021 - Sometimes (not always) this has been ideal for finding candidate terms to NOT out to make the search … Strategy Evaluation VOSviewer – Never used this tool (only seen it demonstrated). … Sometimes (not always) this has been ideal for finding candidate terms to NOT out to make the search

25. Disposition of Comments for CER 163 Appropriate Antibiotics (pdf file)
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    January 27, 2016 - However, we can never really know in most cases whether an antibiotic is appropriate or not in most … As a general comment, I noticed the OR or RR were sometimes included and sometimes they were not (one … This is somewhat well-known amongst clinicians, but not always embraced by other care givers who, … The need for robust evidence on this topic has never been greater and with the advent of antibiotic … It is always important to focus on reduction of mortality due to all causes and, yet, in our institution

26. Research White Paper Managing Missing Data in Patient Registries Addendum Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes Third Edition (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2018 - Competing risks can lead to missing data in certain settings; sometimes a study may be interested in … For example, one site may report smoking status as 0: never, 1: former, 2: current, blank: missing while … another site may report smoking status as 1: current, 2: former or never, 3: missing or unknown. … handling missing data in clinical trials are well documented,19,20 although these methods are not always … weights23 generalized to multiple complex variables and typically estimated with a parametric (and usually

27. Disposition of Comments Report for Assessment and Management of Chronic Cough (pdf file)
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    January 07, 2013 - system would be referred to as an electronic recorder, sometimes as a cough count. … However, particularly with KQ2, any comments of recommendation are barely significant and always couched … Because a gold standard does not exist and never will, the standard(s) that should have been used were … unexplained cough group was possibly unexplained because certain tests or certain treatments were never … Those in paediatrics, are usually parent proxy (for young children who cannot report their QOL) or

28. Methods-Guide-Chapter-Prioritization-And-Selection-Of-Harms-For-Inclusion-In-Systematic-Reviews (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2018 - However, although the 2010 harms chapter recommended that EPC systematic reviews “always assess harms … These decision makers are usually clinical experts. … • Never encountered a situation where there are so many harms 4. … D-2 • Sometimes consider composite safety AE. … • Don’t always get the PICO right at the beginning and we don’t have extensive stakeholder engagement

29. Disposition of Comments for Quality Improvement Interventions To Address Health Disparities (pdf file)
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    August 27, 2012 - Sometimes they are termed “priority” conditions, which is fine (although that does have a particular … TEP #2 Executive Summary I never did figure out what order or logic was operating in the list of QI … ES-16, Line 27 Can you find a spot someplace to clarify what language concordance means – it’s sometimes … Addressed here, they seem never to appear again, except on Page 3, lines 45-47. … Usually, all numbers 10 and higher are Arabic. Thank you.

30. Rapid Evidence Product Addressing Social Isolation To Improve the Health of Older Adults A Rapid Review (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2019 - addition, the WHO notes that interventions that are participatory and have a theoretical foundation are usually … • Answer options were: very rarely or never, sometimes, and often or almost always Social Provisions … All questions are framed using “how often do you feel…” and choices include never, rarely, sometimes … • Answers to these four questions are always=0, sometimes=1, or never=2. … Questions are answered on a 4- point Likert-type scale (ranging from 1=never to 4=always).

31. Disposition of Comments for CER 157 Appendicitis (pdf file)
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    December 14, 2015 - Not always. See my attached document. … The answer here is almost always Yes. … Sometimes too much on not relevant detail, and sometimes I miss other more relevant outcomes - see … cases may perforate; 2) there are two kinds of appendicitis, one progressing to perforation which usually … You always need a clinical diagnosis first.

32. Disposition of Comments for CER 158 Diagnosis of Gout (pdf file)
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    February 24, 2016 - symptoms in the first metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint, among others (with synovial fluid culture sometimes … for each of the clinical scenarios, based on a combination of clinical expertise and experience and sometimes … than the secondary or tertiary care settings (e.g., academic rheumatology departments) that are usually … 2014) that compares the sensitivity and specificity of the diagnostic criteria (algorithms) that usually … reviewer’s question, for two reasons: differentiating tophaceous gout from rheumatoid nodules was never

33. Disposition of Comments Report for Otitis Media With Effusion (pdf file)
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    May 04, 2013 - , line 26: Presence of bubbles indicates an air-fluid mix and constitutes the mildest form of OME, usually … Introduction The end of the paragraph should say something about functional outcomes, such as “…and can sometimes … Is otitis media with effusion almost always accompanying cleft palate in children? … Is otitis media with effusion almost always accompanying cleft palate in children? … Short of doing this we will always be left with many questions about data and design.

34. Disposition of Comments Report for Enzyme-Replacement Therapies for Lysosomal Storage Disease (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2014 - State in the MPS II section that women are almost never affected. … The text was revised to reflect this comment that women are almost never affected. … However, for clinical purposes, women are almost never affected.” … In addition the data collected (or sometimes not collected) are determined by the companies and may … What is not always clear is the mechanisms of underlying pathogenesis in the LSDs and how much ERT

35. Decision Modeling (ppt file)
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    June 01, 2012 - In fact, the model can be used to compare multiple test-and-treat strategies that have never been compared … Developing a formal decision model is not always feasible due to: Short time spans Limited resources … Modeling requires: Technical expertise A good appreciation of the clinical issues Resources, sometimes … to Developing Decision Models Despite the clear benefits of decision models, their creation is not always … Modeling is usually not useful when there is scarce information available.

36. Decision Modeling (ppt file)
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    June 01, 2012 - In fact, the model can be used to compare multiple test-and-treat strategies that have never been compared … Developing a formal decision model is not always feasible due to: Short time spans Limited resources … Modeling requires: Technical expertise A good appreciation of the clinical issues Resources, sometimes … to Developing Decision Models Despite the clear benefits of decision models, their creation is not always … Modeling is usually not useful when there is scarce information available.

37. 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 - imprecision arising from nonsignificant results or wide confidence intervals spanning the null), we usually … Key Question 2b is presented in both of these places but is never mentioned again. … It sometimes appears, but not always. … For example, what does breastfeeding initiation mean (does it count as never breastfed if tried once … P120, line 23- typo “vs. never” appears twice Thank you. This typo has been corrected.

38. Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews - Avoiding Bias in Selecting Studies (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2013 - Other similar retrospective studies also found differences in their lists of included studies and sometimes … To enhance readability, key questions may not always define the comparison, which may introduce both … However, because assessments of risk of bias are never based entirely on empirical evidence, and are … Testing of inter- or intra-rater reliability, using the kappa statistic is sometimes suggested as a … This information is sometimes readily available, but often matching is difficult. 4.

39. CER 215 Adverse Effects of Pharmacologic Treatments of Major Depression in Older Adults (pdf file)
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    March 28, 2019 - Although part of the SSRI group of medications, fluvoxamine is almost always used in individuals with … Also, trazodone is often prescribed in low doses to assist with insomnia but is almost never used as … The latter concept is used in multiple contexts with differing definitions and sometimes is used to … because doses for antidepressant effects are much higher than those for sedative properties (e.g., as sometimes … while in nursing facility practice, was addition of subtherapeutic doses of antidepressants that were never

40. Disposition of Comments Report for Strategies To Reduce Cesarean Birth in Low-Risk Women (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2010 - Response TEP #3 Methods inclusion/exclusion criteria were described --it appears that "term" was never … TEP #1 Results Page 26; Sometimes the sheer volume of the data presented makes it possible to miss something … Page 45: Have edited to" sometimes used in conjunction with EFM, with a trend towards less use over … too, as there is an implication that fetal pulse oximetry is used in practice when, in fact, it was never … However, I always struggle with samples of mixed parity with the outcome of primary c/s.