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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cad-women-diagnosis_research-protocol.pdf
June 06, 2011 - Exercise/stress ECHO is another noninvasive method for diagnosing CAD that
provides information on the presence … perfusion at rest and under stress, and any abnormal findings are used to make
inferences about the presence … continuous data
(e.g., age, sensitivity, specificity, event rates) and categorical data (e.g., race, presence … Additionally, when appropriate, the studies will be evaluated for
the presence of confounders that would
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June 01, 2012 - For other disease states that are not directly observable, such as the presence of early stage breast … Both tests are used to determine the presence or absence of the condition of interest. … In addition, both tests can be inaccurate in assigning presence or absence of disease, leading to eight … Both tests are used to determine the presence or absence of the condition of interest. … In addition, both tests can be inaccurate in assigning presence or absence of disease, leading to eight
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June 01, 2012 - For other disease states that are not directly observable, such as the presence of early stage breast … Both tests are used to determine the presence or absence of the condition of interest. … In addition, both tests can be inaccurate in assigning presence or absence of disease, leading to eight … Both tests are used to determine the presence or absence of the condition of interest. … In addition, both tests can be inaccurate in assigning presence or absence of disease, leading to eight
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/nonpharm-treatment-chronic-pain-protocol.pdf
December 11, 2018 - of characteristics influence the development of and response to chronic pain,
including sex, age, presence … Do estimates of benefits and harms differ by age, sex, presence of comorbidities
(e.g., emotional or … is likely that trials vary in regard to the degree to which characteristics of
a given condition or presence … also situations where the observational evidence may
be upgraded (e.g., large magnitude of effect, presence … factors (e.g., demographic characteristics, duration or
severity of pain, underlying pain condition, presence
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June 01, 2022 - eligibility for pregnant women, so it may be
helpful in establishing eligibility to code for the presence … Concepts
identified for extraction were:
• Presence of suicide ideation (including PHQ-9 item 9 scores … (e.g., ‘patient
reports having thoughts of suicide’), neither negation nor presence (e.g., notes that … Using the custom approach,
2,088,144 notes were categorized as negation, 25,255 notes as presence, 164,797 … Of the notes with a negation or presence, 1.2 percent
were classified as presence and 98.8 percent as
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June 01, 2018 - (e.g., study design, study period, and followup), study participants (e.g., population,
age, sex, presence … of dementia, setting, presence of substance use, presence of
hypertension), interventions (e.g., dose
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April 01, 2013 - Once screening indicates the possibility of PAH,
diagnostic tests are necessary to confirm the presence … a screening test in patients at risk for PAH and which
have been shown to correlate well with the presence … with the decision algorithm, and in patients
with echocardiographic estimates of sPAP ≥36 mmHg,
the presence … Pericardial effusion 8 (2,590) 2.43 (1.57 to 3.77) SOE = Moderate
Presence of pericardial effusion is … BNP, RA size, the presence of pericardial
effusion and uric acid had prognostic value in patients
with
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March 01, 2016 - KQ1, 2
KQ1, 2
Adverse
Events
Discon�nua�on of
An�-inflammatory
Therapy KQ5b
KQ5b
(including presence … comparative effectiveness of
urate lowering therapy differ according to disease
severity (including presence … comparative effectiveness
of dietary modification differ according to
disease severity (including presence … • Evidence is insufficient about the potential effect of the
presence of tophi on the effectiveness … • Subgroup analyses of included
trials did not report consistent
results when stratified on the
presence
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June 01, 2010 - upper decile from the non-surgical group to enrollees in
the surgical group by exact age, sex and presence … may have been more complete coding of diagnoses among the enrollees
in the surgical group, as the presence … aged 45 to 54 years; all p-values for change over time ≤ 0.0001 unless specified
†controlled for presence … their interaction with time with results predicted for females aged 45 to 54 years
† controlled for presence
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/undescended-testicle_executive.pdf
December 01, 2012 - For determining a course of treatment, is imaging
equivalent to laparoscopy in determining the presence … only studies that evaluated the accuracy
with which preoperative imaging techniques identified the
presence … We required that the study
report data on presence or absence of testicles along with
identifying the … stimulate
testosterone production and then underwent surgical
exploration to confirm the absence or presence
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June 15, 2010 - adequately to SSRIs as first-line
therapy, the practitioner is faced with the dilemma of determining the presence … www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/�
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presence … publication of negative findings.17 Thus, we will carefully scrutinize studies to determine the
presence … We will attempt to evaluate the presence of publication bias for primary outcomes with 10
or more studies
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September 30, 2015 - score >4; medical stable (COWS score ≤5, no acute opioid withdrawal); resident of one of two counties; presence … Race/ethnicity
White: 83%
Black: 10%
Other: 6%
Female: 83% Long-term opioid therapy defined as the presence
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April 01, 2021 - Tapering
may be more challenging in Medicare populations due to higher medical complexity, presence … Tapering may be more challenging in this population due to higher medical
complexity, presence of disability … entitled to Medicare may be particularly challenging due to greater medical
complexity, older age, or presence … We did find a third systematic review that described mobile
applications for opioid use disorder (presence
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April 01, 2021 - Tapering
may be more challenging in Medicare populations due to higher medical complexity, presence … Tapering may be more challenging in this population due to higher medical
complexity, presence of disability … entitled to Medicare may be particularly challenging due to greater medical
complexity, older age, or presence … We did find a third systematic review that described mobile
applications for opioid use disorder (presence
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/trauma-interventions-maltreatment-child_research-protocol.pdf
January 12, 2012 - maltreatment or are based on
their involvement with the child welfare system) and not necessarily the presence … Presence of mental or behavioral health problems (e.g., complex traumatic stress
disorders, serious … Presence of mental health problems, substance abuse, or domestic violence
iii. … Child subgroups will be defined by age, type of traumatic exposure, severity of traumatic
exposure; presence … Caregiver subgroups will be defined as caregiving context
(i.e., primary caregiver/environment, presence
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/dementia-horizon-scan-high-impact-1312.pdf
December 01, 2013 - The primary features of AD are the presence of
amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain … Moreover, in some cases, insulin effects appear to be mediated by the presence of the
ApoE4 allele, … the response to intranasal insulin in patients with AD or MCI may
differ based on sex and/or the presence
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May 02, 2011 - progress to
multiple myeloma or
related PCD
Multiple myeloma Bone marrow plasma cells ≥10%
Presence … plasma cell dyscrasias1
Test Name Use Limitations
Serum protein electrophoresis (SPEP) Detect the presence … mg/L
Cannot detect low levels of M-
protein
Urine protein electrophoresis (UPEP) Detect the presence
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October 27, 2017 - Antiplatelet
therapies
KQ 3b
Individual characteristics:
• Age
• Sex
• Race/ethnicity
• Presence … Subgroups of interest for KQ3 include (but are not limited
to):
o Age
o Sex
o Race/ethnicity
o Presence … Duration and frequency of AF
o Age
o Prior stroke
o Type of AF
o Cognitive impairment
o Falls risk
o Presence … of heart disease
o Presence and severity of CKD
o DM
o Sex
o Race/ethnicity
o Cancer
o HIV
• … PICOTS
Element
Inclusion Criteria Exclusion
Criteria
o Presence
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/renal-function_executive.pdf
August 01, 2014 - of baseline or prior
elevated troponins, presence of ischemic
ECG changes, comorbidities (e.g., diabetes … of baseline or prior
elevated troponins, presence of ischemic
ECG changes, comorbidities (e.g., diabetes … of baseline or prior
elevated troponins, presence of ischemic
ECG changes, comorbidities (e.g., diabetes … While several studies required the presence of symptoms,
ECG and enzymatic changes for ACS diagnosis … , one
defined its patients only by the presence of clinical
symptoms, two categorized patients as low
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August 05, 2010 - Diagnosis: use of the test to determine the presence and type of structural or
functional abnormalities … in the presence of clinical symptoms.