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81. advanced-care-decision-aids-protocol-131209 (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/advanced-care-decision-aids_research-protocol.pdf
    December 09, 2013 - current health states Settings Decision aids used for health care or legal settings, whether in the presence … the decisions under consideration and the possibility of the decision aids being used without the presence

82. App-D-Opioid-Chronic-Pain-Surveillance-Report-2 (xls file)
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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

83. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cad-women-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
    September 29, 2011 - Clinical presentations CAD is the presence of atherosclerosis in the epicardial coronary arteries … antithrombin and antiplatelet therapies should be administered to all patients regardless of the presence … literature by abstracting relevant continuous (e.g., age, event rates) and categorical data (e.g., race, presence … Additionally, when appropriate, the studies will be evaluated for dose-response association, the presence

84. Lung-Cancer-Nonsurgical-Therapies Executive (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/lung-cancer-nonsurgical-therapies_executive.pdf
    June 01, 2013 - account the size of the primary tumor (T), the extent of regional lymph node involvement (N), and the presence … emission tomography (FDG PET), computed tomography (CT), or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).5 The presence … patients who refuse surgery, or patients with inoperable NSCLC who have symptoms secondary to the presence … local nonsurgical therapies in patients with inoperable NSCLC who have symptoms secondary to the presence … of contraindications to major surgery—for example, cardiac insufficiency, poor pulmonary function, presence

85. Evaluation of Mental Health Applications (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/mental-health-app-protocol-updated.pdf
    January 01, 2018 - Depending on the structure of the final framework, apps will receive a score of “1” to indicate the presence … Depending on the structure of the final framework, apps will receive a score of “1” to indicate the presence

86. Untitled (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/tympanostomy-tubes_research-protocol.pdf
    November 16, 2015 - Acute otitis media (AOM) is defined as the presence of fluid in the middle ear with signs and symptoms … Otitis media with effusion (OME) is defined as the presence of fluid in the middle ear behind an intact … What factors (such as age, age of onset, number of recurrences, presence of persistent middle ear effusion

87. GRADING THE STRENGTH OF A BODY OF EVIDENCE (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-grading-strength_methods.pdf
    July 01, 2009 - • Additional domains to be used when appropriate include dose-response association, presence of confounders … incorporate not only study design but also many other facets of the evidence, including study conduct, presence … The presence of inconsistency is the chief concern for grading strength of evidence in this domain, … Presence of a clear dose- response association or a very strong association would justify increasing

88. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/wireless-motility-capsule_research-protocol.pdf
    March 14, 2012 - gastroparesis has been defined as delayed gastric emptying as detected by clinical testing and the presence … consideration for compassionate use of gastric pacer therapy, one of the key eligibility criteria is the presence … Outlet dysfunction, a category of slow-transit constipation, is the presence of discoordinated motion … If testing confirms the presence of slow-transit constipation (colonic inertia) without use of laxatives

89. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/management-adhd-adults-protocol-amendment.pdf
    January 08, 2025 - ability of statistical methods to detect individual sources of heterogeneity may be limited in the presence … health (e.g., socioeconomic status; race/ethnicity and culture) as reported in the literature, and the presence … recommended or commonly used in practice, dosing of medications not reflective of current practice, the presence … of co-interventions that are likely to modify the effectiveness, and the presence of highly trained … There are also situations where evidence may be upgraded (e.g., large magnitude of effect, presence

90. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/management-adhd-adults-protocol.pdf
    June 10, 2024 - ability of statistical methods to detect individual sources of heterogeneity may be limited in the presence … health (e.g., socioeconomic status; race/ethnicity and culture) as reported in the literature, and the presence … recommended or commonly used in practice, dosing of medications not reflective of current practice, the presence … of co-interventions that are likely to modify the effectiveness, and the presence of highly trained … There are also situations where evidence may be upgraded (e.g., large magnitude of effect, presence

91. Disposition of Comments Report for Testing of CYP2C19 Variants and Platelet Reactivity for Guiding Antiplatelet Treatment (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/antiplatelet-treatment_disposition-comments.pdf
    September 25, 2013 - Reviewers 2, 3, 4 General Comments The strength of evidence to support an association between the presence … This detracts from the lack of robustness certainty surrounding these estimates given the presence … LTA is based on the principle that platelets will aggregate in the presence of an agonist. … The specimen is incubated with a high concentration of PGE1 in the presence and absence of ADP. … Based on the presence of a measurable drug effect, one would expect that the antiplatelet effect would

92. Evidence Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 248: Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation for Major Joint Replacement (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/joint-replacement-evidence%20-summary.pdf
    November 01, 2021 - )rehabilitation intervention components at the level of goals (e.g., strength, flexibility) or the presence

93. Colorectal-Cancer-Protocol_130520 (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/colorectal-cancer-staging_research-protocol.pdf
    May 20, 2013 - “T”), the extent of local or regional lymph node spread (nodal stage, designated as “N”), and the presence … the setting of colorectal cancer staging, TUS is mainly used to image the liver for the potential presence … can produce false-negative results in metabolically inactive tumors or false-positive results in the presence … information on the “local stage” (i.e., the depth to which the cancer invades the bowel wall) but not on the presence … Publication bias will be addressed by noting the presence of abstracts or ClinicalTrials.gov entries

94. Computerized Definitions Showed High Positive Predictive Values for Identifying Reasons for Hospitalizations in a Medicaid Population with Rheumatoid Arthritis (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rheumatoid-arthritis-hospitalizations_research.pdf
    October 01, 2008 - by the identification/isolation of specific organisms from tissue, fluid or body cavity or by the presence … determination would require review of all or at least a random sample of medical records without regard to presence

95. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/lung-cancer-nonsurgical-therapies_research-protocol.pdf
    February 22, 2012 - T2N0M0) NSCLC in adult patients (age 18 years or older) who are not surgical candidates because of the presence … of contraindications to major surgery, for example, cardiac insufficiency, poor pulmonary function, presence … I (T1N0M0 and T2N0M0) NSCLC who: ○ Are not deemed surgical candidates because of the documented presence … contraindications to major surgery, for example, cardiac insufficiency, poor pulmonary function, presence

96. Research Protocol: Clostridium difficile Infection Update (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/c-difficile-update_research-protocol.pdf
    December 23, 2014 - Use of the term CDI indicates the major focus of this review is on the presence of clinical disease, … There are increasing numbers of diagnostic tests designed to detect either the presence of the organism … tests rely on two-step procedures, making use of sensitive, inexpensive, fast screening tests for the presence … that may be considered in assessing strength of evidence include dose-response relationship, the presence

97. CER 244 Evidence Summary: Safety of Vaccines Used for Routine Immunization in the United States: An Update (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-244-safety-vaccines-update-evidence-summary.pdf
    May 01, 2021 - We included experimental and observational studies with a comparator that reported the presence or absence … Limitations Our review of the literature was extensive and designed to capture available evidence on the presence

98. App-D-Surv-Report-1-Noninvasive-Nonpharma 0 (xls file)
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    January 01, 2021 - Exclusion: Presence of systemic inflammatory arthritis, taking oral steroids in the last three months … , intra-articular corticosteroid injection for knee in the last six months, presence of neurological … deficit in the lower extremity, history of knee surgery, presence of central or peripheral nervous system … ; and (3) providing the exclusion criteria: (1)participation in a concurrent treatment trial; (2) presence … during the last 12 months; (4) previous experience in meditation or other mind-body therapies; (5) presence

99. App-D-Surv-Report-2-Noninvasive-Nonpharma (xls file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/app-d-surv-report-2-noninvasive-nonpharma.xlsx
    January 01, 2021 - Exclusion: Presence of systemic inflammatory arthritis, taking oral steroids in the last three months … , intra-articular corticosteroid injection for knee in the last six months, presence of neurological … deficit in the lower extremity, history of knee surgery, presence of central or peripheral nervous system … ; and (3) providing the exclusion criteria: (1)participation in a concurrent treatment trial; (2) presence … during the last 12 months; (4) previous experience in meditation or other mind-body therapies; (5) presence

100. Conducting Quantitative Synthesis when Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/methodsguide_conductingquantitativesynthesis.pdf
     October 01, 2010 - Generally, a fixed effects model is not advised in the presence of significant heterogeneity. … A test for the presence of statistical heterogeneity, for example, Cochran‘s Q test, as well as a measure … In the absence of sufficient direct head-to-head evidence and presence of sufficient indirect evidence … unmitigated failure:‘ number- needed-to-treat-related concepts for assessing treatment efficacy in the presence