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401. Physiologic Predictors of Severe Injury: Systematic Review, Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2018 - In the current guidelines,5 field triage of injured patients consists of four steps Purpose of Review … The purpose of this systematic review is to identify and summarize the research evidence evaluating … This is one of a series of reviews conducted for this purpose. … The purpose of the measures is to identify patients at high risk of serious injury so this information

402. Disposition of Comments Report for Medication Adherence Interventions: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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     September 11, 2012 - the executive summary Dee Simons Executive Summary N/A NA Peer Reviewer #1 Introduction The purpose … Peer Reviewer #9 Introduction Provides a useful overview of the nature of the issue and the purpose of … Most importantly, limiting searches to publications from 1994 to present has no apparent purpose other … Please include text describing the purpose behind the study inclusion and exclusion criteria.

403. Future Research Needs for Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2012 - For the purpose of the FRN process, the original OSA CER was divided into two overarching sections: … cohort study or a nested case-control study, it is probably not practical to design a study whose sole purpose … tools, characteristics of OSA that are predictive of poor outcomes, and treatments for OSA.1 For the purpose … The purpose of the FRN project and expectations for the input from the stakeholders were outlined clearly … 6 We scheduled teleconferences to allow general introductions and for the EPC to explain the purpose

404. The Refinement of Topics for Systematic Reviews: Lessons and Recommendations From the Effective Health Care Program (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - The relative importance and application of these principles will vary by topic and purpose of the systematic … issues into three main categories, as presented in the Results section of this report: The overall purpose … The purpose of this literature scan is two-fold: (1) to help the investigators better understand the … Key Informants are sent advance materials that review the general purpose of topic refinement and clarify … Team members from at least one EPC use a standard form for this purpose.

405. 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 - Thank you Peer Reviewer #5 General Comment One thing I found ambiguous was the purpose of the … The purpose of this review was to compare the comparative effectiveness and harms of liver- directed … randomized trials of radioembolization and DEBIRI support this impression (Gray, Aliberti) The purpose

406. DEMENTIA INCLUDING ALZHEIMER'S #04 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - 5200 Butler Pike Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462 December 2012 i Statement of Funding and Purpose … mailto:info@ahrq.gov http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/reports/final.cfm ii Preface The purpose … tracer, 11C-labeled beta-amyloid ligand Pittsburgh Compound B (PIB), has been investigated for this purpose

407. PULMONARY with "Discussions" in Exec Summary (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2014 - Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462 June 2014 http://www.ahrq.gov/ i Statement of Funding and Purpose … pageaction=displayproduct&productid=1063 ii Preface The purpose of the AHRQ Healthcare Horizon … drug has been administered orally, at a dosage of 250 mg once daily or three times weekly for this purpose

408. home-based-care-protocol-141119 (pdf file)
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     November 19, 2014 - www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published online: November 19, 2014 3 In order to clarify the scope and purpose … Examples of excluded care; preventive home visits, single visit home assessments, single purpose visits … preliminary searches, which suggest that there is not a large volume of literature and that the scope and purpose

409. Methods Research Report: Creating Efficiencies in the Extraction of Data From Randomized Trials (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2021 - AHRQ Publication No. 21-EHC006 August 2021 ii Key Messages Purpose of study For a sample … for the remaining 25 randomized trials to which they were naïve (i.e., had not yet reviewed for the purpose … For the purpose of this study, the data manually extracted by one reviewer and verified by another served … For the purpose of this study, we have assumed that the work of the second reviewer (verification) … applies only to a small proportion of the data typically extracted from randomized trials for the purpose

410. Management of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Youth: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2025 - Continued on page 2 2 Background and Purpose Suicide is the second leading … AHRQEPCSR_SUICIDALYOUTH https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/search Main Points Background and Purpose

411. Executive Summary_Blood-Based Tests for Multiple Cancer Screening: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2025 - multicancer screening tests work and whether they have harms. 2 Background and Purpose

412. Disposition of Comments_Systematic Review_The Effect of Protein Intake on Health: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     November 22, 2024 - ES1: “background and purpose” notes that relationship between protein and kidney health in those without

413. Disposition of comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 244: Safety of Vaccines Used for Routine Immunization in the United States: An Update (pdf file)
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     May 25, 2021 - Vaccine safety and surveillance measures are also included as well as the purpose and scope of the … Thank you TEP #2 Introduction Defines the purpose and scope of the review process. … Thank you TEP #3 Introduction The Introduction clearly lays out the purpose, background, need and … Peer Reviewer #2 Introduction [Comment on “The purpose of this report is to assess the evidence … GSA hosts the National Adult Vaccination Program (NAVP), started in 2011 with the purpose of affecting

414. DRN: Report 1 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2009 - Electronic Primary Care Research Network 6,7,8 Purpose. … Harvard Catalyst (NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award [CTSA] at Harvard) 10 Purpose. … Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG™) 9 Purpose. … Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) 16 Purpose. … Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN) 18 Purpose.

415. Disposition of Comments Report for Evaluation and Treatment of Tinnitus (pdf file)
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     August 23, 2013 - The purpose of the tools is to determine this degree of bias. … For this reason, the primary purpose for which the instruments were developed informed our decision … to use them as measures of the outcome categories for the purpose of the present review. … The purpose of an evidence report is to present evidence. … The purpose of an evidence report is to address a series of key questions.

416. Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Analgesics for Osteoarthritis—An Update of the 2006 Report. (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2011 - The purpose of this review is to understand comparative effectiveness, so comparative data are prioritized … The purpose of the CER, in fact, is to examine the evidence behind such claims. … The purpose of the review is to identify and synthesize the available evidence, even if it is determined … Acetaminophen and NSAIDs were included drugs for this review and the purpose of the review was to identify … The purpose of the review was to focus on comparative benefits and harms.

417. Disposition of Comments Report for The Effectiveness and Risks of Long-Term Opioid Treatment of Chronic Pain (pdf file)
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     September 29, 2014 - The purpose of the citations is to provide context regarding concerns about harms and we think it … The brief Structured Abstract and Executive Summary are provided for this purpose. … The purpose of the review is not to provide clinical or policy recommendations. … The purpose of this report is not to present clinical or policy recommendations, but to summarize … The purpose of this report is not to present clinical or policy recommendations, but to summarize

418. Future Research Needs: Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorders (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2012 - Top Discussion The purpose of this project was to generate a list of high-priority future research … The purpose of the review was to synthesize recent research focused on interventions for adolescents … Objectives The purpose of this FRN project was to identify research gaps and prioritize the identified … The purpose of the snowball survey was to allow stakeholders an additional chance to comment and make … The purpose of this project is to generate an exhaustive list of potential research questions.

419. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 267: ADHD Diagnosis and Treatment in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
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     March 25, 2024 - Finally, some of my comments in the intro and results portion show the misunderstanding of the purpose … these to clinical judgement because clinical judgement purpose … The true introduction seemed to start more with 1.2 and the Purpose and Scope section. … Indeed, that is the purpose of a systematic review and analysis. … developmental assets of love, Internal peace, social skills, ethical skills personal skills, self-reliance on purpose

420. #14 SUBSTANCE ABUSE (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2014 - 5200 Butler Pike Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462 December 2014 i Statement of Funding and Purpose … productid=1063&pageaction=displayproduct ii Preface The purpose of the AHRQ Healthcare Horizon