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421. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0319_06-17-2009.pdf
     January 01, 2009 - whether these serum biomarkers provide evidence for the diagnosis or prognosis of sepsis for patients at risk … For patients at risk for, or in, sepsis, are there serum biomarkers available for the diagnosis and … For patients at risk for, or in, sepsis, does C reactive protein provide any utility in their management … For patients at risk for, or in, sepsis, does procalcitonin provide any utility in their Sepsis Biomarkers … For patients at risk for, or in, sepsis, does cortisol provide any utility in their management?

422. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hepatitis-c-screening_research-protocol.pdf
     October 20, 2011 - evaluated the effectiveness of treatment for HCV infection within the context of screening and risk … Does becoming aware of positive HCV infection status decrease high-risk behaviors? c. … High-risk sexual behaviors c. … Screening of the general population versus “targeted” high-risk groups (KQ 2) 3. … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies We will assess the risk of bias

423. worker-health-protocol-150526 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/worker-health_research-protocol.pdf
     May 26, 2015 - mortality, morbidity, and considerable financial and social costs.1-3 At the same time, modifiable risk … Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends worksite interventions (assessments of health risks … A study with moderate risk of bias is susceptible to some risk of bias but probably not enough to invalidate … A study assessed as high risk of bias has significant risk of bias (e.g., stemming from serious issues … Two independent reviewers will assess risk of bias for each study.

424. Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews_Inclusion of Nonrandomized Studies of Interventions in Systematic Reviews of Intervention Effectiveness: An Update (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2022 - Tools to assess the risk of bias in NRSIs are different from those used to assess risk of bias in RCTs … after mastectomy,18 have included single-group studies for (noncomparative) quantification of the risks … Assessing the Risk of Bias in NRSIs Existing instruments for assessing the risk of bias in NRSIs89, … This methodological heterogeneity can be due to many factors, including differences in risks of selection … Assessing risk of bias in a randomized trial.

425. Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews_Inclusion of Nonrandomized Studies of Interventions in Systematic Reviews of Intervention Effectiveness: An Update (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pdf/methods-guide-inclusion-nonrandomized-studies.pdf
     September 01, 2022 - Tools to assess the risk of bias in NRSIs are different from those used to assess risk of bias in RCTs … after mastectomy,18 have included single-group studies for (noncomparative) quantification of the risks … Assessing the Risk of Bias in NRSIs Existing instruments for assessing the risk of bias in NRSIs89, … This methodological heterogeneity can be due to many factors, including differences in risks of selection … Assessing risk of bias in a randomized trial.

426. Managing Gout: A Review of the Research for Adults (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2017 - What increases the risk of gout? The exact cause of gout is not known. … But, certain things may increase the risk of getting it. … Being overweight can also increase the risk of gout. … � Allopurinol (Zyloprim®) and febuxostat (Uloric®) do not lower the risk of a gout attack in the … In fact, these medicines can increase the risk of a gout attack when you first start to take them.

427. GRADING THE STRENGTH OF A BODY OF EVIDENCE (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-grading-evidence_methods.pdf
     November 01, 2013 - Individual Study- Level Risk of Bias Assessments 2. … Combining evidence from studies with a high risk of bias and those with less risk can be problematic … of bias versus high risk of bias. … Selection in reported epidemiological risks: an empirical assessment. … Framework for examining risk of reporting bias Abbreviations: N = number; RRB = risk of reporting

428. Mrsa-Screening-2010 Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - SOE was lowered by the high risk of bias. … SOE was lowered by the high risk of bias. … SOE was lowered by the high risk of bias. … SOE was lowered by the high risk of bias. … attempt to measure the favorable impact of screening for MRSA carriage while ignoring its potential risks

429. Management of suspected opioid overdose with Naloxone by Emergency Medical Services personnel (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/emt-naloxon_research-protocol.pdf
     November 29, 2016 - With administration using a preloaded IN system, there is no risk of needle stick injury. … of bias,” “medium risk of bias,” or “high risk of bias.” … Studies rated “low risk of bias” are considered to have the least risk of bias, and their results are … We will not exclude studies rated high risk of bias a priori, but high risk of bias studies will be … Risk Factors of Prescription Opioid Overdose Among Colorado Medicaid Beneficiaries.

430. Tonsillectomy for Obstructive Sleep-Disordered Breathing or Recurrent Throat Infection in Children (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/tonsillectomy_executive.pdf
     January 01, 2017 - We considered 67 studies to have low risk of bias, 110 to have moderate risk, and 41 to have high risk … cohort studies had high risk. … Eighteen studies had low risk of bias, 28 had moderate risk, and 13 had high risk. … Twenty-two studies had low risk of bias; 36 had moderate risk; and 12 had high risk. … balance needs for relief of illness-related outcomes (including missing school and work) with the risks

431. Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hepatitis-c-treatment-future_research.pdf
     April 01, 2013 - Relative risk estimates ranged from 1.0 to 1.3 in the four trials and may have varied in part due to … Relative risk estimates ranged from 0.89 to 1.1. 5 Table 1. … risk estimates for SVR in men vs. … women, and no clear difference in relative risk estimates for Black vs. non-Black patients. … for risk of harms that were similar to the risk estimates based on all trials.

432. Arthritis-Knee-Physical-Therapy Research-Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/arthritis-knee-physical-therapy_research-protocol.pdf
     April 01, 2010 - hypotheses and did not provide adequate information on tested hypotheses (e.g., least square means, relative … risk). 8. … risk, and absolute risk differences. … For observational studies we will extract relative measures of the association (relative risk, hazard … We will calculate differences in relative risk and absolute risk from the abstracted events by using

433. final Fibromyalgia CER protocol_3-31-14 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/fibromyalgia_research-protocol.pdf
     April 03, 2014 - For randomized clinical trials (RCTs), we will assess the risk of bias using a modified Cochrane Risk … Similar to risk of bias for RCTs, the overall summary risk of bias will be weighted towards low for … Risk of bias of pooled analyses will depend in part on the risk of bias of the inputs (RCTs) and the … risk of bias in how the pooled analysis was conducted and reported. … good studies (low risk of bias) for high strength of evidence.

434. Ch 2-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ch_2-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - Incidence is generally assessed as a risk/proportion over a fixed time period (e.g., risk for 1-year … estimation of risk or rate differences. … Controls were only sampled from the “risk set.” … The cohort design has the added advantage that absolute risks or incidence rates can be estimated and … Statin adherence and risk of accidents: a cautionary tale.

435. VTE Surveillance Assessment_49_low_SPI (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/blood-clots-hip-knee-surgery_surveillance.pdf
     December 01, 2012 - of proximal and distal DVT (relative risk reduction [RRR] 47 percent and 41 percent, respectively) … mechanical prophylaxis (intermittent pneumatic compression and venous foot pump) versus control, the risks … For example, if relative risk reduction (RRR) new / RRR old <=0.5 or RRR new / RRR old >=1.5. … of proximal and distal DVT (relative risk reduction [RRR] 47 percent and 41 percent, respectively), … mechanical prophylaxis (intermittent pneumatic compression and venous foot pump) versus control, the risks

436. Disposition of Comments Report for Decision Aids for Cancer Screening and Treatment (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cancer-decision-support-tools_disposition-comments.pdf
     December 23, 2014 - There is a world behind this (risk communication science, framing risks in various ways (Gigerenzer, … , high risk, early cancer) and additional intervention characteristics. … their average baseline risk.” … Change to : “accuracy of perception of mortality risks . . .” … risk probabilities but 22 studies were for prostate cancer.

437. Untitled (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/field-triage-glascow_research-protocol.pdf
     February 25, 2016 - not address important issues specific to risk prediction studies. … correlates with actual risk), and risk reclassification rates (the proportion of patients correctly … reclassified using the risk prediction instrument into clinically relevant risk group), in addition … Two investigators will independently assess risk of bias for each study. … Studies rated “low” risk of bias have the least risk of bias, and their results are generally considered

438. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0086_04-01-2009.pdf
     January 01, 2009 - Description Nominator: Individual Nomination Summary: The nominator is interested in the risks … For the elderly taking cardiovascular medications, what are the comparative risks and benefits of commonly

439. Management of Renal Masses and Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/renal-cancer_clinician.pdf
     July 01, 2017 - . �� Percutaneous renal mass sampling using core biopsy is a low-risk procedure. … were observed: �– Increased tumor size and male sex were consistently associated with an increased risk … As such, younger patients and those with other comorbidities may have differing risks of malignancy … may wish to discuss with patients whether a biopsy is warranted and what the potential benefits and risks … Strategies for Oncologic Outcomes and Overall Survival Outcome No. of Studies (N) Key Findings Risk

440. Disposition of Comments for Progestogens for Prevention of Preterm Birth (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/progestogens-preterm-birth-disposition-121205.pdf
     September 07, 2012 - Combs paper and the general need for larger datasets to assess harms such as IUFD and neonatal death risks … Results Page 53 of 518, the statement is made that “the meta-estimate combining these three trials is a relative … risk of 0.44 (95 percent CI: 0.26, 0.76)”. … I think the data indicating differential efficacy with different risks for preterm birth is sufficient … to allow the authors to make the statement that in future analyses, different risks would need to be