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1361. Surveillance & Identification of Triggers for Updating Systematic Reviews for the EHC Program (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2012 - only reported proportions of patients in each treatment group with the outcome and a p-value), and small … The single randomized, controlled trial had too small of a sample size and too short of a follow up … the 2- 5-year overall survival between IMRT and 3DCRT (or 2DRT) and was inconclusive due to very small … The single randomized, controlled trial had too small of a sample size and too short of a followup

1362. Menopause Executive (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2015 - Small differences in effect magnitudes among SSRIs/SNRIs, isoflavones, gabapentin, black cohosh, and … We identified large trials examining vitamin E, small trials of isoflavones, and observational studies … Symptom Relief in Subgroups A small subset of trials identified for Key Question 1 reported subgroup … The closeness of most network and pairwise estimates shows that inconsistencies are likely small.

1363. Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)
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      September 26, 2014 - a systematic process that involves compiling information on topics and issuing topic drafts to a small … , 30 mL pouch where food will enter.95 The surgeon then connects the distal small intestine to this … Next, the surgeon connects the duodenum portion of the upper small intestine to a distal section of … the small intestine. … The procedure connects the ileum, the lowest part of the small intestine, to the proximal intestine

1364. Cancer-Pancreas Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      August 09, 2013 - does not always differentiate malignant from benign pancreatic lesions, and its ability to detect small … tumors or small hepatic/peritoneal metastases is limited. … The endoscopist can take a small aspiration (FNA) of any suspicious lesions, permitting cytologic evaluation … MRI may be helpful when characterizing small (<1 cm) hepatic lesions, differentiating an inflammatory … Trikalinos TA, Hoaglin DC, Small KM, et al.

1365. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2010 - While the use of rFVIIa might have increased over the same period, it accounted for only a very small … Introduction Patients with hemophilia with long-term inhibitors constitute a small but significant portion … even though the use of rFVIIa might have increased over this period, it still accounted for a very small … Null assessments that are relatively precise are those where the statistical estimate has small confidence … Despite their relatively small populations, rFVIIa use by patients with hemophilia with inhibitors or

1366. Slide 1
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      January 01, 2013 - A limited exception may be when the magnitude of bias is known to be small. … One limited exception may be when the magnitude of bias is known to be small.

1367. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2010 - Progesterone treatment for preventing preterm birth was first studied in several small trials during … • Sample sizes must be appropriate for study question addressed in paper; single case reports or small

1368. Disposition of Comments Report for Testing of CYP2C19 Variants and Platelet Reactivity for Guiding Antiplatelet Treatment (pdf file)
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      September 25, 2013 - robustness certainty surrounding these estimates given the presence of outcome reporting bias and small … For small study bias, the Harbord test for small study effects is considered to be superior to Eggers … findings, e.g. for cardiovascular mortality, there are only a total of 24 events which is a very small … ) studies produced discrepant results (this also resulted in a statistically significant test for small … And stent thrombosis showed strong evidence for small study effects using the Egger test.

1369. CER 173 Executive Summary: Diabetes Medications for Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: An Update (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2015 - These comparisons had no or small differences (<2 beats per minute) between groups (Table C). … A 2011 Cochrane systematic review showed small between-group differences in HbA1c, around 0.3 percent … some combination comparisons were more effective than others, most between-group differences were small … Weight gain was small to moderate in the trials in which participants gained weight; even in the longest … While the clinical relevance of these small differences is unclear, a change of 3 to 5 mmHg is about

1370. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      November 22, 2011 - depends on the specific statistic used; generally, a sample size of 50 excludes studies that are too small … review because our preliminary searches indicate that non–English- language studies are few and have small … Such criteria are often inadequate (e.g., low power when the number of studies is small) and do not … larger) and less precise (smaller) studies will be assessed using the Egger regression- based test for small-study

1371. Disposition of Comments Report for Comparative Effectiveness Review #68 (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2012 - In most instances, there was small to moderate variability in effects, even across diagnostic groups … Comment Response Peer Reviewer 5 Executive Summary Page 26 [ES-18], line 38 – “Because of the small … In most instances, there was small to moderate variability in effects, even across diagnostic groups … prognostic factors may be reported or even known, (3) clinically important differences may be concealed by small

1372. Research White Paper Multinational Registries Addendum Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes Third Edition (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2018 - outcomes for psoriasis patients treated with systemic agents; however, these registries typically had small … enroll as many patients as possible from a very limited global pool of patients; given the extremely small … validation, each translated CRF also should undergo cognitive debriefing, where it is tested on a small … These incentives may take the form of small payments (often in the form of gift cards); in addition,