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201. Evidence Summary: Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Therapies in Adult Patients With Exacerbation of COPD (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-221-copd-evidence-summary_0.pdf
     October 01, 2019 - Mucolytics may have a small effect on reducing the frequency of ECOPD.22, 23 In clinical practice, … need for hospital admission and improve health-related quality of life based on single studies with small … majority of studies were conducted in hospitalized patients with moderate or severe ECOPD with only a small … As these findings were based on single, relatively small studies, evidence from well- conducted large … prescribed in patients hospitalized for ECOPD, but there was insufficient evidence (from relatively small

202. Living Systematic Review on Cannabis and Other Plant-Based Treatments for Chronic Pain: 2023 Update -- Surveillance Report 4 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2023 - The new study was assessed as high risk of bias and had a small sample size (n=60).

203. Disposition of Comments Report for Local Therapies for Unresectable Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/liver-cancer-therapy_disposition-comments.pdf
     May 24, 2013 - patients with small accessible tumors are candidates for ablation whereas more extensive disease would … While combination therapies represent a small proportion of the treatments for these patients we felt … patients with small accessible tumors are candidates for ablation whereas more extensive disease would … The principle reason is in the approach to the 'lesions' - if small <3cm and accessible the default … with different disease characteristics are candidates for different treatments (e.g. patients with small

204. Depression SSRI Surveillance Assessment_CER 62_Low-1 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - The exception was a single study that showed that lower-dose sertraline had some small improvement … antipsychotics (olanzapine, risperidone, aripiprazole, quetiapine) used as augmenting agents, which showed small … Health Canada/MHRA (UK) Expert Opinion EPC Investigator Other Experts Conclusion from SCEPC small … The exception was a single study that showed that lower-dose sertraline had some small improvement … The second trial evaluated a dose escalation of fluoxetine in a small sample, and was suggestive of

205. Migraine-Emergency Executive (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2012 - This is primarily due to single, relatively small trials comparing pairs of active treatments. … There is a relatively small body of evidence for the parenteral treatment of acute migraine headache … in the ED setting, and the evidence arises from small studies, usually from single centers. … A small number of studies and overall small sample sizes contributed to imprecision. … We checked the data for inconsistency and found that the number of inconsistent nodes was small.

206. Executive summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 276: Diagnosis and Management of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders in Children (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2024 - After removing small RCTs (N < 100 participants) that evaluated novel comparators, e.g., variations … Limitations Multiple small studies reported novel comparisons sizes that did not support graded conclusions

207. #05 DEPRESSION (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2014 - a systematic process that involves compiling information on topics and issuing topic drafts to a small … to improve patient outcomes, but a few noted that the target population for this intervention is small … However, they moderated this opinion somewhat because of the relatively small number of patients who … Experts agreed that this intervention would have dramatic cost impacts for the small population for … period] had large and rapid antidepressant effects with[in] 24 hours of administration in several small

208. Tinnitus Executive (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2013 - Anxiety symptoms 136 Insufficient for LLLT A single study with high risk of bias and small sample … Depression symptoms 136 Insufficient for LLLT A single study with high risk of bias and small sample … Small sample sizes led to these studies being considered imprecise. … Sample sizes tended to be small (<100 persons), and power calculations were largely absent from the … In general, SOE for TSQoL is rated as insufficient based on the high risk of bias, and the small sample

209. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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     December 14, 2010 - the stomach with an implanted medical device; Roux-en-y gastric bypass (RYGB), which re-routs the small … intestine to a small stomach pouch; biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD/DS), which … redirects the pancreatic/biliary content flow and constructs a small stomach tube; and sleeve gastrectomy … Gastric bypass: A surgical weight-loss procedure that involves the creation of a small stomach pouch … www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published Online: December 14, 2010 duodenum and other segments of the small

210. Core-Needle Biopsy for Breast Abnormalities (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2016 - Core-needle procedures, which remove a small tissue sample through a very small incision, have been

211. Disposition of Comments: CER 224, Treatment of Depression in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     April 10, 2020 - evidence for non- pharmacological interventions was based on single (as opposed to pooled) RCTs with small … “Abstract: Evidence on benefits of psychotherapy arose from single small studies. … monotherapy may not match combined therapy for those without ADHD but these findings arise from small … monotherapy may not match combined therapy for those without ADHD but these findings arise from small … these interventions, they rated as insufficient because these single studies for each modality were small

212. Health Information Exchange (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/health-information-exchange_executive.pdf
     December 01, 2015 - Studies were of a small number of the functioning HIE implementations, with similarity to unstudied … which studies of 12 different HIE implementations are the most frequent even though they represent a small … Fewer studies were based on national surveys/datasets, and a comparatively small number of studies … affect practice and numerous outcomes; however, evaluation studies have focused on only one or a small … Health information exchange in small-to-medium sized family medicine practices: motivators, barriers,

213. MEDLINE Searches (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-cancer-medications_appendixes.pdf
     March 01, 2009 - Trial N too small B-7 85. Crowell EB, Jr., Jubelirer SJ. … Trial N too small 138. Gluck O, Maricic M. … Trial N too small 188. Lo SS, Vogel VG. … Trial N too small 218. Olevsky OM, Martino S. … Trial N too small 275. Tchou J, Morrow M.

214. Improving Health Care and Palliative Care for Advanced and Serious Illness Disposition of Comments Report (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2012 - This report is much smaller in scope and really is limited to analysis of a small set of measures. … First, the small number of studies that embrace the CQI framework. … Second, virtually small number of studies that actually has hospice as the site of care. … I have made a few general comments in an up-loaded attachment file that pertains to small points in … Remind the reader that The percentiles are based on only a small number of studies.

215. Long-Term Care for Older Adults Disposition of Comments Report (pdf file)
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     November 07, 2012 - In both the community and nursing homes, individuals are allowed to keep only a small amount of financial … With the small number of studies and limited samples, we felt that this information was uninformative … One small critique -- the last paragraph of the introduction needs to be modified. … Our conclusions were limited given the small number of studies and the weaknesses of those studies. … In this case, the increased cost of the new users may more than offset what may be relatively small

216. Primary Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer: Research Protocol (pdf file)
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     April 17, 2024 - These forms will be refined through a pilot phase involving a small set of studies to ensure they adequately … Estimates below the threshold for a small effect will be categorized as “no effect.”23-25 Results with … a small, medium, or large effect that do not achieve statistical significance will be considered to … Definitions of effect sizes Effect size Definition Small effect MD 0.5 to 1.0 points on a 0 to 10- … Fiducial markers: Small markers placed in or near the tumor to help guide and precisely target radiation

217. Methods Future Research Needs Number 8: Framework for Considering Study Designs (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2012 - Randomization among a relatively small number of clusters requires planning so as to address the need … Size of the study sample may range from small to very large. … Small studies may involve one or a few providers or practices and may approximate case studies. … Study size can be small to large, depending on the intervention and the availability of data. … Study size may be small or large, depending on the intervention or the availability of data.

218. A Prospective Comparison of Evidence Synthesis Search Strategies Developed With and Without Text-Mining Tools (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2021 - Results: Across all reviews, UP searches seemed to perform better than TMT, but because of the small … Again, the small sample size precludes significance • TMTs neither affected search evaluation time … Because of the small sample size, the analysis was limited to descriptive measures, including means, … Due to the brevity and small number of comments a full content analysis was not performed; however, … The research base on these tools is very small, with very few studies on any specific tool.

219. Microsoft Word - finbody.doc (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2007 - due to restrictive patient eligibility or inadequate reporting; and limited power of studies due to small … rates of cardiovascular events between interventions; however, it is likely that the studies were too small … Notably, the trials were small and clearly too small to be adequately powered for clinical outcomes … However, it is clear that various complications after revascularization do occur in a small percentage … • Although studies were generally too small to detect any but large differences in mortality rates

220. Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews - Avoiding Bias in Selecting Studies (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2013 - We found a very small number of relevant studies (Table 1).5-8 The most relevant example was a prospective … Although the amount of evidence is small to confirm the presence of bias, the potential for bias is … Exclusion of small studies may exclude valuable information. … Exclusion of small studies introduce bias such as by excluding studies conducted in nonacademic or … interventions may be smaller than studies on pharmaceuticals, thus biasing a review that excludes small