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201. App-E-Surv-Rept-1-Acute-Pain (xls file)
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     September 21, 2022 - Total treatment time 8 to 9 minutes, and standard treatment B: Standard treatment: Advice about activity … nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug; NR = not reported; QoL = quality of life; RR = relative risk; SD = standard … scale; NSAID = nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug; QOL = quality of life; RR = relative risk; SD = standard … applicable; NR = not reported; NRS = numeric rating scale; NSAID = nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug; SD = standard

202. 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 - from: (1) Studies related to the diagnostic accuracy of brief assessment tools compared to reference standard … addresses two Key Questions (KQs): KQ 1: How accurate are brief assessment tools compared to reference standard … We assessed the risk of bias and evaluated the SoE using standard methods.

203. Comparative Effectiveness of Fecal DNA Testing in Screening for Colorectal Cancer in Average-Risk Adults | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - inclusion and quality criteria (e.g., case-control studies of screening accuracy or lack of a reference standard … Timing of the application of reference-standard testing will be considered as part of the quality assessment … Timing of application of reference-standard testing will be considered as part of the quality assessment … Two reviewers will independently assess each full-text article by using a standard form that details … Data Abstraction and Data Management Data from all included studies will be abstracted into standard

204. Chapter 1: Introduction to the Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - In addition to encouraging a high standard for excellence, usefulness, and efficiency in systematic reviews … intervention, comparator and outcomes, which makes analytic frameworks consistent with the current standard … The standard, unchanging elements are the PICO, referring to the Patient population, Intervention, Comparator … Common challenges addressed include evaluating evidence when a reference standard is available (Chapter … 8), and when no appropriate reference standard exists (Chapter 9).

205. 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 - The authors suggest that no phenotypic assays can be considered a “gold standard” test. … Receive antiplatelet therapy without undergoing any testing (the current standard of care). … platelet function that is not possible to create in vitro or prepare as a reference standard. … Taken together, there is no established “gold standard” method for measuring platelet reactivity. … (Note: a reference standard is not necessarily a gold standard) then it is possible to calculate the

206. Inguinal-Hernia Executive (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2012 - Until the 1980s, open suture repair was the standard; however, the resulting tension along the suture … (PP) versus low- weight PP (6 studies), standard PP versus combination materials (17 studies), standard … PP versus coated PP (6 studies), standard PP versus three-dimensional PHS (2 studies), standard PP … Standard PP mesh and combination materials had similar rates of recurrence. … Three types of meshes (standard PP, low-weight PP, and porcine) had approximately equivalent rates

207. Observed Association Between Antidepressant Use and Pneumonia Risk Was Confounded by Comorbidity Measures | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2020 - entered from its establishment in 1987 through April 2002, and included only data classified as "up-to-standard … case-control study (i.e., the study base within which the case-control study was nested) was all up-to-standard … person-time occurring in individuals age 65 years and above with at least six months of prior up-to-standard … hospitalized with pneumonia at any time following the six month anniversary date of that person's up-to-standard … aspiration pneumonitis at any time following the six month anniversary date of that person's up-to-standard

208. Diagnostic Accuracy of Screening and Treatment of Post–Acute Coronary Syndrome Depression: A Systematic Review. Evidence Summary. (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2017 - These tools and strategies were compared against the gold standard of a validated criterion standard … accuracy of depression screening instruments or screening strategies compared to a validated criterion standard … Depression Scale (HADS); Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ); Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) Criterion standard

209. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     September 29, 2010 - Each “include” and “unsure” article will then be examined by two independent reviewers using a standard … Data Collection Data will be abstracted by a single reviewer using a standard data extraction form … positive or reference standard negative subjects are included) will be constructed for each comparison … Sensitivity and specificity will be calculated for each study using standard formulas. … Summary of Protocol Amendments NOTE: The following protocol elements are standard procedures for

210. Imaging for the Pretreatment Staging of Small Cell Lung Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - metastases; (2) FDG PET/CT is more sensitive than bone scintigraphy for detecting osseous metastases; (3) Standard … staging plus FDG PET/CT is more sensitive than standard staging alone for detecting any distant metastases

211. Interventions Targeting Sensory Challenges in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder - An Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2021 - Environmental enrichment improved nonverbal cognitive skills compared with standard care. … Environmental enrichment improved nonverbal cognitive skills in treated children compared with standard

212. Web Interactive Presentation of EPC Reports: A Foray Into Interactive Reports | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2020 - benefits and harms of interventions with minimal assumptions, (iii) defining an information technology standard … benefits and harms of interventions with minimal assumptions, (iii) defining an information technology standard

213. Assessing Applicability (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2009 - What types of care or procedures are routine or represent standard of care? … What types of care or procedures are routine or represent the standard of care? … Standard medical therapy is not being used in most patients. … Subgroup analyses suggest that benefits occur predominantly in those patients not receiving standard … In a subgroup analysis, benefits were accentuated in patients not receiving standard medical therapy

214. Assessing Applicability (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2009 - What types of care or procedures are routine or represent standard of care? … What types of care or procedures are routine or represent the standard of care? … Standard medical therapy is not being used in most patients. … Subgroup analyses suggest that benefits occur predominantly in those patients not receiving standard … In a subgroup analysis, benefits were accentuated in patients not receiving standard medical therapy

215. Schedule of Visits and Use of Telemedicine for Routine Antenatal Care: A Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - Study Eligibility Criteria Key Question 1 Population • Pregnant individuals receiving routine / standard … † Within the context of standard antenatal care. 10 IV. … In other words, we will focus on the care received that is usual or standard pregnancy care, regardless … As has become standard for our Center, we will take advantage of the machine learning capacities of … Alternative versus standard packages of antenatal care for low-risk pregnancy.

216. Standardized Libraries of Harmonized Outcome Measures | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2022 - Skip to main content An official website of the Department of Health & Human Services Careers Contact Us Español FAQs Effective Health Care Program Powered by the Evidence-based Practice Centers …

217. White Paper_Machine Learning Tools To (Semi-)Automate Evidence Synthesis: A Rapid Review and Evidence Map (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2024 - We included 56 studies, which evaluated the performance of tools primarily relative to standard human … When possible, the reference standard and results of the manual process are given. … The reference standard for data extraction and risk of bias assessment is either the extracted data … All were compared to a reference standard of citations in the final report. … but may still be the best available reference standard; and consistently reporting outcomes.

218. Decision-Analytic Modeling to Evaluate Benefits and Harms of Medical Tests – Uses and Limitations | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - By the time of their completion, clinical trials may not be applicable to current standard practice. … Errors made by the reference standard bias the usual estimators of sensitivity and specificity of the … Treating colonoscopy as an error-free reference standard likely overestimates the ability of the camera … Some issues in resolution of diagnostic tests using an imperfect gold standard. … Inferences for likelihood ratios in the absence of a "gold standard".

219. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     December 09, 2009 - Grading the Evidence for Each Key Question We will rate the strength of evidence based on the standard … NOTE: The following protocol elements are standard procedures for all protocols. VIII. … Peer Review (Standard Language) Approximately five experts in the field will be asked to peer review … Interventions for Treatment-resistant Depression in Adults NOTE: The following protocol elements are standard … Peer Review (Standard Language)

220. Antinuclear Antibody, Rheumatoid Factor, and Cyclic-Citrullinated Peptide Testing for the Evaluation of Musculoskeletal Complaints in Pediatric Populations | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Data Collection Data will be abstracted by a single reviewer using a standard data extraction form … diagnostic test performance of ANA, RF, and CCP, two-by-two tables (or one-by-two if only reference standard … positive or reference standard negative subjects are included) will be constructed for each comparison … Sensitivity and specificity will be calculated for each study using standard formulas. … Summary of Protocol Amendments NOTE: The following protocol elements are standard procedures for