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61. PCA3 Testing for the Diagnosis and Management of Prostate Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Is the reference standard likely to classify the target condition correctly? … Did patients receive the same reference standard regardless of the index test result? … reference standard)? … reference standard? … Were the index test results interpreted without knowledge of the results of the reference standard?

62. Chronic-Kidney-Disease-Anemia-2011 Executive (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2011 - We accepted any “reference standard” used in the original studies for the analyses of sensitivity and … Data were extracted into standard forms. … Specifically, current studies used two distinct methods to operationalize a reference standard for … When a study used a response to IV iron treatment as the reference standard for iron deficiency, it … Reviewed studies used two distinct methods to operationalize a reference standard for assessing test

63. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2023 - early warning scores, continuous monitoring as opposed to intermittent monitoring (which is the standard … review with comprehensive sources and search strategies; explicit and relevant selection criteria; standard … Intervention • Change in the standard of care for general ward patient monitoring. … algorithms, or in communication cascades for monitoring data outputs • No change as compared to standard … it included a new technology) Comparator Time period or patient population adhering to previous standard

64. Development and Usability Testing of EPC Evidence Review Dissemination Summaries for Health Systems Decisionmakers | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 01, 2020 - support the findings (e.g., summary estimates with confidence intervals and strength of evidence, use standard … subheadings; avoid acronyms; organize content logically; balance text with images and white space; use standard … figures to present findings and when feasible, use figures instead of tables; use standard tables to

65. Standardized Library of Asthma Outcome Measures (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2019 - days, asthma-related quality of life, medication adherence), condition specific instruments and/or standard

66. Breast-Abnormalities-Tests-Update Executive (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2012 - In current standard practice the examinations conducted after recall usually consist of diagnostic … evidence to see if women do or do not benefit from the addition of these imaging modalities to the standard … Therefore, if the 2 percent threshold is chosen, the use of noninvasive imaging in addition to standard … Women thought to be at moderate to high risk of malignancy after standard workup will not have their … Additional studies that enroll women referred for short-interval followup after standard workup are

67. FRN 27 - Wireless Motility Capsule Versus Other Diagnostic Technologies for Evaluating Gastroparesis and Constipation: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2013 - Gold standard (gastric dysmotility/gastroparesis) 3 4. … Gold standard (gastric dysmotility/gastr o-paresis) What is an appropriate test (gold standard … Often, standard medical therapies have failed these patients. … Gold standard (gastric dysmotility/gastroparesis) 3 4. … Gold standard (gastric dysmotility/gastro- paresis) What is an appropriate test (gold standard

68. EHC Protocol - Allocation of Scarce Resources During Pandemics: Strategies for Policy Makers: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2013 - or manage less-urgent demand for health care services in order to avoid the need to adopt a crisis standard … care” OR “adapted care” OR “crisis care”) OR ((altered[tiab] OR crisis[tiab] OR adapted[tiab]) AND (“standard … ("altered care" OR "adapted care" OR "crisis care") OR (TS=(altered OR crisis OR adapted) AND TS=("standard … )) OR ("altered care" OR "adapted care" OR "crisis care") OR ((altered OR crisis OR adapted) AND ("standard

69. Allocation of Scarce Resources During Pandemics: Strategies for Policy Makers | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    April 01, 2020 - or manage less-urgent demand for health care services in order to avoid the need to adopt a crisis standard … care” OR “adapted care” OR “crisis care”) OR ((altered[tiab] OR crisis[tiab] OR adapted[tiab]) AND (“standard … =("altered care" OR "adapted care" OR "crisis care") OR (TS=(altered OR crisis OR adapted) AND TS=("standard … protocol)) OR ("altered care" OR "adapted care" OR "crisis care") OR ((altered OR crisis OR adapted) AND ("standard

70. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2009 - Patients benefit by improved allergic symptoms that do not respond to standard pharmacotherapy or allergen … was expanded to include an evaluation of the subcutaneous administration of immunotherapy as well as standard

71. Prostate-Cancer-Test Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    October 14, 2011 - Is the reference standard likely to classify the target condition correctly? 4. … Is the period between the reference standard and index test short enough to be reasonably sure that … Did patients receive the same reference standard regardless of the index test result? 7. … the reference standard)? … the reference standard?

72. Liver-Cancer Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    July 24, 2013 - Additional information on lesion size, stages, time limits, and the reference standard used will be … Information about ablative treatments received between a diagnostic test and the reference standard … the reference standard, and use preset criteria to define a positive test. … (nonpathologically based reference standard) Table 1. … will be considered in the context of the reference standard used.

73. Liver-Cancer Executive (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2014 - and that did not perform clinical followup and studies that had no reference standard (i.e., reported … We performed analyses stratified according to the reference standard used and on domains related to … that used a nonexplant reference standard (moderate strength of evidence). … and 0.98 (95% CI, 0.88 to 0.997) using a mixed reference standard. … or mixed reference standard; only 3 studies evaluated an imaging/clinical reference standard (sensitivity

74. Diagnosis and Treatment of Tethered Spinal Cord | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    August 01, 2023 - Direct surgical detethering of the spinal cord is the standard treatment for patients with symptomatic … Reference standard: The domain reference standard evaluates whether the reference standard, its conduct … standard test results were interpreted without knowledge of the results or index test.  … appropriate, whether all patients received the reference standard and whether they received the same … reference standard, and whether all patients were included in the analysis.

75. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    July 19, 2023 - • Reference standard: The domain reference standard evaluates whether the reference standard, its … standard test results were interpreted without knowledge of the results or index test … The assessment takes into account whether the interval between the test and the reference standard was … appropriate, whether all patients received the reference standard and whether they received the same … reference standard, and whether all patients were included in the analysis.

76. Clostridium difficile Infection Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Toxigenic culture and cell cytotoxicity neutralization assay are no longer clinical standard practice … Nonantibiotic standard treatment: RCTs, nonrandomized controlled trials, prospective cohort studies, … When standard MIDs for particular outcomes are not available, we will use statistical differences to … Chapter 9: options for summarizing medical test performance in the absence of a "gold standard". … Chapter 8: meta-analysis of test performance when there is a "gold standard".

77. Renal-Cancer Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    April 20, 2015 - Extirpative surgery (radical or partial nephrectomy) is the gold-standard for the treatment of renal … Risk: Low/High/Unclear Domain 3: Reference Standard Is the reference standard likely to correctly … (Yes/No/Unclear) Did all patients receive a reference standard? … (Yes/No/Unclear) Did all patients receive the same reference standard? … Chapter 8: meta-analysis of test performance when there is a "gold standard".

78. Infection Prevention and Control for the Emergency Medical Services and 911 Workforce | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    April 01, 2023 - Standard precautions, such as gloves, decrease the chance of needlestick exposures. … reported on infection prevention and control practices (IPC), providing some evidence that hand hygiene, standard … epidemiology of infections and effectiveness of IPC practices in EMS and 911 workers, including hand hygiene, standard

79. Glaucoma-Screening Executive (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2012 - The Goldmann applanation tonometer uses a standard probe and is the current standard method to measure … , masked interpretation of results of tests and reference standard, and study withdrawal. … The primary reference standard was confirmation of OAG at followup examination. … Frequency- doubling perimetry: comparison with standard automated perimetry to detect glaucoma. … Glaucoma detection with matrix and standard achromatic perimetry.

80. Disposition of Comments for CER 158 Diagnosis of Gout (pdf file)
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    February 24, 2016 - And given that the accuracy of the gold standard of crystal analysis is, itself, affected by a number … and as a "gold standard". … Only MSU identification should be used as the reference standard. … etc}, reference standard, etc., in the same order, for every study). … This highlights the gold standard problem and speaks to a certain amount of circularity.