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181. Rapid Evidence Product: Adverse Events Associated With COVID-19 Pharmaceutical Treatments (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2024 - used MedDRA (Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities definitions)70 terms for adverse events and standard … Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Convalescent Plasma Versus Standard Plasma in Coronavirus … Effect of Remdesivir vs Standard Care on Clinical Status at 11 Days in Patients With Moderate COVID … Evaluation of Protease Inhibition for COVID-19 in Standard-Risk Patients (EPIC-SR). 2021. 58. … Special population: COVID pneumonia Severity level: Hospitalized, not on oxygen, Hospitalized, on standard-flow

182. Renal-Function Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     June 13, 2013 - Currently, there is no universally adopted 99th percentile value because there is no reference standard … -ACS will be defined by a gold standard outcome [e.g., clinically diagnosed ACS adjudicated by formal … Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published online: June 13, 2013 15 standard card that “no … • In KQ4, one comparator of interest is “no testing” beyond use of a standard risk predictor model … We are using a clinical diagnosis of ACS for our gold standard outcome for KQ1; however there is a

183. Disclosure Policy and Form (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2020 - Disclosure Policy and Form Print Form EPC Key Informant and Technical Expert Agree…

184. A Bayesian Missing Data Framework for Multiple Continuous Outcome Mixed Treatment Comparisons (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - Lu and Ades’s approach,8 a standard MTC model, uses only the observed data. … The reference treatment is a standard control treatment (often placebo, or simply no treatment) which … For simplicity, we assume that every study has sample size 100 and standard deviation of 2 for every … The estimated variability on the standard deviation scale is always between 1 and 1.5, with associated … However, since standard deviations are somewhat large, there is no significant difference between these

185. THIS IS OUR TEACHER! (ppt file)
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     April 01, 2006 - hospitals and journals; Public believes promotions about health and believes it is held to a higher standard … than say Volvo ads or coke ads Deyo’s common myths about the media’s coverage of health: Standard … dangerous; Far too little technology assessment or research that compares a new treatment with the standard

186. Hepatitis-C Executive (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2012 - cancer.8,9 In the early 2000s, the combination of “pegylated” interferon plus ribavirin became the standard … three times a week with standard interferon).13 Dual therapy with pegylated interferon plus ribavirin … is associated with higher SVR rates (about 55–60 percent overall) than either standard interferon … significant, and whether the interventions and tests evaluated were reasonably representative of standard … For genotype 2 or 3 infection, standard doses and duration (24 weeks) of pegylated interferon as part

187. Disposition of Comments Report for Antinuclear Antibody, Rheumatoid Factor, and Cyclic-Citrullinated Peptide Tests for Evaluating Musculoskeletal Complaints in Children (pdf file)
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     March 07, 2012 - We have indicated that IIF is the gold standard for ANA testing and have referenced the ACR consensus … While this is still a standard test, it is highly subjective with results varying from one laboratory … The EIA methods vary from one manufacturer to another because there is no standard for which antigen … preparations needed to be included, nor is there a standard as to what concentration(s) of the relevant … I am not sure if this is standard practice for AHRQ reported or whether this was how this grading was

188. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 6 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Comparator Use of gold standard vs. “alloy” standard in studies. … Gold standard not applied. Correlational data only. … Cardiac CT compared with stress treadmill without use of angiography as a gold standard. … Exclude a priori if no gold standard. Or include but: − Restrict to specified comparators. … Failure to test “normals,” or subset, with gold standard.

189. Computerized Definitions Showed High Positive Predictive Values for Identifying Reasons for Hospitalizations in a Medicaid Population with Rheumatoid Arthritis (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2008 - pneumococcal disease, sepsis, opportunistic mycoses and congestive heart failure using charts reviews as gold standard … Using the medical chart reviews as gold standard, we calculated the PPV of our definitions, that is, … median age of cohort members was 55 years; most patients were female (77%), white (73%), and lived in standard … Although review of medical charts is commonly considered the gold standard for validation of computerized … Nevertheless, using the available information and without regard to gold standard determinations, the

190. Executive Summary_Systematic Review_Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: 2022 Update of the PTSD-Repository Evidence Base (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2022 - identify research gaps to determine future research priorities and encourage researchers to adopt standard

191. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     June 06, 2011 - Page 2 of 21 when compared with the benefits of the procedure, and coronary angiography is now the standard … From the MCG machine, five ECG wires with electrodes are attached to the patient at the four standard … We will present summary estimates, standard errors, and confidence intervals. … We will summarize inherently continuous variables, such as age, by mean, median, and standard deviation … NOTE: The following protocol elements are standard procedures for all protocols. VIII.

192. Observed Association Between Antidepressant Use and Pneumonia Risk Was Confounded by Comorbidity Measures (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2008 - 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

193. Pressure-Ulcer-Prevention Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - consecutive sample of patients meeting predefined criteria, whether it used a credible reference standard … , whether the same reference standard was applied to all patients, whether the reference standard … nutrition, and standard support surfaces. … care compared with standard care alone, rather than compared with no care. … Therefore, it would be inappropriate to conclude that standard repositioning, skin care, nutrition,

194. Breast Abnormalities Update Surveillance Assessment_CER 47_Low (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2012 - We also meta-analyzed the data reported by the nine included studies that used standard SMM (planar … The summary sensitivity of standard SMM for all lesions was 84 percent (95% CI: 76% to 89%) and the … (biopsy) as the reference standard. … We also meta-analyzed the data reported by the nine included studies that used standard SMM … (biopsy) as the reference standard.

195. Hepatitis-C-Treatment-Adherence Executive (pdf file)
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     September 22, 2011 - Data Synthesis We abstracted data from all included studies into a standard evidence table. … Patients in the included studies exclusively used standard doses of combination antiviral therapy of … The recommended treatment for genotype 1 patients has shifted from the standard combination therapy … In particular, the administration of protease inhibitors is complex; adding this agent to the standard … Use of specialty care versus standard retail pharmacies for treatment of hepatitis C.

196. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Applicability Grade the Body of Evidence Meta-analysis of Test Performance Evidence With a “Gold Standard … ” — or — Meta-analysis of Test Performance Evidence With an Imperfect Reference Standard Decision Modeling … versus “alloy” standard in studies How the test is used as part of a management strategy (e.g., triage … It is important to assess whether the test studied is being compared to a gold standard and how it is … The lack of a gold standard is a challenge that must be addressed either by excluding the study or by

197. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Applicability Grade the Body of Evidence Meta-analysis of Test Performance Evidence With a “Gold Standard … ” — or — Meta-analysis of Test Performance Evidence With an Imperfect Reference Standard Decision Modeling … versus “alloy” standard in studies How the test is used as part of a management strategy (e.g., triage … It is important to assess whether the test studied is being compared to a gold standard and how it is … The lack of a gold standard is a challenge that must be addressed either by excluding the study or by

198. Diagnosis of Celiac Disease: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2016 - Endoscopy with duodenal biopsy showing villous atrophy is the current gold standard for diagnosing celiac … biopsy plus clinical remission while on a gluten- free diet represent the internationally accepted gold standard … Overall Comparative Accuracy of Diagnostic Tests When Using Endoscopy With Biopsy as the Reference Standard … invasive, most studies assessing the accuracy of serological tests that use biopsy as the reference standard

199. Methods-Guidance-Reporting-Bias Methods (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2013 - • Match trials with publications found from the standard search, noting (1) trials with existing … For specific data, such as a missing standard deviation, the review team may want to provide a brief … IOM Standard 3.2.3 states that, in addition to contacting study authors and researchers, authors of … IOM Standard 3.2.4 states that authors of systematic reviews should “[h]andsearch selected journals … IOM standard 3.2.5 states those conducting systematic reviews should “[c]onduct a web search.”

200. Disposition of Comments Report for Chronic Venous Ulcers: A Comparative Effectiveness Review of Treatment Modalities (pdf file)
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     January 27, 2014 - We stated emphatically that the standard of care is compression with at least 2 layers and cite a Cochrane … The standard is 40 mm Hg pressure. … We agree with the concept that compression is the gold standard and we set up the review to ensure that … We totally agree with the concept that compression is the gold standard and we set up the review to … The study was not designed and powered to determine if Apligraf was more effective than the standard