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61. Template for Reports Developed (pdf file)
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    October 26, 2012 - Absent a consensus on a definition of standard of care, methodological transparency will be essential … 5 What is the comparative effectiveness of new antibiotic interventions compared with standard therapy … Individuals with CDI who were treated with novel therapy or standard care are included and followed … All other comparisons of standard treatments Moderate for vancomycin vs. … What is the comparative effectiveness of new antibiotic interventions compared to standard therapy

62. Comparative Effectiveness Research Review Disposition of Comments Report (pdf file)
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    February 13, 2012 - Define “standard” work up. … In the background section it states “In current standard practice the examinations conducted after … We have tried to use a fairly non-specific term “standard workup” throughout to encompass variations … Diagnostic mammography is the standard of care. … The scope of the report is “What else” can be added to the standard of care to aid in the distinction

63. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2009 - Open surgical biopsy is the “gold standard” or “reference standard” method of evaluating a suspicious … For the diagnosis of breast cancer, the “gold standard” reference test is open surgery and pathological … However, a difficulty with the use of this reference standard in large cohort studies of screening- detected … (DCIS, a noninvasive early stage of breast cancer) that were found to be invasive by the reference standard … Not rated The type of reference standard (open surgery, 2 years’ of followup, or only 6 months’ of

64. Glaucoma-Screening Surveillance (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2013 - Sensitivities and specificities were reported for the parameters mean deviation, pattern standard … Sensitivity and specificity for pattern standard of 2 reviewers said they did not know. 17 … Conclusion Based on the Burr et al. (2007) findings, standard automated perimetry was compared with … Sensitivity and specificity for pattern standard of deviation (PSD) and glaucoma hemifield test are … Conclusion Based on the Burr et al. (2007) findings, standard automated perimetry was compared with

65. S158 (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2007 - Main Study Validation Study “Error-Prone” Propensity Score “Error-Prone” Propensity Score “Gold-Standard … Better prediction of exposure by inclusion of the survey information in the gold- standard PS resulted … None of the additional variables entered in the gold-standard PS are strongly related to exposure to … The gold-standard PS that pre- dicted NSAID exposure based on claims data combined with interview data … The gold- standard PS also performs as an approximate instrument under assumptions similar to surrogacy

66. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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    May 19, 2010 - For each treatment or placebo arm within a trial, the sample size, mean outcome, and standard deviation … For those trials that do not report a follow-up standard deviation, we will impute one by assigning … the average standard deviation from other trials that report the standard deviation for the same outcome … If fewer than two trials are available with standard deviations, then we will impute the followup standard … eligible, and enrolled; the use of run-in and washout periods or highly selective criteria; the use of standard

67. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2010 - in an effectiveness review of mindfulness-based stress programs compared to no treatment, sham, or standard … physical diseases Interventions: Mindfulness-based stress programs Comparators: No treatment, sham, or standard

68. Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Rehabilitation Executive (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2012 - Standard criteria include structural Effective Health Care Program The Effective Health Care Program … program with the standard program alone.44, 45 7 Most of the programs addressed TBI survivors whose … rehabilitation = 11.7 in an RCT35; ICRP = 16.8, standard rehabilitation = 16.1, unadjusted in a cohort … The evidence indicated that participation in ICRP versus standard rehabilitation achieved equivalent … Evidence suggested that the ICRP may lead to earlier productivity than standard rehabilitation (low

69. Asthma-Immunotherapy-2011 Research (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2011 - Gold standard to measure the outcomes. … Define and justify gold standard (if known) to measure outcomes _____________ 6. … Gold standard to measure the outcomes. … Define and justify gold standard (if known) to measure outcomes _____________ 5. … Factor _________ known gold standard _________ Loss of followup.

70. Disposition of Comments Report for Imaging Techniques for the Diagnosis and Staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (pdf file)
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    October 23, 2014 - This feature is now standard on CT systems. … This feature is now standard on many CT systems and is “built in” to each helical acquisition. … Public Reviewer Gail Rodriguez (MITA) General NEMA standard XR 29 - 2013, Standard Attributes on … This standard, known also as MITA “Smart Dose”, is the fourth dose-related standard to be released … This standard includes four components: 1.

71. Disposition of Comments Report for Imaging Tests for the Diagnosis and Staging of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (pdf file)
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    September 23, 2014 - The word “harm” is standard in EPC reports. Peer Reviewer 1 9. … This feature is now standard on all new CT systems and has also been implemented on newer installed … for interventional procedures. • NEMA standard XR 29 - 2013, Standard Attributes on Computed Tomography … This standard, known also as MITA “Smart Dose”, is the fourth dose-related standard to be released … This standard includes four components: 1.

72. Research Protocol: Clostridium difficile Infection Update (pdf file)
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    December 23, 2014 - Toxigenic culture and cell cytotoxicity neutralization assay are no longer clinical standard practice … Tests in which the reference standard is not applied to all samples. … Standard Treatment: RCTs, nonrandomized controlled trials, and prospective Figure 2. … Nonantibiotic standard treatment: RCTs, nonrandomized controlled trials, prospective cohort studies, … Chapter 8: meta-analysis of test performance when there is a "gold standard".

73. Breast-Biopsy-Update Executive (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2014 - Definitions of diagnostic groups based on index and reference standard test results Reference Standard … results), reference standard test (e.g., blinding of reference standard assessors to the index test … Reference standard tests also differed across studies: 26 used open biopsy on all included patients; … Chapter 8: meta-analysis of test performance when there is a “gold standard”. … Chapter 9: options for summarizing medical test performance in the absence of a “gold standard.”

74. Mental-Illness-Adults-Prisons Executive (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2013 - However, experts in the field recommend that all correctional facilities offer standard outpatient … For all effect- size metrics, we computed 95-percent confidence intervals (CIs) using standard methods … Comparing MTC with standard treatment, two trials found no between-group differences in psychiatric … Limited evidence also demonstrated that IDDTs were more effective than standard treatments in reducing … A final systematic review examined the effectiveness of MTC compared with standard of care.

75. Chapter 9: Options for Summarizing Medical Test Performance in the Absence of a “Gold Standard” | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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76. PCA3 Testing in the Diagnosis and Management of Prostate Cancer: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2013 - testing against a biopsy gold standard. … The test is not currently a practice of care standard, and so blinding should pose no dilemma. … testing against a biopsy gold standard. … testing or standard testing alone. … testing or standard testing alone.

77. Pressure-Ulcer-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2013 - based on input from the Technical Expert Panel (TEP) that these modalities either were considered standard … However, in many care settings these applications (e.g., gauze dressings, standard hospital beds) are … We assessed the presence of statistical heterogeneity among the studies using standard χ2 tests and … with topical collagen applications compared with hydrocolloid dressings or standard care (3 studies … Therapeutic ultrasound Low Wound improvement was similar with ultrasound compared with standard care

78. Outcome Measures Framework: Literature Review Findings and Implications (pdf file)
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    April 15, 2019 - Data were extracted into a standard abstraction form and summarized qualitatively. … This information was collected using a standard abstraction table, a summary of which is included in … Overlaying the frameworks is the use of standard terminologies and data dictionaries, to the extent … outcome measures in specific study, report on development of standard outcome measures, discussion of … outcome measures in specific study, report on development of standard outcome measures, discussion of

79. EPC Methods: An Exploration of Methods and Context for the Production of Rapid Reviews (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2015 - Dimensions of standard systematic reviews that may be altered in rapid products ......... 4 Table 2. … Second, can some rapid review methods be adapted to make standard systematic reviews more timely? … Studies that empirically compared the results of rapid products with standard systematic reviews were … Only one organization did not conduct standard systematic reviews or HTAs. … Within the EPC Program, the topic refinement process for standard systematic reviews involves a team

80. Cancer-Pancreas Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    August 09, 2013 - In this context, the only gold standard is surgical findings. … Instead, the imperfect reference standard is clinical followup. … an imperfect reference standard for patients who do not. … standard was unknowable until after the tests were read)? … Was a standard instrument used to measure the outcome? 19.