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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/medical-test-reviews-intro.ppt
June 01, 2012 - term=1907710
Reviewers need an explicit strategy for summarizing complex literature in a logical … way to classify test evaluation studies according to their objective, it does not offer an explicit strategy … comorbidities, and patient demographics
Intervention Index test; includes clinical role of the index strategy … in relation to comparator and the test-and-treat strategy
in relation to clinical outcomes • Description … results of index test lead
to management decisions/actions
Comparator Comparator test-and-treat strategy
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND__0250_05-20-2010.pdf
January 01, 2010 - of sinus
rhythm, mortality, accuracy and utility of risk stratification in determining treatment
strategy
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/respectful-maternity-care-protocol.pdf
September 16, 2022 - Appendix A contains our sample MEDLINE® search strategy, which will be
adapted to search the other databases … Search Strategy. … refinement, Key Informants provided input on approaches
that we will translate into our initial search strategy … Examples of studies of interest will
be used to validate our search strategy. … Search Strategies
Overall
Database: Ovid MEDLINE(R) ALL <1946 to August 05, 2022>
Search Strategy
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-267-adhd-executive-summary.pdf
March 01, 2024 - For monitoring studies, we reported all information on the success and impact of
the monitoring strategy
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ch-7-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
March 29, 2012 - The use of instrumental variables,
however, can be employed as an alternative
strategy to deal with … unmeasured confounding.46
This strategy is discussed in detail in chapter 10. … A common strategy for removing confounding
without incidentally including strong instruments
and colliders … This strategy, however, may fail to
include measured variables that predict treatment
assignment but … Regardless of the strategy employed, researchers
should clearly describe how variables are measured
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prostate-cancer-surveillance_research-protocol.pdf
May 19, 2011 - obtaining repeated prostate biopsies; whereas, watchful waiting is a
relatively passive followup strategy
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/aggression_research-protocol.pdf
October 05, 2015 - Pharmacologic intervention treating the underlying psychiatric illness is also a
common specific strategy … strategy!and!yield!in!PubMed!
' Search'String' Results'
#1!
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ace-inhibitor-arb-update_research-protocol.pdf
May 07, 2010 - Our search strategy will use the National Library of Medicine’s Medical Subject
Headings (MeSH) keyword … (See Appendix A for the
current search strategy and initial number of abstracts to be included in our … To assess quality, we
will employ the strategy to: (1) classify the study design, (2) apply predefined
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hepatitis-c-screening_research-protocol.pdf
October 20, 2011 - Trials, Evidence-
Based Medicine Reviews (EBMR) and Ovid MEDLINE
®
(see Table 1 for a sample search
strategy … Sample search strategy
Concept Search String N
1 Hepatitis C Hepatitis C/ or Hepatitis C, Chronic … clear statement of the research questions(s), reported inclusion
criteria, used an adequate search strategy
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/asthma-education-protocol.pdf
January 01, 2018 - package aimed at
improving asthma control, EXHALE that highlights the importance of AS-ME as a vital
strategy … Appendix 1 presents a sample search strategy. … Sample Search Strategy
Set # Concept Search Statement
1 Asthma self-management
education
‘asthma
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/nephropathy-contrast-induced_clinician.pdf
August 01, 2016 - Preventive Strategy
Comparison Outcome
No. of
RCTs
No. of
Subjects
Effect on
Outcomea
Clinically
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/topic-nom-length-stay-supplement.pdf
June 27, 2019 - Reducing Hospital Length of Stay Supplemental Info
Reducing Hospital Length of Stay: Topic Nomination from the LHS Panel Project
June 27, 2019
1. What is the decision or change (e.g. clinical topic, practice guideline, system design,
delivery of care) you are facing or struggling with where a summary of the evid…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-274-tethered-spinal-cord-disposition-comments.pdf
October 25, 2024 - find this text
Public Reviewer 1 Methods The methods are clearly described, including the
search strategy … could
understand
The methods section provides a detailed and
transparent outline of the search strategy
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ear-infection_research-protocol.pdf
August 07, 2012 - Our search strategy will be to assume that this Cochrane 2010 review16 identified all relevant
studies … will search for
relevant RCTs and observational studies examining myringotomy alone as a treatment strategy … We will examine this as a treatment strategy, distinct from “no treatment.” … will search for relevant
RCTs and observational studies that examined watchful waiting as a treatment strategy … The following summarizes our search strategy for each included treatment option and population
of interest
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/vte-prophyalaxis_disposition-comments.pdf
May 29, 2013 - added this to the table B
Reviewer 3 Methods The methods are clearly stated including the search strategy … The search strategy is explicitly
stated and logical. … “Although our search strategy was
comprehensive, we may have missed
studies. … We included in our search strategy
(Desirudin[nm] OR Desirudin[tiab] OR
Iprivask[tiab])OR
Public … Did they consider this population in the search strategy?
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/c-diff-infections-nomination-140925.pdf
February 19, 2014 - Update Topic CER 31 Clostridium difficile NSD FINAL
Effectiveness of Early Diagnosis, Prevention,
and Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection
Nomination …
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/kidney-stones-draft-appendices.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Appendixes A-D: Recurrent Nephrolithiasis in Adults and Children: Comparative Effectiveness of Preventive Medical Strategies
A-1
Appendix A. Methods
Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
Table A-1. Detailed Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria for Systematic Review
Category Include Exclude
Populations All KQs: Nonpregn…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/evidence-summary-cer-200-post-acs-depression.pdf
November 01, 2017 - psychiatric treatment into other clinical
settings, second-generation antidepressants, and a
combination strategy … Enhanced care interventions and a
strategy using CBT plus second-generation antidepressant
medication
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pressure-ulcer-prevention_disposition-comments.pdf
May 08, 2013 - Peer Reviewer
#2
Discussion The search strategy included studies identified through
MEDLINE as early … Search Strategy and Study Selection, ES-4, what was the
basis of the decision to settle on excluding … sense to me to present eligibility criteria
BEFORE search strategy i.e., this is what we were looking … Nutritional supplementation
has been a standard treatment strategy to help improve
nutrition status … All of
these contributions make it a valuable strategy for the
prevention of pressure ulcers.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/renal-function_executive.pdf
August 01, 2014 - Use of Troponin Level as a Management
Strategy for Patients With Chronic Kidney
Disease and Acute Coronary … (compared with initially conservative
management).21 In addition to an early invasive strategy,
the … better than a initially conservative strategy for high
troponin levels, but not for low/normal troponin … Methods
Search Strategy
We searched the following databases for primary studies:
MEDLINE®, Embase® … Ability of minor elevations
of troponins I and T to predict benefit from an early invasive
strategy in