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1021. CER 216 Disposition of Comments Report: Telehealth for Acute and Chronic Care Consultations (pdf file)
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      April 24, 2019 - We did not exclude any studies based on condition, and w ould not exclude studies about hearing impairment … Similarly, four studies have demonstrated impact on hospitalization. … There may have been important early studies that guided future research. … We w ould ask the authors to review these studies again. … We included f ive of the eight studies included in the Kumar review .

1022. Untitled (pdf file)
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      February 16, 2016 - We will include studies published in English only. … the inclusion of additional studies is warranted).43 Eligible studies must also report one or more … We will use DistillerSR™ for screening studies. … The decision about pooling a set of studies using random effects will depend on whether the studies … This should be determined based on the design and quality of the studies, independent of the studies

1023. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      June 16, 2010 - Ongoing studies and interim analyses. Sources of Full text publications. … Studies on patients with myelodysplastic syndrome or acute leukemia. … Inclusion criteria for observational studies are as above except for “Types of studies.” … New studies will be evaluated against inclusion/exclusion criteria in the same manner as all other studies … Criteria for Inclusion/Exclusion of Studies in the Review B.

1024. Multiple-Sclerosis Executive (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2015 - We excluded studies of pediatric MS patients, studies of mitoxantrone (since it has a maximum lifetime … Risk-of-Bias Assessment of Individual Studies The risk of bias of eligible studies was assessed by two … Of the remaining 38 articles comprising 27 unique studies, only 16 studies contained complete information … Harms reported from unique studies included in the analytic set DMT Number of Studies; Total N; … Studies reporting reasons for discontinuing medication DMT Total Number of Studies Adverse Event

1025. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      May 22, 2012 - These studies vary from small and large nonrandomized, single-center studies to randomized, prospective … , but also by including the results of other studies, such as prospective cohort studies and comparative … These studies had the least bias, and the results were considered valid. … These studies had significant flaws that might have invalidated the results. … studies with ≥ 100 patients will also be considered.

1026. Disposition of Comments for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Screening, Management, and Treatment (pdf file)
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      April 25, 2013 - these studies. … studies (e.g. … Important studies missing? … Important studies missing? KQ2: These studies rely heavily on SSc and liver disease. … Few studies of IPAH.

1027. 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 - Most studies genotyped and analyzed one of these variants and not the other while other studies have … ); VerifyNow P2Y12 (28 studies); the vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) assay (14 studies … ); Multiplate analyzer (12 studies); and Platelet Function Analyzer-100 (8 studies). … Unfortunately, this information is usually based on studies of healthy volunteers, or studies that … Were such studies actually identified?

1028. Bladder-Cancer-Non-Muscle-Invasive Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      July 21, 2014 - and cohort studies. … For all KQs we will exclude uncontrolled observational studies, case- control studies, case series, and … case reports, as these studies are less informative than studies with a control group. … Sources of funding for all studies will also be recorded. … We will not exclude studies rated as being high risk of bias a priori, but high risk of bias studies

1029. Depression SSRI Surveillance Assessment_CER 62_Low-1 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2013 - in the CER, and some studies had no control or comparison group. … The few new studies we identified supported the conclusions of the original CER. … No new studies identified. NA EPC investigator did not know. … No observational studies met the eligibility criteria. … No observational studies met the eligibility criteria.

1030. Untitled (pdf file)
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      February 17, 2016 - The 2012 report included studies published from 1980 through May 2011. … There were few studies evaluating the new factor Xa inhibitors. … We evaluated the number and characteristics of studies—including RCT, nonrandomized comparative studies … We will explore subgroup differences within (and possibly across) studies. … "[Mesh] OR (case and control) OR "Clinical Studies" [Publication Type] OR "Clinical Studies as Topic

1031. Assessing-The-Risk-Of-Bias-In-Systematic-Reviews-Of-Health-Care-Interventions (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2005 - For some studies, all outcomes may have the same sources of bias; for other studies, the sources of … clinical trials, prospective or retrospective cohort studies, and case-control studies) in the ROBINS-I … It excludes case studies, case series and cross-sectional studies, although some systematic reviews … dIncludes nonrandomized controlled studies with investigator-allocated treatment and observational studies … or a body of studies.

1032. Disposition of Comments Report for The Effectiveness and Risks of Long-Term Opioid Treatment of Chronic Pain (pdf file)
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      September 29, 2014 - The characteristics of the studies are clearly described. … Not aware of any additional studies that ought to have been included studies that ought to have been … Indeed for some questions, no studies met the criteria. … However, there is a need for published studies evaluating the effectiveness of risk mitigation studies … Indeed for some questions, no studies met the criteria.

1033. Disposition of Comments Report for Evaluation and Treatment of Tinnitus (pdf file)
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      August 23, 2013 - We note these studies in the discussion. … Eligibility of studies was not based on the methodological quality of studies. … Eligibility of studies was not based on the quality of studies. … studies are flawed. … The studies are not independent as several studies had multiple treatment arms.

1034. Disposition of Comments for CER 208 Treatment for Bipolar Disorder in Adults A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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      August 07, 2018 - and high risk of bias studies. … the lithium studies) were longer. … We have noted when maintenance studies were extensions of short-term studies for acute episodes. … Moreover, 14 studies had small sample sizes of less than 200 participants and 21 studies (79 percent … I note that the authors explicitly INCLUDED studies with time to relapse as an outcome, and studies

1035. Pediatric Quality Measures Program 3.0: An Evidence Map of Measures for Vision, Hearing, and Developmental Screening and Followup (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2014 - Have any of these studies shown improvements in quality of care, improvements in health outcomes, or … If no such studies of children are available, what studies have assessed whether specific equivalent … We will also hand search the included studies of previous relevant reviews and consult with our Key … Comparisons: We plan to include studies that have comparisons of different interventions or measures … selection criteria, or standard appraisal of studies.

1036. Venous-Ulcers-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2014 - 3 studies comparing at least 2 different surgical interventions,54-56 and 11 studies evaluating a surgical … We included studies without a comparison group because we anticipated finding few comparative studies … Three studies compared two surgical techniques.54-56 We also included 11 studies that evaluated a surgical … We expanded our review to include observational studies, but these studies were largely limited to convenience … Among the studies we identified, we found a general lack of well-designed, well-controlled studies,

1037. Osteoporosis-Bone-Fracture Executive (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2012 - do not apply to most studies that assess adherence. … treatment at 1 year, with adherence ranging widely across studies … No studies describe primary nonadherence (i.e. nonfulfillment). … Newcastle- Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale, Cohort Studies. … Quality Assessment Scales for Observational Studies. 2004. 19.

1038. Disposition of Comments Report for Comparative Effectiveness Review 128 Oral Mechanical Bowel Preparation for Colorectal Surgery (pdf file)
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      April 30, 2014 - , and reviews studies in progress germane to the topic. … of studies. … Please note that we were referring to study arms (not studies). … Regarding the studies by Zmora and Bucher: we decided to include them with studies using enemas for … Do we know why they were excluded (e.g. non-surgical studies)?

1039. Disposition of Comments for Imaging Tests for the Staging of Colorectal Cancer (pdf file)
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      November 20, 2014 - that directly compared imaging studies. … When studies are big, smaller difference between studies could be detected along with a higher I2 value … studies only evaluating single modalities. … Of note is the fact that the AHRQ report included only studies on PET/CT, thereby excluding older studies … We suggest assessing the following studies for possible inclusion, as these studies were included by

1040. Renal Artery Stenosis Management Strategies: An Updated Comparative Effectiveness Review (pdf file)
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      August 16, 2016 - and non-randomized comparative studies. … but excluding PTRAS or medical management studies. … The comparative studies section has separate sections for RCTs and nonrandomized studies. … It was agreed upon to restrict the review of PTRAS cohort studies to prospective studies. … studies.