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261. Disposition of Comments for CER 183 Tonsillectomy for OSDB (pdf file)
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     January 17, 2017 - studies were excluded since many of such studies did fulfill the retention criteria in page ES-4. … We attempted to stratify studies based on factors such as age or obesity, but few studies reported … We did not identify studies or analyses explicitly focused on this population, though some studies … , and registry studies. … Two of 2 studies of ketoprofen and 2 of 2 studies of lornoxicam reported bleeding, but we did not

262. Hip-Fracture-Pain Clinician (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2011 - Effectiveness of Pain Management Interventions Systemic Analgesics and Multimodal Approaches: Studies … Reviewed studies were limited to those of patients 50 years of age and older. … For systemic analgesics and several other modalities, studies are too limited to permit conclusions … Low: ��� There are very few studies, or existing studies are flawed. … Intervention Number of Studies Timing Used in Studies Systemic Analgesia 3 Pre- and postoperative

263. Disposition of Comments Report for Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs: A Comparative Effectiveness Review and Meta-Analysis (pdf file)
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     June 10, 2013 - The majority of studies we included are recent studies. … How many more studies in other settings would be available if studies with follow- up of 6 months were … and PA combined studies. … We have also included new studies based on our search for more recently published studies. … There were 9 studies.

264. Chronic-Kidney-Disease-Anemia-2011 Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - studies) and assessed and reported each methodological quality item for all qualifying studies. … ESA doses varied across studies. … ESA doses varied across studies. … Insufficient • Only 7 of the 27 studies reported information: – 3 studies reported no adverse … There is no uniform iron management algorithms across studies • Future observational studies should

265. Evidence Summary-Comparative-Effectiveness-Review-213-Lower-Limb-Prostheses (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2018 - Many studies use nonvalidated instruments. … Overall, we found 80 eligible studies (in 77 articles), of which 55 studies evaluated psychometric … properties addressing Key Questions (KQ) 1 to 3, 14 studies provided data relevant to KQ 4, no studies … for KQ 5, two studies for KQ 6, and eight studies for KQ 7. … The studies analyzed data from 109 to 555 participants followed for 1 to 7 years (except for two studies

266. Hepatitis-C-Treatment-Adherence Executive (pdf file)
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     September 22, 2011 - Half of these studies were RCTs of fair36 or poor quality.27,28,33,35,37 The remaining studies were … cohort studies rated as good29,32 fair,26,30 or poor quality.31,34 Most of these studies were conducted … (Strength of evidence = low) • Four studies (two good-quality cohort studies, one poor-quality RCT, … We encountered additional issues in crosstrial comparisons for these studies, including studies that … Most studies had wide inclusion criteria, although a number of studies excluded those presumed to

267. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - useful to consider the range of limitations in medical test studies. … In a series of studies of bias in the context of medical test literature, Whiting et al. reviewed studies … .1 However, medical test performance studies differ from intervention studies in that they are typically … for reporting observational studies. … Assessing risk of bias as a domain of quality in medical test studies.

268. Stroke-Atrial-Fibrillation Executive (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2013 - The relationship of studies to the review questions is as follows: 37 studies relevant to KQ 1, 17 studies … relevant to KQ 2, 43 studies relevant to KQ 3, 13 studies relevant to KQ 4, 0 studies relevant to … populations between some studies. … • Studies of bridging therapies (seven retrospective studies; two good quality, four fair quality, … A total of 13 studies were included in our analysis, of which 7 were prospective cohort studies and

269. Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting for Strategies To Improve Mental Health Care for Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2017 - For studies that are ongoing but not completed, what was the date of initiation of the studies? … (c) For completed and unpublished studies, we planned to reach out to authors of discontinued studies … discontinued studies identified via clinicaltrials.gov, and complete but unpublished studies identified … (KQ 1) We identified 17 studies, reported in 17 articles4-19 (including two studies in a single article … and searches of sibling studies in order to capture all relevant studies. 10 References

270. Wireless-Motility-Capsule Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - We included a total of 12 studies (in 18 publications) in this review.11, 25, 33-42 Seven studies ( … in these studies. … The sensitivity was moderately greater in some studies, but some studies reported slightly lower specificity … No included studies addressed these outcomes of interest. … The other studies did not report on conflicts of interest.

271. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2011 - Few studies used objective scales. … We provide the designations only for good (or poor) studies; the remaining studies are all of fair quality … We provide the designations only for good (or poor) studies; the remaining studies are all of fair quality … efficacy studies Comparative adherence in Insufficient Evidence from existing studies is insufficient … We provide the designations only for good (or poor) studies; the remaining studies are all of fair

272. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2010 - , or compare studies in the first 4 yrs and last 4 yrs Newer studies appear to have reported lower … disagree with the suggestion to pool all studies. … The percent of women in the studies are high enough for the findings from the studies about the effect … Most studies reported hazard ratios, implying at least a time to event analysis, though granted studies … we did include such studies in this review).

273. Interventions Targeting Sensory Challenges in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders - An Update (pdf file)
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     May 26, 2017 - You will reach different conclusions from the sensory integrative studies and the sensory based studies … We considered the evidence separately for Ayres- based studies and for other sensory integration studies … We considered the evidence separately for Ayres-based studies and for other sensory integration studies … This seems a major concern for many of the studies. … Description of included studies well done; table 2 provides a good overview of types of studies included

274. Mass-Casualty-Events-Scarce-Resources Executive (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2012 - of the studies was high- quality. … Over half of the included studies comprised computer simulations rather than intervention studies, … A total of 119 studies met our criteria for inclusion. … Only three studies used randomized designs, and nearly all studies were limited by small sample sizes … Collectively, these studies present encouraging findings.

275. Health Information Exchange (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2015 - We did not include studies of exchanges of data for research only, or studies about hypothetical or … No studies of harm were reported. … ); inefficient workflow (10 studies); poorly designed interface and update features (7 studies). … Fewer studies were based on national surveys/datasets, and a comparatively small number of studies … (5 studies).

276. Glaucoma-Screening Surveillance (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - No new studies were identified. … two studies of the diagnostic accuracy No new studies were identified. … Evidence From Primary Studies. Four studies discussed the accuracy of FDT C-20 perimetry. … Evidence From Primary Studies. Two studies included examination of GAT. … Evidence From Primary Studies. Two studies included examination of GAT.

277. Prostate-Cancer-Test Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     October 14, 2011 - case- control studies. … , diagnostic accuracy studies, or case-control studies. … ○ Matched studies The highest quality studies for this purpose will be “matched” studies of … of these studies … ○ Unmatched studies Unmatched studies will be nonrandomized trials or other comparative studies

278. Disposition of Comments Report for CER 207 on PTSD (pdf file)
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     May 17, 2018 - However, the studies you cite also serve as models for acceptable research in future studies. … heterogeneity across studies OR when there are 5 or more studies with moderate heterogeneity. … We have modified our “rules” of pooling studies to include bodies of evidence with at least 3 studies … the studies had been included. … In many studies, data capture ends following treatment dropout, but studies have increasingly been following

279. Microsoft Word - Comparative_Effectiveness_Research_Review_Disposition_of_Comments_Report_Final_120710_refs_delinked1.docx (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2010 - studies were (not) credited, etc.). … Those types of studies are not uncontrolled "observational studies," "case studies," or "case series … We restricted the review to medical studies with at least 30 participants given that most studies of … The number of included studies ranged from 45 to 216 with an average of 111 included studies. … The number of included studies ranged from 45 to 216 with an average of 111 included studies.

280. Assessing Applicability (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2009 - How Individual Studies Consider Applicability Studies often do not report on factors needed to judge … A collection of studies may provide broad applicable evidence even if individual studies do not. … A collection of studies may provide broad applicable evidence even if individual studies do not. … effectiveness studies. … Which Series of Studies Has an Applicability Issue?