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41. 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 - of studies enrolling more than 200 participants (8%) … An investigator assessed RoB for newly added studies and a subset of the 389 studies previously included … and 312 nonpharmacologic studies (trials with no medication arms). … Studies typically had sample sizes ranging from 25 to 99 participants (69%). … Limitations Study inclusion was limited to studies published in English.

42. Dietary Total Fat Intake and Dietary Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Intake and Child Growth and Development Outcomes: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    November 18, 2024 - • Studies that exclusively enroll participants hospitalized with an illness or injury • Studies … studies • Case-control studies • All other study designs Geographic Location • Locations … The one exception is studies of adolescents; for those meeting all other eligibility criteria, studies … If older, seminal studies or studies cited in the prior guideline are needed for context we will … If older, seminal studies or studies cited in the prior guideline are needed for context we will

43. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol: Prehospital Airway Management (pdf file)
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    December 20, 2019 - • International studies in English language Airway studies conducted in cadaver labs, or simulated … ED studies if prehospital studies of the topic are available. … lists to identify studies for possible inclusion) • Case series • Descriptive studies • Letters … uncontrolled observational studies, case series, descriptive studies, letters to the editor, opinion … High risk of bias studies may be excluded if sufficient low and moderate studies are available.

44. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Review: Patient Monitoring Systems To Prevent Failure To Rescue (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2024 - Overview of strength of evidence from primary studies by outcome and intervention type for studies of … Evidence Base 3.1 Included Studies We found 33 studies (3 systematic reviews and 30 primary studies … ), Netherlands (3 studies), Australia (2 studies), Canada (2 studies), Denmark (2 studies), Germany … improvement Serious adverse events 0 studies Insufficient SOE (2 studies) No consistent … (2 studies) No conclusion drawn Low SOE (7 studies) No consistent improvement

45. Executive Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 253: Maternal and Child Outcomes Associated With the Special Supplemental Nutritional Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2022 - published since 2009, including studies evaluating outcomes before and after the federal regulatory … Results We found 82 quantitative observational studies, including 49 studies with direct evidence … , and investigator-initiated studies. … The review focused mainly on studies having a comparison group with WIC- eligible non-participants. … For many outcomes, few studies were identified.

46. The Effect of Dietary Digestible Carbohydrate Intake on Risk of Cardiovascular Disease (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2023 - (used for identifying additional studies) • In vitro studies, nonoriginal data (e.g., narrative … Publications • Studies published in English only • Studies published in peer-reviewed journals … • Studies published at and after the year 2000 • Non-English language studies Abbreviations: CVD … For nonrandomized studies, including quasi-experimental studies, controlled before-and-after studies … studies.

47. Prehospital EMS Blood Transfusion and Fluid Interventions for Hemorrhagic Shock (pdf file)
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    September 24, 2024 - • Retrospective comparative studies • Case control studies • Before/after studies • Time series … Studies for CQ1 will come from two sources: (1) quantitative studies included in the review for KQ1– … We will not exclude studies rated high risk of bias a priori, but high risk of bias studies will be … Our approach to describing the quality of the included studies will be driven by the volume of studies … (e.g., surveys, qualitative studies, descriptive studies).

48. When To Select Observational Studies as Evidence | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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49. Role of Single Group Studies in Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Comparative Effectiveness Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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50. EHC Protocol: Making Healthcare Safer IV: Deprescribing to Reduce Medication Harms in Older Adults (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2023 - Eligibility Criteria for Studies of Effectiveness We will search for original studies and systematic … Description of Included Studies To efficiently describe eligible studies, the full text of each potentially … the findings of those studies. … selection criteria, or standard appraisal of studies. … of Effectiveness Literature Searches for Studies of Effectiveness Description of Included Studies

51. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Interventions to Prevent Nonventilator Hospital-acquired Pneumonia (NV-HAP) for Inpatients (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs-iv-nv-hap-protocol.pdf
    August 05, 2024 - If multiple SRs include the same studies and relevant unique studies, we will use the most comprehensive … and rate the risk of bias for individual studies. … in each arm • Nonrandomized comparative studies, including pre-post studies, with ≥100 patients in … each arm • Cross-sectional studies • Case series • Case reports Publication Year • Original studies … selection criteria, or standard appraisal of studies.

52. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 262_Pharmacotherapy for Adults With Alcohol Use Disorder in Outpatient Settings: Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2023 - • No new eligible studies were found for disulfiram. … We included all studies in the main analyses and conducted sensitivity analyses without studies rated … Among these, 81 studies (106 articles) were included in the 2014 report and 37 studies (50 articles … Key Question 1 included 111 studies, Key Question 2 included 31 studies, Key Question 3 included 99 … studies, Key Question 4 included 1 study, and Key Question 5 included 9 studies.

53. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs-IV-surgical-report-cards.pdf
    July 01, 2023 - or observational studies with a comparison group, including pre-post studies Narrative reviews, … Description of Included Studies To efficiently describe eligible studies, the full text of each potentially … the findings of those studies. … selection criteria, or standard appraisal of studies. … Eligibility Criteria for Studies of Effectiveness We will search for original studies and systematic

54. Executive Summary_Blood-Based Tests for Multiple Cancer Screening: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2025 - Thirteen of these studies had serious flaws in how they were conducted. … people total, with studies ranging from 102 to 41,516 people each. … These studies were published in 26 articles that reported on 19 unique tests.1-26 One of these studies … Although we found studies that reported on the accuracy of various MCSTs, the majority of these studies … Case-control and two-gate designs in diagnostic accuracy studies. Clin Chem.

55. Topic-Brief2-Opioid-Withdrawal (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2021 - studies, and 33 uncontrolled [before-after] studies). … (9,915) Additional studies: 0 In-progress studies: 0 Mean 87% (range 29-100%); 20 studies … (238) Additional studies: 0 In-progress studies: 2 (200)† Mean 21% (range 6-55%); 5 studies … (168) Additional studies: 0 In-progress studies: 0 18% and 27%; 2 studies Poor: 4 studies … (78) Additional studies: 0 In-progress studies: 0 66% and 86%; 2 studies Fair: 2 studies

56. Topic-Brief2-Opioid-Withdrawal (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/topic-brief2-opioid-withdrawal.pdf
    April 01, 2021 - studies, and 33 uncontrolled [before-after] studies). … (9,915) Additional studies: 0 In-progress studies: 0 Mean 87% (range 29-100%); 20 studies … (238) Additional studies: 0 In-progress studies: 2 (200)† Mean 21% (range 6-55%); 5 studies … (168) Additional studies: 0 In-progress studies: 0 18% and 27%; 2 studies Poor: 4 studies … (78) Additional studies: 0 In-progress studies: 0 66% and 86%; 2 studies Fair: 2 studies

57. Prehospital EMS Blood Transfusion and Fluid Interventions for Hemorrhagic Shock (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ems-blood-transfusion-protocol-amendment.pdf
    February 04, 2025 - • Retrospective comparative studies • Case control studies • Before/after studies • Time series … Studies for CQ1 will come from two sources: (1) quantitative studies included in the review for KQ1– … We will not exclude studies rated high risk of bias a priori, but high risk of bias studies will be … Our approach to describing the quality of the included studies will be driven by the volume of studies … (e.g., surveys, qualitative studies, descriptive studies).

58. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Review: Prevention in Adults of Infection With Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs4-infection-prevention-mdro-rapid-research.pdf
    April 01, 2024 - before-after studies • Interrupted time series studies and repeated measures studies • Discontinuation … or quasi-experimental studies … before-and-after studies. … All studies were before-and-after studies. The synthesis was narrative. … Almost all studies were before-and-after studies.

59. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs4-computerized-cds-protocol.pdf
    May 08, 2023 - • Interrupted time series studies and repeated measures studies • Not published in English • Not … or cross-sectional studies) We will search for original studies and systematic reviews on Review … selection criteria, or standard appraisal of studies. … Eligibility Criteria for Studies of Effectiveness Literature Searches for Studies of Effectiveness … criteria, or standard appraisal of studies.

60. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/high-risk-drugs-protocol.pdf
    July 27, 2023 - Eligibility Criteria for Studies of Effectiveness We will search for original studies and systematic … Type of studies All RQs: Systematic reviews. … Description of Included Studies To efficiently describe eligible studies, the full text of each potentially … selection criteria, or standard appraisal of studies. … Criteria for assessing internal validity of individual studies. U.S.