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3941. Disposition of Comments for Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Measures for Guiding Antibiotic Treatment for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (pdf file)
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      November 24, 2014 - While retrospective studies were included in this comparative effectiveness review, only studies with … Again, given that there were so few studies, more detail about the studies, the baseline characteristics … This level of granularity was not given in the studies included, as none of the included studies related … Studies addressing once daily dosing of aminoglycosides were not included because studies were required … Six studies (4 clinical trials and two cohort studies met inclusion criteria, but only one study, with

3942. Disposition of Comments Report for Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 137 (pdf file)
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      August 06, 2014 - We restricted to studies in children ages 0-12 and studies published from 2000 to the present. … , large multi-site observational studies)? … were follow-ups to studies evaluated in the 2011 review. … report followup data from studies in the prior review. … comorbid conditions, not all studies in the review.

3943. GRADING THE STRENGTH OF A BODY OF EVIDENCE (pdf file)
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      November 01, 2013 - EPCs can consider studies to be consistent when the CIs of individual studies overlap a summary effect … reporting bias for such studies. … in question; these studies are of unequal size; smaller and larger studies do not differ substantially … the smaller studies. … in evidence base Consider the number of studies and total sample size across studies assessed at risk

3944. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2011 - Low or This conclusion is based on evidence from 77 studies (70 (DRI vs. … There were no relevant studies evaluating direct renin inhibitors. e. … There were only two studies comparing direct renin treatment adherence? … Angioedema: Low Although several studies collected data on angioedema, the (ACEI vs. … Only nine studies compared ACEIs and ARBs for periods longer than 1 year.

3945. Archived: Final Research Plan: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      July 17, 2014 - Harms KQs 5, 6: RCTs, prospective and retrospective cohort studies, case-control studies, cross-sectional … studies, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and modeling studies; others considered. … Studies of women in other countries; older studies (see search dates). … Harms (KQs 5, 6): Studies published between 2008 and February 2014 and updates of earlier studies. … KQs 7–10: Studies published between January 2000 and July 2014.

3946. Methods-Guidance-Reporting-Bias Methods (pdf file)
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      November 01, 2013 - , with observational studies representing 17 percent of all studies registered in ClinicalTrials.gov … studies,37-39 although some have suggested that requirements to register observational studies might … and unpublished studies submitted by manufacturers to identify any remaining unpublished studies or … , studies of complementary and alternative interventions, and non-English language studies. … • Arranges outcomes in columns and studies in rows for all included studies.

3947. Disposition of Comments Report for Otitis Media With Effusion (pdf file)
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      May 04, 2013 - We recognize that by excluding single arm studies, we may have eliminated studies that examined important … Appendix for Included studies. … The proper terminology would be “tubes used in included studies,” since in most of the studies (in the … One of the studies was an RCT,29 and the other two were nonrandomized controlled studies.30, 31 The … The only other possibility is the reports of the studies are flawed that he studies themselves are not

3948. Disposition of Comments for CER 157 Appendicitis (pdf file)
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      December 14, 2015 - often referred to as “case-control” studies, but we prefer to reserve this term for studies of etiology … For example, the decision to limit studies from the discussion for multivariate scores (to 5 studies … studies and modify our conclusions based on the assessment of the risk of bias of the studies. … This suggest that imaging studies are made on a different population than the clinical studies. … TEP Reviewer #2 Results The decision to limit Table #13 to studies with five or more studies seems

3949. renal-update-2015-150115 (pdf file)
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      January 15, 2015 - The large majority of the evaluated studies were single-group studies (without a comparison intervention … This decision will be re-evaluated if studies based on registry datasets are available. … studies. … (follow-up or followup).tw. 26. exp Case-Control Studies/ 27. … (case adj20 control).tw. 28. exp Longitudinal Studies/ 29. longitudinal.tw. 30. exp Cohort Studies

3950. Nephropathy-Contrast-Induced Executive-2016 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2016 - We also reviewed applicable observational studies. … ), cardiovascular outcomes (7 studies), mortality (8 studies), adverse events (12 studies), or image … and diagnostic quality (2 studies). … Because we excluded studies that did not report data on CIN, we excluded studies that reported only … Assessing Risk of Bias in Included Studies.

3951. Disposition of Comments for Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorders (pdf file)
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      August 27, 2012 - in those areas (i.e., why were the studies rated as poor?) … RCTs and we assess quality of studies by study design. … , but no relevant studies met our inclusion criteria. … We included studies of any intervention. … Given the absence of good studies and scarcity of fair studies, the report concludes that the available

3952. Disposition of Comments Report for CER 134 Pharmacotherapy for Adults With Alcohol-Use Disorders in Outpatient Settings (pdf file)
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      May 13, 2014 - Nonetheless, we don't have studies in primary care settings or naturalistic studies. Thank you. … Naltrexone was very consisted in exhibiting a small effect across these studies, while acamprosate studies … Methods probably varied among studies. … be replicated by consequent unbiased studies. … Peer Reviewer #2 Table of Excluded Studies 1. Table of excluded studies.

3953. Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Tympanostomy Tubes in Children With Otitis Media (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2017 - We assess whether the new studies fall within the range of the similar studies from the original review … Studies Included in the Original Review, With a Registry Record Only six studies (in seven records) … Relevant Studies Identified via Registry Searches and Not Found in Original Review Twenty studies … Studies Identified via Registry Searches and Not Found in Original Review Studies Containing Results … Excluded Studies Appendix E.

3954. Gout Executive-2016 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2016 - However, if no such studies could be identified for a diagnostic test of interest, studies were also … Seventeen studies answer Key Question 1, and two studies answer Key Question 2. … Description of Included Studies We identified 15 original studies that met our inclusion criteria for … no studies that limited inclusion only to patients presenting with a first attack, and few studies … studies.

3955. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      March 18, 2013 - However, this systematic review identifies an underlying flaw inherent in studies of medication administration … For example, only 6 of 16 included studies considered administration of a drug at the wrong time to … As delayed drug administration is relatively common, studies that did not include such wrong-time errors … Prior studies have also raised concern that variations in the definition of medication errors can affect … rates, and medication error measurement standards have been developed for medication reconciliation studies

3956. Nontraditional Risk Factors in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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      July 17, 2018 - The addition of the ABI (10 studies), hsCRP level (25 studies), or CAC score (19 studies) can improve … ) included for KQ2 8 Articles (8 studies) included for KQ3 5 Articles (4 studies) included for KQ4 … Published coefficient model studies are risk prediction studies evaluating the added prognostic value … Ten studies evalu- ated the ABI, 25 studies evaluated hsCRP level, and 19 studies evaluated CAC score … (9 studies), or CAC score (8 studies) can im- prove agreement between predicted and observed events

3957. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      June 13, 2011 - Case studies on medication reconciliation. June 13, 2011 Crawford AG; Sciamanna CN. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/case-studies-medication-reconciliation The journal provides an editorial … and several case studies on medication reconciliation from a variety of health care environments. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/case-studies-medication-reconciliation https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/medication-reconciliation

3958. Disposition of Comments for Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2012 - The Community Task Force omits C grade studies in their summary statements. … Studies used a variety of different definitions of adherence. … We added the need to conduct studies in children to the research recommendations. … in any of the short-term studies). … Unfortunately, the additional support differed for each of these 5 studies.

3959. Final Research Plan: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      November 30, 2017 - KQs 1, 4: Randomized, controlled trials KQs 2, 3: Randomized, controlled trials; large cohort studies … (sample size >1,000) KQ 5: Randomized, controlled trials; large cohort studies (sample size >1,000 … ); vascular surgery registries KQs 1, 4: Case-control, cross-sectional, and cohort studies; editorials … , letters, and opinions; cost studies KQs 2, 3: Case-control and cross-sectional studies; editorials … , letters, and opinions; cost studies Countries Studies conducted in countries categorized

3960. Final Research Plan: Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Pregnant Women: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      November 09, 2017 - Study Design KQ 1: Randomized or clinical controlled trials, systematic reviews, before-after studies … , observational cohort studies, and ecologic studies with a historical or geographic comparator KQs … 2–4: All of the above plus cohort studies, case series, and registry data KQs 3, 4: Trials examining … Poor-quality studies Publication Dates 1986 to the present Studies conducted prior to the … Several comments suggested including studies examining the benefits and harms of specific treatment or