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8541. Final Research Plan: Weight Loss to Prevent Obesity-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Adults: Behavioral Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      March 31, 2016 - conducted in countries with populations not similar to the United States Studies conducted in countries … , ecological studies, case reports, case series, or other noncomparative reviews or letters to the editor … KQ 3: Ecological studies, case-series, and case reports Publication language English … Several comments suggested including studies among women during the postpartum period; the USPSTF changed … The USPSTF chose to maintain the exclusion of studies specifically among population subgroups for whom

8542. 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.

8543. Screening Adults for Bladder Cancer: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2010 - We focused on studies done in primary care settings but also included studies conducted in occupa- Figure … (KQ 2) 0 studies All studies enrolled patients with previous bladder cancer or signs and symptoms of … (KQ 3) 0 studies No studies met inclusion criteria – – – Findings: No evidence. … (KQ 4) 0 studies No studies met inclusion criteria – – – Findings: No RCTs or controlled observational … studies were identified.

8544. 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.

8545. Ptsd-Adult-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2013 - Risk-of-Bias Assessment of Individual Studies To assess the risk of bias (internal validity) of studies … Of the included studies, all were RCTs. … or may have been willing to be enrolled in studies of psychological treatments than for studies of … For example, the proportions of included studies and excluded studies that focused on combat-related … cohort studies or case-control studies with a sample size of 500 or greater.

8546. Psychosocial and Pharmacologic Interventions for Disruptive Behavior Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2016 - The systematic review included 84 unique studies published from 1994 to June 2014. … However, only a few studies evaluated the medications included in this review, and their results did … Adverse effects of medications reported in included studies were mild or moderate, but the ability … of the studies to detect harms was limited by their size and the length of followup. … Using the prespecified inclusion and exclusion criteria, no studies were identified that examined the

8547. Breast-Biopsy Surveillance (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2012 - Strength of evidence: Low December 2011 - No new studies. … Strength of evidence: Low December 2011 - No new studies. … December 2011 - No new studies. July 2012 – No new studies reported on AEs. … Studies reported insufficient information about lesion December 2011 - As several new studies on … December 2011 - We found two studies that reported costs.

8548. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      October 07, 2008 - Committed to Safety: Ten Case Studies on Reducing Harm to Patients. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/committed-safety-ten-case-studies-reducing-harm-patients This report presents … ten case studies to illustrate interventions that address prominent and targeted areas for patient … The authors also published an article about case studies in safety improvement. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/committed-safety-ten-case-studies-reducing-harm-patients https://psnet.ahrq.gov

8549. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      August 26, 2015 - A meta-synthesis of qualitative studies of patient safety in primary care. … A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Studies of Patient Safety in Primary Care. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/blame-patient-blame-doctor-or-blame-system-meta-synthesis-qualitative- studies-patient-safety … This study interpreted the results of 48 qualitative studies of patient safety in primary care. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/blame-patient-blame-doctor-or-blame-system-meta-synthesis-qualitative-studies-patient-safety

8550. Tympanostomy Tubes in Children With Otitis Media (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2017 - For KQ 1, we included studies of children with chronic OME. … Timing We included studies with any duration of followup. … [NRCSs]) and population based retrospective single group studies (registry studies) with at least … Several studies had a watchful waiting or placebo arm. … After excluding 4 studies, 7 studies were included in the network meta-analysis.

8551. Cancer-Pancreas Executive (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2014 - For diagnostic accuracy, three studies compared MDCT with EUS-FNA, seven studies compared MDCT with … All studies had a low or moderate risk of bias. … One review analyzed both the full set of CT studies and a subset of studies using multi-slice scanners … The evidence base was only four studies. … Two studies looked at one-time-only initial screening of HRIs, whereas four studies had followup screening

8552. Disposition of Comments for PCA3 Testing for the Diagnosis and Management of Prostate Cancer (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2013 - design is invalid in the excluded studies? … This was to ensure the largest number of studies reviewed. … These data were reanalyzed with the new studies identified. … These data were reanalyzed with new identified studies. … Agreed; analysis was repeated with new identified studies.

8553. Disposition of Comments for CER 201 Effectiveness of Indoor Allergen Reduction in the Management of Asthma (pdf file)
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      February 15, 2018 - Then we compared studies that had positive findings with studies that had no effect, and attempted … Then we compared studies that had positive findings with studies that had no effect, and attempted … Then we compared studies that had positive findings with studies that had no effect, and attempted … For the studies of mattress covers, we would note that 16 out of 17 included studies confirmed that … For the studies of mattress covers, we would note that 16 out of 17 included studies confirmed that

8554. Archived: Final Research Plan: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan97/breast-cancer-screening-january-2016
      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.

8555. Gjqj 6Nehz7Xahypfhvr33 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2016 - Data Extraction: Quality assessment and abstraction of 24 studies from 7 countries; 6 studies were good-quality … studies with reference standards applied to all participants. … The 3 largest studies were set in the United States. … HHUS and ABUS Seven studies reported HHUS cancer detection rates (27, 28, 31–33), and 3 studies reported … Our review was limited to studies published in Eng- lish; studies published in other languages may have

8556. Noninvasive Testing for Coronary Artery Disease (pdf file)
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      January 15, 2015 - Retrospective studies will be • Studies comparing considered if there are insufficient pharmacological … Studies of serial assessment of • Studies of prognosis and decision one test making will be included … Retrospective studies will be considered if there are insufficient prospective studies and they are … Studies of predictive accuracy will be considered if there are inadequate comparative studies and if … from poorer quality studies.

8557. Heart-Failure-Natriuretic-Peptide Executive (pdf file)
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      November 01, 2013 - Far fewer studies evaluated longer term prognosis (>12 months), and these studies measured admission … Four studies measured BNP,167,172,173,175 and five studies measured NT-proBNP.168-171,174 The risk of … bias for the nine studies was low. … with no effect and 2 studies with a lower RR) Direct Imprecise (Unable to assess if the studies … of three studies,168,172,177 beta-blocker in two168,174 of eight studies,168-175 and spironolactone

8558. Disposition of Comments for CER 158 Diagnosis of Gout (pdf file)
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      February 24, 2016 - The 235 studies were not studies that were eligible for inclusion, but rather non- systematic reviews … a very small number of studies that used the ARA criteria, and only if no other studies could be … why we had excluded studies they included. … Searches that identified studies on gout would identify studies on the differential diagnosis of gout … I could not identify any missing studies.

8559. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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      November 16, 2010 - Studies that include sensitivity and specificity values only will also be considered. … (to include cohort and case control studies).Key Question 3 may also include cross-sectional studies … reviews to identify any additional studies for inclusion. … to include cohort and case control studies. … Assessing risk of bias in included studies. In: Higgins JPT, Green S, eds.

8560. Glaucoma-Treatment Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      November 16, 2010 - Both experimental models and case studies of people with unilateral glaucoma have demonstrated that … reviews to identify any additional studies for inclusion. … to include cohort and case control studies. … . and observational studies as having the lowest. … Assessing risk of bias in included studies. In: Higgins JPT, Green S, eds.