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8581. Final Research Plan: Weight Loss to Prevent Obesity-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Adults: Behavioral Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/obesity-in-adults-interventions
      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

8582. 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

8583. 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

8584. Layout 1 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ace-inhibitor-arb-update_executive.pdf
      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.

8585. 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.

8586. 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.

8587. 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

8588. 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.

8589. 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.

8590. Tympanostomy Tubes in Children With Otitis Media (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/tympanostomy-tubes-executive-170523.pdf
      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.

8591. 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

8592. 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

8593. 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.

8594. 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.

8595. Noninvasive Testing for Coronary Artery Disease (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/coronary-artery-disease-testing_research-protocol.pdf
      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.

8596. 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

8597. 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

8598. 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.

8599. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/glaucoma-screening_research-protocol.pdf
      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.

8600. 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.