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9781. 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.

9782. 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.

9783. 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.

9784. 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

9785. 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

9786. 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.

9787. 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.

9788. 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.

9789. 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.

9790. 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.

9791. 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

9792. Stroke Prevention in Atr ial Fibr illation Patients: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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      October 27, 2017 - with fewer than 20 subjects are often pilot studies or studies of lower quality,26, 27 we will … studies), conceptual homogeneity of the studies, and completeness of the reporting of results. … studies[tiab] OR "intervention study"[tiab] OR "intervention studies"[tiab] OR "case-control studies … "[Mesh] OR "case-control"[tiab] OR "cohort studies"[Mesh] OR cohort[tiab] OR "longitudinal studies"[ … studies"[tiab] OR "intervention study"[tiab] OR "intervention studies"[tiab] OR "Case-control Studies

9793. Archived: Treatment: Evidence Summary: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/treatment-evidence-summary/gestational-diabetes-mellitus-screening-january-2014
      May 28, 2013 - We included studies if they were randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) or non-RCTs or cohort studies; … We included cohort studies because an earlier review 5 found few RCTs; results from cohort studies … or/80-87 animals/ humans/ 89 not (89 and 90) 88 not 91 cohort studies/ follow-up studies/ … longitudinal studies/ prospective studies/ retrospective studies/ ((cohort? … Of the 151 studies, 26 were identified as companion publications and 125 were unique studies.

9794. Archived: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      April 17, 2018 - Three studies included tai chi, and 5 studies included general physical activity. … Three studies were conducted in the United States, 1 study in the United Kingdom, 8 studies in other … parts of Europe, 7 studies in Australia or New Zealand, and 2 studies in Asia. … Three studies were conducted in the United States; the remaining studies were conducted in the United … in the other 2 studies.

9795. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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      February 16, 2011 - After the case reports and the nonoriginal research studies were eliminated, more than 1,600 studies … those studies meet our inclusion/exclusion criteria. … ) or the outcome of interest (for cohort studies). … Some studies (~9) include subjects who are younger than 18 years of age. … Some studies (~2) include male participants.

9796. Kaplan B 2001 "Evaluating informatics applications - clinical decision support systems literature review." | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2001 - Most studies use an experimental or randomized controlled clinical trials design (RCT) to assess system … Few studies involve field tests of a CDSS and almost none use a naturalistic design in routine clinical … The studies mostly concern physicians rather than other clinicians. … Most studies use an experimental or RCT design. … Some studies suggest that guidelines are effective, and others that they are not ...

9797. Assessing-The-Risk-Of-Bias-In-Systematic-Reviews-Of-Health-Care-Interventions (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2005 - For some studies, all outcomes may have the same sources of bias; for other studies, the sources of … clinical trials, prospective or retrospective cohort studies, and case-control studies) in the ROBINS-I … It excludes case studies, case series and cross-sectional studies, although some systematic reviews … dIncludes nonrandomized controlled studies with investigator-allocated treatment and observational studies … or a body of studies.

9798. Choice-Of-Mean White-Paper (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2015 - results across studies that are not optimally reported. … These meta-analyses included 5 to 13 studies and 218 to 4,100 patients (Table 2). … Other designs, like cohort or other observational studies were not considered. … sulfonylureas (studies < 24 weeks in duration) 8 studies #1: 718 (21–164) #2: 797 (18–161 … sulfonylureas (studies ≥ 24 weeks in duration) 4 studies #1: 269 (16–210) #2: 269 (17–209)

9799. Research Protocol: Clostridium difficile Infection Update (pdf file)
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      December 23, 2014 - Criteria for Inclusion/Exclusion of Studies in the Review Studies will be included in the review … For Risk Factor studies, studies must be prospective with appropriate methods to correct for selection … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies Risk of bias of eligible studies will … We expect to pool one-step NAAT studies using random effects models; two-step studies that include NAAT … /or comparative study/ or followup studies/or prospective studies/or risk factors/or cohort.mp. or

9800. Assessing-The-Risk-Of-Bias-In-Systematic-Reviews-Of-Health-Care-Interventions (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2005 - For some studies, all outcomes may have the same sources of bias; for other studies, the sources of … clinical trials, prospective or retrospective cohort studies, and case-control studies) in the ROBINS-I … It excludes case studies, case series and cross-sectional studies, although some systematic reviews … dIncludes nonrandomized controlled studies with investigator-allocated treatment and observational studies … or a body of studies.