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21. Medical-Evidence-Communication Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    July 31, 2012 - www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published Online: July 31, 2012 techniques relative to not using any technique … Thus, these reviews establish the contribution of each technique when compared with not using any communication … technique. … using: • Different presentation formats (e.g., graphical, numeric, non-numeric) • Any communication technique … communication techniques described, including the ones for KQ 1 and hypothetical situations, if the technique

22. Liver-Cancer Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    July 24, 2013 - There is clinical uncertainty about which imaging technique to use to diagnose and stage HCC. …    Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) This imaging technique uses a strong magnetic field …    FDG-Positron Emission Tomography This functional imaging technique uses radioisotope-

23. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2010 - There is important variation in clinical care and controversy over what constitutes an appropriate technique

24. Tonsillectomy for Obstructive Sleep-Disordered Breathing or Recurrent Throat Infection in Children (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2017 - (PTH), with the surgery; and 3) if surgery is indicated, what approach, in terms of both surgical technique … Do benefits and harms differ by surgical technique (e.g., cautery, coblation)? KQ5. … Thus, except for studies that compared partial or total removal of the tonsils using the same technique … Benefits of specific approaches to tonsillectomy (either partial versus total or by surgical technique … Familiarity with a technique and surgical skill may both have a role in driving outcomes, as has been

25. Cancer-Pancreas Executive (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2014 - MDCT can be performed using standard technique, whereby a single scan is obtained during delayed ( … MDCT can also be performed using angiographic technique whereby images are obtained using at least … What is the accuracy of each imaging technique for diagnosis and assessment of resectability? b. … What is the comparative diagnostic accuracy of using a single imaging technique versus using multiple … What is the accuracy of each imaging technique for diagnosis and assessment of resectability?

26. FRN 39 - Nonoperative and Operative Treatments for Rotator Cuff Tears: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2013 - comparisons as high priority; nonprovider stakeholders assigned higher scores to surgical technique … In the context of unresolved rotator cuff questions, surgical technique questions were superseded by … In the context of unresolved rotator cuff questions, surgical technique questions were superseded by … Additional scientific issues (MN EPC ) Operative • Surgical technique: What, if any, technique-specific … Technique: What comparisons are warranted, regardless of surgical approach? 3.

27. Colorectal-Cancer-Staging Executive (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2014 - Imaging technique or protocol characteristics (e.g., use of different tracers or contrast agents, … Imaging technique or protocol characteristics (e.g., use of different tracers or contrast agents, radiation … Imaging technique or protocol characteristics (e.g., use of different tracers or contrast agents, radiation … Imaging technique or protocol characteristics (e.g., use of different tracers or contrast agents, radiation

28. Disposition of Comments Report for Imaging Techniques for the Diagnosis and Staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (pdf file)
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    October 23, 2014 - Disposition of Comments Report for Imaging Techniques for the Diagnosis and Staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Comparative Effectiveness Review Disposition of Comments Report Research Review Title: Imaging Techniques for the Diagnosis and Staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Draft review available for…

29. Undescended-Testicle Executive (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2012 - depends on collateral circulation from the deferential artery and the cremasteric system.1 The FS technique … Both primary orchiopexy and the FS procedure can be performed using laparoscopic or open surgical technique … Based on input from the Technical Expert Panel and awareness of advances in surgical technique, including … The performance characteristic data for each imaging technique compared with surgery was calculated, … Conclusions No specific imaging technique is able to completely identify anorchia or descent of the

30. S143 (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2007 - ORIGINAL ARTICLE Use of Propensity Score Technique to Account for Exposure-Related Covariates An Example … Medical Care • Volume 45, Number 10 Suppl 2, October 2007 Propensity Score Technique © 2007 Lippincott … Beyond its usual role as a variable reduction technique, propensity scoring can be thought of as an empirical … 104 0.69 0.52–0.93 �0.01 Medical Care • Volume 45, Number 10 Suppl 2, October 2007 Propensity Score Technique

31. Er r or Rate Reduction Regarding Lower Limb Prosthesis (pdf file)
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    March 16, 2017 - Definition of Terms Assessment technique: A tool or other technique to assess patient status. … The assessment technique may include both past history and markers of current status.

32. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0255_06-25-2010.pdf
    January 01, 2010 - Effective Health Care Topic Number(s): 0272 Document Completion Date: 10-12-10 1 Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps  Intravascular diagnostic procedures and imaging techniques compared to angiography will go forward for refinement as a systematic review. The scope of this topic, incl…

33. Tonsillectomy Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    February 10, 2016 - Choice  of   technique  may  depend  on  factors  including  the  underlying  indication  for  surgery … adenotonsillectomy),  and  partial  removal  of  the  tonsils  (tonsillotomy)  using  any  surgical   technique … Commonly  used  surgical  techniques  or  tools  for  tonsillectomy     Surgical  Technique  or  Tool … All  or  part  of  the  tonsil  is  removed  with  this  technique.   … Do  benefits  and  harms  differ  by  surgical  technique  (e.g.,  cautery,  coblation)?      

34. The Facilitation Primer: Strategies, Tools & Considerations to Get You Started (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2012 - Use a round robin technique inviting each participant to briefly comment or voice an idea in turn. … and process The capacity to provide services required by the research project (e.g.nominal group technique

35. breast-biopsy-update-130920 (pdf file)
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    September 20, 2013 - However, the impact aspects of biopsy technique have on test performance and safety are not clear. … procedure itself influence the harms of core-needle breast biopsy when compared with the open biopsy technique … facility factors influence the harms of core-needle breast biopsy when compared with the open biopsy technique … qualified pathologist interpretations, and other factors that may influence choice of a particular technique … The diagnostic performance of each core biopsy technique (each index test) will be quantified versus

36. Ch 10-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2011 - The appropriate analytic technique is dictated by the characteristics of the study outcome, exposure … These assumptions and diagnostics are specific to the regression technique being used and will not … The IPTW technique assumes that at each treatment decision, the effect of treatment on the outcome

37. S5 (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2007 - surveillance system – max- imized sequential probability ratio testing – ie, an enhanced signal detection technique … Use of propensity score technique to account for exposure-related covariates: an example and lesson.

38. Disposition of Comments Report for Imaging Techniques for Treatment Evaluation for Metastatic Breast Cancer (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2014 - Disposition of Comments Report for Imaging Techniques for Treatment Evaluation for Metastatic Breast Cancer Technical Brief Disposition of Comments Report Research Review Title: Imaging Techniques for Treatment Evaluation for Metastatic Breast Cancer Draft review available for public comment from Februa…

39. Colorectal-Cancer-Protocol_130520 (pdf file)
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    May 20, 2013 - Imaging Technology Use of Ionizing Radiation Chest x-ray A chest X-ray is an anatomical imaging technique … Yes Computed tomography (CT) A cross-sectional imaging technique that uses x-rays to provide detailed … the Imaging Technology Use of Ionizing Radiation Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) An imaging technique … Some studies use MRI instead of CT as the anatomical technique. … Imaging technique or protocol characteristics (e.g., use of different tracers or contrast agents, radiation

40. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol: Prehospital Airway Management (pdf file)
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    December 20, 2019 - The core dilemma in prehospital care is to match the airway management technique with the needs of the … As the Key Questions include assessment of the impact of technique, and patient and EMS personnel characteristics