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261. Effectiveness of Early Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2012 - I wonder if the search terms were comprehensive enough – I do not think much was missed, but likely … Peer Reviewer #8 Introduction Figure 1 - confusion with the terms colonization and infection - perhaps … Additional text was added to briefly mention the multitude of terms available in the literature. … Peer Reviewer #8 General Confusion of terms used in the document, in particular CDAD, CDI and the … Also the terms CDAD and CDI have been used interchangeably. (Page 30 - lines 7 and 11).

262. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 27 Patient Safety (pdf file)
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     October 19, 2016 - Overall, I think the report “gets it right” in terms of identifying key safety areas and key issues, … KI Reviewer #5 General Although not surprising, much of this is quite skimpy in terms of findings of … In fact, that AMA report could have been very useful to this review in terms of concepts, gap areas … I did find it a bit narrow in its scope in terms of requiring a safety outcome and in not adapting … We have tried to define terms when they are first used.

263. Disposition of Comments: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 232_Interventions for Breathlessness in Patients With Advanced Cancer (pdf file)
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     November 19, 2020 - important concern is that the existing literature on dyspnea in advanced cancer is highly diverse in terms … analyses that were performed, carefully taking into consideration the heterogeneity of the studies in terms … With subjective symptoms where one patient's '7/10' is another patient's '3/10' in terms of dyspnea … Future research section is very short and written in broad terms, is lacking in detail and seems not … Definitions of common terms used in the report are in the Appendix A (Table A-3). e.

264. CER 215 Adverse Effects of Pharmacologic Treatments of Major Depression in Older Adults (pdf file)
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     March 28, 2019 - ” Although observational studies are considered more “real-world” in terms of applicability and may … ES-1) may be somewhat misleading in terms of several of the included medications. … subgroups, but feel that the report could benefit from broadening the search strategy to include terms … concerned that you missed a significant body of relevant literature by not including these search terms … target population, while appropriately defined, was sought in the search strategy given that search terms

265. Evidence-Summary-CER-209-Noninvasive-Nonpharmacological-Treatment-For-Chronic-Pain (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2018 - Osteoarthritis of the Hand • One trial of low-level laser treatment versus sham demonstrated no improvement in terms … Descriptions of chronic pain syndromes and definitions of pain terms.

266. The Effectiveness and Risks of Long-Term Opioid Treatment of Chronic Pain (pdf file)
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     September 19, 2014 - An important reason for the variability in estimates is differences in patient samples and in how terms … Classification of chronic pain: Descriptions of chronic pain syndromes and definitions of pain terms

267. Disposition of Comments for Quality Improvement Interventions To Address Health Disparities (pdf file)
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     August 27, 2012 - TEP #2 Executive Summary ES-17 Line 19 I thought the NLM librarians added terms to the MeSH tree … Please see my comments above in terms of framing Thank you. … Essentially, the findings are null in terms of interventions to address disparities. … We have edited the report and checked our use of these terms. … TEP #4 Discussion/ Conclusion You use the terms “consistent”/”inconsistent” and “precise”/”imprecise

268. Disposition of Comments for CER 158 Diagnosis of Gout (pdf file)
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     February 24, 2016 - study, (none of these were identified in our searches as they did not include "gout" in their MeSH terms … be better to use a more general term than “not radio-sensitive” rather than the more technical terms … To that effect, I feel that there is room for further emphasis (in more explicit and methodologic terms … TEP 4 Results In terms of potentially overlooking studies that ought to be included, the authors … In the inclusion criteria, provide a more precise description of the patient population in terms of

269. Untitled (pdf file)
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     December 04, 2015 - For the purposes of this review, the terms first generation (FGA) and second generation (SGA) antipsychotics … Specific changes are described below in terms of the PICOTS (population, intervention, comparators, … terms!of!intermediate!and!effectiveness!outcomes,!of!first! and!second!generation!antipsychotics—at! … Terms!! Not applicable. IX.!! Summary!of!Protocol!Amendments! ! … terms!and!strategy! 1.$Adjustment$Disorders/$ 2.$Anorexia/$ 3.$Anxiety/$ 4.

270. Methods Future Research Needs Number 8: Framework for Considering Study Designs (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2012 - Study Design Terms .................................................................................. … The terms below do, however, represent a common point of communication prior to adaptation to each … The study design terms used in this discussion are listed in Table 1, and descriptions are provided … Study design terms Terms A. Randomized controlled trial (RCT) H. … Terms associated with study designs Term Description Cluster The term cluster refers to a unit of

271. Integrating Stakeholder Preferences in Comparative Effectiveness Research: Potential Uses of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Techniques (pdf file)
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     August 27, 2012 - In terms of clinical outcome drug A is a complete relief of symptoms, performs better than the other … I gave 0.5 for clinical outcome, 0.33 for the adverse events and 0.17 for out of pocket costs in terms … In terms of the performance we go to L-11 criteria in drug A performs best compared to Drug B and C … In terms of response to a drug venlafaxine, the blue one, the blue color, outperformed the other two … drugs so this falls better in terms of response to drug.

272. Disposition of Comments for Evidence Report 221 Behavioral Programs for Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)
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     September 28, 2015 - While the findings were somewhat disappointing in terms of overall effectiveness of behavioral interventions … comprehensiveness of the report is outstanding and offers much insight into what areas are lacking in terms … Might be worthwhile to provide more scope/detail in terms of achieving behavioral targets (16% meet … Peer Reviewer 1 Results In terms of potential harm associated with behavioral interventions, wouldn’ … We agree in terms of the comparisons with active controls, and have added a comment in the abstract

273. Protocol: Imaging for Pretreatment Staging of Small Cell Lung Cancer (pdf file)
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     December 08, 2014 - more expensive in terms … MDCT, and MRI, involves longer examination times, and requires additional training of personnel in terms … Definition of Terms Sensitivity: the percentage of patients with advanced disease who are correctly … #26 OR #27 OR #28 OR #29 EMBASE.com Syntax: * = truncation character (wildcard) NEAR/n = search terms … Definition of Terms VII. Summary of Protocol Amendments VIII. Review of Key Questions IX.

274. Obesity Prevention and Control (pdf file)
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     February 08, 2017 - A wide range of programs and policies (see Appendix A for definitions of terms) have been implemented … See Appendix A for definitions of terms. KQ1. … Definition of Terms All relevant terms are defined in the above text and detailed in Appendix A. … Definitions of Terms. … CINAHL, PsycINFO, and EconLit Search Strategy Search ID# Search Terms S48 S33 AND S46 S47 S33 AND

275. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 26, 2012 - but do not directly experience interpersonal violence represent different clinical populations in terms … Relevant terms are listed in Table 3. … We will also search the Cochrane Library, EMBASE®, and PsycINFO® using analogous search terms. … Literature search terms Population (“Traumatizing”[tiab] OR “Traumatising”[tiab] OR “Trauma”[tiab] … Definition of Terms Not applicable. VII. Summary of Protocol Amendments None.

276. Chicago-Area DEcIDE Center (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2009 - Third, that the focus would be in terms of individual drugs, rather than drug classes, consistent with … Table 1 shows the top 25 drugs in terms of total combined off-label uses with uncertain or inadequate … In terms of how research should proceed, our framework suggests that research efforts are best focused … In terms of efficiency, a relevant consideration is whether to focus research on individual medications … to survey the TEP as to their ratings (from 1 to 5 where 5 was the highest level of importance in terms

277. Decision Modeling (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - In this case, if one test proves to be superior in terms of costs, safety, sensitivity, and specificity … consequences of being classified as a true positive, true negative, false positive, or false negative in terms … test-and-treat strategies that do not use PET testing are illustrated with their classification consequences in terms … Using search terms such as “model(s),” “modeling,” “simulat*,” or terms for decision or economic analysis … Still, performing simple searches using terms such as “model(s),” “modeling,” “simulat*,” or terms for

278. Decision Modeling (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - In this case, if one test proves to be superior in terms of costs, safety, sensitivity, and specificity … consequences of being classified as a true positive, true negative, false positive, or false negative in terms … test-and-treat strategies that do not use PET testing are illustrated with their classification consequences in terms … Using search terms such as “model(s),” “modeling,” “simulat*,” or terms for decision or economic analysis … Still, performing simple searches using terms such as “model(s),” “modeling,” “simulat*,” or terms for

279. Comparative Effectiveness Review Disposition of Comments Report: Anxiety in Children (pdf file)
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     August 31, 2017 - the black box warning for antidepressants which is a concern for parents and other stakeholders in terms … Please see attached for one question about statistical methods in terms of subgroup analyses. … These studies vary dramatically in the literature in terms of their outcomes assessed (e.g., little … In terms of ROB, we explicitly stated which elements were emphasized. … The report has less to offer in terms of guiding practice decisions.

280. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/colorectal-cancer-liver-metastases-therapies_research-protocol.pdf
     September 27, 2012 - The volume of disease in these patients is small, either in terms of lesion size or number of lesions … for RCTs, nonrandomized comparative studies, and case series by using the following string of search terms … RCTs, nonrandomized comparative studies, and case series by using the following string of search terms … predictors and methods for selecting predictors  Testing of assumptions  Inclusion of interaction terms … Definition of Terms None http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov