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201. Diagnosis and Treatment of Clinical Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia: Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2020 - Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia: Evidence Summary Purpose of Review To summarize evidence on cognitive test … Cognitive test studies were heterogeneous in several ways. … They varied in their definitions of normal cognition and in test scoring metrics. … Further, few studies examined the classification accuracy of test combinations. … or combination of tests is most accurate and which cut-point is best for each test and test metric

202. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     December 16, 2011 - receive a subsequent diagnostic test. 1,8 Typically, a 50 g oral glucose challenge screening test … A hierarchical regression approach to meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy evaluations. … Operating characteristics of a rank correlation test for publication bias. … Bias in meta-analysis detected by a single graphical test. Br Med J 1997;315:629–34. 30. … Glucose Tolerance Test/ 16. Glucose Intolerance/ 17.

203. Irritable Bowel Syndrome | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     There is no specific test for it. … Your doctor may also do a test called a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy .

204. Prenatal Testing | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     At your first prenatal visit, your health care provider will test for a number of things, including problems … Based on screening test results, your doctor might suggest diagnostic tests.

205. Executive Summary: ADHD Diagnosis and Treatment in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2024 - • Diagnostic test performance likely depends on whether youth with attention deficit hyperactivity … Studies evaluating neuropsychological tests of executive functioning (e.g., Continuous Performance Test … Studies have rarely assessed test-retest reliability, no findings have been replicated prospectively … Diagnostic test performance likely depends on whether youth with ADHD are being differentiated from … Studies have rarely assessed test-retest reliability, no findings have been replicated prospectively

206. FRN 41 - Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease in Women: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2013 - '/exp AND 'exercise test'/exp OR exercise AND test) OR treadmill) OR ('echocardiography'/exp OR echo … '/exp AND 'exercise test'/exp OR exercise AND test) OR treadmill AND ('single photon emission computer … '/exp AND 'exercise test'/exp OR exercise AND test) OR treadmill AND (cardio* OR heart OR coronary OR … '/exp AND 'exercise test'/exp OR exercise AND test) OR treadmill AND (cardio* OR heart OR coronary OR … '/exp AND 'exercise test'/exp OR exercise AND test) OR treadmill)) OR ('single photon emission computer

207. Clostridium difficile Infection Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - for toxins if the first step test is positive. … , reference test, and flow and timing). … Chapter 5: assessing risk of bias as a domain of quality in medical test studies. … Chapter 9: options for summarizing medical test performance in the absence of a "gold standard". … Chapter 8: meta-analysis of test performance when there is a "gold standard".

208. Cell-Free-Dna-Appendix-C (xls file)
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     September 01, 2024 - indicated a negative test. … cancer and negative test) N False Positives (participants without cancer and positive test) Author … So unclear whether test components/thresholds were entirely prespecified. … The test is proprietary with a patent pending. … Study was prospective so index test was done prior to any cancer diagnoses.

209. Comparative effectiveness of ultrasound (US), conventional computed tomography (CT), multidetector computed tomography (MDCT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) or FDG-PET/CT for the… | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - Briefly describe a specific question, or set of related questions, about a health care test … (FDG-PET) or FDG-PET/CT for the primary diagnosis and staging of pancreatic cancer Which imaging test … or test that can “see” some functions of a cancer (e.g. blood flow, consumption of sugar etc) is the … best test to diagnose pancreatic cancer and tell how advanced it is or how widely it has spread?

210. Noninvasive Testing for Coronary Artery Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - The impact of testing on post-test probability of CAD and subsequent clinical decisions regarding treatment … The absence of information on post-test risk stratification and subsequent decisionmaking precluded evaluation … exposure; there is inadequate comparative evidence to make judgments regarding exposure for the initial test … research using more refined evidence-based definitions of pretest risk, coupled with information on post-test

211. Evidence Summary-Comparative-Effectiveness-Review-213-Lower-Limb-Prostheses (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2018 - The instruments evaluated are: • 1 Leg Standing Balance • 180 Degree Turn Test • 2MWT (2 Minute Walk … Test) • 6MWT (6 Minute Walk Test) • AAS (Amputee Activity Survey) • ABC (Activities-specific Balance … ) • Functional Reach Test • Houghton Scale • L Test (L Test of Functional Mobility) • LCI (Locomotor … Capabilities Index) • LEMOCOT (Lower-Extremity Motor Coordination Test) • NQ-ACGC (Quality of Life … (31%) to predict falls, but this test overall was not statistically significant (P=0.22).

212. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     September 08, 2011 - Whether or not the semi-quantitative test will yield similar results to the quantitative test is unknown … o Was the reference standard independent of the index test (i.e. the index test did not form part of … o Was the execution of the index test described in sufficient detail to permit replication of the test … the test is used in practice? … o Were uninterpretable/intermediate test results reported?

213. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 23 Genetic Testing (pdf file)
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     June 30, 2015 - However, we would include any study that compare a test of interest with a nongenetic test. … In the tables in Appendix D, we reported information on “Genetic Counseling Required Pre-Test or Post-Test … So, these 56 tests are not one same test. … A clinical test is either an FDA-cleared/approved commercial kit or a laboratory-developed test (LDT … , it is the diagnostic test.

214. Radon | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     You can buy a test kit at most hardware stores or hire someone to do a test.

215. Infectious Disease Including HIV/AIDS #09 (pdf file)
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     December 22, 2014 - ................................................................................ 10 Xpert MTB/RIF Test …  The topic “OraQuick in-home rapid test for detection of HIV infection” was archived after being … test that is run on Cepheid’s GeneXpert® real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) system. … results (e.g., tuberculin skin test, QuantiFERON-TB Gold test), and/or chest radiographs.108,109 The … the sample simultaneously with a nucleic acid amplification test, an acid- fast bacteria smear test

216. Comparative Effectiveness of Screening for Glaucoma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Second, there is no single, simple test to identify people with glaucoma. … other hand, such strategies have been hampered by the lack of an adequately sensitive and specific test … glaucoma screening were conducted in the mid 2000s, there have been advances in the devices used to test … We acknowledge that there is no consensus on the gold standard test (or combination of tests) for the … Testability—the ability to perform the test, including measures among those administering the test as

217. Santa_ECCS2012 (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2013 - • The most common screening test was an electrocardiogram, followed by a stress  test and  ultrasound … 2) • 11 percent had  talked  with  their  physician  about followup if the  screenin test … • 9 percent  had discussed the accuracy of the test. … • 4 percent knew about the potential complications from  the test. … • 1 percent had  discussed  with  their  physician  whether  or not the  test saved

218. Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide Clinical Utility in Asthma Management | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 01, 2021 - However, the diagnosis remains clinical; there is no single gold standard diagnostic test. … Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ), Asthma Control Test (ACT)) KQ 1c: Healthcare providers history, … A hierarchical regression approach to meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy evaluations. … Meta-Analysis of Test Performance When There Is a "Gold Standard". … Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews. Rockville (MD); 2012.

219. Gout Dx protocol_140715-draft (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - What are the adverse effects associated with each diagnostic test (including pain, infection at the … Assessing Risk of Bias as a Domain of Quality in Medical Test Studies. … Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews. Rockville (MD); 2012. 14. … Operating characteristics of a rank correlation test for publication bias. … Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test. BMJ. 1997 Sep 13;315(7109):629-34.

220. Glaucoma-Screening Executive (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2012 - SAP Suprathreshold Test Evidence From Burr et al., 2007. … SAP Threshold Test Evidence From Burr et al., 2007. … Based on analyses of the common criterion for each test, test accuracy, combination tests, tests for … standard if the candidate test was one of function or a test of function as the reference if the … candidate test were one of structure.