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401. Fraenkel (pdf file)
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     December 26, 2012 - spend on medications Slide  23: Deciding About Colorectal Cancer Screening • Sensitivity  of the test … • Sedation • Pain • Prep • Tube in  rectum • Stool card test

402. Disposition of Comments for Screening for Glaucoma: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2012 - • Pachymetry (corneal thickness measurement) when used in conjunction with another test to diagnose … • Pachymetry (corneal thickness measurement) when used in conjunction with another test to diagnose … • Pachymetry (corneal thickness measurement) when used in conjunction with another test to diagnose … • Pachymetry (corneal thickness measurement) when used in conjunction with another test to diagnose … However, modeling allows you to test these factors and to come up with an optimal screening strategy

403. PEPTIC ULCER #11 (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2015 - Clinical experts suggested the simple office-based test might encourage more primary care physicians … This test will ultimately save more lives than cervical Pap smears. It is much less invasive. … The patient gets the test done in a familiar location at low cost. … Sponge test a low-cost, easier way to spot signs of cancer. [internet]. … 'Sponge' test for gullet cancer looks promising. [internet].

404. Quantitative Synthesis: Chapter 5. Network Meta-Analysis (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2018 - can be assessed using standard methods for evaluating homogeneity: ► I2 ► 𝝉𝝉𝟐𝟐 ► Cochran Q test … http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.04.012 Single measures for consistency • Global Wald test … being easily interpreted. • Various approaches exist for comparing direct and indirect estimates: ► Z-test … ► Side-splitting Loop-based approaches • Z-test: Used to compare difference of pooled effect sizes … • Investigators should test relevant assumptions where possible, regardless of method chosen.

405. Wireless Motility Capsule Versus Other Diagnostic Technologies for Evaluating Gastroparesis and Constipation: Future Research Needs | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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406. X-Rays | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 29, 2016 - June 1, 2012 Chapter 3: Choosing the Important Outcomes for a Systematic Review of a Medical Test

407. X-Rays | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 29, 2016 - June 1, 2012 Chapter 3: Choosing the Important Outcomes for a Systematic Review of a Medical Test

408. EHC Research Protocol: Management of Colonic Diverticulitis (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2019 - Specifically, (1) the systematic review will summarize existing systematic reviews on the test accuracy … What is the test accuracy of CT imaging for the diagnosis or staging of acute diverticulitis? … † Older studies are of little relevance to contemporary practice given changes in diagnostic test … For Key Question 1a (test accuracy), we will focus on test sensitivity and specificity for diagnosis … We expect that these will include: 17 • Test accuracy for o Diagnosing acute diverticulitis

409. Management of Colonic Diverticulitis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 01, 2019 - Specifically, (1) the systematic review will summarize existing systematic reviews on the test accuracy … What is the test accuracy of CT imaging for the diagnosis or staging of acute diverticulitis? … KQ 3: What are the benefits and harms of colonoscopy (or other colon imaging test) following an episode … The existing systematic reviews (for CT test accuracy) will be summarized narratively regarding their … For Key Question 1a (test accuracy), we will focus on test sensitivity and specificity for diagnosis

410. Reporting the Findings of Updated Systematic Reviews of Comparative Effectiveness: How Do Users Want To View New Information? | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - To test the five differently formatted summaries, we identified several categories of users of CERs, … by several organizations whose role is to conduct systematic reviews and updates and to create and test

411. Brooks_ECCS2012 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - Brooks_ECCS2012       Slide 1: Addressing  Tensions  When Conventional Wisdom, Clinical Practice   and  Evidence  Collide: Prostate Cancer Screening  Guidelines Durado  Brooks, M.D., M.P.H. Director, Prostate  and  Colorectal Cancers American Cancer…

412. Disposition of Comments for CER 153 Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer (pdf file)
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     October 27, 2015 - --how often and how long should the interval use of cystoscopy be performed based on either pre-test … I believe that the most timely and useful information concerns the analysis of the test performance … probability…” Should this AHRQ report be able to spell out the pre-test probabilities? … related to the pre-test probability of a urothelial malignancy as AHRQ has done for the progression … Follow-up of the negative evaluation of microscopic hematuria related to pre-test probabilities 2.

413. Conducting Quantitative Synthesis When Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Variation among studies is inevitable whether or not the test of heterogeneity detects it. … We recommend against choosing a statistical model based on the significance level of heterogeneity test … A test for the presence of statistical heterogeneity, for example, Cochran’s Q test, as well as a measure … Use of permutation test for meta-regression can help assess the level of statistical significance of … Our recommendations and those of the Cochrane Handbook follow similar principles to test and explore

414. FRN 35 - Preventive Pharmacological Treatments for Migraine in Adults: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - The most important multimodal treatments to test are those commonly used in practice and are likely … The most important drug combinations to test are those commonly used in practice or those suggested … Studies should be adequately powered to test hypothesized relationships, including among subgroups. … Resource use, size and duration High; large sample sizes to test differences among subgroups would … The most important multimodal treatments to test are those commonly used in practice and are likely

415. Antipsychotics for the Prevention and Treatment of Delirium: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2019 - We will create standardized forms for data extraction and pilot test them. … outcome we consider appropriate for quantitative pooling will be tested using a standard chi-squared test … and Egger's test, including evaluation of the asymmetry of funnel plots for each comparison of interest … 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.

416. Diagnostic Imaging | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 13, 2012 - June 1, 2012 Chapter 3: Choosing the Important Outcomes for a Systematic Review of a Medical Test

417. Antibody Response Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Implications for Immunity: A Living Rapid Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 01, 2023 - In our analysis, seroconversion or a positive antibody test obtained soon after the onset of infection … This finding applies only to people who have had a negative antibody test (e.g., for surveillance in … prognostic value of antibody testing was identical to the prognostic value of the more widely used PCR test

418. Disposition of Comments Report for Imaging Techniques for the Diagnosis and Staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (pdf file)
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     October 23, 2014 - The finding may be a reflection of the low pre test probability of HCC in the surveillance population … How does a negative ultrasound affect post-test probability? … Could use incidence rates of HCC in say HCV cirrhotics as pre-test probability. … pre- test probabilities of HCC. … The table is on test performance; the Zhang study does not report test performance (sensitivity/specificity

419. Antibiotics-Respiratory-Infection Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - CRP, white blood cell); rapid multiplex PCR tests used to rule in/out organisms (e.g., rapid strep test … C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Use of the CRP test has been shown to reduce overall prescribing for acute … For influenza testing, this finding was not surprising, as clinicians were likely using the test to … Moderate-strength evidence showed that the rapid strep test combined with a clinical score used as … Low- strength evidence also showed that the combination of a rapid strep test and a decision rule was

420. Colorectal Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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