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161. Linking Evidence Reviews to Organizational Guideline Planning: A Pilot Test of an Interactive, Web-Based Presentation and Discussion of Evidence | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 18, 2018 - Linking Evidence Reviews to Organizational Guideline Planning: A Pilot Test of an Interactive, Web-Based … The goal of the Clinical Operations Evidence Review cyberseminar pilot project was to develop and test … Linking Evidence Reviews to Organizational Guideline Planning: A Pilot Test of an Interactive, Web-Based

162. Imaging Tests for the Diagnosis and Staging of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 23, 2014 - For studies of a single imaging test, the key outcomes were accuracy and procedural harms. … For data on single-test accuracy, procedural harms, patient tolerance, and screening accuracy, we tabulated … developing pancreatic adenocarcinoma, available studies do not correlate the results of a given imaging test … comparative data on patient-oriented outcomes and factors that could influence comparative accuracy, and test-specific

163. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - ) and specificity (the likelihood that people without the condition will have a negative test). … The sensitivity and specificity of a test are characteristics that are independent of the population … or can be indirectly estimated from given estimates of the test sensitivity and specificity and the … We will test for heterogeneity using graphical displays and test statistics (Q and I2 statistics), while … Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews.

164. Testing of CYP2C19 Variants and Platelet Reactivity for Guiding Antiplatelet Treatment | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 25, 2013 - We also searched the Food and Drug Administration Web site and ClinicalTrials.gov, and contacted test … outcomes, use of tests to guide antiplatelet therapy, or adverse events from testing itself or from test-directed … Test-retest reliability and interassay agreement for genotyping assays appeared adequate; however, few … Only 12 studies provided information on analytic test performance, and they reported variable results … Comparative data on alternative test strategies (genetic versus phenotypic) are lacking.

165. Infectious Disease Including HIV/AIDS #09 (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2015 - The Xpert MTB/RIF (M. tuberculosis/rifampicin) test is a nucleic acid–based test that is run on the … TB test manufacturer’s GeneXpert® real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) system. … cartridge costs between $49 and $63 per test when purchasing a set of 10 tests. … results (e.g., tuberculin skin test, QuantiFERON-TB Gold test), and/or chest radiographs.122,123 The … the sample simultaneously with a nucleic acid amplification test, an acid- fast bacteria smear test

166. Disposition of Comments Report for Testing of CYP2C19 Variants and Platelet Reactivity for Guiding Antiplatelet Treatment (pdf file)
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     September 25, 2013 - ” of a pharmacogenetic test). … We are aware of the somewhat superior properties of the Harbord test (compared to the Egger test). … Teirstein Methods VerifyNow P2Y12 Test The VerifyNow P2Y12 Test requires no sample manipulation prior … In particular, for 3a there were several direct comparisons of phenotype test vs. no-test strategies … Is this different from or the same as random assignment to test/no test strategies?

167. Addressing Challenges in Genetic Test Evaluation: Evaluation Frameworks and Assessment of Analytic Validity | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 16, 2011 - Addressing Challenges in Genetic Test Evaluation: Evaluation Frameworks and Assessment of Analytic Validity … Future effort is required to test these frameworks, validate the instrument, and fill the gaps in evidence

168. Screening and Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 16, 2011 - receive a subsequent diagnostic test. 1,8 Typically, a 50 g oral glucose challenge screening test is … 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. … Glucose Tolerance Test/ 16. Glucose Intolerance/ 17. Blood Glucose/ 18. Risk Factors/ 19.

169. Glaucoma-Screening Surveillance (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - Four studies examined the accuracy of the FDT N-30 threshold test. … 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 … Based on analyses of the common criterion for each test, test accuracy, combination tests, tests for

170. 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

171. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/gestational-diabetes-screening-diagnosis_research-protocol.pdf
     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.

172. Hepatitis Testing | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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173. 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

174. A Decisionmaking Tool for You and Your Health Care Professional (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/decision-aids/lung-cancer-screening/static/lung-cancer-screening-patient-encounter.pdf
     March 01, 2016 - alarms and unneeded additional testing A false alarm happens when a person has a positive screening test … , 18 will have an invasive procedure such as a biopsy (a tiny piece of lung tissue is removed to test … If you have a positive screening test, but your followup imaging tests and biopsy do not show cancer … will be responsible for the costs of additional tests and treatment after the initial screening test … Having other tests if you have a positive screening test?

175. A Decisionmaking Tool for You and Your Health Care Professional (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/lung-cancer-screening-patient-encounter.pdf
     March 01, 2016 - alarms and unneeded additional testing A false alarm happens when a person has a positive screening test … , 18 will have an invasive procedure such as a biopsy (a tiny piece of lung tissue is removed to test … If you have a positive screening test, but your followup imaging tests and biopsy do not show cancer … will be responsible for the costs of additional tests and treatment after the initial screening test … Having other tests if you have a positive screening test?

176. 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

177. Systematic Review of Prognostic Tests | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 01, 2013 - investigators with the methodological framework and guidance outlined in the Methods Guide for Medical Test … This module is one of 12 in the collection, Training Modules for the Methods Guide for Medical Test

178. Grading the Strength of a Body of Evidence on Diagnostic Tests | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 01, 2013 - investigators with the methodological framework and guidance outlined in the Methods Guide for Medical Test … This module is one of 12 in the collection, Training Modules for the Methods Guide for Medical Test

179. Noninvasive Testing for Coronary Artery Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 29, 2016 - 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

180. 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).