-
effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/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-petct-for-the-pr
December 27, 2011 - 54.6 KB]
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?
-
effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/urinary-incontinence
May 11, 2007 - 136.5 KB]
Briefly describe a specific question, or set of related questions, about a health care test
-
effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/bone-marrow-transplants-in-children
March 10, 2008 - 127.1 KB]
Briefly describe a specific question, or set of related questions, about a health care test
-
effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/mild-renal-impairment
May 03, 2008 - 97.7 KB]
Briefly describe a specific question, or set of related questions, about a health care test
-
effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-tests/slides/
-
effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/17-ohp-for-the-prevention-of-preterm-birth
March 10, 2008 - 130.8 KB]
Briefly describe a specific question, or set of related questions, about a health care test
-
effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/sepsis-biomarkers-and-their-utility
June 17, 2009 - 103.9 KB]
Briefly describe a specific question, or set of related questions, about a health care test
-
effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/terbutaline-pump-for-the-prevention-of-preterm-birth
March 10, 2008 - 125.2 KB]
Briefly describe a specific question, or set of related questions, about a health care test
-
effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/medical-management-of-urinary-stone-disease
February 09, 2009 - 122.6 KB]
Briefly describe a specific question, or set of related questions, about a health care test
-
effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/juvenile-idiopathic-arthritis-jia
January 14, 2008 - 110.5 KB]
Briefly describe a specific question, or set of related questions, about a health care test
-
effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/breast-abnormalities-tests-update_research-protocol.pdf
July 01, 2010 - that affected the accuracy
of the noninvasive test being evaluated. … ” because the outcome of test accuracy is indirectly related to health outcomes. … Meta-DiSc: a software for meta-
analysis of test accuracy data. … Sensitivity: the proportion of women with breast cancer who test positive for
breast cancer. … Specificity: the proportion of women with benign lesions who test negative for
breast cancer.
-
effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/self-measured-blood-pressure-monitoring
March 12, 2009 - 191 KB]
Briefly describe a specific question, or set of related questions, about a health care test
-
effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/cad-women-diagnosis/research-protocol
December 08, 2010 - evidence showing that women at risk for CAD are less often referred for the appropriate diagnostic test … being at low, intermediate, or high risk for the disease to guide the decision about which diagnostic test … factors) have been reported to induce ECG changes during exercise that diminish the accuracy of the test … Additional factors may improve the accuracy of the exercise test, such as chronotropic and hemodynamic … propose that evidence of sex-specific limitations is insufficient to remove the stress exercise ECG test
-
effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/multimodal-pain-management-for-post-hip-surgery
February 29, 2008 - 129.6 KB]
Briefly describe a specific question, or set of related questions, about a health care test
-
effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/clostridium-difficile
March 10, 2008 - 151.8 KB]
Briefly describe a specific question, or set of related questions, about a health care test
-
effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/lagb-for-metabolic-conditions
March 10, 2008 - 147 KB]
Briefly describe a specific question, or set of related questions, about a health care test
-
effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/serum-free-light-chain-analysis-for-the-diagnosis
June 17, 2009 - 157.3 KB]
Briefly describe a specific question, or set of related questions, about a health care test
-
effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/growth-hormone-rhgh-in-patients-with-cystic-fibrosis-cf
December 28, 2007 - 108.2 KB]
Briefly describe a specific question, or set of related questions, about a health care test
-
effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/evidence-summary-cer-197-fractional-exhaled-nitric-oxide.pdf
December 01, 2017 - The diagnosis of asthma is a clinical
diagnosis and is challenging without a
criterion standard test … Fractional exhaled
nitric oxide (FeNO) testing has been
suggested as a diagnostic test for asthma. … having asthma
in people ages 5 years and older
increases by 2.8 to 7.0 times given a
positive FeNO test … • Depending on the FeNO cutoff, the posttest odds
of having asthma given a positive FeNO test result … Test performance is modestly better
in steroid-naïve asthmatics, children, and nonsmokers
than the
-
effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/system/files/docs/na_liver_disease_topic_brief_topic_brief.pdf
October 30, 2020 - In any case, if additional testing were done, it would be an ultrasound, since
this test was not done … KQs 1a, 1b, and 1c cover the test performance of
the screening tests (ALT, ultrasound, or a combination … In
these KQs, we considered transient elastography as a confirmatory test for use in intermediate-
risk … For a positive NAFLD screening test, what is the accuracy of NAFLD Fibrosis Score
(NFS) or Fibrosis- … For example, it is possible
that transient elastography could be used as an initial screening test,