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181. S89 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - Sequential testing procedures are needed to detect vaccine or drug safety problems as soon as possible … The analysis used maximized sequential prob- ability ratio testing (maxSPRT), a new signal detection … However, repeated statistical testing of accu- mulating data requires special methods. … For the purposes of evaluating our surveil- lance system and testing outcome definitions for future vac … Results of Historical Expected Count Analysis Using Maximized Sequential Probability Ratio Testing to

182. Decision-Analytic Modeling to Evaluate Benefits and Harms of Medical Tests – Uses and Limitations | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - This indirectness in the link between testing and its downstream effects poses practical challenges to … Modeling facilitates the interpretation of test performance measures by connecting the link between testing … Although testing in itself can affect outcomes directly, 1 most of its impact is indirect. … Direct effects include testing-induced emotional, cognitive, and behavioral changes or complications … Patient outcome after testing.

183. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Potential adverse consequences of testing. … What are possible adverse consequences of testing? … HER2 testing to manage patients with breast cancer or other solid tumors. … Show one set of possible outcomes that result from testing. … Noninvasive carotid artery testing. A meta-analytic review.

184. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Potential adverse consequences of testing. … What are possible adverse consequences of testing? … HER2 testing to manage patients with breast cancer or other solid tumors. … Show one set of possible outcomes that result from testing. … Noninvasive carotid artery testing. A meta-analytic review.

185. Dispostion of Comments Report for Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults (pdf file)
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     November 27, 2012 - testing of persons aged 45-65). … Peer Reviewer # 6 Results It is not clear why this testing algorithm was chosen. … They cannot make this decision if they are not offered testing. … Guidelines for Laboratory Testing and Result Reporting of Antibody to Hepatitis C Virus. … Inadequate testing represents a barrier to treatment.

186. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - studies have the same explicit test positivity threshold (a threshold for categorizing the results of testing … (This is verified by formal testing for heterogeneity). … meta-regression is on a variable that takes the value 1 if the time from the onset of symptoms to testing … D-dimer testing and acute venous thromboembolism. A shortcut to accurate diagnosis?

187. Hypertension-Pulmonary-Arterial Executive (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - • There were no studies of the safety of biomarker and echocardiography testing, nor were there any … We found no studies describing the safety (or harms) of echocardiography or biomarker testing. … study design did not allow for NT-proBNP testing to improve sensitivity beyond that of echo sPAP … Data on biomarker testing were essentially limited to a single test—NT-proBNP—which showed moderate … • Cardiopulmonary exercise testing and exercise echocardiography have yielded relatively few data,

188. Chapter 2. Developing the Topic and Structuring Systematic Reviews of Medical Tests: Utility of PICOTS, Analytic Frameworks, Decision Trees, and Other Frameworks | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - medical test review are: to identify and synthesize evidence to evaluate the impacts of alternative testing … The analytic framework was of limited value, as several possible relevant testing strategies were not … The testing strategy in the lower portion of the decision tree entails performing biopsy in all patients … Noninvasive carotid artery testing. A meta-analytic review. Ann Intern Med. 1995;122(5):360-7. … HER2 Testing to Manage Patients With Breast Cancer or Other Solid Tumors.

189. Chapter 7: Grading a Body of Evidence on Diagnostic Tests | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - standard tools for grading evidence were designed for questions about treatment rather than diagnostic testing … The degree of harms from false positives depends on the invasiveness of further testing or treatment, … versus not testing is a toss-up—where net benefits are equivalent to net harms. … The impact of plausible unmeasured confounders may be relevant to testing strategies that predict outcomes … Outcomes of Genetic Testing in Adults with a History of Venous Thromboembolism.

190. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 4 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - search for the concept of diagnosis, screening or prognosis may not be necessary.2, 3 But because testing … In the AHRQ report, Testing for BNP and NT-proBNP in the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Heart Failure,25 … on the names of these tests and did not need to include a search string to capture the diagnostic testing … For this reason, the search strategy included a search string meant to capture the diagnostic testing … Balion, C., et al., Testing for BNP and NT- proBNP in the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Heart Failure.

191. Newborn Screening | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 19, 2012 - Further testing can verify whether your baby has the condition.

192. Blood-based Tests for Multiple Cancer Screening: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2024 - Harms of Additional Testing or Surveillance Following Blood-based Multicancer Screening Tests ..... … In the intervals between initial testing, confirmation testing, and PET-CT imaging, several participants … Participants will be randomized to testing with one MCST, testing with a different MCST, or to a control … arm with no testing. … Feasibility of blood testing combined with PET-CT to screen for cancer and guide intervention.

193. Health Occupations | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 19, 2010 - Cancer Quality-ASSIST Supportive Oncology Quality Indicator Set: Feasibility, Reliability, and Validity Testing … Report November 9, 2009 Additional Patient Outcomes and Alternative Pathways in Evaluations of Testing

194. Colorectal Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 10, 2014 - Unresectable Colorectal Cancer Systematic Review Archived February 29, 2012 Fecal DNA Testing … Research Protocol Archived May 18, 2011 Comparative Effectiveness of Fecal DNA Testing

195. Endoscopy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 27, 2015 - Comparative Effectiveness Review Systematic Review Archived February 29, 2012 Fecal DNA Testing … Research Protocol Archived May 18, 2011 Comparative Effectiveness of Fecal DNA Testing

196. End of Life Issues | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 04, 2017 - Cancer Quality-ASSIST Supportive Oncology Quality Indicator Set: Feasibility, Reliability, and Validity Testing … Research Report Archived May 17, 2010 Testing Cancer Quality Measures for End-of-Life

197. Medical Tests - White Paper Series | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 01, 2019 - Additional Patient Outcomes and Pathways in Evaluations of Testing . Patrick M.M. … Additional Patient Outcomes and Pathways in Evaluations of Testing .

198. Searching for Studies (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Another task in the first step is to choose the important outcomes that result from the testing encounter … evolving and a new testing strategy may not yet be a named test. … Using a search string to capture the diagnostic testing concept was not necessary. … Testing for BNP and NT-proBNP in the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Heart Failure. … Testing for BNP and NT-proBNP in the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Heart Failure.

199. Appendicitis Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     December 09, 2013 - on clinical grounds surgical consultation should be sought without delay for additional diagnostic testing … Furthermore, diagnostic testing can impact resource utilization for the management of patients with … Direct harms of testing (e.g., harms from exposure to ionizing radiation, allergic reactions/kidney … Studies meeting these criteria will be included regardless of the specific role of testing evaluated … (2) Randomized controlled trials of alternative testing strategies including at least 10 patients

200. Educating Session Participants (pdf file)
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     January 11, 2017 - questioning by participants • Problem – may assume adversarial positions  Pretesting, cognitive testing