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221. Emergency Medical Services | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 28, 2025 - the Emergency Department Systematic Review Archived March 29, 2016 Noninvasive Testing … in Acute Care Settings Research Protocol Archived January 15, 2015 Noninvasive Testing

222. Blood-based Tests for Multiple Cancer Screening: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 01, 2024 - intervals, diagnostic pathways after a positive test, and equitable access related to screening, followup testing … organizations such as guideline developers, and payers who determine coverage related to laboratory testing … KQ 5: What are the harms of the evaluation and additional testing following a positive MCST or with … stool-based tests (colorectal), low-dose computed tomography (lung), cytology, human papilloma virus testing … Other Sample processing Radio   Fresh     Frozen     Other Does this test involve a second-stage of testing

223. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Response_Active Surveillance Culturing of Clostridioides difficile and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales, and Candida auris (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2024 - Additionally, owing to the overlapping findings of the C. difficile testing chapter in MHS III, our … rapid response also subsumes the C. difficile surveillance and testing topics as they relate to ASC … difficile testing in 2017 has led to an acceleration in publications evaluating C. difficile testing … Holding firm: Use of clinical correlation to improve Clostridioides difficile testing. … , time to testing, and mandatory reporting.

224. Diagnosis of Right Lower Quadrant Pain and Suspected Acute Appendicitis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - on clinical grounds surgical consultation should be sought without delay for additional diagnostic testing … For the populations listed under Key Question 1a, what is the effect of alternative testing strategies … What factors modify the comparative effectiveness of testing for patients with RLQ pain and suspected … Studies meeting these criteria will be included regardless of the specific role of testing evaluated … Randomized controlled trials of alternative testing strategies including at least 10 patients per arm

225. Disposition of Comments Report for Antinuclear Antibody, Rheumatoid Factor, and Cyclic-Citrullinated Peptide Tests for Evaluating Musculoskeletal Complaints in Children (pdf file)
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     March 07, 2012 - We have indicated that IIF is the gold standard for ANA testing and have referenced the ACR consensus … I am not sure that the authors have a clear understanding of ANA testing. … the utility of ANA testing in children with MSK pain. … We have reworded the introduction to address changes in ANA testing (p 2-3). … The authors do not address the issue of changes in ANA testing at all.

226. Chapter 8: Meta-Analysis of Test Performance When There Is a “Gold Standard” | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - studies have the same explicit test positivity threshold (a threshold for categorizing the results of testing … (This is verified by formal testing for heterogeneity). … The 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?

227. Appendicitis Executive (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2015 - Rationale for Evidence Review Accurate testing of patients presenting with symptoms consistent with … For the populations listed under Key Question 1a, what is the effect of alternative testing strategies … What factors modify the comparative effectiveness of testing for patients with RLQ pain and suspected … It is likely that the lack of separation between the training and testing datasets led to optimistic … Adverse Events of Testing Information on harms was often incomplete and poorly reported.

228. Wireless Motility Capsule Versus Other Diagnostic Technologies for Evaluating Gastroparesis and Constipation: Future Research Needs | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - We also sought to define populations that would benefit most from motility testing. … The main limitations were inconsistencies in reporting the performance of motility testing modalities

229. Chapter 9: Options for Summarizing Medical Test Performance in the Absence of a “Gold Standard” | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - screening performance of the test, it quantifies the impact of patient management strategies that include testing … PSA levels are not elevated in as many as 15 percent of individuals with prostate cancer, making PSA testing

230. EHC Protocol: Recurrent Nephrolithiasis in Adults and Children: Comparative Effectiveness of Preventive Medical Strategies (pdf file)
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     September 24, 2024 - refers to non- individualized treatment that is not based on stone composition or metabolic laboratory testing … studies, also known as targeted therapy.1 However, targeted therapy that relies on urine metabolic testing … American College of Physicians (ACP) Guidelines found insufficient evidence to recommend metabolic testing … Do harms vary by blood or urine chemistry or genetic testing performed as followup after treatment is …  Test(s)  Method/Processing o Followup testing  Test(s)  Method/Processing • Recruitment

231. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 01, 2021 - Skip to main content An official website of the Department of Health & Human Services Careers Contact Us Español FAQs Effective Health Care Program Powered by the Evidence-based Practice Centers …

232. Training Modules for the Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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233. Comparative Effectiveness of Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Preoperative testing People with sleep apnea are at increased risk of surgical and anesthesia-related … KQ3: How does phased testing (screening tests or battery followed by full test) compare to full testing … Key question 3 evaluates phased testing. We will not otherwise review the order of testing. … to receive general anesthesia KQ 5-7 Diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) Formal testing … For program testing and training purposes, we will manually screen 1000 abstracts, each twice.

234. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 12 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - what it measures, how it is done, how clinical specimens are obtained, processed, and stored for testing … What is the applicable testing scenario? … Cost effectiveness: Do the improvements in patient outcomes justify the additional costs of testing … Were the subjects somehow referred or selected for testing? What was the testing scenario? 3.

235. Blood-based Tests for Multiple Cancer Screening: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     June 05, 2024 - intervals, diagnostic pathways after a positive test, and equitable access related to screening, followup testing … organizations such as guideline developers, and payers who determine coverage related to laboratory testing … KQ 5: What are the harms of the evaluation and additional testing following a positive MCST or with … stool-based tests (colorectal), low-dose computed tomography (lung), cytology, human papilloma virus testing … Text Adverse events from diagnostic testing after a positive screening

236. Imaging Tests for the Staging of Colorectal Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2020 - Staging Systems Once the diagnosis has been established, patients with colorectal cancer undergo testing … The differences in the testing protocols associated with different imaging modalities can affect their … and treatment (when reported in the included studies) Adverse effects and harms Harms of testing … Intermediate outcomes such as test performance and harms of testing can be measured immediately after … For questions about the impact of testing on patient-oriented clinical outcomes, comparative studies

237. Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - No study adequately addressed phased testing for OSA. … There was insufficient evidence on routine preoperative testing for OSA.

238. Nuclear Scans | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 14, 2016 - of Small Cell Lung Cancer Systematic Review Archived March 29, 2016 Noninvasive Testing … Coronary Artery Disease Research Protocol Archived January 15, 2015 Noninvasive Testing

239. Angina | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 14, 2017 - Depression: A Systematic Review Systematic Review Archived March 29, 2016 Noninvasive Testing … Coronary Artery Disease Research Protocol Archived January 15, 2015 Noninvasive Testing

240. Mrsa-Screening-2010 Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - One key issue relates to the microbiological testing method applied. … The systematic review, however, will distinguish among screening that uses a testing modality with … (results available on the same day as the testing is performed); or (2). … after testing is performed); or (3). … available >2 days after testing is performed); b.