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341. Thyroid Tests | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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342. Effectiveness of Early Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - For diagnostic testing, direct comparisons of commercially available enzyme immunoassays for C. difficile

343. Use of Natriuretic Peptide Measurement in the Management of Heart Failure | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - body of diffuse literature on the subject, especially with regard to the utility of BNP or NT-pro-BNP testing … Indeed, all potential areas of use for BNP and NT-pro-BNP testing require clarification using currently … populations and settings are relevant to individuals who would be considered for BNP or NT-pro-BNP testing … Testing for BNP and NT-proBNP in the diagnosis and prognosis of heart failure. … Serial testing of B-type natriuretic peptide and NTpro-BNP for monitoring therapy of heart failure: The

344. Santa_ECCS2012 (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2013 -   • A first round of field testing was conducted with 83 primary care physicians and a second round … of field testing  with an additional  172 physicians.

345. Interventions To Prevent Age-Related Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2017 - This threshold also may be defined based upon formal cognitive testing scores below norms for younger … These theories support prevention trials testing cognitive training, physical exercise, cardiovascular … functional abnormalities earlier or with greater sensitivity than is possible with behavior-based testing … In other cases, theories of brain function (e.g., neuroplasticity) justify the development and testing … The substantial work on modifiable risk factors would be better informed by testing interventions that

346. Interventions To Prevent Age-Related Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2017 - This threshold also may be defined based upon formal cognitive testing scores below norms for younger … These theories support prevention trials testing cognitive training, physical exercise, cardiovascular … functional abnormalities earlier or with greater sensitivity than is possible with behavior-based testing … In other cases, theories of brain function (e.g., neuroplasticity) justify the development and testing … The substantial work on modifiable risk factors would be better informed by testing interventions that

347. Cancer-Pancreas Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     August 09, 2013 - factors (e.g., Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, Lynch syndrome, and BRCA2, PALB2, and p16 mutations) motivate testing … Testing for recurrent pancreatic cancer is excluded. 4. … exp diagnostic errors/ or exp diagnostic error/) 34 Pancreatic cancer and imaging and diagnostic testing

348. Diagnosis of Gout | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2020 - public comments and input from the Technical Expert Panel (TEP) for the review on diagnosis of gout, the testing … positive/negative likelihood ratios (if prevalence known) Clinical decisionmaking Additional testing

349. Core Needle and Open Surgical Biopsy for Diagnosis of Breast Lesions — An Update to the 2009 Report | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - results, including interlaboratory initiatives to standardize diagnostic criteria (e.g., proficiency testing … to be combined in a meta-analysis on the basis of clinical heterogeneity of patient populations and testing … For patient populations (e.g., women at “average risk”), testing methods, and outcomes in cases where

350. Imaging for Pretreatment Staging of Small Cell Lung Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Testing for recurrent small cell lung cancer will be excluded.

351. Infectious Disease Including HIV/AIDS #09 (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2013 - Overall High Impact Potential: Xpert MTB/RIF test for detection and drug sensitivity testing of M. … Susceptibility to other agents would still have to be guided by traditional testing methods. … , which could lead to decentralization of testing, some experts thought. … Molecular-based diagnostic testing for clostridium difficile. … Targeted testing and the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection and tuberculosis disease.

352. Laboratory Biomarkers for Iron Deficiency Anemia in Late Stage Chronic Kidney Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - and stems from inadequate diet and absorption, procedure-related iron losses from repeated laboratory testing … Outcome Quality Initiative in 1997 and updated in 2000 and 2006. 16 These guidelines suggest that Hb testing … What are the adverse effects or harms associated with testing using newer and/or older markers of iron … Adverse effects or harms associated with testing and associated treatments (e.g., test-related anxiety … A randomized trial of iron deficiency testing strategies in hemodialysis patients.

353. Glaucoma-Screening Surveillance (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - Participants completed Humphrey Visual Field testing in addition to FDT C-20-1, GAT, and central corneal … The HFA Short Wavelength Automated Perimetry testing protocol (the most frequently reported) included … of optic nerve damage (e.g., HRT, OCT, and cup/disc ratio), organized in a community setting with testing … Participants completed Humphrey Visual Field testing in addition to FDT C-20-1, GAT, and central corneal … The HFA Short Wavelength Automated Perimetry testing protocol (the most frequently reported) included

354. Disposition of Comments for CER 163 Appropriate Antibiotics (pdf file)
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     January 27, 2016 - The sentences about POC testing are impossible to understand. Please revise. … Edited sentences about POC testing to improve clarity. 74. … CRP testing is referred to several times throughout the CER. … You write S. pneumococcal Point-of-care testing (Rapid Strep Test). … The classification of 'rapid strep" testing as testing for Streptococcus pneumoniae is incorrect.

355. Celiac-Disease Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - Length of time ingesting gluten before diagnostic testing? Key Question 3. … Patients previously testing negative for CD? Key Question 4. … Testing for tTG IgA has a high PPV for most clinical populations with a modest prevalence of CD. … Thus, no clinical implications for testing individuals with specific risks can be stated at this time … A combination of positive serological testing with a threshold level at or several times above the

356. Breast-Biopsy-Update Executive (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2014 - relevant results, factors were coded inconsistently and details that would allow formal statistical testing … the test performance meta- analyses presented in the preceding sections we evaluated the impact of testing … delayed diagnosis on the basis of biopsy results is the most important (adverse) outcome related to testing … Outcomes of testing in a hypothetical cohort of 1,000 women Lines correspond to different test modalities

357. Arcia-notes-Teresa (pdf file)
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     November 11, 2015 - The first part involved   iterative development of prototypes, followed  by focus group   testing … Comprehension   testing is coming soon. 7 F irst, we assembled  the visualization  working … necessarily what supports comprehension   the most, so that's why we are doing formal comprehension testing … feel confident that although the graphics won't all perform equally well when we do comprehension   testing … Victor ’s individual data, and   the population-­‐level   data. 20 We will start comprehension testing

358. Imaging Tests for the Diagnosis and Staging of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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359. Imaging Tests To Check for Kidney Stones in the Emergency Department (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2016 - Imaging Tests To Check for Kidney Stones in the Emergency Department Imaging Tests To Check for Kidney Stones in the Emergency Department Checking for Kidney Stones in the Emergency Department First, the emergency doctor will give you medicine to help stop your pain. The medicine may be given by mouth. Or…

360. Disposition of Comments for CER 157 Appendicitis (pdf file)
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     December 14, 2015 - available to clinicians and there is a great need for evidence to inform us about the impact of testing … The authors make a somewhat sweeping statement regarding the relationship of diagnostic testing to … mention that a large percentage of patients present atypically, so clinicians rely on the use of testing … This is the key idea behind repeat testing with deferred treatment, an issue that is now discussed … I am concerned that this study may lead to even higher reliance on radiologic testing that is clearly