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361. Infectious Disease Including HIV/AIDS #09 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - 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. … Susceptibility to other agents would still have to be guided by traditional testing methods. … , which could lead to decentralization of testing, some experts thought. … Targeted testing and the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection and tuberculosis disease.

362. Glaucoma-Screening Executive (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2012 - field loss may be impractical for population-based screening due to the length of time required for testing … included studies of suspected OAG subpopulations, which included participants identified from prior testing … conducted alone or in any possible combination (including multicomponent simultaneous or sequential testing … screening tests performed alone or in combination.81 Participants completed Humphrey Visual Field testing … Combining structural and functional testing for detection of glaucoma.

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     G Gastroenteritis Gastrointestinal Bleeding Gaucher Disease Genetic Counseling Genetic Testing

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     G Gastroenteritis Gastrointestinal Bleeding Gaucher Disease Genetic Counseling Genetic Testing

365. Cancer-Pancreas Executive (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2014 - Clinical outcomes – Mortality – Quality of life • Adverse effects and harms – Procedural harms of testing … Testing for recurrent pancreatic cancer was excluded. d.

366. Ultrasound | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 12, 2019 - for Breast Abnormalities Systematic Review Archived March 29, 2016 Noninvasive Testing

367. Comparative Effectiveness Research Review Disposition of Comments Report (pdf file)
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     February 13, 2012 - adding layers of additional tests to improve specificity will result in use of even further additional testing … It would be much more pertinent to focus this analysis by problem rather than grouping all testing … what is meant by “aggressive diagnostic testing”? This seems very opinionated. … We have modified the text to remove the phrase “aggressive diagnostic testing.” … Peer Reviewer #6 Discussion Unless non invasive testing can accurately determine a lesion to have

368. Systematic Review of Prognostic Tests | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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369. Disposition of Comments for Imaging Tests for the Staging of Colorectal Cancer (pdf file)
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     November 20, 2014 - This standard helps imaging facilities conduct quality testing and monitoring of X-ray equipment used

370. Depression-Postpartum-Screening Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - Effect of Testing Variables (Timing, Frequency, Setting, Provider) on Screening Performance Two … used a range of cutoffs to signal probable postpartum depression (range: 8–13), and descriptions of testing … Our modeling suggests that serial testing using a highly sensitive test (such as the “two-question … The choice of optimal test and test thresholds, testing algorithms, and test frequency need to be made … screening outcomes resulting from other strategies designed to minimize false positives, such as serial testing

371. Choosing the Important Outcomes for a Systematic Review of a Medical Test | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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372. Assessing Applicability of Medical Test Studies in Systematic Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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373. Grading the Strength of a Body of Evidence on Diagnostic Tests | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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374. Options for Summarizing Medical Test Performance in the Absence of a Gold Standard | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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375. Introduction to the Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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376. Meta-analysis of Test Performance Evidence When There is a “Gold Standard” | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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377. Deciding Whether to Complement a Systematic Review of Medical Tests with Decision Modeling | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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378. Assessing Risk of Bias as a Domain of Quality in Medical Test Studies | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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379. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2011 - diagnostic tests depend on patient or specimen characteristics or the clinical scenarios that lead to testing … In some studies, a low rate of CDI precluded statistical testing. … The reviewed comparative studies did not clearly define the testing scenario including the setting, disease … Laboratory confirmation of a pathogenic C. difficile organism (e.g., by toxin testing) and clinical symptoms … Clostridium difficile testing in the clinical laboratory by use of multiple testing algorithms.

380. Comparative Effectiveness of Screening for Glaucoma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - field loss may be impractical for population-based screening because of the length of time required for testing … conducted alone or in any possible combination (including multicomponent simultaneous or sequential testing