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381. 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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382. Liver Function Tests | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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383. Disposition of Comments Report for Imaging Tests for the Diagnosis and Staging of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (pdf file)
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     September 23, 2014 - No other testing is therefore necessary in this group, and patients will typically undergo a ct guided … For each stage of care, appropriate testing and treatment are outlined. … This standard helps imaging facilities conduct quality testing and monitoring of X-ray equipment used

384. Effectiveness of Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests for Breast Abnormalities Appendices (pdf file)
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     May 23, 2005 - This is because meta-regression is hypothesis generating, not hypothesis testing.

385. Cardiac Troponins Used as Diagnostic and Prognostic Tests in Patients With Kidney Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - We found no studies that carried out direct a priori comparisons of troponin testing in patients with

386. Interventions for Preventing Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Alzheimer’s Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2020 - Many studies testing the association of preventive factors or effectiveness of interventions for preventing … Oversimplification of the models testing intervention effectiveness is another challenge we identified … Research to date has examined fairly simple models testing intervention effects on populations with normal … For KQ3: Adults with normal or abnormal cognition who have had testing such as cognitive tests, blood … /CSF testing, or brain imaging used in intervention studies in KQ1 or KQ2.

387. Gout Executive-2016 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - analysis • Type of provider aspirating joint • Type of provider assessing fluid Diagnostic Testing … Key Question 2 assesses potential adverse effects that might be associated with testing: short- and … dotted lines indicate possible outcomes; for example, diagnostic accuracy and adverse effects of testing … they addressed Key Question 2 (adverse events or other negative outcomes in individuals undergoing testing … In addition, specific elements of the criteria, such as hyperuricemia, require additional testing.

388. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2006 - Layout 1 Background Breast cancer is the second most common malignancy in women. The American Cancer Society estimated that in the United States in 2005, 212,930 women would be newly diagnosed as having breast cancer and there would be 40,870 deaths due to this disease. Because early breast cancer is asymptomatic, th…

389. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - stems from inadequate diet and absorption, procedure-related iron losses from repeated laboratory testing … What are the adverse effects or harms associated with testing using newer and/or older markers of iron … o Adverse effects or harms associated with testing and associated treatments (e.g., test- related anxiety … iron -Transferrin saturation -Iron-binding capacity -Ferritin Adverse events related to lab testing … A randomized trial of iron deficiency testing strategies in hemodialysis patients.

390. Prostate-Cancer-Risk-Assessment-Genes Executive (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - asymptomatic men).14 A meta- analysis of seven randomized controlled trials of screening using PSA testing … Companies known to offer testing for the risk of prostate cancer based on SNP panels were approached … in May of 2011, as were companies known to offer genetic testing more generally. … Risks and benefits of population-based genetic testing for Mendelian subsets of common diseases were … Improving the prediction of complex diseases by testing for multiple disease-susceptibility genes.

391. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     December 20, 2011 - 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 … Testing for BNP and NT-proBNP in the diagnosis and prognosis of heart failure. … N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide testing in the emergency department: beneficial effects on … Serial testing of B-type natriuretic peptide and NTpro-BNP for monitoring therapy of heart failure:

392. Effectiveness of Screening and Treatment of C. difficile Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Timing: Diagnostic testing: time to test Antibiotic and non-standard treatments: variable, generally … Provisional framework for diagnostic testing and treatment Figure 2.

393. Colorectal-Cancer-Staging Executive (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2014 - screening for colorectal cancer in asymptomatic normal-risk individuals using fecal occult blood testing … has been established, patients with colorectal cancer undergo Effective Health Care Program 2 testing … additional treatment, including surgery, radiotherapy, or chemotherapy – Resource use related to testing … and treatment • Adverse effects and harms – Harms of testing per se (e.g., radiation exposure) … For questions about the impact of testing on patient-oriented clinical outcomes, we considered comparative

394. Serum-Free Light Chain Analysis for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prognosis of Plasma Cell Dyscrasias | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Table 2 6 provides an overview of the laboratory diagnostic testing for PCDs. … of undetermined significance, and amyloidosis Less sensitive and more variable than SFLC testing … could differ depending on the PCD, and specific diseases, such as AL amyloidosis, still require urine testing … existing diagnosis of PCD (MM, NSMM, or AL amyloidosis) with and without measurable disease by traditional testing … Comparators Traditional testing: SPEP, UPEP, SIFE, and UIFE.

395. Gout Dx protocol_140715-draft (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - comments and input from the Technical Expert Panel (TEP) for the review on diagnosis of gout, the testing … Additional testing ! Pharmacologic/dietary management o Intermediate outcomes ! sUA !

396. Translation of a C. difficile Treatment Clinical Pathway Into Machine-Readable Clinical Decision Support Artifacts Prototyped for Electronic Health Record Implementation (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2019 - O= Order, C= Consider, D= Diagnosis, M= Monitor, L= Laboratory Testing, R= Recommendation Task 2. … In the software development lifecycle, this stage of testing is often referred to as “black box” testing … The CDS Connect Authoring Tool provides support for unit testing (testing of combinations of patient … We recommend that AHRQ consider developing an EHR testing environment to facilitate testing and quality … Extent of Adherence to Trustworthy Standards (NEATS) InstrumentDeveloping and Testing NEATS.

397. Methods Research Report: Performance and Usability of Machine Learning for Screening in Systematic Reviews (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2019 - Screening Exercise for the User Experiences Testing Appendix B. … Key differences between the tools played an important role in the user experience testing by exposing … We received ethical approval to complete the user experience testing from the University of Alberta … Before beginning the user experience testing, the screening exercise and survey were pilot tested by … Screening Exercise for the User Experiences Testing Screening Exercise Instructions for Each Tool

398. Effectiveness of Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests for Breast Abnormalities | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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399. Tonsillitis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     With the rapid strep test, testing is done in the office, and you get the results within minutes.

400. AHRQ’s Evidence-based Practice Center Program: Synthesizing evidence to improve health care practice and delivery (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2022 - , treatments for depression, management of opioid overdose) ◆ Diagnostic tests (e.g., noninvasive testing