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181. Testing Cancer Quality Measures for End-of-Life Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 17, 2010 - Testing Cancer Quality Measures for End-of-Life Care Research Report Archived May 17, 2010 Download

182. C- Evidence-based Practice Center Technical Brief Protocol (pdf file)
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     August 05, 2010 - What are the postulated advantages and disadvantages of positional MRI testing compared to contemporary … Guiding question 2: What is the current availability and cost of positional MRI testing and what are … Approximately how many facilities and of what kind are currently providing positional MRI testing in … etiology (i.e. undiagnosed by conventional diagnostic imaging) Interventions • Positional MRI testing … Moreover, we will record the outcomes being assessed in each study, including testing related harms,

183. Version 2_Risk of Reinfection From SARS-CoV-2 -- An Update of an Antibody Response Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Implications for Immunity: A Living Rapid Review (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2022 - antibody levels, SARS-CoV-2 variants, or case identification method (e.g., surveillance, symptomatic testing … Antibody testing has been proposed as a potential marker or correlate of protection against infection … In these situations, the prognostic value of antibody testing was identical to the prognostic value … settings when the timing of testing in relation to infection is unknown. … Re- infection with SARS-CoV-2 in Patients Undergoing Serial Laboratory Testing.

184. Version 2_Risk of Reinfection From SARS-CoV-2 -- An Update of an Antibody Response Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Implications for Immunity: A Living Rapid Review (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2022 - antibody levels, SARS-CoV-2 variants, or case identification method (e.g., surveillance, symptomatic testing … Antibody testing has been proposed as a potential marker or correlate of protection against infection … In these situations, the prognostic value of antibody testing was identical to the prognostic value … settings when the timing of testing in relation to infection is unknown. … Re- infection with SARS-CoV-2 in Patients Undergoing Serial Laboratory Testing.

185. 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

186. 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.

187. 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.

188. 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.

189. 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?

190. Diagnosis and Management of Febrile Infants (0–3 Months) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 27, 2012 - Harms associated with testing or management strategies have been less well studied. … Future studies should focus on identifying the risks associated with testing and management strategies

191. 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,

192. 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.

193. Slide 1
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     January 01, 2013 - result in confounding by severity if not adequately controlled through design/analysis No treatment/testing … However, when different treatments or testing modalities are recommended for patients with varying levels … time) Spectrum of Possible Comparisons (2 of 3) Usual or Standard Care When a new treatment or testing … Standard care could be no treatment or no testing, a single treatment or testing, or a set of existing … treatment or testing modalities.

194. Improving Rural Health Through Telehealth-Guided Provider-to-Provider Communication | Effective Health Care Program
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195. Diagnostic Errors in the Emergency Department | Effective Health Care Program
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196. Interventional Treatments for Acute and Chronic Pain: Systematic Review | Effective Health Care Program
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197. 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.

198. 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

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

200. PREGNANCY, INCLUDING PRETERM BIRTH #12 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - However, a negative result could help some women avoid more invasive testing. … (San Diego, CA; manufacturer of the testing platform), and stated intentions of filing a premarket … , citing the potential for miscarriages associated with current invasive testing and the desire of … However, a health systems expert noted the opaque nature of the genetic testing method, which could … Invasive prenatal testing for aneuploidy.