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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/medical-test-reviews-intro.ppt
June 01, 2012 - A causal chain diagram can be used to illustrate the steps from the testing phase to the point that a
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/santa_eccs2012.pdf
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.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/peptic-ulcer-horizon-scan-high-impact-1512.pdf
December 01, 2015 - at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom who evaluated the device estimated
that Cytosponge testing … Cytosponge testing could be used in place of routine endoscopy for identifying and monitoring
Barrett … of
patients at increased risk of having Barrett’s esophagus, rather than true screening (universal testing … .”27
Acceptance and adoption: All experts anticipated moderate to wide acceptance of Cytosponge
testing … There are some [minor]
storage issues, training, result tracking, and facility issues…[Cytosponge testing
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/celiac-disease_executive.pdf
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
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/glaucoma-screening_surveillance.pdf
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
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-biopsy-update_executive.pdf
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
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-pancreas_research-protocol.pdf
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
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/appendicitis_disposition-comments.pdf
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
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/glaucoma-screening_executive.pdf
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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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-abnormalities-tests-update_disposition-comments.pdf
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
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/c-diff-infections_executive.pdf
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.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/depression-postpartum-screening_executive.pdf
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
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0359_10-15-2010.pdf
January 01, 2010 - sclerosis due to neurologic deficits
of subacute onset
Intervention(s): MRI, cerebrospinal fluid testing
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cancer-pancreas_disposition-comments.pdf
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
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/distributed-network-ambulatory-therapeutics_research.pdf
July 01, 2009 - Given that DARTNet uses clinically derived data, it was
important to perform detailed testing of all … Software
functionality testing included evaluating overall system performance, characteristics of … Testing of the system
security is designed to ensure that DARTNet does not represent a security threat … The general approach to validating these areas involved User Acceptance Testing. … In general, acceptance testing involves running a series of tests on a completed system.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cancer-pancreas_executive.pdf
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.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/prostate-cancer-risk-assessment-genes_executive.pdf
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.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/plasma-cell-dyscrasias-sflc-assay_research-protocol.pdf
May 02, 2011 - gammopathy 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 … diagnosis of PCD (MM, NSMM, or AL
amyloidosis) with and without measurable disease by traditional testing … Comparators
Traditional testing:
o SPEP, UPEP, SIFE, and UIFE. … In general, the figure illustrates how serum-free light chain analysis versus traditional
testing (serum
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND-0520-131115.pdf
May 29, 2025 - Topic 0438 Risk stratification and CAD NSD FINAL_SJ-2
Risk stratification and CAD
Nomination Summary Document
Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Ste…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/gout_executive-2016.pdf
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.