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421. Schwitzer_ECCS2012 (pdf file)
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     July 23, 2012 - Schwitzer_ECCS2012 Slide 1: Addressing  Tensions  When Popular Media and Evidence-­‐Based Care Collide Gary  Schwitzer Publisher,  HealthNewsReview.org Slide 2: Infoxication We are drowning people who are thirsty for just a sip of balanced infor…

422. Effectiveness of Screening and Treatment of Subclinical Hypothyroidism or Hyperthyroidism (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2012 - asymptomatic primary care patients" makes little sense clinically--a better term would be "routine testing … Especially if one believes in routine testing to detect overt thyroid dysfunction, the question of … For these reasons, in 1990 and 1998 the ACP recommended routine testing in older female primary care

423. Outcome Definition and Measurement in Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
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     January 01, 2013 - symptoms experienced by a particular group of patients Item Response Theory (IRT) and Computer Adaptive Testing … Item Response Theory (IRT) and Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT) IRT is a framework for developing tests … in subjects receiving one treatment than another (i.e., surveillance bias; e.g., when liver function testing

424. Phenylketonuria Executive (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2012 - We defined measurements of Phe reported in studies as concurrent (<6 weeks) with IQ testing or historical … negative association between Phe and IQ is strongest when Phe is measured at least 1 year prior to IQ testing … The Phe level obtained more than 1 year before IQ testing is likely to be a better indicator of how … negative association between Phe and IQ is strongest when Phe is measured at least 1 year prior to IQ testing … The Phe level obtained more than 1 year before IQ testing is likely a better indicator of how well

425. The series of articles beginning with this issue of the Journal form the most up-to-date version of the Guide for Conducting Comparative Effectiveness Reviews (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2009 - The series of articles beginning with this issue of the Journal form the most up-to-date version of the Guide for Conducting Comparative Effectiveness Reviews Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews Principles in Developing and Applying Guidance Comparative Effectiveness Revi…

426. ambulatory-safety-protocol-150724 (pdf file)
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     July 24, 2015 - Preliminary inclusion criteria include hypothesis-testing studies of interventions in the ambulatory

427. Back-Pain-Imaging Clinician (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2016 - not been found to be of benefit in caring for patients with back pain but is associated with more testing

428. Untitled (pdf file)
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     October 12, 2015 - Pre-donation testing strategies; controlled ovarian hyperstimulation with gonadotropins using different … testing!strategiesO!ovulation!induction!with!gonadotropins! using!different!induction/retrieval! … testing!strategiesO!controlled!ovarian! hyperstimulation!with!gonadotropins!using!different! … Testing"[Mesh]!OR!"letrozole"[Supplementary! Concept]!OR!“cetrorelix”[Supplementary!Concept]!OR! … testing”[tiab]!OR!“preimplantation!genetic!testing”[tiab]! #3& (randomized!controlled!trial[pt]!

429. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2008 - Effective Health Care Topic Number(s): 0064 Document Completion Date: 11-18-09 1 Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps  Subclinical hypothyroidism will go forward for refinement as a comparative effectiveness or effectiveness review. Although the topic was initially thought to be cove…

430. Research White Paper Managing Missing Data in Patient Registries Addendum Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes Third Edition (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2018 - Pilot testing of registry CRFs and surveys, including PROs, is highly recommended to uncover issues … claims databases) will be used to complete specific fields in the registry, due diligence and pilot testing

431. White Paper_Machine Learning Tools To (Semi-)Automate Evidence Synthesis: A Rapid Review and Evidence Map (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2024 - Testing a filtering strategy for systematic reviews: evaluating work savings and recall. … Testing the risk of bias tool showed low reliability between individual reviewers and across consensus … Testing a Machine Learning Tool for Facilitating Living Systematic Reviews of Chronic Pain Treatments

432. Prostate-Cancer-Therapies-Update Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - with prostate cancer do not have elevated levels of PSA.5 In recent years, more frequent use of PSA testing … zero to one death from prostate cancer prevented for every 1,000 men aged 55 to 69 screened by PSA testing … .15 None of the included studies enrolled patients with prostate cancer primarily identified by PSA testing … Finally, some RCTs were conducted before prostate cancer detection with PSA testing was available.

433. Breast Abnormalities Update Surveillance Assessment_CER 47_Low (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2012 - Breast Abnormalities Update Surveillance Assessment_CER 47_Low CER #47: Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests for Breast Abnormalities: Update of a 2006 Review Original release date: February, 2012 Surveillance Report: January, 2013 Key Findings: All of the key questions remain up-to-date. Summary Deci…

434. Comparative Effectiveness of Coronary Bypass Surgery and Percutaneous Coronary Interventions for Multivessel Disease: A Pooled Analysis of Individual Patient Data from Ten Randomized Trials (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2010 - Additionally, we checked for any violation of the proportional hazards assumption by testing for a correlation

435. Noninvasive Diagnostic Techniques for the Detection of Skin Cancers (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2014 - To help increase diagnostic accuracy, EGIRTM allows for re-testing of lesions. … In a 2011 study by Wachsman, reporting on the testing with an independent dataset, this classifier discerned

436. Deciding Whether to Complement a Systematic Review of Medical Tests with Decision Modeling | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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437. Using the Principles of Randomized Controlled Trial Design to Guide Test Evaluation | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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438. Cardiac Troponins Used as Diagnostic and Prognostic Tests in Patients With Kidney Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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439. AHRQ’s Evidence-based Practice Center Program- Synthesizing evidence to improve health care practice and delivery (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2020 - AHRQ’s Evidence-based Practice Center Program- Synthesizing evidence to improve health care practice and delivery 1 AHRQ’s Evidence-based Practice Center Program Synthesizing evidence to improve health care practice and delivery AHRQ’s Evidence-based Practice Center Program Conducts Evidence Reviews for Federal…

440. Appendix Table B-1. RCTs of Masks (xls file)
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     April 09, 2020 - Appendix Table B-1. RCTs of Masks B-1. RCTs Mask Use Archived: This living report is not being updated. Findings may be used for research purposes, but should not be considered current. Appendix Table B-1. Randomized controlled trials of mask use Author Registry # Publication Year Title Date Retrieved Source Link/U…