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161. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - In addition, they question whether the benefits and harms of these tests vary by the risk of the surgical … complications, morbidity, mortality, patient delays, harms from unnecessary follow-up of abnormal tests … Do the benefits or harms of routine preoperative tests vary by the risk of the surgical procedure (low … Do the benefits or harms of routine preoperative tests vary by the clinical conditions, comorbidities … Do routine preoperative tests change patient management decisions?

162. Wireless Motility Capsule Versus Other Diagnostic Technologies for Evaluating Gastroparesis and Constipation: Future Research Needs | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Research and Quality (AHRQ)-funded systematic review of the effectiveness of WMC compared with other tests … Great variability existed in administering diagnostic tests and in assessing those tests. … Most of the "normal" subjects upon which the tests were validated were college-age men, while most of … Locally Advanced Gastric Adenocarcinoma Research Protocol Jul 22, 2024 Blood-based Tests

163. Bile Duct Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     Symptoms can include Jaundice Itchy skin Fever Abdominal pain Tests to diagnose bile duct … cancer may include a physical exam, imaging tests of the liver and bile ducts, blood tests, and a biopsy

164. Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     Blood tests and genetic tests can tell if you have it. … If your lungs are affected, you may also have lung tests.

165. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     September 29, 2010 - The ANA, RF, and CCP tests are commonly used in adults in the workup of SLE and inflammatory arthritis … .5 Agglutination tests detecting IgM RF are commonly used in laboratory diagnosis of RA. … .9,10 However, in children who do have a rheumatic disease such as JIA, serologic tests, especially … Additional tests c. Management d. … Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of diagnostic tests. Version 1.0.0. 2009:1-27.

166. Comparative Effectiveness Research Review Disposition of Comments Report (pdf file)
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     February 13, 2012 - Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests for Breast Abnormalities: Update of a 2006 Review. … I think that suggesting that adding layers of additional tests to improve specificity will result in … We have added additional information about the radiation exposure from these tests. … We have added additional information about the radiation exposure from these tests. … This is a key problem with the review as ultrasound is included in the list of imaging tests reviewed

167. Blood | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 22, 2024 - Blood tests such as blood count tests help doctors check for certain diseases and conditions. … medlineplus.gov/blood.html Products Research Protocol July 22, 2024 Blood-based Tests

168. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - Nomination Summary: The nominator is interested in the comparative effectiveness of various tests … requiring testing, or with a strong family history of pancreatic cancer) Intervention(s): Imaging tests … resonance imaging (MRI), fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET), variants of these tests … , and combinations of tests Comparator(s): The same list of imaging tests, used as comparators

169. Early Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Clostridium difficile: Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2020 - Structured Abstract Objective Update a 2011 review of differences in accuracy of diagnostic tests … Eligible studies included studies of sensitivity and specificity for diagnostic tests in patients at … High-strength evidence showed that nucleic amplification tests were sensitive and specific for CDI when … Nucleic acid amplification tests have high sensitivity and specificity for CDI.

170. Meningitis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 27, 2012 - Tests to diagnose meningitis include blood tests, imaging tests, and a spinal tap to test cerebrospinal

171. Ulcerative Colitis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 25, 2014 - Doctors use blood tests, stool tests, colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy, and imaging tests to diagnose UC.

172. Fecal DNA Testing in Screening for Colorectal Cancer in Average Risk Adults | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - study and a subset analysis of one of the larger studies were both poor quality and evaluated different tests … No studies have evaluated the relative acceptability of fecal DNA tests to FIT tests. … Conclusions Fecal DNA tests have insufficient evidence about its diagnostic accuracy to screen for … Stage I-III Squamous Cell Anal Cancer Research Protocol Jul 22, 2024 Blood-based Tests

173. Imaging for Pretreatment Staging of Small Cell Lung Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Imaging Tests This section discusses several types of imaging tests used in the process of staging … MDCT of the chest is often one of the first tests performed to diagnose possible lung cancer. … Grading a body of evidence on diagnostic tests. AHRQ Publication No. 12-EHC079-EF. … ’s true condition changed between tests)? … standard was unknowable until after the tests were read)?

174. Topic 0451 Celiac Disease NSD FINAL (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - Patients with positive serology tests are then referred for biopsy to confirm CD. … The current strategy uses serial serologic and histopathologic tests to establish the diagnosis. … Objective 1 - Sensitivity and specificity of tests for CD (Celiac 1) a. … What is the sensitivity and specificity of the following tests for CD: i. AGA; ii. … the other aspects that were addressed in the original report and to ensure a link between diagnostic tests

175. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Tests are rapidly evolving. … Tests are rapidly evolving and change often. … Example 2: Antenatal tests are applied earlier and earlier in gestation. … Preventive practices change the utility of medical tests. … Tests that are used both for screening and diagnosis also pose challenges.

176. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Tests are rapidly evolving. … Tests are rapidly evolving and change often. … Example 2: Antenatal tests are applied earlier and earlier in gestation. … Preventive practices change the utility of medical tests. … Tests that are used both for screening and diagnosis also pose challenges.

177. Santa_ECCS2012 (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2013 - Slide 7: Comparison of Heart Disease Screening  Tests  (1 of 2) • Began  with the grades used … the ratings in five tiers, using Consumer Reports symbols. • Found  that: o Highly  rated  tests …  underused   o Poorly  rated  tests  overused Slide 8: Comparison of Heart Disease Screening …  Tests  (2 of 2) Image of Consumer Reports Heart/Vascular  Prevention Test Ratings: Asymptomatic … Slide 10: Cardiovascular Screening  Tests  in Healthy People 40 to 60 Years  of Age (2 of 2) •

178. Cancer-Pancreas Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     August 09, 2013 - tests. … Any Key Questions comparing two or more tests. … The study must have compared both tests to a reference standard. 3. … ’s true condition changed between tests)? … standard was unknowable until after the tests were read)?

179. Diagnosis of Gout | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2020 - The review also assesses factors that affect accuracy of diagnostic tests. … Tests include algorithms that combine clinical signs and symptoms, dual-energy computed tomography (DECT … ), ultrasound, and plain x ray, with particular emphasis on tests that can be conducted in primary and … reports of any size; and systematic reviews that reported adverse events associated with diagnostic tests … A small number of studies examined factors that affected the accuracy of tests for the diagnosis of gout

180. Disposition of Comments for CER 162 Diagnosis of Celiac Disease (pdf file)
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     January 28, 2016 - Some discussion about the costs of the different tests would have been great. … We have removed the statement about ordering IgG tTG tests from the Introduction. … of both IgA tTG and IgA EmA tests reported in recent systematic reviews. … that of the other serological tests.” … and similar specificity of IgA tTG tests”.