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221. Peritoneal Disorders | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     of the peritoneum Cancer Complications from peritoneal dialysis Your doctor may use imaging tests … or lab tests to analyze the peritoneal fluid to diagnose the problem.

222. Draft Comment Form for Blood-based Tests for Multiple Cancer Screening: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2025 - Home Evidence Reports Draft Comment Form for Blood-based Tests … SHARE: Draft Comment Form for Blood-based Tests … to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections Draft Comments January 22, 2025 Blood-based Tests … to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections Research Protocol July 22, 2024 Blood-based Tests … Internet Citation: Draft Comments: Draft Comment Form for Blood-based Tests

223. Kidney Stones | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 03, 2024 - feeling when you urinate Your doctor will diagnose a kidney stone with urine, blood, and imaging tests … Effectiveness of Preventive Medical Strategies Consumer Summary July 29, 2016 Imaging Tests

224. Topic 0505 Genetic Testing for Developmental Diseases NSD FINAL_SJ (pdf file)
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     March 13, 2013 - disorder (ASD) in children and is interested to know the clinical utility of these sophisticated genetic tests … Which genetic tests should be conducted? … even more sophisticated genetic testing for DD/ID and ASD A technical brief that examines available tests

225. Disposition of Comments for Imaging Tests for the Staging of Colorectal Cancer (pdf file)
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     November 20, 2014 - Disposition of Comments for Imaging Tests for the Staging of Colorectal Cancer Comparative Effectiveness … Review Disposition of Comments Report Research Review Title: Imaging Tests for the Staging of Colorectal … Imaging Tests for the Staging of Colorectal Cancer. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 142. … Although these tests are listed as being equal, they are not. … In addition, some diagnostics tests are synergistic.

226. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 14, 2012 - Clinicians proceed to diagnostic tests based on patients' initial symptomatic presentation. … However, these tests are not perfect and have limitations that will be addressed later in this section … Need for additional tests because of continued uncertainty about diagnosis 3. … Clinical utility of diagnostic tests for constipation in adults: a systematic review. … Chapter 7: grading a body of evidence on diagnostic tests.

227. Hormones | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 29, 2016 - Laboratory tests can measure the hormone levels in your blood, urine, or saliva. … Your health care provider may perform these tests if you have symptoms of a hormone disorder . … Home pregnancy tests are similar - they test for pregnancy hormones in your urine.

228. Hormones | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 20, 2011 - Laboratory tests can measure the hormone levels in your blood, urine, or saliva. … Your health care provider may perform these tests if you have symptoms of a hormone disorder . … Home pregnancy tests are similar - they test for pregnancy hormones in your urine.

229. Hormones | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 29, 2016 - Laboratory tests can measure the hormone levels in your blood, urine, or saliva. … Your health care provider may perform these tests if you have symptoms of a hormone disorder . … Home pregnancy tests are similar - they test for pregnancy hormones in your urine.

230. Disposition of Comment Report for Wireless Motility Capsule Versus Other Diagnostic Technologies for Evaluating Gastroparesis and Constipation (pdf file)
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     May 20, 2013 - Thus, WMC can help eliminate the need for other tests. … Whether one should compare with breath tests may have to be considered. … symptoms compared to 180,000 conventional motility tests performed. … We referenced the tests since some centers have reported its use. … such as gastric emptying breath tests).

231. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2011 - Direct comparisons of diagnostic tests without a reference test were not included. … to greater degrees than gene detection tests as well. … Diagnostic tests. … Comparative data were not found for many currently used tests. … Evaluation of diagnostic tests for Clostridium difficile infection.

232. CER 174 Executive Summary: Imaging for the Pretreatment of Small Cell Lung Cancer (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2016 - Ideally, studies would directly compare two or more tests (or test strategies). … Only studies of the imaging tests of interest were included (listed in the KQs above). … Risk-of-Bias Evaluation For studies directly comparing two or more imaging tests, we applied a set … and a second time if equivocal bone scans are treated as negative tests. … Grading a body of evidence on diagnostic tests (AHRQ publication no. 12-EHC079-EF).

233. Women's Health Checkup | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     Health Topics Women's Health Checkup Description Regular health exams and tests … Your health care provider may also recommend other tests, including a mammogram or a test for HPV

234. Gout Executive-2016 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - The safety of tests used to diagnose gout also needs to be considered. … affect the sensitivity or specificity of tests (joints involved, duration of symptoms). … ; instead, we used the term “gout” combined with the terms for the diagnostic tests. … The strength of evidence for these tests is insufficient. … Other tests 0 studies Insufficient None 1b.

235. Gout Dx protocol_140715-draft (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - A question of interest is whether any combination of clinical signs and symptoms and laboratory tests … accessible in the primary or acute care setting will have good predictive value compared with tests … What is the accuracy of clinical signs and symptoms and other diagnostic tests (such as serum uric … Studies that measure sensitivity and specificity for a test or combination of tests to diagnose gout … but instead will use the terms “gout” combined with the terms for the diagnostic tests.

236. Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide Clinical Utility in Asthma Management (pdf file)
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     September 06, 2016 - Various tests, including spirometry pre and post bronchodilator, and bronchoprovocation may be used … More recently, fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) has been added to the list of tests clinicians … There are some data9-11 to suggest that FeNO compares favorably to other predictive tests to address … In addition to have some possible advantages over other tests to select treatment and measure response … Improved tests for a random effects meta-regression with a single covariate.

237. Disposition of Comments Report for Biomarkers for Assessing and Managing Iron Deficiency Anemia in Late-Stage Chronic Kidney Disease (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - Page 3, lines 25-27: I disagree that inflammation doesn't affect the "newer tests." … Nor is there adequate research on whether iron tests perform differently with short vs. long acting … One question that should be considered for future research is whether any of the tests substantially … Do iron tests perform differently with short vs. long acting ESAs 4. … Is it clinically reasonable to use iron tests to only detect excess iron and just give IV iron if tests

238. Noninvasive Testing for Coronary Artery Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - tomography angiography (CCTA), and calcium scoring via computed tomography--with other noninvasive tests … Invasive coronary angiography (ICA) was more common following CCTA than following various functional tests … Few studies compared functional tests, and findings were inconsistent for ICA and revascularization referral … followup to assess clinical outcomes, is needed to determine optimal testing strategies and roles of tests

239. Disposition of Comments for Screening for Glaucoma: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2012 - We included studies of the following ocular examinations (screening tests) conducted alone or in any … We included studies of the following ocular examinations (screening tests) conducted alone or in any … Methods Was a comparison of the accuracy of different tests for glaucoma a key question? … Key Question 3 explored the accuracy of candidate tests. … tests to be used to screen for glaucoma.

240. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     May 18, 2011 - CRC-screening tests use different approaches, including stool-based tests and direct-visualization … These tests include: computerized tomographic colonography, double-contrast barium enema, and fecal … In combination with other screening tests? Question 2: Clinical Validity a. … Fecal DNA tests may be performed alone or in combination with other CRC-screening tests. … Performance improvements of stool-based screening tests. [Review].