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381. Depression-Postpartum-Screening Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - This allows an approach that compares total tests or false-positive results as a measure of “cost” or … Strength-of-evidence domains for test characteristics of screening tests for postpartum depression … Strength-of-evidence domains for test characteristics of screening tests for postpartum depression … Strength-of-evidence domains for test characteristics of screening tests for postpartum depression … -based study of two self-administered tests (BDI, EPDS) and two clinician- administered tests (HSRD-

382. Report of a Pilot Project: Rapid Cost Analyses of Selected Potential High-Impact Intervention Reports | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - undertaken to identify technological and system innovations (pharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostic tests … You Might Also Like Research Protocol Jul 22, 2024 Blood-based Tests

383. Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 01, 2022 - Systematic reviews on medical tests have unique challenges. … applies the same principles for assessing treatments to the issues and challenges in assessing medical tests … and highlights particular areas where the inherently different qualities of medical tests necessitate

384. Antibiotics-Respiratory-Infection Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - and patients, clinical strategies such as delayed prescribing or use of point- of-care diagnostic tests … Any point-of-care tests that are available and used in primary care settings for diagnostic purposes … Point-of-Care Tests. … Rapid viral tests included one that was multiviral, and the rest were specific for influenza. … When reported, diagnostic accuracy was consistent for rapid viral and strep tests.

385. Can screening among the general adult male population for elevated PCA3 (also known as DD3) gene expression, to identify those at risk for prostate cancer who may be candidates for prostate biopsy, reduce morbidity and mortality? | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - see compared: Use of commercially available PCA3 expression assays for prostate cancer screening tests … Tests are currently available to detect PCA3 mRNA expression.

386. Latex Allergy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     Your doctor may use a physical exam and skin and blood tests to diagnose it.

387. Anal Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     Doctors use tests that examine the anus to diagnose anal cancer.

388. Nasal Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     Doctors diagnose nasal cancer with imaging tests, lighted tube-like instruments that look inside the

389. Health Checkup | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     Health Topics Health Checkup Description Regular health exams and tests

390. Tendinitis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     Doctors diagnose tendinitis with your medical history, a physical exam, and imaging tests.

391. Esophageal Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 13, 2005 - Your risk also goes up as you age Your doctor uses imaging tests and a biopsy to diagnose esophageal

392. Disposition of Comments Report for Imaging Techniques for the Diagnosis and Staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (pdf file)
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     October 23, 2014 - We agree that heterogeneity was substantial; however, this is expected in reviews of diagnostic tests … We added Table 24 with post-test probability for various imaging tests in populations with different … This represents an enormous undertaking - a huge number of studies of different tests and conducted … In fact, in clinical practice, a patient may have multiple diagnostic tests, with additional value … In addition, some diagnostics tests are synergistic.

393. Hepatitis-C-Screening Executive (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2012 - What is the comparative effectiveness and comparative diagnostic accuracy of various tests and strategies … We also included studies that reported the diagnostic accuracy of noninvasive tests for evaluating … A number of indices based on panels of blood tests were associated with an AUROC of 0.75 to 0.86 for … Evidence clearly supports that HCV antibody tests are accurate for identifying HCV infection, but that … Diagnostic tests 3: receiver operating characteristic plots. BMJ. 1994;309(6948):188.

394. Disposition of Comments Report for Cardiac Troponins Used as Diagnostic and Prognostic Tests in Patients Wtih Kidney Disease (pdf file)
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     August 11, 2014 - Disposition of Comments Report for Cardiac Troponins Used as Diagnostic and Prognostic Tests in Patients … Disposition of Comments Report Research Review Title: Cardiac Troponins Used as Diagnostic and Prognostic Tests … Cardiac Troponins Used as Diagnostic and Prognostic Tests in Patients With Kidney Disease. … Summary Change title to: “Critical Review of Cardiac Troponins Used as Diagnostic and Prognostic Tests … with Kidney Disease” We changed the title to “Cardiac Troponins Used as Diagnostic and Prognostic Tests

395. Siminoff_ECCS2012 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - a specific set of facts, namely the patient's reported signs and symptoms and accrued objective  tests …    Medical  history  Physical exam  Laboratory  tests • Patient’s  approach o Application … Percentage Confidant confirmed symptom  appraisal 56.0% Confidants advocated getting more information/tests

396. Oral Mechanical Bowel Preparation for Colorectal Surgery | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - ) The same as for KQ 2a, with the additional requirement that studies report formal interaction tests … For all statistical tests, except those for heterogeneity, statistical significance will be defined as … For reporting bias, we will make qualitative dispositions rather than perform formal statistical tests … Although these tests are often referred to as tests for publication bias; reasons other than publication … nonspecific and the tests noninformative. 32,33 Therefore,instead of relying on statistical tests, we

397. breast-cancer-imaging-protocol-131217 (pdf file)
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     December 17, 2013 - $115 for ultrasound to $1114 for PET-CT,9, 10 increasing the need to determine whether more expensive tests … and bone, in addition to obtaining medical histories, physical examinations, and relevant laboratory tests … For example, are patients aware that the accuracy of these imaging tests varies? 3. … Do any themes, such as cost, accuracy of tests, or discomfort, inconvenience, often arise when metastatic … Do patients generally know how much they will have to pay out of pocket for imaging tests?

398. Eye Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     Eye Tests and Exams Everyone needs to have their eyesight tested to check for vision and eye problems … The exam includes several tests: A visual field test to measure your side (peripheral) vision.

399. Arthritis-Knee-Physical-Therapy Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2010 - • Population Same as KQ1 • Interventions Tests and measurements (intermediate outcomes of … physical therapy): o Muscle performance or strength tests: – Manual muscle test – Hand-held … For KQ 2, we will include the studies of tests and measures in adults with knee OA. … Studies that validated tests and measures in populations with other diseases. 6. … Studies that reported absolute values of the diagnostic tests in adults with knee OA. 7.

400. Chronic-Kidney-Disease-Anemia-2011 Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - What are the adverse effects or harms associated with the treatments guided by tests of iron status? … Not rated (descriptive data) • There is a lack of generally accepted reference standard tests for … Low • Two short-term RCTs (4 and 6 months) showed a reduction in the number of iron status tests and … Typically, the assessment of diagnostic tests follows the Fryback approach,47 progressing from the … , blinded interpretation of test results, and independence of the index and reference standard tests