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121. Impact of Contacting Study Authors on Systematic Review Conclusions: Diagnostic Tests for Hepatic Fibrosis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 02, 2014 - Impact of Contacting Study Authors on Systematic Review Conclusions: Diagnostic Tests for Hepatic Fibrosis … Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center conducted a systematic review of screening and diagnostic tests … clarify discordant data or obtain missing data for a systematic review on screening and diagnostic tests … However, the additional data resulted in reclassification of the utility of three tests.

122. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2006 - test to confirm whether cancer is present, many women who do not have cancer will undergo diagnostic tests … Are there other factors that affect the accuracy or acceptability of the tests considered in Questions … To place the tests’ accuracy information into perspective, an average woman in the United States who … For women at this average level of risk of cancer after an abnormal mammogram, based upon the tests’ … Effectiveness of Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests for Breast Abnormalities.

123. Considering the Range of Decision-Relevant Effects (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - genetic and prognostic tests. … tests Prognostic tests Genetic tests How To Choose Important Outcomes: Illustrative Examples Segal JB … Screening Tests Segal JB. … Diagnostic Tests Diagnostic tests from are differentiated from screening tests largely by the population … Prognostic Tests Prognostic tests are tests used in individuals with known disease to predict outcomes

124. Considering the Range of Decision-Relevant Effects (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - genetic and prognostic tests. … tests Prognostic tests Genetic tests How To Choose Important Outcomes: Illustrative Examples Segal JB … Screening Tests Segal JB. … Diagnostic Tests Diagnostic tests from are differentiated from screening tests largely by the population … Prognostic Tests Prognostic tests are tests used in individuals with known disease to predict outcomes

125. Diagnosis and Treatment of Clinical Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia: Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2020 - tests (n=4,061), five of individual executive function tests (n=1,167), and ten of individual language … confirmed diagnoses, and none examined blood tests. … ; or any blood tests. … metrics, different cut-points for defining tests as abnormal, or combinations of tests, we could not … We found no analogous data for MRI or other CSF tests.

126. Imaging Tests for the Diagnosis and Staging of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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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. … ’s true condition changed between tests)? … standard was unknowable until after the tests were read)?

127. Effective Health Care Program
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     March 07, 2012 - Antinuclear Antibody, Rheumatoid Factor, and Cyclic-Citrullinated Peptide Tests for Evaluating Musculoskeletal

128. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 10 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Reviews Chapter 10 10-1 Chapter 10 Deciding Whether To Complement a Systematic Review of Medical Tests … Therefore, test performance is typically not sufficient for assessing the usefulness of medical tests … Medical tests exert most of their effects in an indirect way. … detected by the more sensitive tests may not have the same treatment response. … Evaluating new screening tests for breast cancer. BMJ 2006; 332(7543):678-679. 20.

129. 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.

130. 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

131. genetic-testing-developmental-disabilities-protocol-140930 (pdf file)
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     September 30, 2014 - Interventions: Genetic tests for diagnosing DDs This Technical Brief only includes tests that are available … We anticipate identifying a large number of tests of interest from GTR. … syndrome,” 155 tests linked to “fragile X syndrome,” and 142 tests linked to “Prader-Willi syndrome … Most of these tests are LDTs. We will also search two other U.S. … for DDs, and new technologies or tests under development.

132. Plasma-Cell-Dyscrasias-Sflc-Assay Executive (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2012 - PCDs are a heterogeneous group of disorders that require a panel of tests for accurate diagnosis. … (i.e., SFLC assay in addition to traditional testing) and the comparator (traditional tests alone) … (serum or urine tests [SPEP, UPEP, SIFE, or UIFE], bone marrow evaluation, or skeletal survey). … No direct comparisons between the SFLC assay and traditional tests were performed. … , compared with traditional tests alone, in undiagnosed patients with suspected PCD?

133. Screening for Glaucoma: Comparative Effectiveness | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 12, 2012 - We also summarized the accuracy of diagnostic tests. … For diagnostic test accuracy, we included case control studies, designs in which tests were performed … , optic nerve damage, visual field progression, and harms as well as sensitivity and specificity of tests … One systematic review evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of screening tests for OAG. … We identified 4,960 studies, of which 83 studies addressing the accuracy of screening tests were eligible

134. Diagnosis and Treatment of Clinical Alzheimer's-type Dementia (CATD) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 27, 2018 - For diagnostic tests, SOE will be graded for the 1-2 most commonly reported validated tests for each … , MRI, PET, and CSF tests. … ]) KQ 8: Brain imaging tests in contemporary use (CT, MRI, PET, fMRI, SPECT), CSF tests, blood tests … tests, memory, MRI, PET imaging, and CSF tests. … these tests may be useful.

135. Diagnosis and Treatment of Clinical Alzheimer's-type Dementia (CATD) (pdf file)
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     November 02, 2018 - For diagnostic tests, SOE will be graded for the 1-2 most commonly reported validated tests for each … of the following categories: global cognitive screening tests, global multidomain cognitive tests, … memory, MRI, PET, and CSF tests. … ]) KQ 8: Brain imaging tests in contemporary use (CT, MRI, PET, fMRI, SPECT), CSF tests, blood tests … tests, memory, MRI, PET imaging, and CSF tests.

136. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 23 Genetic Testing (pdf file)
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     June 30, 2015 - polymorphism (SNP)-array tests. … tests.” … So, these 56 tests are not one same test. … 113 different tests. … represent newer versions of tests.

137. Serum Free Light Chain Analysis for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prognosis of Plasma Cell Dyscrasias: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2012 - , compared with traditional tests, in individual PCDs with regard to: a. … Can it diagnose or detect disease progression earlier than traditional tests? c. … and how do they compare with the SFLC test with and without traditional tests? … Can it diagnose or detect disease progression earlier than traditional tests? c. … and how do they compare with the SFLC test with and without traditional tests?

138. Impact of Contacting Study Authors on Systematic Review Conclusions: Diagnostic Tests for Hepatic Fibrosis | Effective Health Care Program
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     April 02, 2014 - Impact of Contacting Study Authors on Systematic Review Conclusions: Diagnostic Tests for Hepatic Fibrosis … Paper Impact of Contacting Study Authors on Systematic Review Conclusions: Diagnostic Tests

139. Decision-Analytic Modeling to Evaluate Benefits and Harms of Medical Tests – Uses and Limitations | Effective Health Care Program
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     November 09, 2009 - Decision-Analytic Modeling to Evaluate Benefits and Harms of Medical Tests – Uses and Limitations … Research Report Decision-Analytic Modeling to Evaluate Benefits and Harms of Medical Tests

140. Imaging Tests to Check for Kidney Stones in the Emergency Department: A Review of the Research for Adults | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 29, 2016 - Imaging Tests to Check for Kidney Stones in the Emergency Department: A Review of the Research for Adults … Topic Initiated July 29, 2016 Consumer Summary Imaging Tests