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361. Febrile-Infants-Diagnosis-Management Executive (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2012 - Information was extracted on index tests (e.g., criteria, laboratory thresholds) used to identify or … The reviewed studies reported an extensive array of classification methods (i.e., index tests) for … What is the evidence that clinical features alone, basic laboratory tests alone, or the combination … A strategy of initial observation without extensive diagnostic tests or hospitalization depends on … To date, a tremendous amount of resources and effort has been focused on the development of tests,

362. Hypertension-Pulmonary-Arterial Executive (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - Once screening indicates the possibility of PAH, diagnostic tests are necessary to confirm the presence … For studies of diagnostic tests (KQ 1 and KQ 2), we used QUADAS-2,21 a tool for the quality assessment … By evaluating the relative diagnostic performance of these tests versus a reference standard of RHC … We reviewed 60 studies involving 7,096 patients that evaluated biomarker tests, echocardiography, … We reviewed 99 studies, involving 8,655 patients, that evaluated biomarker tests or echocardiography

363. Health Occupations | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 17, 2012 - Methods Guide for Authors of Systematic Reviews of Medical Tests: A Collaboration Between the Agency

364. Physiologic Predictors of the Need for Trauma Center Care: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     May 31, 2017 - informed by guidance related to frameworks in the Methods Guide for Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Tests … analyses by age of patients to address the sub Key Questions that are about the performance of the tests … Chapter 2: medical tests guidance (2) developing the topic and structuring systematic reviews of medical … tests: utility of PICOTS, analytic frameworks, decision trees, and other frameworks. … Chapter 7: Grading a body of evidence on diagnostic tests.

365. Meditation Programs for Stress and Well-Being | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 17, 2012 - For all meta-analyses, we will conduct formal tests for publication bias using Begg’s and Egger’s tests … our plans regarding the assessment of publication bias, we cannot conduct any reliable quantitative tests … For all meta-analyses, we will conduct formal tests for publication bias using Begg’s and Eggers tests … 10th, 2012 Data Synthesis (Meta-analysis) For all meta-analyses, we will conduct formal tests … for publication bias using Begg’s and Eggers tests including evaluation of the asymmetry of funnel plots

366. Bladder-Cancer-Non-Muscle-Invasive Executive (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2015 - Urine-based biomarker tests may also be used to help identify recurrence and need for cystoscopy during … , and tests with high false-negative rates could lead to missed diagnoses. … Adverse Effects: Tests We included seven studies that evaluated adverse effects of various tests for … Diagnostic tests 3: receiver operating characteristic plots. BMJ. 1994 Jul 16;309(6948):188. … Exploring sources of heterogeneity in systematic reviews of diagnostic tests.

367. Localized Prostate Cancer | Effective Health Care
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     June 08, 2018 - What tests will I need to have at those visits?

368. Nonsurgical Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Adult Women: Diagnosis and Comparative Effectiveness | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 09, 2012 - Results From a total of 905 eligible references, 99 studies showed minimal diagnostic value of tests

369. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - An evidence-based review is needed, however, to determine whether and how these tests should be used

370. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 02, 2012 - quality of life, emergency department visits/hospitalizations/urgent doctor visits, lung function tests … Quality of life  Emergency department visits/hospitalizations/urgent doctor visits  Lung function tests … quality of life, emergency department visits/hospitalizations/urgent doctor visits, lung function tests … Quality of life  Emergency department visits/hospitalizations/urgent doctor visits  Lung function tests … Publication bias may be examined using Begg‘s and Eggers tests including evaluation of the asymmetry

371. Sleep-Apnea Surveillance (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2012 - month since the CER’s original release, we received any FDA updates on the included treatments and tests … How do these tests compare in different subgroups of patients based on: race, sex, body mass index, … How does phased testing (screening tests or battery followed by full test) compare to full testing alone … Any differences in quality of life measures or neurocognitive tests were equivocal between treatment … exp Questionnaires/ Diagnostic Tests, Routine/ (Epworth OR Stanford OR Berlin OR Pittsburgh OR scale

372. My nomination is about comparing outcomes of different glaucoma treatments, particularly canaloplasty to trabeculectomy and to medical therapy alone. | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 23, 2008 - for a disease   Risks or harms that can come from a disease identification tool or test   Diagnostic tests

373. Meditation Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     October 17, 2012 - For all meta-analyses, we will conduct formal tests for publication bias using Begg’s and Eggers tests … our plans regarding the assessment of publication bias, we cannot conduct any reliable quantitative tests … For all meta-analyses, we will conduct formal tests for publication bias using Begg’s and Eggers tests … October 10th, 2012 Data Synthesis (Meta- analysis) For all meta-analyses, we will conduct formal tests … for publication bias using Begg’s and Eggers tests including evaluation of the asymmetry of funnel

374. Update Topic CER 31 Clostridium difficile NSD FINAL (pdf file)
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     February 19, 2014 - § Immunoassays for toxins A and B § Gene detection tests versus immunoassays for toxins A and B §

375. Screening for and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 1-3 | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 28, 2010 - damage, including abnormalities in the composition of the blood or urine, or abnormalities in imaging tests … behaviors, and/or co-morbid or biological risk factors; (2) Whether the accuracy of available screening tests … deficiency, hyperkalemia) Possible Harms Misclassification/false positive diagnosis Unnecessary tests … deficiency, hyperkalemia) Possible Harms Misclassification of CKD severity Unnecessary tests … The quality of studies of diagnostic tests included in the review will be assessed using the QUADAS (

376. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2010 - damage, including abnormalities in the composition of the blood or urine, or abnormalities in imaging tests … behaviors, and/or co-morbid or biological risk factors; (2) Whether the accuracy of available screening tests … deficiency, hyperkalemia) Possible Harms - Misclassification/false positive diagnosis - Unnecessary tests … deficiency, hyperkalemia) Possible Harms - Misclassification of CKD severity - Unnecessary tests … The quality of studies of diagnostic tests included in the review will be assessed using the QUADAS

377. Disposition of Comments for CER 201 Effectiveness of Indoor Allergen Reduction in the Management of Asthma (pdf file)
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     February 15, 2018 - Moreover, 43 studies confirmed sensitization using skin prick tests, while 13 used blood tests. … The authors should be aware that blood tests are less reliable than skin tests (epicutaneous testing … versus blood tests. … Ten of the 16 used skin prick tests, while the other studies used blood tests. … Ten of these 16 used skin prick tests, while the other studies used blood tests.

378. Antibody Response Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Implications for Immunity: Final Update of a Rapid, Living Review (pdf file)
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     December 31, 2022 - Commercial antibody tests vary considerably: some broadly detect any antibody that binds to any part … Some antibody tests—those that detect antibodies to the SARS- CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein—can identify … The gaps addressed in this final update underlie uncertainty about the value of antibody tests as a … (NAATs) and antigen tests to diagnose recent infections. … Independent Evaluations of COVID-19 Serological Tests. 2022.

379. Breast-Cancer-Imaging Technical-Brief (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2014 - other hand, if tests show treatment is working, that is very heartening for patients. … • Patient preferences usually push clinicians to do more tests and more expensive tests. … • Patients often don’t have tests explained to them, particularly the pros/cons, etc. … • Patients don’t grasp the use of tests, their accuracy, interpretation, etc. … • Patients expect their tests to show them if treatment has been successful.

380. Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Therapies in Adult Patients With Exacerbation of COPD | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 11, 2019 - inhaled bronchodilators in ECOPD, we found only a small number of trials that assessed lung function tests