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381. Screening for Glaucoma: Comparative Effectiveness | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - 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

382. The use of expert systems for improving test use and enhancing the accuracy of diagnosis | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
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     January 01, 2002 - System that provides electronic knowledge support for the ordering and interpretation of laboratory tests … Interoperability:  Laboratory Advisory System receives the results of tests completed in the lab as an … Healthcare Utilization:  In comparison to usual care across the 14 clinical vignettes the average number of tests … Changes in healthcare costs:  Cost of tests using the LAS system was $40 per patient less than the costs … of tests ordered without use of the system.

383. Diagnosis of Right Lower Quadrant Pain and Suspected Acute Appendicitis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - The test performance of clinical signs and symptoms, laboratory tests, or imaging tests may be modified … treatment for tests used to diagnose RLQ pain and suspected acute appendicitis? … or decision rules, imaging tests, nuclear imaging studies, diagnostic laparoscopy. … Although these tests are often referred to as tests for publication bias; reasons other than publication … nonspecific and the tests noninformative. 64,65 Therefore, instead of relying on statistical tests,

384. Evidence Summary: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 07, 2016 - Treponemal or nontreponemal tests are accurate screening tests but require confirmation. … Therefore, tests of specimens obtained in nonclinical settings and most point-of-care or in-house tests … What is the accuracy of currently used screening tests and strategies (eg, sequence of tests) for detecting … Treponemal or nontreponemal tests are accurate screening tests but require confirmation. … Three observational studies of treponemal and nontreponemal tests found that screening tests for syphilis

385. Archived: Evidence Summary: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/syphilis-infection-in-nonpregnant-adults-and-adolescents-june-2016
     June 07, 2016 - Treponemal or nontreponemal tests are accurate screening tests but require confirmation. … Therefore, tests of specimens obtained in nonclinical settings and most point-of-care or in-house tests … What is the accuracy of currently used screening tests and strategies (eg, sequence of tests) for detecting … Treponemal or nontreponemal tests are accurate screening tests but require confirmation. … Three observational studies of treponemal and nontreponemal tests found that screening tests for syphilis

386. Neds 2020 Hospital Maskedstats (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - 4.70 Std Deviation 1.52 Median 4.64 Variance 2.31 Mode 5.35 Range 19.61 Interquartile Range 1.32 Tests … 4.61 Std Deviation 0.77 Median 4.89 Variance 0.60 Mode 5.00 Range 4.00 Interquartile Range 0.29 Tests … Tests for Location: Mu0=0 Test Statistic p Value Student's t t 30.02943 Pr > |t| <.0001 Sign M 497.5 … Basic Measures of Location and Variability Tests For Location Quantiles TOTAL_EDVisits Moments … Basic Measures of Location and Variability Tests For Location Quantiles

387. Neds 2019 Hospital Maskedstats (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2019 - 0.75842 Median 4.875000 Variance 0.57520 Mode 5.000000 Range 4.00000 Interquartile Range 0.30481 Tests … Tests for Location: Mu0=0 Test Statistic p Value Student's t t 30.56502 Pr > |t| <.0001 Sign M 494.5 … Moments Basic Measures of Location and Variability Tests For Location Quantiles S_HOSP_U Moments … Basic Measures of Location and Variability Tests For Location Quantiles TOTAL_EDVisits Moments … Basic Measures of Location and Variability Tests For Location Quantiles

388. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 3 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - tests, and prognostic tests, although prognostic tests are also discussed in Chapter 11. … It is likely that the direct health effects of screening tests are less than in tests used for diagnosis … and prognosis: screening tests are generally designed to be less invasive than tests used to make diagnoses … Example of a Diagnostic Test We differentiate diagnostic tests from screening tests largely by the population … effects than tests used for other purposes.

389. Kid 2019 Maskedstats Hospital (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2019 - Table 1 The Univariate Procedure N_BRTH_U Moments Basic Measures of Location and Variability Tests … Moments Basic Measures of Location and Variability Tests For Location Quantiles S_CMPB_U Moments … Basic Measures of Location and Variability Tests For Location Quantiles S_DISC_U Moments Basic … Measures of Location and Variability Tests For Location Quantiles S_HOSP_U Moments Basic Measures … and Variability Tests For Location Quantiles

390. Kid 2022 Maskedstats Hospital (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2022 - Table 1 The Univariate Procedure N_BRTH_U Moments Basic Measures of Location and Variability Tests … Moments Basic Measures of Location and Variability Tests For Location Quantiles S_CMPB_U Moments … Basic Measures of Location and Variability Tests For Location Quantiles S_DISC_U Moments Basic … Measures of Location and Variability Tests For Location Quantiles S_HOSP_U Moments Basic Measures … and Variability Tests For Location Quantiles

391. Kid 2019 Maskedstats Hospital V2 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2019 - Table 1 The Univariate Procedure N_BRTH_U Moments Basic Measures of Location and Variability Tests … Moments Basic Measures of Location and Variability Tests For Location Quantiles S_CMPB_U Moments … Basic Measures of Location and Variability Tests For Location Quantiles S_DISC_U Moments Basic … Measures of Location and Variability Tests For Location Quantiles S_HOSP_U Moments Basic Measures … and Variability Tests For Location Quantiles

392. Final Research Plan: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 17, 2014 - the test performance characteristics (e.g., sensitivity and specificity) of the following screening tests … Colonoscopy Flexible sigmoidoscopy CT colonography Fecal screening tests: … What are the current rates of overall screening for colorectal cancer and screening with specific tests … What is the adherence to testing for each of the currently available screening tests? … Do rates of screening or adherence to screening tests vary by important subpopulations (i.e., by age,

393. Archived: Final Research Plan: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan54/colorectal-cancer-screening-june-2016
     April 17, 2014 - the test performance characteristics (e.g., sensitivity and specificity) of the following screening tests … Colonoscopy Flexible sigmoidoscopy CT colonography Fecal screening tests: … What are the current rates of overall screening for colorectal cancer and screening with specific tests … What is the adherence to testing for each of the currently available screening tests? … Do rates of screening or adherence to screening tests vary by important subpopulations (i.e., by age,

394. 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.

395. 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.

396. 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

397. Breast Abnormalities Update Surveillance Assessment_CER 47_Low (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2012 - Breast Abnormalities Update Surveillance Assessment_CER 47_Low CER #47: Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests … .............................................................. 5 1 Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests … Introduction Comparative Effectiveness Review (CER) #47, Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests for Breast … original release until September 2012, we received any FDA updates on the included treatments and tests … Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests for Breast Abnormalities: Update of a 2006 Review.

398. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 2 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Chapter 2 2-1 Chapter 2 Developing the Topic and Structuring Systematic Reviews of Medical Tests … Due to the indirect impact of medical tests on clinical outcomes, reviewers need to identify which … This paper highlights challenges unique to systematic reviews of medical tests. … such tests in clinical decisionmaking, such as guiding the decision to perform a biopsy. … Are tests’ cases subsequently confirmed by same reference standard? 6.

399. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 6 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Evidence, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland Abstract Use of medical tests … should be guided by research evidence about the accuracy and utility of those tests in clinical care … To make informed decisions about medical tests, whether diagnostic, prognostic, or those used to monitor … Rapidly Evolving Tests A third challenge, especially relevant to medical tests, is that, even more than … How and by whom tests are conducted in practice and in studies.

400. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 9 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Assess the concordance of difference tests instead of test accuracy. … Tests With Correlated Results Within the Strata of the Disease When the two tests are correlated conditional … A probabilistic model for the comparison of diagnostic tests. … Meta- analysis of diagnostic tests with imperfect reference standards. … Evaluation of diagnostic tests without gold standards.