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261. Screening for HIV: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     June 20, 2019 - No studies compared clinical outcomes between pa- tients in the general population who were screened … One of the studies found that the incremental cost-effectiveness of testing every 5 years compared with … Atovaquone compared with dapsone for the prevention of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients with … Methods for Calculating Relative Risk for Clinical Progression or Death during HAART Compared with No … Are interventions and populations compared appropri- ate? 2.

262. C97Uqjxbuhjnuondkvchzu (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2013 - Five fair- to good-quality systematic reviews compared different screening test characteristics in primary … Twenty-three randomized, controlled trials (11 of which were performed in the United States) compared … screening-detected risky or hazardous drinking who re- ported no heavy drinking episodes after 1 year compared … Subgroup analyses suggest that single-contact interventions may be less effective or ineffective compared … after attainment of a BAC of about 0.08% (relative risk ranged from about 2 to 4 at a BAC of 0.08% compared

263. Archived: Evidence Summary: Breast Cancer: Medications for Risk Reduction | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary27/breast-cancer-medications-for-risk-reduction-2013
     April 15, 2013 - and raloxifene reduced incidence of invasive breast cancer by 7 to 9 cases in 1000 women over 5 years compared … Tamoxifen increased the incidence of endometrial cancer and cataracts compared with placebo and raloxifene … Raloxifene did not increase risk for cataracts or cataract surgery compared with placebo 7 , 10  and … Prevention of bone loss in postmenopausal women treated with lasofoxifene compared with raloxifene. … of cataracts compared with raloxifene.

264. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 15, 2008 - all racial and ethnic subgroups. 3-7  and nearly double the colorectal cancer-related mortality rate compared … an inadequate reference standard. 32  For CT colonography, we considered only technologies that were compared … only if the guaiac-based test result was positive, had identical sensitivity and better specificity compared … Test performance for fecal DNA was compared with that for Hemoccult II in the selected subgroup; among … Results are generally consistent, with better sensitivity for larger (compared with smaller) lesions,

265. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Gestational Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 15, 2008 - A fair-quality trial (n = 68) compared women who had mild gestational diabetes treated with diet and … Compared with the unmonitored group, the glucose-monitored group achieved statistically significantly … Another trial compared insulin given 4 versus 2 times per day and found mean hemoglobin A1c values of … In addition, 33.9% of women with an early diagnosis of gestational diabetes required insulin, compared … Only 4 women in the glyburide group, compared with 41 in the insulin group, experienced hypoglycemia

266. Archived: Iron Deficiency Anemia: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 15, 2006 - anemia have been demonstrated in healthy infants fed iron-fortified formula or iron-fortified cereal, compared … treated for iron deficiency anemia demonstrated a significant improvement in Bayley developmental scores compared … healthy infants as a result of iron supplementation (e.g., iron-fortified formula, iron-fortified cereal) compared … infants who received oral iron supplementation had increased Bayley psychomotor scores at 13 months compared … demonstrated in infants at increased risk for iron deficiency anemia who were fed iron-fortified formula, compared

267. Archived: Genital Herpes Simplex: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - modified to produce final test results within 16-24 hours, but sensitivity is then reduced by 5-20% compared … studies of DNA hybridization appear less promising, with a sensitivity of 25% and specificity of 88% compared … to conventional culture, 22 and 43% and 71%, respectively, compared to cytology, 29 on samples from … , 8% (1 of 13) of infants delivered by cesarean delivery to culture-positive women became infected, compared … quality, while there is fair evidence that cesarean delivery increases risk to the mother and fetus compared

268. Archived: Depression in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 15, 2009 - Also, women are at increased risk compared with men. … Also, women are at increased risk compared with men. … years, 36% of patients in 1 intervention group screened positive for depression on a 2-item instrument compared … Harms of Treatment in Adults The evidence review found 7 studies that compared suicide-related events … studies reported a significant increase in completed suicide rates in adults who received antidepressants compared

269. Archived: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 26, 2016 - care clinician versus a dermatologist; and whether its use leads to earlier detection of skin cancer compared … relative reduction in the risk of dying from melanoma in the region that instituted the interventions compared … for skin cancer with a clinical visual skin examination leads to the earlier detection of melanoma compared … Research to Provide Evidence for Effectiveness of Screening in Northern Germany (SCREEN) study, 6 compared … men and women in the Schleswig-Holstein region of Germany, which participated in the SCREEN study, compared

270. Archived: Evidence Summary: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening, 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 05, 2005 - No studies compared clinical outcomes between patients in the general population who were screened or … the sensitivity and specificity obtained with use of finger-stick blood spot samples were both 100% compared … No clinical trials evaluated the impact of testing and counseling compared to no testing and counseling … One of the studies found that the incremental cost-effectiveness of testing every 5 years compared to … Atovaquone compared with dapsone for the prevention of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients with

271. Archived: Evidence Summary: Breast Cancer: Screening, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 03, 2002 - The CNBSS-2, which compared annual mammography and CBE with annual CBE among women 50 to 59 years of … To estimate the effectiveness of an invitation to screen compared with usual care, we also excluded the … We rated the way in which each trial compared participants in the screened and control groups. … mammography alone with usual care, and four compared mammography plus CBE with usual care. … Relative risk compared with average years of follow-up for women 40 to 49 years of age, women 50 to 74

272. Screening for Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     July 18, 2023 - associated with an 81- to 82-mg/dL greater mean reduction in levels of total cholesterol and LDL-C compared … counseling trials (n = 934) demonstrated 3- to 6-mg/dL greater reductions in total cholesterol levels compared … and adolescents aged 10-17 with FH Drug combination (simvastatin + ezetimibe) 1 (n = 248) New: 0 Compared … ) (eFigure 7 in the Supplement).69 One trial of combination drug therapy of a statin plus ezetimibe compared … Markers of atherosclerosis are evident as early as age 8 years in children with FH compared with unaffected

273. Evidence Summary: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 23, 2022 - statins vs placebo or no statin, 1 trial (n = 5144) compared statin intensities, and 3 observational … No trial directly compared a strategy of titrating statin doses to achieve target LDL-C levels vs fixed … Compared with the 2016 USPSTF review, estimated benefits of statin therapy on mortality were slightly … This review provides a more comprehensive and up-to-date analysis compared with other systematic reviews … Risk of incident diabetes with intensive-dose compared with moderate-dose statin therapy: a meta-analysis

274. 3W8Wr9Wwayaqujwmjo Bl- (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2014 - The sensitivity of the RST was high compared with that of the BOADICEA (89%), BRCAPRO (91%), and Myriad … The PAT had 100% sensitivity compared with Myr- iad II (39), and the FHS-7 had 88% sensitivity compared … RCT reported de- creased interest in genetic testing 6 months after group and individual counseling compared … with noncarriers (87, 89) or compared with women who were not tested (90), and women with family histories … that indicate high risk for breast cancer compared with untested low-risk women (76).

275. Archived: Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2) in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 15, 2008 - control as a result of screening provides an incremental benefit for microvascular clinical outcomes compared … Lower blood pressure targets for persons with diabetes and high blood pressure reduce CVD events compared … However, a study using NHANES III data has demonstrated that, compared with fasting plasma glucose testing … One cohort study compared persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus diagnosed in a general practitioner's … Intensive blood-glucose control with sulphonylureas or insulin compared with conventional treatment and

276. Screening for Depression in Children and Adolescents: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2016 - Four studies recruited adolescents from school settings and compared the screening test with a diag- … SSRIs One good-quality study (n = 221) compared fluox- etine with placebo in adolescents aged 12 to … One fair-quality study (n = 178) compared citalopram with placebo in children and adolescents (15). … SSRIs Combined With Psychotherapy One CBT study also compared CBT plus fluoxetine with placebo (10). … Compared with the control group, patients in the col- laborative care group had greater reductions in

277. Clinical Summary: Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults (pdf file)
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     Absolute fracture risk is very low in premenopausal w omen compared w ith postmenopausal w omen.

278. Primary Care Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     December 10, 2019 - screening was associated with significantly more procedures over 4 to 15 years in the invited group compared … No trial-level evidence examined the effectiveness of 1-time screening plus rescreening compared with … Immediate repair compared with surveillance of small abdominal aortic aneurysms. … Endovascular repair compared with surveillance for patients with small abdominal aortic aneurysms. … Long-term outcomes of immediate repair compared with surveillance of small abdominal aortic aneurysms

279. Screening for Depression - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2002 - providers generally increased recognition of depression, especially major depression, by a factor of 2 to 3 compared … treatment advice or other system supports reported increased treatment rates in the intervention group compared … All 3 trials that compared the effects of integrated recognition and management programs with usual care … showed improved symptoms at 12 months; 1 of these also showed more employment retention in intervention compared

280. Serologic Screening for Genital Herpes: An Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2016 - No RCTs compared screening with no screening. … Four RCTs compared preventive medications with placebo, 2 in nonpregnant asymptomatic adults who were … Accuracy of Serologic Screening Tests for HSV-2 Compared With Western Blot (Key Question 2)a HerpeSelect … Results were inconsis- tent and imprecise; 1 trial found benefit for valacyclovir compared with placebo … We did not evaluate other comparisons, such as a serologic test compared with a viral polymerase chain