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101. Lipid Screening in Childhood and Adolescence for Detection of Multifactorial Dyslipidemia: Evidence Report and Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     August 09, 2016 - Simulated diagnostic yield was calculated as initial screening yield × positive predictive value from … Simulation of Diagnostic Yield For the diagnostic yield question (KQ3), screening studies initially were … Diagnostic Yield of Screening Key Question 3. … The diagnostic yield was 5.8%. … Conclusions The diagnostic yield of lipid screening varies by age and BMI.

102. Draft Research Plan: Vision in Children Ages 6 Months to 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 24, 2025 - KQ 2: Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, likelihood ratios, and diagnostic … eligible comparator KQ 2: Cross-sectional studies, cohort studies, or trials focused on assessment of diagnostic

103. Final Research Plan: Prevention of Dental Caries in Children Younger Than 5 Years: Screening and Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 02, 2020 - morbidity, quality of life, and function KQ 2 (screening) and KQ 1 (preventive interventions): Diagnostic … clinical trials; and cohort studies KQ 2 (screening) and KQ 1 (preventive interventions): Studies of diagnostic

104. Screening for Visual Impairment in Children Ages 1–5 Years: Update for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2011 - and con- trolled observational studies on preschool vision screening and treat- ments, and studies of diagnostic … Diagnostic accuracy did not clearly dif- fer for children stratified according to age, although testability … 31 diagnostic accuracy studies Overall quality rating: good Estimates of the diagnostic accuracy of … Systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy. Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(12):889–897 17. … How to use an article about a diagnostic test. B.

105. Archived: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening-monitoring-october-2015
     October 12, 2015 - The USPSTF recommends obtaining measurements outside of the clinical setting for diagnostic confirmation … For the current recommendation, the USPSTF examined the diagnostic accuracy of office blood pressure … The diagnostic accuracy of blood pressure measurements taken by a visiting nurse or another health care … The USPSTF also provided more information on the implementation of diagnostic confirmation and industry … Diagnostic value and cost-benefit analysis of 24 hours ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in primary

106. Archived: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 18, 2014 - In addition to its potential to help patients make diagnostic and treatment decisions, including treatment … Included studies had to use a diagnostic reference standard (such as the Diagnostic and Statistical … had a positive screening result for cognitive impairment (207 out of 434 patients) declined a formal diagnostic … Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 4th ed. … Who refuses the diagnostic assessment for dementia in primary care?

107. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 15, 2016 - Studies have documented inequalities in screening, diagnostic follow-up, and treatment; they also suggest … studies of its test characteristics. 1 Computed tomography colonography can result in unnecessary diagnostic … Between 5% and 37% of these findings result in diagnostic follow-up, and about 3% require definitive … Potential harms include additional diagnostic testing of an abnormality that is of no clinical importance … Screening and diagnostic followup of positive results can be performed during the same examination.

108. Evidence Summary: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 18, 2021 - Diagnostic test accuracy may vary with prevalence: implications for evidence-based diagnosis. … Empirical evidence of design-related bias in studies of diagnostic tests. … Problems of spectrum and bias in evaluating the efficacy of diagnostic tests. … Evidence of bias and variation in diagnostic accuracy studies. … Sources of variation and bias in studies of diagnostic accuracy: a systematic review.

109. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary4/colorectal-cancer-screening-2008
     October 15, 2008 - Empirical evidence of design-related bias in studies of diagnostic tests. JAMA 1999;282:1061-6. … Sources of variation and bias in studies of diagnostic accuracy: a systematic review. … Comparative accuracy: assessing new tests against existing diagnostic pathways. … Diagnostic testing procedures applied equally to each group.     … procedures, 15 follow-up diagnostic procedures in 183 persons with "moderate" findings, 1% (9 of 681

110. Procedure Manual Section 6. Methods for Arriving at a Recommendation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 06, 2017 - and overtreatment Prevalence and severity of disease Timing between screening test and confirmatory/diagnostic … observed in screening studies of male smokers that were conducted in academic centers with optimal diagnostic … Harms of screening may include psychological harm from labeling, the harms of diagnostic studies to confirm … If the diagnostic workup is invasive or otherwise carries clinically important potential for harm, the … unlikely to be less than what is known about the number of false-positives, the invasiveness of the diagnostic

111. Archived: Folic Acid/Folate Prophylaxis to Prevent Neural Tube Defects: Preventive Medication, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - test results, appears to be very uncommon with current diagnostic techniques (i.e., high-resolution … When positive results are followed by appropriate diagnostic tests, such as high-resolution ultrasound … Diagnostic effectiveness of ultrasound in detection of neural tube defect: the South Wales experience … Diagnostic ultrasound: early detection of fetal neural tube defects. … Metabolic effects and diagnostic value of small dosages of folic acid and B12 in megaloblastic anemias

112. Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2017 - For diagnostic test accuracy (KQ3) and harms associated with screening and diagnostic tests (KQ7), referral … What is the accuracy and reliability of diagnostic tests for OSA? b. … Diagnostic Accuracy and Reliability of Portable Monitors Key Question 3a. … Harms of Screening or Diagnostic Testing Key Question 7a. … Diagnostic and Coding Manual. 2nd ed.

113. Evidence Summary: Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening
     May 02, 2023 - QUADAS-2: a revised tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies. … Assessing variability in results in systematic reviews of diagnostic studies. … Diagnostic performance of T-SPOT. … Comparison of performance in two diagnostic methods for tuberculosis infection. … Analysis of factors influencing diagnostic accuracy of T-SPOT.

114. Final Research Plan: Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Assessment With Nontraditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 03, 2015 - What is the rate of incidental findings (including subsequent diagnostic workup) when screening for coronary … What are the harms of detecting incidental findings (including harms of subsequent diagnostic workup)

115. Final Research Plan: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/speech-and-language-delay-and-disorders-in-children-age-5-and-younger-screening
     June 09, 2022 - disparities in the detection of speech and language delay or disorders in clinical practice and referral for diagnostic … KQs 1, 3: Screened vs. unscreened populations KQs 2, 3: Screening tools vs. reference standard (diagnostic

116. Draft Research Plan: Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 25, 2021 - KQs 1, 3: No screening or usual care KQ 2: Reference standard (clinical assessment with explicit diagnostic … nonrandomized and quasi-experimental designs; retrospective and prospective cohort designs KQ 2: Diagnostic

117. Archived: Evidence Summary: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening-january-2017
     January 24, 2017 - For diagnostic test accuracy (KQ3) and harms associated with screening and diagnostic tests (KQ7), referral … Diagnostic Accuracy and Reliability of Portable Monitors Key Question 3a. … What is the accuracy and reliability of diagnostic tests for OSA? Key Question 3b. … Harms of Screening or Diagnostic Testing Key Question 7a. … Spectrum bias—why clinicians need to be cautious when applying diagnostic test studies.

118. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse of Elderly and Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary32/intimate-partner-violence-and-abuse-of-elderly-and-vulnerable-adults-screening-2013
     May 08, 2012 - Study Selection: English-language trials of the effectiveness of screening and interventions, diagnostic … To measure the performance of screening techniques, we included diagnostic accuracy studies of screening … We considered applicability in determining quality ratings for studies of the diagnostic accuracy of … Fifteen studies evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of 13 screening instruments. … Systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy. Ann Intern Med . 2008;149:889-97.

119. Archived: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-copd-screening-2008
     March 15, 2008 - chronic cough, increased sputum production, wheezing, or dyspnea, spirometry would be indicated as a diagnostic … than 10% of those identified by screening spirometry have severe or very severe COPD, using current diagnostic … chronic cough, increased sputum production, wheezing, or dyspnea, spirometry would be indicated as a diagnostic … In addition, studies are needed to assess the diagnostic accuracy of spirometry performed in primary … increase in patients older than 70 years of age. 6 , 7 However, no studies have tested current COPD diagnostic

120. Update on Methods: Insufficient Evidence - Table 4 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 01, 2009 - be considered, as well as the growing cumulative radiation exposure from the use of other kinds of diagnostic