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81. Screening for Iron Deficiency Anemia and Iron Supplementation in Pregnant Women: USPSTF Literature Surveillance Report (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2020 - mellitus analyzed the effect of iron supplementation on HbA1c levels.5 One retrospective cohort study evaluated

82. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Hepatitis C: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review49/hepatitis-c-screening-2013
    November 15, 2012 - Data Synthesis:  No study evaluated clinical outcomes associated with screening compared with no screening … Two studies evaluated patients attending sexually transmitted disease clinics 38 , 41 and 2 evaluated … One study of patients in primary care and gastroenterology clinics ( n  = 429) also evaluated alternative … All of the studies applied and evaluated alternative screening criteria retrospectively. … The CDC's birth cohort approach was not evaluated in the studies included in our review on the yield

83. Archived: Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/lipid-disorders-in-children-screening-july-2016
    August 09, 2016 - Trials that evaluated TC levels found reductions of 20% to 30% from baseline compared with placebo. … Outcomes were evaluated at 1, 3, and 5 years after randomization, at the end of the trial (about 8 years … The USPSTF evaluated 18 fair- to good-quality trials (n=2210) for the harms of treatment of familial … The only trial that evaluated harms of treatment in children with multifactorial dyslipidemia was the … Dietary Intervention Study in Children, which evaluated a dietary intervention combined with behavioral

84. Final Recommendation Statement: Breast Cancer: Medication Use to Reduce Risk | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/breast-cancer-medications-for-risk-reduction
    September 03, 2019 - No studies evaluated optimal ages or frequencies for risk assessment. 3 Effectiveness of Risk-Reducing … Medications The USPSTF reviewed evidence from 10 trials that evaluated the effect of risk-reducing … medications for breast cancer. 3 , 4 Four trials (n = 28,193) evaluated tamoxifen in premenopausal … Other studies have evaluated the use of aromatase inhibitors for indications other than risk reduction … A recent meta-analysis of trials that evaluated extended aromatase inhibitor use for adjuvant treatment

85. Evidence Summary: Pregnant Women: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-pregnant-women1/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-screening
    June 11, 2019 - Studies that directly evaluated the associations of prenatal HIV screening vs no screening in asymptomatic … Studies that evaluated the yield (number of new diagnoses per tests performed) of screening for HIV infection … New evidence found that 1 cohort study evaluated infants (n = 4459) born between 1996 and 2010 in 7 European … A French cohort study evaluated 4583 women who received combination ART during pregnancy between 2000 … Four new cohort studies 21 , 27 , 31 , 34 evaluated the association of ART with risk of low birth weight

86. Recommendation: Breast Cancer: Medication Use to Reduce Risk | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breast-cancer-medications-for-risk-reduction
    September 03, 2019 - No studies evaluated optimal ages or frequencies for risk assessment. 3 Effectiveness of Risk-Reducing … Medications The USPSTF reviewed evidence from 10 trials that evaluated the effect of risk-reducing … medications for breast cancer. 3 , 4 Four trials (n = 28,193) evaluated tamoxifen in premenopausal … Other studies have evaluated the use of aromatase inhibitors for indications other than risk reduction … A recent meta-analysis of trials that evaluated extended aromatase inhibitor use for adjuvant treatment

87. Primary Care–Relevant Interventions to Prevent Falling in Older Adults: A Systematic Evidence Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2010 - Data Sources: The reviewers evaluated trials from a good-quality systematic review published in 2003 … Multifactorial Assessment and Management We evaluated 19 multifactorial assessment and man- agement … Three trials evaluated interventions that lasted 12 months or longer (44, 48, 56). … Two studies evaluated ergocal- ciferol (vitamin D2) (64, 70), and the remaining studies evaluated cholecalciferol … Two trials evaluated expedited cataract surgery compared with routine wait-list controls (73, 74).

88. Screening, Referral, Behavioral Counseling, and Preventive Interventions for Oral Health in Children and Adolescents Aged 5 to 17 Years: A Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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    November 07, 2023 - No trial evaluated primary care counseling or dental referral. … Fifteen trials (n = 4195) evaluated a resin- based sealant, and 3 trials (n = 905 participants) evaluated … a glass ionomer sealant (2 trials evaluated both types66,72). … Xylitol Two fair-quality cluster-randomized trials15,16 (n = 432 and n = 496) evaluated xylitol vs no … All (n = 775) evaluated a resin-based sealant and reported no adverse events.

89. Evidence Summary: Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/screening-for-prediabetes-and-type-2-diabetes
    August 24, 2021 - Two RCTs (described in 5 articles) conducted in the UK evaluated invitations to screening for diabetes … ADDITION-Cambridge was a cluster RCT of 33 general practices that evaluated a stepwise screening approach … The Ely study was a parallel-group RCT at a single practice that evaluated screening every 5 years with … Five articles that evaluated participants in the ADDITION-Cambridge pilot phase, ADDITION-Cambridge trial … For example, the intensive lifestyle modification program evaluated in the DPP comprised a 16-lesson

90. Final Research Plan: Genital Herpes Infection: Serologic Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/genital-herpes-serologic-screening
    December 02, 2021 - criteria; however, only the accuracy of test characteristics related to HSV-2 serological tests will be evaluated … criteria; however, only the accuracy of test characteristics related to HSV-2 serologic tests will be evaluated

91. Recommendation: Gestational Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    August 10, 2021 - glucose load is administered after a fasting glucose level is obtained, and plasma glucose levels are evaluated … screening for gestational diabetes before 24 weeks of gestation were limited. 29 , 34 Eight studies evaluated … or lower appeared useful to rule out gestational diabetes using both criteria. 29 , 34 Two studies evaluated … Risk-based tools (some in combination with fasting plasma glucose level) were evaluated against Carpenter … Only 1 of these trials evaluated screening before 24 weeks of gestation.

92. Screening for Syphilis: A Brief Update (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2004 - All positive test results were reported within 24 hours, and each case was evaluated by reviewing medical … The performance of an ELISA technique for detection of syphilis antibodies was evaluated in 441 samples … A study evaluated methods of diagnosing CNS syphilis infection in 148 infants born to mothers with syphilis … A retrospective cohort analysis evaluated how placental pathology may contribute to the diagnosis of … No studies evaluated this question directly.

93. Clinical Summary: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer (pdf file)
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    Tools evaluated by the USPSTF include the Ontario Family History Assessment Tool, Manchester Scoring

94. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Coronary Heart Disease: Screening Using Non-Traditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary16/coronary-heart-disease-screening-using-non-traditional-risk-factors-2009
    October 15, 2009 - Data Extraction: Study quality was evaluated by using USPSTF criteria and overall quality of evidence … The other evaluated risk factors were coronary artery calcium score as measured by electron-beam computed … Interassay agreement has not been evaluated in the setting of cardiac risk assessment. … Not evaluated in the major population-based cohorts. … CRP Level Of the 9 markers we evaluated, CRP was the best candidate for use in screening.

95. Final Research Plan: Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/vitamin-d-calcium-or-combined-supplementation-for-the-primary-prevention-of-fractures-in-adults-preventive-medication
    June 23, 2016 - of whole body calcium status do not exist; thus, the indirect evidence pathway for calcium cannot be evaluated … include vitamin D or calcium, unless the independent effects of vitamin D, calcium, or both can be evaluated

96. Summary of USPSTF Final Recommendation: Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2025 - reduce morbidity and mortality from fractures, women found to have osteoporosis should be further evaluated

97. Recommendation: Ovarian Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    February 13, 2018 - procedures that are commonly used to evaluate women with signs or symptoms of ovarian cancer and have been evaluated … that are commonly used to evaluate women with signs or symptoms of ovarian cancer, and both have been evaluated … The evidence review evaluated the benefits and harms of screening for ovarian cancer in asymptomatic … The review included any screening approach evaluated by clinical trial design. … It evaluated the use of a single cutoff value for CA-125 testing and found no significant difference

98. Archived: Reducing Risk for Mother-to-Infant Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus: A Systematic Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Hepatitis C: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/reducing-risk-for-mother-to-infant-transmission-of-hepatitis-c-virus-a-systematic-review-for-the-us-preventive-services-task-force/hepatitis-c-screening-2013
    November 15, 2012 - Data Synthesis:  Eighteen observational studies evaluated the association between mode of delivery, labor … We selected for full review randomized trials, cohort studies, and case–control studies that evaluated … observational studies reported in 16 publications (sample sizes of 56 to 1034 mother–infant pairs) evaluated … Two reports from the European Pediatric Hepatitis C Network evaluated overlapping populations 15 , 16 … , and 2 studies evaluated nonoverlapping (different time periods of enrollment) populations in Dublin

99. Evidence Summary: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary19/colorectal-cancer-screening
    May 18, 2021 - Nine studies (n = 6497) evaluated the test accuracy of screening computed tomography (CT) colonography … In pooled values, commonly evaluated FITs (14 studies, n = 45,403) (sensitivity, 0.74; specificity, 0.94 … Studies that evaluated direct visualization (ie, colonoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, computed tomography … Fecal Immunochemical Test Although many observational studies have evaluated national FIT screening … programs, only 1 prospective observational study 46 (n = 5,417,699) that evaluated receipt of FIT on

100. Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     August 20, 2019 - No studies evaluated the effectiveness of risk assessment, genetic counseling, and genetic testing in … genetic counseling, and genetic testing to reduce cancer incidence and mortality have not been directly evaluated … 813) of 8 risk assessment tools met inclusion criteria (Table 1),38-51 including 4 new studies that evaluated … showed mixed re- sults that varied by subgroup or type of counseling.55,60,61,71 Thirteen studies evaluated … Four new studies evaluated the discriminatory accuracy of exist- ing risk-assessment tools intended to