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161. Archived: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-screening-2016
     April 05, 2016 - D Clinician Summary Expand All Population Asymptomatic adults who do … Thus, screening is not recommended in persons who do not have symptoms suggestive of COPD.  … adults who do not recognize or report respiratory symptoms. … moderate COPD, it is unclear how these results would apply to asymptomatic populations. … How Does the Evidence Fit With Biological Understanding?

162. More Information on the Final Recommendation: Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/more-information-on-the-final-recommendation/autism-spectrum-disorder-in-young-children-screening
     February 16, 2016 - How Does the Task Force Develop a Recommendation? … Return to Table of Contents How Does the Task Force Develop a Recommendation? … /uspstf/understanding-how-uspstf-works-uspstf-101 . … In some cases, a primary care physician may refer a child with signs of autism to a specialist for diagnosis … What should parents/caregivers do if they are concerned about autism?

163. Current Processes: Refining Evidence-based Recommendation Development | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 2014 - The most recent changes in the process include how the USPSTF solicits and prioritizes topics for review … It does not create guidelines based on expert opinion, as do many nonprofit advocacy organizations and … Each staged review is managed on a case-by-case basis, with the USPSTF determining at each stage how … to vote on a recommendation. … How to read the new recommendation statement: methods update from the U.S.

164. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Syphilis Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review93/syphilis-infection-screening-2004
     July 15, 2004 - infectious syphilis because of unavailability of confirmatory tests. 6 Also, nationally reported data do … Placenta histopathology A retrospective cohort analysis evaluated how placental pathology may contribute … However, there is a lack of data about how to identify high risk groups. … , there is a lack of well-designed trials to support this. … New studies do not contradict this evidence.

165. 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 - healthy adults who do not recognize or report respiratory symptoms to a clinician. … Whether individuals who do not recognize or report symptoms but meet spirometric criteria for a diagnosis … Benefits experienced by individuals who do not recognize or report symptoms are unlikely to be greater … respiratory symptoms to a clinician. … How Does the Evidence Fit with Biological Understanding?

166. Recommendation: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 18, 2021 - How to implement this recommendation? … These considerations have implications for how feasible and preferable a given screening test is for … stool samples, 32 while FIT and sDNA-FIT 33 , 34 do not. … 12 , 13 to provide information from comparative modeling on how estimated life-years gained, colorectal … The AAFP’s recommendations do not address screening before age 50 years.

167. Archived: Breast Cancer: Medications for Risk Reduction | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breast-cancer-medications-for-risk-reduction-2002
     July 08, 2002 - (Go to Clinical Considerations for a discussion of risk.) … Table 1 indicates how the estimated benefits of tamoxifen vary depending on age and family history. … thromboembolic events such as stroke, pulmonary embolism, or deep venous thrombosis; or do not have … events, and do not have a uterus. … that women with a 5-year projected risk for breast cancer greater than or equal to 1.66 percent may

168. Archived: High Blood Cholesterol and Other Lipid Abnormalities: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/high-cholesterol-other-lipid-abnormalities-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - 16 Excess risk from high cholesterol is smaller in women, who have less than half the CHD risk as do … There is, however, no evidence that they significantly improve the management of patients who do not … By how much and how quickly does reduction in serum cholesterol lower risk of ischemic heart disease? … How reliably can compact chemistry analyzers measure lipids? … Psychologic effects of the diagnosis and treatment of hypercholesterolemia: lessons from case studies

169. Physicians’ Roles in Preventing Dental Caries in Preschool Children: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2004 - Yet, many children do not make a dental visit until well after the disease has progressed beyond the … How effective is referral by the primary care clinician of children aged from birth to 5 years to dentists … How effective is application of fluoride by the primary care clinician in terms of a. appropriateness … Referral to a Dentist We identified 102 articles, reviewed 12 in detail, and included a single case … Two case studies found that single primary care clinicians identified caries lesions with an accuracy

170. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Dental Caries in Preschool Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary19/dental-caries-in-preschool-children-screening-2004
     April 15, 2004 - Yet, many children do not make a dental visit until well after the disease has progressed beyond the … How effective is referral by the primary care clinician of children aged from birth to 5 years to dentists … Referral to a Dentist We identified 102 articles, reviewed 12 in detail, and included a single case … Two case studies found that single primary care clinicians identified caries lesions with an accuracy … (KQ 4 a, b, c: How effective is application of fluoride by the primary care clinician in terms of a)

171. Interventions in Primary Care to Promote Breastfeeding: An Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - to breastfeed and how to maintain lactation, even if they are separated from their infants; 6) give … in delivery room and helped to breastfeed in delivery room; BFHI step 5, shown how to breastfeed (positioning … How should relative risk estimates for acute otitis media in children aged less than 2 years be perceived … A meta-analysis of infant diet and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: do biases play a role? … RCT, statistical methods used to compare groups for primary outcome indicating how clustering was taken

172. Archived: Skin Cancer: Screening and Behavioral Counseling, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/skin-cancer-screening-behavioral-counseling-1996
     January 01, 1996 - One study evaluated patients' ability to apply a seven-point checklist to the skin lesion that prompted … their referral to a dermatologist. 35 The patient checklist had a sensitivity of 71%, specificity of … determine how much of the effect seen was due to the surgery alone. … A recommendation to consider referring these patients to skin cancer specialists for evaluation and surveillance … How well do physicians recognize melanoma and other problem lesions?

173. Archived: Addendum to Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Evidence Update for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement: Ovarian Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/addendum-to-screening-for-ovarian-cancer-evidence-update-for-the-us-preventive-services-task-force-reaffirmation-recommendation-statement/ovarian-cancer-screening-2012
     April 15, 2012 - and conclusions in this document are those of the authors, who are responsible for its content, and do … Purpose:  To conduct a bridge literature search in order to inform a reaffirmation statement on … Mortality results were planned for a separate publication, although they do not appear to be available … Additionally, it was unclear how exclusion criteria were applied. … Vignette-based study of ovarian cancer screening: do U.S. physicians report adhering to evidence-based

174. Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 05, 2016 - REVIEW The USPSTF reviewed the evidence on whether screening for COPD in asymptomatic adults (those who do … Thus, screening is not recommended in persons who do not have symptoms suggestive of COPD. … asymptomatic adults who do not recognize or report respiratory symptoms (Figure 2). … moderate COPD, it is unclear how these results would apply to asymptomatic populations. … How Does the Evidence Fit With Biological Understanding?

175. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: A Targeted, Updated Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2008 - Colonoscopy presents a higher risk for immediate harms than do other tests. … When is measuring sensitivity and specificity sufficient to evaluate a diagnostic test, and when do we … Virtual colonoscopy–what it can do vs what it will do. JAMA. 2004;291:1772-74. 112. … To do this, we need to add only one more term to equation (2) of the logistic random-effects model: … SAS Code for the Meta-Analysis of Serious Complications The following SAS code shows how to calculate

176. Update on the Methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Insufficient Evidence (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/inevidup.pdf
     September 01, 2009 - spring 2005 to consider how better to meet the needs of its con­ stituents when evidence is insufficient … The amount of time that a primary care provider would need to do a screening examination is at least … The USPSTF recognizes that these domains do not define the universe of domains applicable to clinical … How to read the new recommendation state­ ment: methods update from the U.S. … How physicians approach prostate cancer screening before and after losing a lawsuit.

177. Emerging Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease: A Summary of Systematic Reviews Conducted for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2009 - Most studies use a hazard ratio (or other risk ratio) to measure how well a new risk factor predicts … how well the new risk factor reclassifies those who were assigned to the intermediate-risk group. … a Framingham risk score between 15% and 20%, but we do not know how many—a consistent but imprecise … Their report did not describe how they derived this estimate or how many intermediate-risk patients in … Some cohorts undoubtedly included intermediate-risk persons, but no analyses were done to determine how

178. Final Recommendation Statement: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/prostate-cancer-screening
     May 08, 2018 - The sections below provide more information on how this recommendation applies to African American men … Although the USPSTF found inadequate evidence about how benefits may differ for men with a family history … national priority How to better inform men with a family history of prostate cancer about the benefits … to refine active prostate cancer treatments to minimize harms How to better understand patient values … The USPSTF continues to find that the benefits of screening do not outweigh the harms in men 70 years

179. Archived: Evidence Summary: Lung Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary4/lung-cancer-screening-december-2013
     July 30, 2013 - A total of 2052 participants were randomly assigned to LDCT and 2052 to usual care. … A total of 1190 participants were randomly assigned to annual LDCT, 1186 to biennial LDCT, and 1723 to … How effective is screening in persons at average risk? … How do these test characteristics vary by lung cancer risk? … How do test characteristics differ by subgroup (e.g., sex, age, and race)?

180. Final Research Plan: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/brca-related-cancer-risk-assessment-genetic-counseling-testing
     April 11, 2024 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email … The population also includes women who may have a previous diagnosis of breast or ovarian cancer but … /2 mutations when performed by a non-specialist in genetics in a clinical setting? … In women with pathogenic BRCA1/2 mutations, do interventions reduce the incidence of BRCA-related cancer … How does risk assessment for pathogenic BRCA1/2 mutations in women without BRCA1/2 -related cancer