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361. Archived: Evidence Summary: Visual Impairment in Children Ages 1-5: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 15, 2011 - ) exp Risk/ or exp Risk Factors/ 5 and 6 limit 7 to yr = "1999 -2008" Case Reports/ 8 not 9 … 5 or 6 Case Reports/ 7 not 8 English abstract.mp. 9 not 10 Treatment Search Database … ) Exclude studies that do not attempt to perform the reference standard in all patients, or a random … Users' guides to the medical literature. III. How to use an article about a diagnostic test. B. … A study of pre-school vision screening tests' testability, validity and duration: do group differences

362. Screening for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     October 11, 2019 - How to implement this recommendation? … For nonpregnant adults: Grade D Do not screen adults who are not pregnant for asymptomatic bacteriuria … How Does Evidence Fit With Biological Understanding? … Commenters requested more information about how the USPSTF assessed older evidence. … to a “B” for pregnant persons.

363. Archived: Final Modeling Report: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 15, 2009 - Limitation: Results do not include morbidity from false-positive results, patient knowledge of earlier … Models E and W specifically assume that some portions of DCIS are nonprogressive and do not result in … previous modeling efforts 9 , 55 all indicated that some DCIS cases will not progress 56 , 57 , but how … and do not reflect personal data for individual women. … No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Includes ER status Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes How

364. Nontraditional Risk Factors in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     July 17, 2018 - How- ever, previous systematic reviews were conducted before the release of newly recommended risk tools … Because there is no guidance in existing literature about how to characterize the magnitude or clinical … ab le ;R CT ,r an do m iz ed cl in ic al tr ia l. a Ei gh te en co ho rt sr ep re se nt … is important because the total NRI does not weight for the pro- portion of individuals who have or do … The opinions expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not reflect the official position

365. Archived: Evidence Summary (Pregnant and Postpartum Women): Screening for Depression in Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 26, 2016 - We had a sufficient number of trials with acceptable comparability to conduct a meta-analysis of trials … Benefits of Screening Key Question 1 Do primary care depression screening programs in pregnant … prevalence, according to a variety of EPDS cutoff definitions. … Do the PHQ-8 and the PHQ-2 accurately screen for depressive disorders in a sample of pregnant women? … The figure illustrates how depression screening programs among pregnant and postpartum women may improve

366. PEDS20152567 746..752 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2015 - A few comments noted that there was ambiguity in how the terms “iron deficiency” and “iron deficiency … How Does Evidence Fit With Biological Understanding? … : A Systematic Review to Update the U.S. … to be the fastest over a particular route. … I do not think we will set any speed record for any hike in Vermont.

367. Archived: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children Age 5 and Younger: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/speech-and-language-delay-and-disorders-in-children-age-5-and-younger-screening-july-2015
     July 07, 2015 - Expand All Population Asymptomatic children aged ≤5 years whose parents or clinicians do … Information on the natural history of speech and language delays and disorders, including how outcomes … whose parents or clinicians do not have specific concerns about their speech, language, hearing, or … visit, and 30% of parents reported that their child’s health care provider had not discussed with them how … Pre-School to School: A Behavioural Study. London: Academic Press; 1982. 16.

368. peds20151711 1..8 (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2015 - or clinicians do not have specific concerns about their speech, language, hearing, or development. … Information on the natural history of speech and language delays and disorders, including how outcomes … asymptomatic children whose parents or clinicians do not have specific concerns about their speech, … visit, and 30% of parents reported that their child’s health care provider had not discussed with them how … children whose parents or clinicians do not have specific concerns about their speech, language, hearing

369. Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 26, 2022 - How to implement this recommendation? … • For adults 60 years or older: Do not initiate aspirin for primary prevention of CVD. … Grade: C For adults 60 years or older: Do not initiate aspirin for the primary prevention of CVD. … How Does Evidence Fit With Biological Understanding? … This recommendation only applies to persons who do not have a history of CVD, signs or symptoms of CVD

370. 12th Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2022 - Examine how best to increase uptake of lifestyle interventions, especially among populations at highest … How Does the Task Force Make Recommendations? … • Examine how best to increase uptake of lifestyle interventions, especially among populations at … To fill these gaps, the USPSTF needs well-designed studies that do the following: • Evaluate best … To fill these gaps, the USPSTF needs well-designed studies that do the following: • Examine effective

371. JAMA (pdf file)
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     November 12, 2019 - Because risk assessment is primarily based on family history, it is unclear how women with a limited … 6 Do you have 2 or more relatives with breast and/or ovarian cancer? … 7 Do you have 2 or more relatives with breast and/or bowel cancer? … How Does the Evidence Fit With Biological Understanding? … The USPSTF ac- knowledges that there is increasing access to multigene panels; how- ever, the clinical

372. Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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     January 14, 2025 - Women 65 years or older: To whom do these recommendations apply? What’s new? … How to implement this recommendation? … They do not apply to persons with secondary osteoporosis due to an underlying medical condition (eg, … Evidence on harms of drug therapies in men is limited.1 Current Practice Data on how frequently men … How- ever, there are no studies on the benefits and harms of screening for osteoporosis or fracture risk

373. Archived: Evidence Summary: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 15, 2002 - We also examined how these effects may differ for the elderly, women, and patients with hypertension … increase the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding by a factor of 1.5 to 2. … Conversely, patients at low risk for CHD probably do not benefit from and may even be harmed by aspirin … provided a risk calculator at www.med-decisions.com to facilitate risk calculation. … directly equated to an adverse event, such as a stroke or gastrointestinal bleeding.

374. Preexposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV Infection: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     June 11, 2019 - How- ever, sexually active adults often use condoms inconsistently.6 PrEP should be considered as an … To date, in 3 studies, transmission of HIV to a seronegative part- ner from a partner living with HIV … .31,32 All of the trials except for 1 were blinded, which could affect risk of STIs if participants who do … How Does Evidence Fit With Biological Understanding? … How you can prevent sexually transmitted diseases.

375. Archived: Skin Cancer: Counseling, 2012 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 15, 2012 - women (the population most likely to do so). … Some of these products use a black light (such as a Wood lamp) to produce UV light; a camera can also … The interventions ranged from a self-guided booklet to a 30-minute counseling session with a peer counselor … A cluster randomized, controlled trial 11 that provided counseling to parents of newborns in a series … How Does Evidence Fit With Biological Understanding?

376. Archived: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - A Infants born to high-risk mothers Testing infants born to high-risk mothers, with permission … Western Blot Results Indeterminate WB results, due to antibody patterns that do not meet full criteria … Those who do not may have trouble obtaining condoms or clean needles but may not inform sex partners … public health officials. 67 The CDC recommends that seropositive persons be instructed how to notify … How to lose the fight against AIDS among gay men. BMJ . 1994;309:685–686.

377. Archived: Evidence Summary: High Blood Pressure in Adults, Children, and Adolescents: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 01, 2003 - feasible and accurate means of detection and a clear benefit from treatment, 5 have led to a widespread … the absence of a "gold standard" against which to judge screening. … How predictive and reliable is home monitoring of blood pressure (compared to office monitoring) in predicting … How to measure blood pressure. JAMA 1995;273(15):1211-8. 13. Birkett NJ. … How do we best individualize treatment for patients based on their cardiovascular risk profile?

378. Archived: Evidence Summary: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cancer: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 11, 2016 - limited given that Cuzick and colleagues did not present an overall estimate for total cancer and we do … We also could not address questions about how long the effects of aspirin may continue after the end … The views expressed in this article do not represent and should not be construed to represent a determination … alternate-day dose studies (100 mg every other day and 325 mg every other day, respectively); TPT data do … The figure illustrates how aspirin use may influence mortality outcomes (KQ1) in adults age 40 years

379. Recommendation: Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 15, 2020 - How to implement this recommendation? Screen. … ://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2020/travel-related-infectious-diseases/hepatitis-b#5182 How … prevalence are also at increased risk of HBV infection during birth or early childhood, particularly if they do … cdc_hcp_diagnosis_recommended-recommended-tests and https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis-b/hcp/diagnosis-testing/#cdc_hcp_diagnosis_interpreting-how-to-interpret-test-results … None of the trials evaluated effects of antiviral therapy in adolescents or how effects varied by age

380. ahrq12a_Summary_HBP.qxd (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - of detection and a clear benefit from treatment (5), have led to a widespread recommendation for screening … To determine how we can most effectively identify patients with hypertension for whom treatment will … • How predictive and reliable is home monitoring of blood pressure (compared to office monitoring) in … How to measure blood pressure. JAMA. 1995; 273(15):1211–1218. 13. Birkett NJ. … How do we best individualize treatment for patients based on their cardiovascular risk profile?