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81. Archived: Folic Acid/Folate Prophylaxis to Prevent Neural Tube Defects: Preventive Medication, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/folic-acid-prevent-neural-tube-defects-preventive-medication-1996
    January 01, 1996 - services, skilled high-resolution ultrasound and amniocentesis capabilities, and reliable, standardized laboratories … centers (conventional and high-resolution ultrasound, amniocentesis) and high-quality standardized laboratories … services, skilled high-resolution ultrasound and amniocentesis capabilities, and reliable, standardized laboratories … Policy statement for maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein screening programs and quality control for laboratories

82. Final Research Plan: Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/unhealthy-alcohol-use-in-adolescents-and-adults-screening-and-behavioral-counseling-interventions
    October 20, 2016 - and T-ACE (for pregnant women) Studies without any screening instruments or question(s) Laboratory

83. Final Research Plan: Unhealthy Drug Use: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/drug-use-illicit-screening
    October 20, 2016 - Screen; and single screening questions Studies without any screening instruments or questions Laboratory

84. Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/5W2k4HLBPLPgHov6sSvuMH
    July 24, 2018 - Public Health Agency of Canada, National Microbiology Laboratory.

85. doi:10.1016/S0749-3797(03)00122-3 (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/hWzpnYXDpQzUr8U_5xY6qS
    January 01, 2003 - Canadian Hypertension Society, Canadian Coalition for High Blood Pressure Prevention and Control, Laboratory … Canadian Hypertension Society, Canadian Coalition for High Blood Pres- sure Prevention and Control, Laboratory

86. Screening for Hepatitis B Infection in Pregnant Women: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/pFEM-gRfk6-Qj7grXkZQzC
    February 11, 2019 - estimates Program data are not complete and are based on unverified reports by physicians, hospitals, and laboratories

87. Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Rm4E5SooP2GnqJ_HVRA5M4
    January 01, 2017 - Studies of people referred to sleep laboratories because of con- cern for OSA were excluded, and studies … table monitors (Table 2 describes the types of monitors) with poly- somnography conducted in a sleep laboratory … ported sensitivities of 93% (pooled estimate from in-home stud- ies) and 96% (pooled estimate from in-laboratory … AHI from in-home portable monitor 53 (NR) 20 60 32.1 (7.4) 22.5 (22.9) 100 Of the 79% who had in-laboratory … Corresponding specifities were 60% (in-home) and 76% (in-laboratory) for type III portable monitors and

88. Screening and Treatment for Hypercholesterolemia in Children and Adolescents: Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/CW23r2jqogvTG2_-kBjRxH
    January 01, 2007 - CHD has raised interest in screening children for dyslipidemia.13-15 Dyslipidemia is defined by laboratory … (AAP) and the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) guidelines, TC is used as an initial laboratory … diet Nineteen studies of dietary fat restriction reported effects on growth, nutrient intake, laboratory … treatment 1 Author, year, title Drug Population - N, age Duration of trial Clinical effects Laboratory … treatment 3 Author, year, title Drug Population - N, age Duration of trial Clinical effects Laboratory

89. Archived: Evidence Summary: Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-latent-tuberculosis/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening-september-2016
    September 06, 2016 - QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube IGRA by sending 3 blood specimens from each participant to 3 different laboratories … to have extensive experience and proficiency with IGRA testing and interpretation. 91 Across all 3 laboratories … 7.7% of participants had discordant results (none had indeterminate results); κ values of pairwise laboratory … reliability of IGRA results by processing 2 blood samples from each study participant (using the same laboratory … TB spot interpretation between independent observers from different laboratories.

90. Archived: Evidence Summary: Alcohol Misuse: Screening and Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/alcohol-misuse-screening-and-counseling-2004
    April 06, 2004 - Feedback about current drinking patterns, problem indicators (such as laboratory results), or medical … Providing follow-up in the form of telephone calls, repeat visits, or repeated monitoring of laboratory … about biological assay results at study-initiated visit; participants invited to repeat visits with laboratory … face-to-face structured 30-day TLFB alcohol assessment interview including AUDIT and Q/F questions, laboratory … GGT redrawn and repeated visits with laboratory tests offered until GGT level normalized.

91. Archived: Evidence Summary: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary3/chlamydia-and-gonorrhea-screening-september-2014
    September 23, 2014 - Recall of LCx Neisseria gonorrhoeae assay and implications for laboratory testing for N. gonorrhoeae … Recommendations for the laboratory-based detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae … A prospective study of the psychosocial impact of a positive Chlamydia trachomatis laboratory test.

92. Evidence Summary: Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/lipid-disorders-in-children-screening
    July 18, 2023 - Further, the clinical importance of transient elevations in laboratory values was unknown. … evidence shows few withdrawals due to adverse events, slightly higher rates of liver and musculoskeletal laboratory … with few events, leading to imprecise estimates Clinical importance of transient elevations in these laboratory … values is unknown Low for reversible liver and musculoskeletal laboratory abnormalities Insufficient

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    December 20, 2016 - Using a clinical laboratory system, that study found 76 cases of neonatal HSV infection among approximately … sending a blood sample to a single research labora- tory (University of Washington Clinical Virology Laboratory

94. Screening for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/9K4QQKvhXZNJLCxNX3FkZm
    May 01, 2008 - pregnant women be screened for gestational diabetes by patient history, clinical risk fac- tors, or a laboratory … and Gynecologists recognizes that low-risk women may be less likely to benefit from screen- ing with laboratory

95. Archived: Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnant Women and Young Children: Screening and Supplementation, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/iron-deficiency-anemia-pregnant-women-young-children-screening-supplementation-1996
    January 01, 1996 - of iron fortification of formula and cereal on healthy, nonanemic infants have focused primarily on laboratory … Nutritional assessment: a laboratory manual. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.  5. … Laboratory diagnosis of iron-deficiency anemia: an overview [published erratum appears in J Gen Intern

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    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/gRNjNsmqZvBC-DnHGRMgG3
    December 01, 2014 - Recall of LCx Neisseria gonorrhoeae assay and implications for laboratory testing for N. gonorrhoeae … Recommendations for the laboratory-based detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae … A prospective study of the psychosocial impact of a positive Chlamydia trachoma- tis laboratory test

97. Archived: Evidence Summary: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-july-2014
    July 08, 2014 - The meta-analysis reported wide, clinically important variation in measurement properties among laboratories … Reliability of ultrasonography is questionable because accuracy can vary considerably among laboratories … contralateral CEA: 20 Contralateral occlusion: 9 Contralateral TIA/stroke: 25 Ultrasonography laboratories

98. Screening for Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/rQBBkz9CrHh4vp7ZnEkF-t
    July 18, 2023 - with few events, leading to imprecise estimates Clinical importance of transient elevations in these laboratory … values is unknown Low for reversible liver and musculoskeletal laboratory abnormalities Insufficient … Further, the clinical impor- tance of transient elevations in laboratory values was unknown. … shows few withdraw- als due to adverse events, slightly higher rates of liver and muscu- loskeletal laboratory

99. Archived: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-screening-2013
    April 15, 2013 - Conventional HIV test results are available within 1 to 2 days from most commercial laboratories. … sensitivity and specificity, >99.5%), and results are available within 1 to 2 days from most commercial laboratories … had ART-related adverse events more frequently (27% vs. 18%; P < 0.001), particularly grade 3 or 4 laboratory

100. Archived: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening-january-2017
     January 24, 2017 - Studies were conducted in a variety of settings (home or laboratory) and used a variety of AHI cutpoints … In some cases, further studies that monitor additional physiological variables in a sleep laboratory