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41. Evidence Summary: Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia During Pregnancy: Screening and Supplementation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    August 20, 2024 - maternal hemorrhage, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, cesarean delivery, preterm birth, infant low … vs high HDI) and supplementation dosing based on elemental iron dose (defined as high if ≥60 mg and low … Low income postpartum women are at risk of iron deficiency. … Relation of hemoglobin measured at different times in pregnancy to preterm birth and low birth weight … a randomized, placebo controlled trial of low dose iron supplementation with and without heme iron.

42. Screening for Lung Cancer (pdf file)
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    August 03, 2020 - High-risk adults should be screened every year with a test called low-dose computed tomography (LDCT … Facts About Screening for Lung Cancer The main test used to detect lung cancer is low-dose computed … tomography (also called a low-dose CAT scan or LDCT). … Radiation exposure from repeated low-dose CT scans is another harm. … A test in which an X-ray machine scans the body and uses low

43. Archived: Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) and CVD in Adults: Risk Assessment with Ankle Brachial Index | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/peripheral-arterial-disease-pad-and-cvd-in-adults-risk-assessment-with-ankle-brachial-index-2013
    September 15, 2013 - One study showed that low-dose aspirin treatment in asymptomatic patients with a low ABI may increase … Treatment Evidence shows that low-dose aspirin treatment in asymptomatic patients with a low ABI … Similar data are not available for asymptomatic patients with a low ABI. … In the United States, a low ABI (typically <0.9) is considered a marker for PAD. … risk to intermediate and high risk on the basis of a low ABI.

44. Final Evidence Review: Lung Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    March 09, 2021 - (PDF) Return to Recommendation Expand All Screening for Lung Cancer With Low-Dose … Screening for Lung Cancer With Low-Dose

45. Routine Iron Supplementation During Pregnancy: Review Article (pdf file)
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    August 03, 2020 - Prenatal care and its effect on preterm birth and low birth weight. … Low hemo¬ globin concentrations are a normal physi¬ ologic response to the expansion in plasma volume … and 4% of women with low and nor¬ mal hemoglobin levels, respectively. … Anemia duringpreg- nancy in low-income women. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1990;39:73-76. 7. … Supplement use among a culturally diverse group of low-income pregnant women.

46. Screening for Peripheral Artery Disease and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment With the Ankle-Brachial Index: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2020 - Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2004) show that 5.9% of the US population 40 years or older has a low … The true prevalence of PAD is difficult to establish, because more than half of persons with a low ABI … Low The available evidence is insufficient to assess effects on health outcomes. … ABI and 13% (95% CI, 9%-17%) in symptomatic patients with a low ABI; patients with a normal ABI had … However, a substantial number of asymp- tomatic persons with low ABI may never develop clinical signs

47. Screening for Bacterial Vaginosis in Pregnancy to Prevent Preterm Delivery: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2008 - Benefits of Detection and Early Intervention Asymptomatic Pregnant Women at Low Risk for Preterm See … Harms of Detection and Early Treatment Asymptomatic Pregnant Women at Low Risk for Preterm Delivery. … socioeconomic status, and those who have previ- ously delivered low-birthweight infants. … socioeconomic status, and women who have previously delivered low-birthweight infants. … Low The available evidence is insufficient to assess effects on health outcomes.

48. Aspirin Use to Prevent Preeclampsia and Related Morbidity and Mortality: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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    September 28, 2021 - Low-dose aspirin therapy to prevent preeclampsia. … Low-dose aspirin in the prevention of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in relatively low-risk nulliparous … Low-dose aspirin in high-risk pregnancy? … Low-dose aspirin to prevent preeclampsia in women at high risk. … Low dose aspirin in pregnancy and early childhood development: follow up of the collaborative low dose

49. Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for CVD Prevention Without Known Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling Draft Recommendation Statement | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    February 14, 2022 - Current Terms and Conditions Page 1 Page 2 Contact Information Complete The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) welcomes yo…

50. Screening for Peripheral Artery Disease and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment With the Ankle-Brachial Index in Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2013 - One study showed that low-dose aspirin treatment in asymp- tomatic patients with a low ABI may increase … Treatment Evidence shows that low-dose aspirin treatment in asymptomatic patients with a low ABI does … Similar data are not available for asymptomatic patients with a low ABI. … risk to intermediate and high risk on the basis of a low ABI. … Low The available evidence is insufficient to assess effects on health outcomes.

51. Screening for Lung Cancer (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2013 - heavy smokers or have quit within the past 15 years should be screened every year with a test called low … Screening for Lung Cancer The main test used to detect lung cancer is low-dose computed tomography ( … also called a low-dose CT scan, or LDCT). … In addition, people receive radiation during a low-dose CT scan. … low-dose computed tomography A test in which an x-ray machine scans the body and uses low doses of

52. Aspirin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2016 - The Task Force found that taking a low-dose aspirin can help prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD) and … recommends: • Most adults ages 50 to 59 who are at increased risk of CVD should start to take a low-dose … of CVD should make a decision with their primary care clinician about whether to start to take a low-dose … who place a higher value on the potential benefits than the potential harms may choose to initiate low … I Statement Notes 1 Initiating Starting low-dose aspirin Aspirin in an 81-milligram dose.

53. Clinical Summary: Screening for Peripheral Artery Disease and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment With the Ankle-Brachial Index (pdf file)
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    July 03, 2018 - and Interventions Treatment of PAD has 2 potential targets: reducing morbidity and mortality from low … improving outcomes in symptomatic patients; interventions to prevent CVD events include smoking cessation, low … on healthful diet and physical activity, CVD risk assessment w ith nontraditional risk factors, and low

54. Screening for Lung Cancer: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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    December 23, 2013 - have quit smoking within the past 15 years Recommendation Screen annually for lung cancer with low-dose … Screening Tests Low-dose computed tomography has high sensitivity and acceptable specificity for detecting … Balance of Benefits and Harms Annual screening for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography

55. Owalkrdkgxo54Bcy5Zyuox (pdf file)
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    June 20, 2019 - - onary artery stenosis (CAS) or the prediction of coronary heart disease (CHD) events in adults at low … In the absence of evidence that such detection by ECG, ETT, or EBCT among adults at low risk for CHD … Although the exact risk fac- tors that constitute each of these categories (low or in- creased risk) … The PPV for future CHD in recent cohort studies (most of them conducted with asymptomatic men) is low … While the yield of screening is low in those at low risk for CHD, the potential for harm from false-positive

56. Evidence Summary: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 14, 2025 - or low bone mass only. … Utility of screening tools for the prediction of low bone mass in African American men. … Performance of risk indices for identifying low bone density in postmenopausal women. … Intravenous zoledronic acid in postmenopausal women with low bone mineral density. … Denosumab in postmenopausal women with low bone mineral density.

57. Recommendation: Cardiovascular Disease Risk: Screening With Electrocardiography | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    June 12, 2018 - PDF) Recommendation Summary Population Recommendation Grade Adults at low … electrocardiography (ECG) to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in asymptomatic adults at low … I Clinician Summary Expand All Population Adults at low risk of CVD events … Persons who are classified as low risk are unlikely to benefit from screening with ECG. … Electrocardiograms in low-risk patients undergoing an annual health examination.

58. Screening for Coronary Heart Disease With Electrocardiography: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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    July 23, 2012 - PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION Population Asymptomatic adults at low risk for … -year risk >20% are considered to be high-risk, those with a 10-year risk <10% are considered to be low-risk … However, the incremental information offered by screening asymptomatic adults at low risk for a CHD

59. Screening for Vitamin D Deficiency: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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    November 18, 2014 - Grade: I statement (insufficient evidence) Risk Assessment Persons with low vitamin D intake, … Obesity and darker skin pigmentation may be associated with low levels of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D … (25-[OH]D), but it is not clear whether low levels in these populations reflect vitamin D deficiency

60. Evidence Summary: Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Known Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 11, 2017 - Return to Table of Contents Abstract Importance:  Unhealthful dietary patterns, low … P < 0.05 The strength of the overall body of evidence for each KQ was graded as high, moderate, low … Low-fat diet: effect on anthropometrics, blood pressure, glucose, and insulin in older women. … Insufficient evidence to assess the effects of low-intensity interventions alone. … Most trials that reported a physical activity outcome were of low or medium intensity.