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1. Screening for Hypertension in Adults: Clinician Summary (pdf file)
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   April 01, 2021 - Screen: Measure blood pressure with an office blood pressure measurement. 2. … Ways to measure blood pressure outside of the clinical setting include: • Ambulatory blood pressure … • Home blood pressure monitoring: patients measure their own blood pressure at home with an automated

2. Evidence Gaps Research Taxonomy Table: Screening and Supplementation for Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia During Pregnancy (pdf file)
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   July 22, 2024 - Examples include perinatal mortality, morbidity (NICU admission, respiratory distress) If studies measure … Examples include perinatal mortality, morbidity (NICU admission, respiratory distress) If studies measure … Examples include perinatal mortality, morbidity (NICU admission, respiratory distress) If studies measure … is typically derived from RCTs of the targeted screening or preventive intervention that adequately measure

3. Evidence Summary: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   January 23, 2024 - CDI, MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory; CSBS, Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales … CDI, MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory; CSBS, Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales … 25 (study 2); (<50 words or no word combinations)   Clinical judgment on infant MSEL language scales … CDI, MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory; CSBS, Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales … of Children’s Abilities; MSEL, Mullen Scales of Early Learning; NPV, negative predictive value; NR,

4. Draft Recommendation: Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   September 22, 2020 - estimates are based on total 25-(OH)D levels, and controversy remains about whether this is the best measure … 25-(OH)D levels; however, it can be difficult to measure accurately, and assays may underestimate or … Serum total 25-(OH)D levels are difficult to measure accurately, and different immunoassays can lead … Two trials reported depression outcomes; both reported no significant difference in depression measures … Two trials reporting on physical functioning measures reported conflicting results. 41 , 42 An unplanned

5. Final Research Plan: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   February 12, 2015 - Do weight management interventions affect cardiometabolic measures (i.e., blood pressure, lipid levels … methods such as BMI, BMI percentile, BMI z-score, percent overweight, waist circumference, or a similar measure … KQs 1, 2 (screening): Intervention programs for diet or physical activity without a weight-related measure … Intervention KQs 1, 2 (screening): Screening involving BMI or other primary care–feasible anthropomorphic measure … measures (only when weight-related measures are also reported): insulin resistance/blood glucose/diabetes

6. Archived: Final Research Plan: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   February 12, 2015 - Do weight management interventions affect cardiometabolic measures (i.e., blood pressure, lipid levels … methods such as BMI, BMI percentile, BMI z-score, percent overweight, waist circumference, or a similar measure … KQs 1, 2 (screening): Intervention programs for diet or physical activity without a weight-related measure … Intervention KQs 1, 2 (screening): Screening involving BMI or other primary care–feasible anthropomorphic measure … measures (only when weight-related measures are also reported): insulin resistance/blood glucose/diabetes

7. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement for Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   July 28, 2011 - harms associated with the treatment, and the evidence showed a clear benefit to offering the preventive measure

8. Screening for Glaucoma (pdf file)
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   November 22, 2021 - Screening for Glaucoma Screening for glaucoma consists of a combination of several tests that look at and measure … screening A combination of several tests that look and measure changes in the eye, fluid pressure

9. Screening for Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
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   February 21, 2023 - adulthood. 2 In the absence of evidence, healthcare professionals should use their judgment whether to measure … recommendation for or against screening. 2 screening for lipid disorders A blood test is used to measure

10. Screening for Glaucoma: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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    July 02, 2013 - Treatment The immediate physiologic goal and measure of effect of primary treatment of glaucoma is reduction

11. Recommendation: Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    April 13, 2021 - estimates are based on total 25(OH)D levels, and controversy remains about whether this is the best measure … 25(OH)D levels; however, levels can be difficult to measure accurately, and assays may underestimate … Serum total 25(OH)D levels are difficult to measure accurately, and different immunoassays can lead to … Both reported no significant difference in depression measures between vitamin D treatment and placebo … . 42 , 43 Two trials reporting on physical functioning measures reported conflicting results. 44 , 45

12. Screening for Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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    April 13, 2021 - estimates are based on total 25(OH)D levels, and controversy remains about whether this is the best measure … is currently considered the best marker of vitamin D status.4,19 A variety of assays can be used to measure … Serum total 25(OH)D levels are difficult to measure ac- curately, and different immunoassays can lead … Both reported no significant difference in depression measures between vitamin D treatment and placebo … .42,43 Two trials report- ing on physical functioning measures reported conflicting results.44,45 An

13. Screening for Vitamin D Deficiency: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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    November 18, 2014 - Screening Tests Numerous testing methods to measure serum 25-(OH)D are available.

14. Clinical Summary: Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease With Nontraditional Risk Factors (pdf file)
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    July 03, 2018 - CAC score is obtained by electron-beam or multidetector CT, w hich measure the calcium content in the

15. Evidence Directions for Primary Care Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment (pdf file)
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    July 23, 2024 - validated risk assessment and primary care–feasible or referrable interventions to direct or intermediate measures … Potential areas for research include more reliable and valid measures from youth self-report and the … Intervention effectiveness and poor outcome measures along with racial and ethnic biases in reporting … understanding of the benefits of the intervention.”1 What types of outcomes best (and most accurately) measure … Should outcome measures include those outside of the child welfare system or composite measures?

16. Screening for Hypertension in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    April 27, 2021 - Screen: Measure blood pressure with an office blood pressure measurement. 2. … Ways to measure blood pressure outside of the clinical setting include • Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring … • Home blood pressure monitoring: patients measure their own blood pressure at home with an automated … Several comments requested clarification about spe- cific techniques to accurately measure blood pressure … Some comments expressed concern about the burden and barriers patients may experience trying to measure

17. Recommendation: Hypertension in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    April 27, 2021 - Screen: Measure blood pressure with an office blood pressure measurement. … Ways to measure blood pressure outside of the clinical setting include: Ambulatory blood pressure … Home blood pressure monitoring: patients measure their own blood pressure at home with an automated … Several comments requested clarification about specific techniques to accurately measure blood pressure … Some comments expressed concern about the burden and barriers patients may experience trying to measure

18. Screening and Interventions for Childhood Overweight: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2005 - social deprivation, and perhaps, infant feeding patterns, early or more rapid puberty, extreme birth weights … Methods Terminology Since BMI is the primary clinical measure and a measure of relative weight … with or without weight-related measures? … Although BMI is the best clinically available measure of overweight, uncertainty in its application … Use of the body mass index (BMI) as a measure of overweight in children and adolescents.

19. Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2014 - is usually done by asking patients a series of questions and having them perform several tasks that measure … screening Brief questionnaire-like tests that measure memory and how well a person is doing with other

20. Archived: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    June 20, 2017 - Clinically Important Weight Loss Research studies use a standardized measure ( z score) of BMI known … This measure helps compare results among children of different ages and over time as children grow. … improvements in lipid or fasting plasma glucose levels but some improvements in insulin or glucose measures … One trial reported quality-of-life measures and found no differences between intervention and placebo … The use of measures of obesity in childhood for predicting obesity and the development of obesity-related