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141. Screening for Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: US Preventive Services Task Force Final Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 17, 2023 - risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy may help improve equitable dissemination of preventive measures … historical control were included in the evalua- tion of harms.1,38,40-45 An additional home blood pressure measure

142. Draft Research Plan: Vitamin, Mineral, and Multivitamin Supplementation to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 23, 2019 - effects on main outcomes (from trial evidence included for KQs 1 and 3) KQs 1, 3: Intermediate measures … of cardiovascular disease risk factors (i.e., systolic and diastolic blood pressure, lipid measures, … and glucose measures) Timing All-cause mortality: Minimum of 1 year of  followup All other

143. ahrq12a_Summary_HBP.qxd (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - If performed correctly, it provides a measure of blood pressure that is highly correlated with intra-arterial … Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring provides a measure of average blood pressure over 24 hours rather … How to measure blood pressure. JAMA. 1995; 273(15):1211–1218. 13. Birkett NJ. … Comparison of agreement between different measures of blood pressure in primary care and daytime ambulatory

144. H6Hac6B6Npcotwgszpct B (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2013 - Prospective and retrospective cohort studies that in- clude blood pressure measures and other cardiovascular … Studies that elucidate the association among childhood hypertension, adult hypertension, and surrogate measures … Studies of treatment during childhood should include an assessment of medication harms, measures of long-term … Although different reference standards were used (ambula- tory blood pressure measurement and repeated measure … As a result, intermediate measures of target end-organ injury, including physical alterations to the

145. Archived: Osteoporosis: Screening, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 17, 2002 - Because of limitations in the precision of testing, a minimum of 2 years may be needed to reliably measure … Several other radiologic methods that measure bone density at peripheral sites 2 (including sites in … difficulty in using test results to provide accurate information to the patients because techniques used to measure

146. Draft Recommendation: Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 07, 2023 - risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy may help improve equitable dissemination of preventive measures

147. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Coronary Heart Disease: Screening Using Non-Traditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 15, 2009 - identify high-risk persons (persons with a 10-year risk >20%), who benefit from aggressive risk-reduction measures … Most studies use a hazard ratio (or other risk ratio) to measure how well a new risk factor predicts … These studies provided measures of the incremental predictive value of CAC scoring for coronary events … consensus on examination techniques and population-based standards for interpreting quantitative IMT measures … Non-HDL cholesterol, apolipoproteins A-I and B100, standard lipid measures, lipid ratios, and CRP as

148. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Coronary Heart Disease: Screening Using Non-Traditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 15, 2009 - identify high-risk persons (persons with a 10-year risk >20%), who benefit from aggressive risk-reduction measures … Most studies use a hazard ratio (or other risk ratio) to measure how well a new risk factor predicts … These studies provided measures of the incremental predictive value of CAC scoring for coronary events … consensus on examination techniques and population-based standards for interpreting quantitative IMT measures … Non-HDL cholesterol, apolipoproteins A-I and B100, standard lipid measures, lipid ratios, and CRP as

149. Recommendation: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 09, 2018 - Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is a lateral curvature of the spine of unknown cause with a Cobb angle (a measure … The clinician repeats the visual inspection of the spine. 1 , 4 A scoliometer, which measures the angle … improved at 12 months in the intervention group compared with marginal improvements or unchanging measures … Scoliometer A noninvasive, handheld instrument used to measure the angle of trunk rotation. … transfers the contour lines to graph paper, adds the size of rib humps and depressions, and obtains a measure

150. Final Evidence Summary: Illicit Drug Use in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Primary Care-Based Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 03, 2020 - Nineteen trials reported a continuous measure, most commonly the number of times illicit drugs were used … Dichotomous measures were selected over continuous measures, 1-month time frames were selected over longer … trials. 26 , 28 , 56 Most general prevention trials found no group differences on mental health symptom scales … , B-weights), Cohen d.KQ indicates key question; NR, not reported; NS, not significant. a Mean value … ) in general prevention trials Group differences were rarely found for a variety of mental health scales

151. Recommendation: Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 19, 2023 - risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy may help improve equitable dissemination of preventive measures

152. Archived: High Blood Cholesterol and Other Lipid Abnormalities: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - specimens compared to venous specimens was +4-7%. 55 As a result of these considerations, a single measure … Even then, intraindividual variation is greater than 20%, and a single measure is inadequate to categorize … Whereas measures that lower serum cholesterol and provide other health benefits (e.g., regular physical … screening in asymptomatic and low-risk persons, including when to begin screening and which constituents to measure … How reliably can compact chemistry analyzers measure lipids?

153. Final Research Plan: Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 29, 2022 - smallest value of benefit to patients) for symptoms and functioning on the most common instruments used to measure … deliberate self-harm, or suicidal ideation All-cause mortality Quality of life measured using validated scales … or instruments Functioning (using validated scales or instruments, days of missed school) KQ 2

154. Final Research Plan: Depression and Suicide Risk in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 13, 2020 - smallest value of benefit to patients) for symptoms and functioning on the most common instruments used to measure … deliberate self-harm, or suicidal ideation All-cause mortality Quality of life measured using validated scales … or instruments Functioning (using validated scales or instruments, days of missed school) KQ 2

155. Draft Recommendation: Screening for Hypertension in Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 23, 2020 - in progress Draft Recommendation Statement Screening for Hypertension in Adults June 23, 2020 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government. They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality or the U.S. Department of…

156. Screening for Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2002 - Because of limitations in the precision of testing, a minimum of 2 years may be needed to reliably measure … Several other radiologic methods that measure bone density at peripheral sites2 (including sites in the … difficulty in using test results to provide accurate information to the patients because techniques used to measure

157. Final Research Plan: High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 30, 2022 - Include Exclude Condition definition Studies identifying children with higher BMI, using measures … Acceptable measures include weight (kilograms or pounds), age- and sex-normative weight (BMI percentile … adiposity (e.g., dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, underwater weight, or comparable), other similar measures … , or change in any of these measures Weight maintenance after an intervention has ended Cardiometabolic … measures (included only when weight-related measures are also reported): insulin resistance/blood glucose

158. Final Research Plan: High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 30, 2022 - Include Exclude Condition definition Studies identifying children with higher BMI, using measures … Acceptable measures include weight (kilograms or pounds), age- and sex-normative weight (BMI percentile … adiposity (e.g., dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, underwater weight, or comparable), other similar measures … , or change in any of these measures Weight maintenance after an intervention has ended Cardiometabolic … measures (included only when weight-related measures are also reported): insulin resistance/blood glucose

159. Draft Research Plan: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 21, 2022 - reported in studies KQ 1: Basic activities of daily living Falls Efficacy Scale Function measures … Balance Scale) KQ 2: Minor adverse events that are reported using nonvalidated, nongeneralizable measures

160. Sbmxphuqwo-Dc85Fj5Whf (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2015 - For diagnostic accuracy of confirmatory BP measure- ment methods, eligible study populations had an initial … Prediction of Cardiovascular Events by BP Measurement Method We identified a reference standard for BP measure … Although automated OBPM methods offer the advantages of repeated measure- ments in the absence of medical … On the basis of the prognostic evidence, we se- lected ABPM as the reference standard for BP measure- … the Oscar 2 ambulatory blood pressure monitor among research participants: a cross-sectional repeated measures