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161. Q Nxyq7Cwpbuwvt27Sq42 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2013 - Alternative screening options to the OGCT have been investigated—in particular, measurement of the fast … Studies assessed several screening tests, including the 50-g OGCT, measurement of fasting plasma glucose … In addition, other less common tests, such as measurement of serum fructosamine and adiponectin, were … Measurement of fasting plasma glucose level has been suggested as an alternative to the OGCT. … The OGCT and measurement of fasting plasma glu- cose level (at a threshold of 4.7 mmol/L [85 mg/dL])

162. Archived: Evidence Summary: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening, July 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 12, 2005 - In 1996, the USPSTF recommended periodic height and weight measurement for all patients (B recommendation … BMI measurement in younger children should be performed as a growth-monitoring tool that may indicate … Measurement and long-term health risks of child and adolescent fatness. … Measurement of exposure accurate and applied equally to each group. … Measurement of exposure accurate and applied equally to each group.

163. Draft Recommendation: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 11, 2024 - or differences in clinical risks. 1 Screening Tests and Screening Strategies The most used bone measurement … In 2018, the USPSTF recommended screening for osteoporosis with bone measurement testing to prevent osteoporotic … quantitative ultrasound); however, this review only reports evidence for central DXA—the most used bone measurement … guideline recommends evaluating all women age 50 years or older for fracture risk and considering BMD measurement … based on clinical fracture risk profile. 63 Other guidelines focus on osteoporosis screening via DXA measurement

164. Archived: Evidence Summary: Osteoporosis: Screening, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 17, 2002 - Bone density measurement-a systematic review. … Quantitative ultrasound for bone density measurement. … Selective Testing with Bone Density Measurement . … Measurement of exposure accurate and applied equally to each group. … Cohort Studies Consideration of potential confounders with either restriction or measurement for

165. Recommendation: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 14, 2025 - differences in clinical risks. 1 Screening Tests and Screening Strategies The most commonly used bone measurement … In 2018, the USPSTF recommended screening for osteoporosis with bone measurement testing to prevent osteoporotic … DXA and quantitative ultrasound); however, this review only reports evidence for central DXA—the bone measurement … statement focuses on DXA for several reasons, including that DXA is the most commonly used bone density measurement … based on clinical fracture risk profile. 66 Other guidelines focus on osteoporosis screening via DXA measurement

166. PII: S0749-3797(01)00255-0 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2001 - 5]), accurate calculation of the LDL cholesterol level requires a fasting sample to ensure accurate measurement … Several means of assessing the extent of lipid abnormality are available, including measurement of individual … Obtaining a nonfasting sample (for measurement of TC, HDL-C, or both) at a regular health care visit … National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute recommendations on lipoprotein measurement. … Motivational effect of cholesterol measurement in general practice health checks.

167. Evidence Summary: Bladder Cancer in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 15, 2010 - among groups    Cohort studies: Consideration of potential confounders with either restriction or measurement … groups are assembled initially and maintained throughout the study (follow-up ≤80%); reliable and valid measurement … but some question remains about whether some (although not major) differences occurred in follow-up; measurement … initially are not close to being similar or maintained throughout the study; unreliable or invalid measurement … applied equally to both Response rate Diagnostic testing procedures applied equally to each group Measurement

168. Archived: Evidence Summary: Glaucoma: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 07, 2005 - increased intraocular pressure is a risk factor for glaucoma, the effectiveness of intraocular pressure measurement … sensitivity of 47 percent and specificity of 92 percent for diagnosing POAG, and intraocular pressure measurement

169. Archived: Thyroid Disease: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 15, 2004 - Subclinical thyroid dysfunction is defined as an abnormal biochemical measurement … caused by thyroid disease. 22 The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists recommends TSH measurement

170. Archived: Evidence Summary: Glaucoma: Screening, 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 07, 2005 - increased intraocular pressure is a risk factor for glaucoma, the effectiveness of intraocular pressure measurement … sensitivity of 47 percent and specificity of 92 percent for diagnosing POAG, and intraocular pressure measurement

171. Screening and Interventions for Childhood Overweight: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2005 - In 1996, the USPSTF recommended periodic height and weight measurement for all patients (B recommendation … BMI measurement in younger children should be performed as a growth-monitoring tool that may indicate … Measurement and long-term health risks of child and adolescent fatness. … Measurement of percentage of body fat in 411 children and adolescents: a comparison of dual- energy … of exposure accurate and applied equally to each group • Measurement of exposure accurate and applied

172. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Obesity in Adults: Screening and Management | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary38/obesity-in-adults-screening-and-management-2012
     October 15, 2011 - We assessed validity of randomization and measurement procedures, attrition, baseline characteristics … Fat distribution changes may alter bone measurement despite stable bone 117–119 . … Anomalies in the measurement of changes in total-body bone mineral by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry … ) 38 Yes Yes 98% BOCF Good       Jeffery et al, 1993 39 NR NR 87% No Fair Measurement … , weight, waist circumference, and fasting glucose levels higher in intervention group at baseline; measurement

173. Archived: Vitamin D Deficiency: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 24, 2014 - lack of a reference standard for vitamin D testing until recently has further complicated accurate measurement … 32%, depending on which assay is used. 1 , 2 Recognizing the need for standardization of vitamin D measurement … Since 2010, the Vitamin D Standardization Program 16 has sought to standardize the laboratory measurement … nonregulatory program that helps laboratories maintain and enhance the quality and comparability of measurement

174. Screening to Prevent Osteoporotic Fractures: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     June 26, 2018 - The accuracy of bone measurement tests to identify osteoporosis varied (area under the curve [AUC], 0.32 … Does screening (clinical risk assessment, bone den- sity measurement, or both) for osteoporotic fracture … Bone Measurement Tests Twenty-three studies evaluated the accuracy of various bone mea- surement tests … Fracture risk assessment without bone density measurement in routine clinical practice. … Evaluating the value of repeat bone mineral density measurement and prediction of fractures in older

175. Draft Recommendation: Prevention of Child Maltreatment: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 29, 2023 - within 4 years of study enrollment inconsistently demonstrated fewer ED visits. 1 Type of outcome measurement … all-cause ED visits, or mean number of ED visits for accidents, injuries, and ingestions) and timing of measurement … reported outcomes related to hospitalizations. 1 Varying outcome definitions and timing of outcome measurement

176. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Lipid Disorders in Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary34/lipid-disorders-in-children-screening-2007
     July 15, 2007 - TC value places a child in the borderline category (170-200 mg/dL) with 95% confidence. 35 Direct measurement … Screening for familial hypercholesterolaemia by measurement of apolipoproteins in capillary blood. … Utility of direct measurement of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in dyslipidemic pediatric patients … Measurement of exposure accurate and applied equally to each group. … A single TC measurement is inadequate to classify children and adolescents into NCEP risk categories

177. Archived: Abnormal Blood Glucose and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - reflect both the difficulty in distinguishing diabetic from nondiabetic patients on the basis of a single measurement … Screening for Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes The most commonly used screening tests for NIDDM include measurement … of serum or plasma glucose in fasting or postprandial specimens, measurement of glycosylated proteins … Measurement of fasting plasma glucose is recommended by experts as the screening test of choice the frequency … Screening for diabetes: does measurement of serum fructosamine help?

178. Screening Adults for Bladder Cancer: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2010 - equally among groups Cohort studies: Consideration of potential confounders with either restriction or measurement … groups are assembled initially and maintained throughout the study (follow-up �80%); reliable and valid measurement … but some question remains about whether some (although not major) differences occurred in follow-up; measurement … initially are not close to being similar or maintained throughout the study; unreliable or invalid measurement … criteria applied equally to both Response rate Diagnostic testing procedures applied equally to each group Measurement

179. Archived: Abnormal Blood Glucose and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - reflect both the difficulty in distinguishing diabetic from nondiabetic patients on the basis of a single measurement … Screening for Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes The most commonly used screening tests for NIDDM include measurement … of serum or plasma glucose in fasting or postprandial specimens, measurement of glycosylated proteins … Measurement of fasting plasma glucose is recommended by experts as the screening test of choice the frequency … Screening for diabetes: does measurement of serum fructosamine help?

180. Archived: Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnant Women and Young Children: Screening and Supplementation, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) recommend that all infants receive a hemoglobin or hematocrit measurement … menstrual blood loss, high parity, poverty, recent immigration). 15  The AAP recommends at least one measurement … deficiency), and some medical disorders that cause anemia, which would also be detected if hemoglobin measurement … Because hemoglobin measurement is a nonspecific test for iron deficiency, further evaluation should be … There is therefore little evidence to support routine hemoglobin measurement in infancy for the detection