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161. Evidence Summary: Iron Deficiency Anemia in Young Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 30, 2015 - After 3 to 12 months, Bayley Scales of Infant Development scores were not significantly different in … development. 26 , 28 One trial of children potentially at higher risk for IDA used the Griffiths scale to measure … but no differences between groups in measures of weight or height after 9 and 18 months. 22 , 25 A … Based on this evidence, benefits were shown only for some iron status measures in the short term. … The Bayley-III cognitive and language scales: how do scores relate to the Bayley II?

162. PII: S0749-3797(01)00266-5 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2001 - accurately on nonfasting venous or capillary blood samples, but LDL-C requires fasting samples for accurate measure

163. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 15, 2010 - We used change in BMI from baseline as the preferred measure of weight change when it was available. … Adiposity was the most common additional measure, reported in 5 of 13 behavioral counseling trials. 16 … All of these measures have strengths and limitations. … Percentile scores are helpful when describing weight change in children of many ages, because they are a measure … We focused on the change in BMI from baseline as the preferred measure of weight change when it was available

164. Screening for Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy (pdf file)
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     March 06, 2023 - B Grade Notes 1 screening Using a blood pressure cuff to measure blood pressure during a prenatal

165. Screening for Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes (pdf file)
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     April 12, 2021 - Facts About Screening for Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes Screening includes a blood test that measures … (B Grade) Notes 1 screening A blood test that measures sugar in

166. Screening for High Blood Pressure in Adults: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     October 06, 2015 - Screening for High Blood Pressure in Adults: Clinical Summary Screening for High Blood Pressure in Adults: Clinical Summary Population Adults aged ≥18 y without known hypertension Recommendation Screen for high blood pressure; obtain measurements outside of the clinical setting for diagnostic confirmat…

167. Archived: Preeclampsia: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 25, 2017 - Measures of anxiety over time did not change but were collected from less than half of the study participants

168. 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

169. C-Reactive Protein as a Risk Factor for Coronary Heart Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2009 - In particular, they did not systematically assess the degree of adjustment for standard measures of CHD … other confounding factors were included in the model; whether the investigators re- ported model fit measures … , discrimination measures, or model calibration statistics separately for models with and without CRP … They note that measures of risk reclassification are probably better than the c-statistic for assessing … Non-HDL choles- terol, apolipoproteins A-I and B100, standard lipid measures, lipid ratios, and Clinical

170. Procedure Manual Appendix VIII. Standardization of Outcome Tables | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 01, 2017 - Outcome measures (harms and benefits): Deaths (where relevant).

171. USPSTF Issues Two Draft Recommendation Statements Related to Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease (pdf file)
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     February 12, 2018 - for three nontraditional risk factors: the ABI, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) (which measures … the amount of a certain protein in the blood), and coronary artery calcification (CAC) score (which measures

172. Evidence Summary: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 15, 2022 - The mean or median baseline AHI (or similar measure) for most trials was in the severe OSA range (AHI … Results shown as a mean difference in scores for each sleep-related QOL measure are provided in eFigure … Six RCTs reported on at least 1 QOL measure. 76 , 89 , 120 , 121 , 129 , 131 , 132 Overall, results … its construct validity (ie, authors have expressed uncertainty regarding whether it is an accurate measure … Studies Outcome measure

173. 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

174. Archived: Obesity in Adults: Screening and Counseling, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 03, 2003 - techniques, such as bioelectrical impedance, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, and total body water can measure … Clinicians may use the waist circumference as a measure of central adiposity. … The BMI is easy to measure, highly reliable, and highly correlated with percentage of body fat and body … Body mass index as a measure of body fatness: age- and sex-specific prediction formulas. … Body mass index as a measure of body fatness in the elderly.

175. 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

176. Screening for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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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 scoli- ometer, which measures the angle … 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 … - proved at 12 months in the intervention group compared with mar- ginal improvements or unchanging measures

177. Z8Avschjezubsjtdsx424H (pdf file)
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     May 23, 2019 - undertake a quantitative synthesis of alcohol outcomes be- cause of the lack of a clearly superior measure … outside the clinical setting, found no significant effect on mean drinks per week, the only outcome measure … Burton et al., 1995 (88) United States Poor quality: Single alcohol outcome measure not clearly defined … ; presumed measure (change in lifetime CAGE responses) is insensitive and lacks content, concurrent, … The measures used to determine eligibility for the study and to measure outcomes (Substance Use Screening

178. Screening for Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     September 05, 2023 - varied by outcome measure), response (pooled relative risk [RR], 1.89 [95% CI, 1.17 to 3.05]; n = 606 … instruments, clinical response, or remission; all-cause mortality; quality of life measured using validated scales … or instruments; and functioning measured by validated scales, missed days of school, or sleep-related … Brief measures to screen for social phobia in primary care pediatrics. … Brief measures to screen for social anxiety in adolescents.

179. Lori Pbert, Ph.D | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 2019 - Pbert’s work has also included the development of measures to assess clinician delivery of evidence-based

180. Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer: A Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2011 - measures of sun exposure; or total, which are cumulative estimates of sun exposure. … Six case–control studies included some measure of total sun exposure, either during childhood, during … Four of 5 studies used only a crude dichotomous measure of indoor tanning, and none of these studies … Most studies used crude measures of indoor tanning exposure. … Both of these studies, however, used only a crude dichotomous measure of sunscreen use.