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21. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening Children for Lipid Disorders (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/child-lipid-screening-draft-rec-bulletin.pdf
    February 21, 2023 - A blood test measuring different components of cholesterol has been studied to screen for both types

22. PII: S0749-3797(01)00266-5 (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/aJ-xmGLsKqLQbQsBqodKZ5
    January 01, 2001 - are lacking to determine whether including triglyceride is more effective for screening than simply measuring … PII S0749-3797(01)00266-5 measuring both TC and HDL-C is more sensitive and specific for assessing … with HDL-C, low-density lipopro- tein cholesterol (LDL-C) and TC provide comparable information, but measuring

23. Archived: Lipid Disorders in Adults (Cholesterol, Dyslipidemia): Screening, 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/lipid-disorders-in-adults-cholesterol-dyslipidemia-screening-2001
    March 14, 2014 - are lacking to determine whether including triglyceride is more effective for screening than simply measuring … Although measuring both TC and HDL-C is more sensitive and specific for assessing coronary heart disease … with HDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and TC provide comparable information, but measuring

24. Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement on Screening for Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/hypertensive-disorders-pregnancy-final-rec-bulletin.pdf
    September 19, 2023 - “The Task Force continues to find that measuring blood pressure at each prenatal visit is an effective

25. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Two Final Recommendation Statements Related to Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/cvd-nontraditional-risk-pad-joint-bulletin.pdf
    July 10, 2018 - with the ankle-brachial index (ABI) Clinicians have effective standard, or traditional, ways of measuring

26. Draft Research Plan: Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/vitamin-d-deficiency-screening-adults
    October 25, 2018 - What are the various assays for measuring serum vitamin D (including total and free 25-hydroxyvitamin

27. Screening for Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
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    February 21, 2023 - Screening for High Cholesterol in Children and Adolescents A blood test measuring different components

28. Screening for Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy (pdf file)
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    March 06, 2023 - Screening for Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Screening is done by a healthcare professional measuring

29. Archived: Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/postmenopausal-osteoporosis-screening-1996
    January 01, 1996 - Most experts agree that DXA is a safe, accurate, and precise modality for measuring bone density that … The American Academy of Family Physicians recommends measuring BMC in women 40-64 years old with risk … Measuring bone density and what it means. Endocrinologist . 1991;1:83–87. 24. Kellie SE.

30. Ykjvkfmv5Jf8Bl3Rbx8Bp7 (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2015 - Benefits of Early Detection and Treatment The USPSTF found inadequate direct evidence that measuring … Screening Tests Glucose abnormalities can be detected by measuring hemoglobin A1c or fasting plasma … Harms of Early Detection and Treatment The USPSTF found that measuring blood glucose is associated with … The potential harms of measuring blood glu- cose and initiating lifestyle modifications that include … This new body of evidence led the USPSTF to conclude that there is moderate net ben- efit to measuring

31. Final Research Plan: Thyroid Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan144/thyroid-cancer-screening
    April 23, 2015 - publication window; case reports and case series; decision analyses *Diagnosis of nonpalpable nodules measuring

32. Final Research Plan: Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/vitamin-d-deficiency-screening
    January 24, 2019 - What are the various assays for measuring serum vitamin D (including total and free 25-hydroxyvitamin

33. Archived: Evidence Summary: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary8/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-2014
    January 15, 2014 - randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) have demonstrated that screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) measuring … Three specified postscreening ultrasonography surveillance protocols for AAAs measuring 3.0 cm or greater … Most (70% to 82%) screen-detected AAAs were small, measuring less than 4.0 to 4.5 cm. … Abdominal aortic aneurysms measuring 5.5 cm or greater were detected in only 0.4% to 0.6% of the screened … Few of those with aortas measuring less than 3.0 cm developed any AAA over the following 5 to 12 years

34. Archived: Preeclampsia: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/preeclampsia-screening-1996
    January 01, 1996 - Consistent attention should be given to using proper technique for measuring blood pressure. 4 Although … The optimal frequency for measuring blood pressure in pregnant women has not been determined and is left

35. Qz-N4Vdvgzssghretdokg7 (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2014 - ized, controlled trials (RCTs) has demonstrated that screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) measuring … Three specified postscreening ultrasonog- raphy surveillance protocols for AAAs measuring 3.0 cm or greater … Most (70% to 82%) screen- detected AAAs were small, measuring less than 4.0 to 4.5 cm. … Abdominal aortic aneurysms measuring 5.5 cm or greater were detected in only 0.4% to 0.6% of the screened … Few of those with aortas measuring less than 3.0 cm developed any AAA over the following 5 to 12 years

36. Archived: Evidence Summary: Lipid Disorders in Adults (Cholesterol, Dyslipidemia): Screening, 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/lipid-disorders-in-adults-cholesterol-dyslipidemia-screening-2001
    April 09, 2001 - The role of measuring triglycerides and the optimal screening interval are unclear from the available … Because LDL-C is routinely calculated indirectly by measuring TC, HDL-C, and triglycerides (TG) and then … Feasibility for Providers Screening for lipid disorders by measuring cholesterol levels in adult patients … initial screens, for example, we cannot say definitely whether the extra accuracy gained by universally measuring … Should we be measuring blood cholesterol levels in young adults? JAMA 1993;269:1416–9. 66.

37. Evidence Summary: Hypertension in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/hypertension-in-adults-screening
    April 27, 2021 - in the full evidence report. 11 In quantitative analysis of KQ2 (initial screening), only studies measuring … OBPM at a single visit were included; 2 additional studies measuring blood pressure at multiple visits … Meta-analysis of 15 studies using SBP/DBP thresholds and measuring blood pressure at a single visit ( … A sensitivity analysis adding 2 studies measuring blood pressure at multiple visits 19 , 20 rendered … Cross-sectional studies (20 new) (n = 12,614) Meta-analysis of 15 studies using SBP/DBP thresholds and measuring

38. Behavioral Counseling in Primary Care to Promote a Healthy Diet in Adults: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2010 - Better assessment tools for measuring dietary change, including better validated biochemical markers … calories from saturated or total fat; (b) grams of saturated or total fat; and (c) other methods of measuring … calories from saturated or total fat; (b) grams of saturated or total fat; and (c) other methods of measuring … calories from saturated or total fat; (b) grams of saturated or total fat; and (c) other methods of measuring … calories from saturated or total fat; (b) grams of saturated or total fat; and (c) other methods of measuring

39. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse of Elderly and Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary32/intimate-partner-violence-and-abuse-of-elderly-and-vulnerable-adults-screening-2013
    May 08, 2012 - visit, participants completed the Woman Abuse Screening Tool, an 8-item self-administered instrument measuring … Comparison between the abuse assessment screen and the revised conflict tactics scales for measuring … and nonabused respondents ISA 40 , 42 , 47 , 53 30 items 0–100 points Self-report scale measuring … PVS 44 , 45 3 items, dichotomous 0–3 points 3-item clinician-administered instrument measuring … 8 items, 3-level responses (0 = never; 1 = sometimes; 2 = often) 0–16 points 8-item instrument measuring

40. Archived: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-2014
    June 23, 2014 - They receive annual surveillance for AAA and peripheral artery disease, and those with an AAA measuring … Most screen-detected AAAs were small; only 0.4% to 0.6% of screened participants had an AAA measuring … ADAM [Aneurysm Detection and Management] trial) compared early open surgery with surveillance for AAAs measuring … in the early intervention group (17 vs. 6 deaths); however, 43% of the fatal ruptures were from AAAs measuring