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101. Screening for Hypertension in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     April 27, 2021 - For KQs 2 and 3 (test accuracy), test accuracy studies compar- ing an initial office blood pressure measurement … Test Accuracy Key Question 2. … , and conduct of the reference test. … What screening protocol characteristics define the best test accuracy? … Randomised controlled trial of treatment for mild hypertension: design and pilot trial: report of Medical

102. Serologic Screening for Genital Herpes Infection: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2022 - reviewed evidence comparing accuracy of HerpeSelect (Focus Diagnostics) and the Biokit HSV-2 Rapid Test … for HSV-2 based on Western blot.6 In 10 studies (n = 6537) using a cut point of 1.1, the HerpeSelect test … estimate of 81% (95% CI, 68%-90%), compared with Western blot.6 In 4 studies (n = 1512), the Biokit test … may be as low as 75% and as low as 50% for the HerpeSelect test for predicting true seroposi- tivity … declines in HSV-2 seroprevalence in the US popu- lation (since the 2016 review) likely further limit test

103. Archived: Preeclampsia: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 25, 2017 - , albumin to creatinine ratio urine test, urine protein dipstick test, and 24-hour urine protein test … creatinine ratio urine test, and 4 studies assessed the urine protein dipstick test. … Gynecologists recommends obtaining blood pressure measurements at every prenatal visit and using a detailed medical … Barry, MD (Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts); Karina W. … Maternal-fetal conditions necessitating a medical intervention resulting in preterm birth.

104. Archived: Evidence Summary: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children Age 5 and Younger: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 07, 2015 - The USPSTF members and AHRQ Medical Officers helped develop the scope, KQs, and analytic framework that … Whether conclusions reached from trials in countries with different medical, health insurance, and educational … Acknowledgment: The authors acknowledge the following individuals for their contributions: AHRQ Medical … With Disabilities; Section on Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics; Bright Futures Steering Committee; Medical … Identifying infants and young children with developmental disorders in the medical home: an algorithm

105. Archived: Cervical Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - Society, National Cancer Institute, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), American Medical … In their guidelines for adolescent preventive services (GAPS), the American Medical Association recommends … The annual Pap test: a dubious policy success. … American Medical Association. … Chicago: American Medical Association, 1994. 88. Green M, ed.

106. Archived: Evidence Summary: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 15, 2016 - This article was first published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on June 15, 2016 … trials and observational studies that reported serious adverse events requiring unexpected or unwanted medical … Among the studies that also reported medical follow-up of extracolonic findings, 1.4% to 11% went on … Among studies that adequately reported subsequent treatment, only up to 3% required definitive medical … Source: This article was first published in the Journal of the American Medical

107. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: USPSTF Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2012 - The OvaDx test is not currently approved by the U.S. … RECOMMENDATIONS OF OTHER GROUPS Consensus among major medical and public health organizations is that … In the Clinic includes links to PIER and continiuing medical education quizzes offering category 1 CME … Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, New York); Linda Ciofu Baumann, PhD, RN (University of … Wilt, MD, MPH (University of Minnesota Department of Medicine and Minneapolis Veteran Affairs Medical

108. Screening for HIV: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     June 20, 2019 - Patients positive for HIV may delay medical care or not receive care at all. … Alexandria, VA: International Medical Publishing; 1996. 12. … Assessing missed opportunities for HIV testing in medical settings. … Voluntary HIV testing as part of routine medical care—Massachusetts, 2002. … Multistate evaluation of anonymous HIV testing and access to medical care.

109. 75Ftpgw4Rz-3Tdmqpstvdg (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2012 - medical condi- tions. … Only the Get-Up-and-Go test and the Func- tional Reach Test are feasible for primary care settings. … Balance in elderly patients: the “get-up and go” test. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1986;67:387-9. … The timed “Up & Go”: a test of basic functional mobility for frail elderly persons. … Reference values for the timed up and go test: a descriptive meta-analysis.

110. Screening for Visual Impairment in Children Ages 1–5 Years: Update for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2011 - interval VIP—Vision in Preschoolers PLR—positive likelihood ratio NLR—negative likelihood ratio MTI—Medical … Technology and Innovations OR—odds ratio D—diopter(s) PEDIG—Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group MeSH—Medical … cutoffs were set to achieve a specificity of 0.90 or 0.94.55,60 Photoscreeners In 8 studies of the Medical … Eye Institute); the expert reviewers of the draft report; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Medical … Users’ guides to the medical literature. III. How to use an article about a diagnostic test. B.

111. Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events: An Update of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2009 - primary prevention of CVD events (KQ1), we performed a litera- ture search in PubMed by using the Medical … for cardiovascular disease, general health status of the population, and the availability of acute medical … events by the blinded Independent Clinical Event Committee End points assured by ad hoc committee Medical … The Medical Research Council’s General Practice Research Framework. Lancet. 1998;351:233-41. … standard, interprets reference standard independently of screening test, reliability of test assessed

112. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     June 06, 2017 - , the fecal immunochemical test, the multitargeted stool DNA test, and themethylated SEPT9 DNA test … ; FIT-DNA, multitargeted stool DNA test; gFOBT, guaiac-based fecal occult blood test; RCT, randomized … Curry); Columbia University, New York, New York (Davidson); State University of New York Upstate Medical … University, Syracuse (Epling); Pima County Department of Health, Tucson, Arizona (García); Harvard Medical … Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, New York (Siu).

113. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Evidence Update for the USPTF Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2012 - Partnerships Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Rockville, MD 20850 Kenneth Lin, MD Medical … Followup of abnormal test results was at the discretion of the subject’s personal physician. … Ascertainment of followup and evaluation was performed by standardized review and abstraction of medical … records for all women with positive screening test results. … surgery was performed by the woman’s own general practice and specialists, and data were collected by medical

114. Screening for Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2006 - Research on the test characteristics of brief, formal screening instruments has a number of limitations … Evaluation of a structured test and a parent led method for screening for speech and language problems … Uses of the Levett- Muir Language Screening Test. Health Visitor. 1983;56(12):454-456. 7 20. … The Fluharty Preschool Speech and Language Screening Test: a population-based validation study using … Preschool speech and language screening: further validation of the sentence repetition screening test

115. Screening for Genital Herpes - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2005 - Preventive Services Task Force* Ned Calonge, MD, MPH, Chair, USPSTF (Acting Chief Medical Officer and … Services Research and Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cedars-Sinai Medical … Chair, Department of Family Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical … of Medicine and Chief of Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical … MSPH (Professor and Chairman, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai Medical

116. Archived: Abnormal Blood Glucose and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - development of glucose intolerance during pregnancy, occurs in 3-5% of all pregnancies and is the most common medical … but its test performance has not been fully evaluated. … hypoglycemia was 28% for patients on glibenclamide, and 33% for those on insulin episodes requiring medical … identified risk factors for developing diabetes, including obesity, family history, history of GDM, selected medical … glucose tolerance test, is the screening test recommended by expert panels in the U.S.

117. Archived: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 07, 2016 - , negative nontreponemal test, and positive second treponemal test). … A nontreponemal test (RPR or VDRL) is performed first, followed by a treponemal test (TPPA or FTA-ABS … test result is positive. … Epling Jr, MD, MSEd (State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse); Francisco A.R … Gillman, MD, SM (Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts

118. JAMA JATS (pdf file)
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     August 21, 2018 - Education JAMA | US Preventive Services Task Force | EVIDENCE REPORT (Reprinted) 687 © 2018 American Medical … High-Risk HPV Testing 688 JAMA August 21, 2018 Volume 320, Number 7 (Reprinted) jama.com © 2018 American Medical … Review & Education jama.com (Reprinted) JAMA August 21, 2018 Volume 320, Number 7 689 © 2018 American Medical … Review & Education jama.com (Reprinted) JAMA August 21, 2018 Volume 320, Number 7 695 © 2018 American Medical … content experts (David Chelmo, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University; Sarah Feldman, MD, MPH, Harvard Medical

119. Archived: Preeclampsia: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - Burden of Suffering Hypertension is a common medical … had a sensitivity of 50% in predicting subsequent preeclampsia. 15 The conventional urine dipstick test … Other tests that have been suggested include the angiotensin II infusion test and the supine pressor … Because the target condition is a common medical complication of pregnancy and the screening test is … Medical interventions should not be prescribed until the diagnosis of preeclampsia is confirmed.

120. Archived: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children Age 5 and Younger: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 07, 2015 - practices, and school registration and entrance medical examinations. … Screening Test, the Structured Screening Test (formerly known as the Hackney Early Language Screening … Test), and Rigby’s trial speech screening test. … Test performance characteristics varied widely. … Speech-Language Pathology Medical Review Guidelines.