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821. Recommendation: Iron Deficiency Anemia in Young Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 07, 2015 - Accuracy of Screening Tests Serum hemoglobin or hematocrit is the primary screening test for iron deficiency … deficiency anemia often resolve spontaneously, reducing the positive predictive value of any screening test … Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, New York); Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, Co-Vice … García, MD, MPH (Pima County Department of Health, Tucson, Arizona); Matthew Gillman, MD, SM (Harvard Medical … burden of iron deficiency in infancy and low socioeconomic status: a longitudinal analysis of cognitive test

822. Archived: Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/lipid-disorders-in-children-screening-july-2016
     August 09, 2016 - According to the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2.5% of well-child visits included lipid testing … second study was a Danish screening study (n=2085) that measured apolipoprotein levels as a screening test … 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 … Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, New York).

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     January 12, 2016 - have become a threat to a woman’s health during her lifetime; the most common is a false-positive test … Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and has served as deputy commissioner of the New York State

824. Effects of Mammography Screening Under Different Screening Schedules: Model Estimates of Potential Benefits and Harms (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2009 - Results of Sensitivity Analysis: Varying test sensitivity or treat- ment patterns did not change conclusions … mortality benefits from extending screening to women younger than 50 years or older than 74 years or to test … has the advantage of being able to hold selected conditions (for example, screening inter- vals or test … Model E (Erasmus Medical Center, Rotter- dam, the Netherlands), model G (Georgetown University Medical … Erasmus Medical Center F.

825. High-Priority Evidence Gaps For Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2016 - preventive services can include adverse effects of the service itself, as well as the harms of inaccurate test … statement and an evidence summary based on the full evidence review are also published in a peer-reviewed medical … Avoiding the Unintended Harms of Medical Procedures and Testing in Older Adults The USPSTF will continue … Gynecologists American College of Physicians American College of Preventive Medicine American Medical … consider the balance of benefits and harms on the basis of the circumstances of prior falls, comorbid medical

826. Archived: Evidence Summary: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/aspirin-use-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-colorectal-cancer-preventive-medication-2002
     January 15, 2002 - c Phillips: Office for Prevention and Health Services Assessment, Air Force Medical Operations Agency … The Medical Research Council's General Practice Research Framework. Lancet 1998;351:233-41. 8. … The result of the chi-square test for heterogeneity was 8.07 ( P =0.089). … The result of the chi-square test for heterogeneity was 5.36 ( P = 0.25). … The result of the chi-square test for heterogeneity was 1.58 ( P = 0.81).

827. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: An evidence-based prevention resource for nurse practitioners (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2007 - Rockville, Maryland 2 University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, Michigan 3 School of Nursing, Medical … services; to make recommendations about which preventive services should be a routine part of primary medical … Practice Center in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • The Tufts Evidence-Based Practice Center at the Tufts Medical … not recommended, receiving a D recommendation by the USPSTF, costs $47–$194 million in annual direct medical

828. Archived: Lung Cancer: Screening, May 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 15, 2004 - and risk associated with further evaluation and the potential anxiety and concern of false-positive test … (Professor of Family Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical … Associate Professor, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical … (Professor and Chairman, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai Medical

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     September 01, 2013 - quality of life; and the comparative effectiveness of antiviral treat- ments in patients with various medical … An estimated 78% of persons who test positive for the anti-HCV antibody have detectable levels of HCV … Sensitivity and specificity varied de- pending on the cutoff used to define a positive test result. … American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement on the management of hepatitis C. … Peters Veter- ans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, New York); Linda Ciofu Bau- mann, PhD, RN (University

830. Screening and Treatment for Hypercholesterolemia in Children and Adolescents: Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2007 - Nelson, MD, MPH (1, 2, 4) From the (1) Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center, Department of Medical … Clinical Epidemiology, (2) Department of Medicine, and (3) Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular & Medical … searches; expert reviewers for commenting on draft versions of the Systematic Evidence Synthesis22; AHRQ Medical … Dorlands Illustrated Medical Dictionary. 29th ed. Philadelphia, PA: W.B. … Dorlands Illustrated Medical Dictionary. 29th ed. Philadelphia, PA: W.B.

831. Archived: Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Screening, 2014 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 18, 2014 - Food and Drug Administration–approved hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) test followed by a licensed … , neutralizing confirmatory test for initially reactive results should be used to screen for HBV. … moderate benefit for populations at high risk for HBV infection, given the accuracy of the screening test … Food and Drug Administration, followed by a licensed, neutralizing confirmatory test for initially reactive … Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, New York); Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, Co-Vice

832. Archived: Hypertension: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - Although this test is highly accurate when performed correctly, false-positive and false-negative results … Due to these limitations in the test-retest reliability of blood pressure measurement, it is commonly … Medical Research Council Working Party. … Medical Research Council Working Party. … American Medical Association.

833. Archived: Suicide Risk in Adolescents, Adults and Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 20, 2014 - Only 1 of the 4 studies reported that the reference test was independent of the screening test 16 . … The American Medical Association states that all adolescents should be asked annually about behaviors … Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, New York); Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, Co-Vice Chair … American Medical Association. Guidelines for Adolescent Preventive Services. … Chicago: American Medical Association; 1997. 33.

834. Archived: Evidence Summary: Screening for Multifactorial Dyslipidemia: Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-screening-for-multifactorial-dyslipidemia/lipid-disorders-in-children-screening-july-2016
     August 09, 2016 - data were abstracted into evidence tables, including study characteristics, study design elements, test … Three large population-based studies that used only a single lipid test (without confirmatory testing … and adolescents screened positive at the fixed NCEP cut point of 200 mg/dL or higher on a single TC test … –2006 Margolis et al, 23 2014   Fair US 29,360 Retrospective analysis of automated medical … Data from studies using a single test found simulated diagnostic yields of 4.8%–12.3%.

835. Archived: Depression in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 15, 2009 - Any positive screening test result should trigger a full diagnostic interview using standard diagnostic … In older adults, significant depressive symptoms are associated with common life events, including medical … Screening test results were given only to clinicians whose patients screened positive 9 . … For older adults, harms of treatment also include serious medical events, such as UGI bleeding. … DeWitt, MD (Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio); Allen J.

836. Screening and Routine for Iron Deficiency Anemia: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2015 - Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology, Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice … Although not clearly clinical outcomes, developmental test scores after follow- up periods of 3 to 12 … In addition, these studies should report neurodevelopmental diagnoses rather than test scores. … ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors thank the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Medical officers: Tina … The effects of iron deficiency on infants’ developmental test performance.

837. Archived: Treatment: Evidence Summary: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/treatment-evidence-summary/gestational-diabetes-mellitus-screening-january-2014
     May 28, 2013 - Preventive Services Task Force and the National Institutes of Health Office of Medical Applications of … Questions were developed by the Office of Medical Applications of Research and the U.S. … Standards of medical care in diabetes—2012. Diabetes Care . 2012;35 Suppl 1:S11-63. … Treatment of women with an abnormal glucose challenge test (but a normal oral glucose tolerance test) … Effects on perinatal outcome of treating women with 1 elevated glucose tolerance test value.

838. Serologic Screening for Genital Herpes Infection: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     Grade: D Screening Tests The most widely used, currently available serologic screening test for

839. Final Recommendation Statement: Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 16, 2016 - Treatments and Interventions Treatments for ASD include behavioral, medical, educational, speech/language … Another area of concern was why studies of test accuracy and the effectiveness of treatment were not … Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, New York); Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, Co-Vice … García, MD, MPH (Pima County Department of Health, Tucson, Arizona); Matthew Gillman, MD, SM (Harvard Medical

840. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Coronary Heart Disease: Screening Using Non-Traditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary16/coronary-heart-disease-screening-using-non-traditional-risk-factors-2009
     October 15, 2009 - from a MEDLINE search for English-language articles published from 1966 to September 2008, using the Medical … From the Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Oregon Health & … , Oregon; University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; and Group Health Olympia Medical … Acknowledgments The authors thank Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Medical Officer Janelle … Conference V: Beyond secondary prevention: identifying the high-risk patient for primary prevention: medical