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1. Final Research Plan: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan6/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening
   September 15, 2013 - with clinic-based blood pressure measurement methods? … Does changing the measurement method from that used during the initial screening improve diagnostic accuracy … community health fairs) that are not associated with an attendant, trained personnel, or established procedures … measurement (with any device or protocol) KQ 4a:  Time interval for rescreening using the same method … value is derived from guidelines for various populations and that the threshold varies by measurement method

2. Archived: Final Research Plan: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan6/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening-october-2015
   September 15, 2013 - with clinic-based blood pressure measurement methods? … Does changing the measurement method from that used during the initial screening improve diagnostic accuracy … community health fairs) that are not associated with an attendant, trained personnel, or established procedures … measurement (with any device or protocol) KQ 4a:  Time interval for rescreening using the same method … value is derived from guidelines for various populations and that the threshold varies by measurement method

3. Archived: Final Research Plan: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan6/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening-monitoring-october-2015
   September 15, 2013 - with clinic-based blood pressure measurement methods? … Does changing the measurement method from that used during the initial screening improve diagnostic accuracy … community health fairs) that are not associated with an attendant, trained personnel, or established procedures … measurement (with any device or protocol) KQ 4a:  Time interval for rescreening using the same method … value is derived from guidelines for various populations and that the threshold varies by measurement method

4. Draft Research Plan: Screening for Hypertension in Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/hypertension-in-adults-screening
   June 07, 2018 - Have practical methods for identifying masked hypertension been evaluated in primary care or community … pressure measurement with wrist and finger monitors, forearm cuffs, or ankle and toe measures; any method … not commonly used in routine blood pressure screening (e.g., invasive methods, noninvasive method of … blood pressure measurement, established blood pressure measurement protocols, and ongoing documentation procedures

5. Clinical Summary: Screening for Pancreatic Cancer (pdf file)
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   July 31, 2019 - The USPSTF does not recommend screening for pancreatic cancer in the general population using any method … Imaging-based methods, such as the computed tomography scan, magnetic resonance imaging, and endoscopic … pancreatic cancer Treatment or Interventions Surgery (pancreaticoduodenectomy [known as the Whipple procedure

6. Screening for Breast Cancer Clinical Summaries (pdf file)
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   January 04, 2016 - Screening Tests Conventional digital mammography has essentially replaced film mammography as the primary method … http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/ Screening for Breast Cancer With Methods Other … Than Conventional Mammography: Clinical Summary Screening Method Primary screening with DBT Adjunctive … screening with breast ultrasonography, MRI, DBT, or other methods in women who have dense breasts

7. Clinical Summary: Screening for Ovarian Cancer (pdf file)
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   February 06, 2018 - Screening Tests The USPSTF does not recommend routine screening for ovarian cancer using any method … Transvaginal ultrasound and serum cancer antigen 125 testing are readily available procedures that are

8. AHRQ48D_TESTICULAREU.QXD (pdf file)
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   February 01, 2004 - AHRQ48D_TESTICULAREU.QXD Methods We searched MEDLINE® for articles focusing on meta-analysis, systematic … articles were further limited to RCTs by the exploded headings—randomized controlled trial/single-blind method … /double-blind method/random allocation, for which no articles were identified.

9. Tagauj5Qoarfv3M8Fapbon (pdf file)
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   June 03, 2019 - ) Breast cancer deaths diag- nosed within 7 years of follow-up Follow-up method Follow-up method … Follow-up method and evaluation method Initially, all four trials used the evaluation method of analysis … Many women with screening ab- normalities (especially on CBE) were “deemed not to require a diagnostic procedure … and cost associated with positive test results, many of which are false positive, and the diagnostic procedures … Future research should be directed toward developing new screening methods as well as methods of improving

10. Archived: Evidence Summary: Breast Cancer: Screening, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    September 03, 2002 - and cost associated with positive test results, many of which are false positive, and the diagnostic procedures … Future research should be directed toward developing new screening methods as well as methods of improving … Follow-up method and evaluation method Initially, all four trials used the evaluation method of … Many women with screening abnormalities (especially on CBE) were “deemed not to require a diagnostic procedure … ( % ) Positive Predictive Value Work-up Method ( % ) Biopsy Method ( % ) HIP NR

11. Final Research Plan: Hypertension in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/hypertension-in-adults-screening
    October 04, 2018 - Have practical methods for identifying masked hypertension been evaluated in primary care or community … Have practical methods for identifying white coat hypertension been evaluated in primary care or community … pressure measurement with wrist and finger monitors, forearm cuffs, or ankle and toe measures; any method … not commonly used in routine blood pressure screening (e.g., invasive methods, noninvasive method of … blood pressure measurement, established blood pressure measurement protocols, and ongoing documentation procedures

12. Screening for Breast Cancer (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2016 - 5) There is not enough evidence to determine the effectiveness of additional screening with other methods … False-positive results can lead to follow-up tests and procedures that aren’t needed. … for women in their 40s because they are more likely to have false-positive results and follow-up procedures … Potential Benefits and Harms of Using Additional Screening Methods to Screen Women with Dense Breasts … primary screening method The main method of screening used. 5 adjunctive screening Another type of

13. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Testicular Cancer: Screening February 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review95/testicular-cancer-screening-february-2004
    February 15, 2004 - articles were further limited to RCTs by the exploded headings—randomized controlled trial/single-blind method … /double blind method/random allocation, for which no articles were identified.

14. Evidence Summary: Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children and Pregnant Women: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    April 16, 2019 - Procedure Manual. USPSTF website. … Evaluation and Improvement of Sample Collection Procedures for the Determination of Blood Lead. … 1: 95 (NR) Method 2: 96 (NR) Method 3: 88 (NR) Method 4: 86 (NR) Method 1: 94 (NR) … Method 2: 96 (NR) Method 3: 100 (NR) Method 4: 91 (NR) Abbreviation: NR, not reported … . 8 b Study compared 4 methods of capillary screening (method 1: alcohol wipe; method 2: alcohol +

15. Archived: Oral Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/oral-cancer-screening-2004
    February 04, 2004 - Direct inspection and palpation of the oral cavity is the most commonly recommended method … screening for oral cancer, although there are little data on the sensitivity and specificity of this method … Harris RP, Helfand M, Woolf SH, Lohr KN, Mulrow CD, Teutsch SM, Atkins D, for the Methods Word Group, … Current methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: a review of the process.

16. Final Research Plan: Gestational Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    June 06, 2019 - diagnosis of GDM: In two-step screening, the screening test must be FPG, 50-g OGCT, risk factor–based method … later screening for those without) KQ 4: Screening tests (i.e., FPG, 50-g OGCT, risk factor-based method … monitoring, insulin therapy (all preparations), or glucose-lowering medications KQs 1–5: Alternative methods … additional management or minimally active intervention, such as printed materials) KQs 1–5: Alternative methods … English   * Two-step screening involves a screening test (e.g., 50-g OGCT, risk factor–based method

17. Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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    February 23, 2016 - Screening Tests A visual acuity test (such as the Snellen eye chart) is the usual method for screening

18. Screening For Impaired Visual Acuity In Older Adults: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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    July 07, 2009 - Screening Tests Visual acuity testing (for example, the Snellen eye chart) is the usual method

19. 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 - Table of Contents Preface Introduction Abstract Methods … Ultrasonography was the only screening method we considered. … Preventive Services Task Force Procedure Manual. … Accessed at http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Home/GetFile/6/7/procedure-manual_2016/pdf … Clinical guideline development methods: the guidelines manual 2012.

20. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/colorectal-cancer-screening-june-2016
    June 15, 2016 - The risks and benefits of different screening methods vary. … ), the sedation used during the procedure (eg, cardiovascular events), or the procedure itself (eg, infection … As an invasive procedure, colonoscopy can produce important morbidity as well as anxiety and discomfort … No studies directly measured this risk, but radiation exposure during the procedure seems to be low, … Racial disparities in the use of and indications for colorectal procedures in Medicare beneficiaries.