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101. Procedure Manual Section 9. Engagement With the Public, Stakeholders, and Partners | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 09, 2017 - Procedure Manual Section 9. … Dissemination of USPSTF Recommendations and Processes The Task Force disseminates its research plans, methods … Further details about Task Force procedures for writing papers and documents are available in Section

102. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/colorectal-cancer-screening-2002
     June 13, 2002 - potential harms, but the quality of evidence, magnitude of benefit, and potential harms vary with each method … Proven methods of FOBT screening use guaiac-based test cards prepared at home by patients from three … Computed Tomography (CT) Colography  CT colography, or "virtual colonoscopy," is a noninvasive procedure … Screening colonoscopy poses higher risks than FOBT or sigmoidoscopy, both because it is a more invasive procedure … (eg, when polypectomy is performed) than in diagnostic or screening procedures.

103. Current Processes of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Refining Evidence-Based Recommendation Development (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2007 - Table 1 shows the Task Force’s current procedures for developing recommendations. … Updated Recommendations To efficiently utilize available resources, the Task Force has implemented new procedures … Procedures for Developing a Recommendation Statement* Activity† Responsible Parties Timeline Topic … the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Table 3—Continued How Identified as a Topic Method … Methods Work Group, Third US Preventive Services Task Force.

104. Evidence Summary: Genital Herpes Infection: Serologic Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/genital-herpes-serologic-screening
     February 14, 2023 - Return to Recommendation Table of Contents Introduction Methods … Detailed methods and results are available in the full evidence report. 1 For purposes of this review … US Preventive Services Task Force Procedure Manual. Published 2021. Accessed October 11, 2021. … https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/procedure-manual Workowski KA, Bachmann LH, Chan … Further details are available from the USPSTF procedure manual. 4 Return to Table of Contents

105. Draft Research Plan: Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 15, 2019 - The update for this topic will be conducted using rapid synthesis procedures, as described in Section … 4.7 of the USPSTF Procedure Manual (available at https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/ … Name/methods-and-processes ).  

106. 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 +

107. Reconsidering the Approach to Prevention Recommendations for Older Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/reconsidering-approach-prevention-recommendations-older-adults
     February 01, 2014 - Similarly, screening for functional status might be justified not only because it is a worthwhile method … Analytic Framework Once a topic is prioritized by the USPSTF for review, it uses a systematic method … Conclusion The USPSTF has begun developing methods for reviewing evidence and making recommendations … [PMID: 17576998] Harris RP, Helfand M, Woolf SH, Lohr KN, Mulrow CD, Teutsch SM, et al; Methods Work … Current methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: a review of the process. 

108. Reconsidering the Approach to Prevention Recommendations for Older Adults (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/prevmethods.pdf
     December 01, 2010 - Similarly, screening for functional status might be justified not only because it is a worthwhile method … Measurement Issues The USPSTF methods are designed to use evidence that preventive interventions improve … Analytic Framework Once a topic is prioritized by the USPSTF for review, it uses a systematic method … Harris RP, Helfand M, Woolf SH, Lohr KN, Mulrow CD, Teutsch SM, et al; Methods Work Group, Third U.S. … Cur- rent methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: a review of the process.

109. Sbmxphuqwo-Dc85Fj5Whf (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2015 - curacy of office BP measurement (OBPM) (key question 2), prediction of cardiovascular events by BP method … , we did not calculate summary meta-analytic estimates of risk to determine the best BP measurement method … Prediction of Cardiovascular Events by BP Measurement Method We identified a reference standard for … Procedures and discrepancies of blood pressure measurements in two commu- nity health centers. … A refined method for the meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials with binary outcome.

110. Archived: Final Research Plan: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan11/brca-related-cancer-risk-assessment-genetic-counseling-and-genetic-testing-2013
     December 15, 2012 - comprehensive evaluation of familial risk for inherited disorders using kindred analysis and other methods … What is the accuracy of methods to assess familial cancer risk for BRCA-related cancer when performed … The Evaluation of Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention [EGAPP] Initiative: methods of the … Screening (KQs 1–3) Studies of risk assessment methods, outcomes of genetic counseling and testing … KQs 2a and 3a: Accuracy of various risk assessment methods.

111. 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 - document/final-research-plan/iron-deficiency-anemia-during-pregnancy-screening-supplementation) and Procedure … Manual (https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual … iron-deficiency-anemia-during-pregnancy-screening-supplementation https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes … /procedure-manual 2 Research Gap Key Questions* or Contextual Questions Direct/ Indirect … (https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual

112. Shared Decision Making About Screening and Chemoprevention | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 2017 - proposed medical care. 21 Its success was measured, however, by clinician disclosures before risky procedures … Clinicians could forgo these disclosures if a patient did not want to be informed, if the procedure was … Current methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: a review of the process. … Current methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: a review of the process.  … Patients' perceptions of the quality of informed consent for common medical procedures. 

113. Evidence Summary: Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Pregnant Women: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/hepatitis-b-virus-infection-in-pregnant-women-screening
     July 23, 2019 - Return to Recommendation Table of Contents Introduction Methods … inform the USPSTF in updating its 2009 recommendation. 2 Return to Table of Contents Methods … Detailed methods, including the search strategy, inclusion and exclusion criteria, critical appraisal … Further details are available from the USPSTF Procedure Manual. … physicians, hospitals, and laboratories; loss to follow-up, missing data, and differences in data collection procedures

114. Procedure Manual Section 5. Modeling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 05, 2017 - Procedure Manual Section 5. … As the USPSTF methods on modeling evolve details will be published and made available on the Task Force … Methods Webpage.

115. Screening for Syphilis: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     June 07, 2016 - Methods Scope of the Review Detailed methods and background are available in the full evi- dence report … Assessment One investigator abstracted details about study design, patient popu- lation, setting, screening method … Both methods identified additional positive tests not identified using conventional methods. … All 4 samples that tested positive were positive with both testing methods. … Procedure manual.

116. Use of Decision Models in the Development of Evidence-Based Clinical Preventive Services Recommendations (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2016 - RecommendationTopic Year Grade Year Grade Reference Colorectal cancer 2008 A recommendation Assess screening method … recommendation Assess screening interval Assess ages at which to begin and end screening Assess screening method … A more detailed description of the ap- proach is available in the USPSTF procedure manual (15). … Procedure Manual. Rock- ville, MD: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force; 2015. 16. … Guide to the Methods of Technology Appraisal.

117. Draft Recommendation: Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 04, 2020 - For more details on the methods the USPSTF uses to determine the net benefit, see the USPSTF Procedure … artery stenosis (0.5% to 1%). 8 The 2014 review found two studies of angiography, a confirmatory testing method … strokes as a result. 8 The current review found no new studies on the harms of confirmatory testing methods … Procedure Manual. https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Name/procedure-manual . … Age modifies the efficacy and safety of carotid artery revascularization procedures.

118. PII: S0749-3797(01)00261-6 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2001 - PII: S0749-3797(01)00261-6 Current Methods of the U.S. … , so too have the methods of the USPSTF. … are lacking, the third Task Force formed a methods subcommittee (Methods Work Group). … cases/controls with exclusion criteria applied equally to both ● Response rate ● Diagnostic testing procedures … Recommendations, which cross the line from science into policy, are based on formal voting procedures

119. Procedure Manual Appendix XIII. Template for Scoping the “Decision Problem” to Address Through Decision Modeling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 01, 2017 - Procedure Manual Appendix XIII.

120. Procedure Manual Appendix IV. Roles and Responsibilities of USPSTF Members Serving as a Topic Lead | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 01, 2017 - Procedure Manual Appendix IV.