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141. Procedure Manual Appendix XIV. Decision Framework to Assess and Guide the Need for Searches of Existing Decision Models | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 01, 2017 - Procedure Manual Appendix XIV.

142. Evidence Summary: Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/ocular-prophylaxis-for-gonococcal-ophthalmia-neonatorum-preventive-medication
     January 29, 2019 - Return to Recommendation Table of Contents Introduction Methods … used by the USPSTF to update its 2011 “A” recommendation. 3 Return to Table of Contents Methods … Detailed methods, including the search strategy, inclusion and exclusion criteria, criteria for critical … is recommended and ocular prophylaxis is the standard of care, the individual contribution of each method … Further details are available from the USPSTF Procedure Manual.

143. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     April 13, 2021 - Methods | An analytic framework and 3 key questions (KQs) guided the evidence update (Figure). … Detailed methods are available in the full evidence report.3 A literature search of MEDLINE and the … Further details are available from the USPSTF Procedure Manual (https://www. … uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/procedure-manual). 1250 JAMA September 27, 2022 Volume 328, … https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/procedure-manual http://www.jama.com?

144. Final Research Plan: Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 14, 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 ).  

145. Draft Research Plan: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 19, 2020 - What is the performance of risk assessment instruments or other risk stratification methods for identifying … including different screening intervals KQ 2: Risk assessment instruments and other risk stratification methods

146. Medication Use for the Risk Reduction of Primary Breast Cancer in Women: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     September 03, 2019 - characteristics; eligibility criteria; interventions [dose and duration]; numbers enrolled and lost to follow-up; method … The 95% CIs were estimated using a simulation method that assumed that the logs of both the RRs and the … Refer to the USPSTF procedure manual for further details.12 Clinical Review & Education US Preventive … methods. … Methods and processes.

147. Procedure Manual Section 2. Topic Selection, Prioritization, and Updating | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 05, 2021 - Procedure Manual Section 2. … The procedure for a reaffirmation evidence update is discussed in Section 4.7 . … another organization (e.g., the CDC's Community Preventive Services Task Force, ACIP) with evidence-based methods … The procedure for referring to other organizations is discussed in Section 2.5 . 2.1.2 Inactive Topics … The Topic Prioritization Workgroup reviews the recommendations and review methods of the chosen organization

148. Evidence Summary: Oral Health in Adults: Screening and Preventive Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 07, 2023 - In accordance with the USPSTF Procedure Manual, 16 studies rated poor-quality were only included if … US Preventive Services Task Force Procedure Manual. Accessed September 20, 2023. … https://uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual … For additional information, see the USPSTF Procedure Manual. 16 Return to Table of Contents … For additional information, see the USPSTF Procedure Manual. 16 Return to Table of Contents

149. Final Research Plan: Thyroid Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 23, 2015 - primary care providers or specialists as part of a routine well-care visit Enhanced ultrasound methods … , such as elastography or ultrasound with contrast media Diagnostic procedures (e.g., fine needle aspiration … overdiagnosis, * diagnostic tests, overtreatment, ** psychosocial harms, secondary malignancies, or procedure-related … Task Force clarified that this review will include palpation as a separate but potential screening method

150. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Hepatitis C: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review49/hepatitis-c-screening-2013
     November 15, 2012 - Table of Contents Preface Abstract Introduction Methods … Yield of Risk-Based Screening Methods Four cross-sectional studies (samples sizes ranging from 985 … Current methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: a review of the process. … Methods guide for effectiveness and comparative effectiveness reviews. … country, exposure of healthcare workers to blood/tissue in medium-/high-risk country, surgical/dental procedure

151. Archived: Vitamin D Deficiency: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 24, 2014 - The USPSTF found evidence suggesting that results vary by testing method and between laboratories using … the same testing methods. … Variability between assay methods and between laboratories using the same methods may range from 10% … and between laboratories using the same method and that classification of patient samples as deficient … vitamin D status through international collaboration and coordination and has developed standardized procedures

152. Draft Research Plan: Lung Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 03, 2018 - KQs 1, 3, 4, 8: CT * KQs 1, 3, 4, 8: No screening, chest x-ray, sputum cytology, and other screening methods … include new trials (published since the search cutoff dates of the last review) of other screening methods … Older studies (from before 2013) of other screening methods will not be carried forward to this update … how the USPSTF uses decision models in formulating its recommendations, please refer to the USPSTF procedure … manual, available at https://uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Name/procedure-manual .

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     February 01, 2014 - that may have been unnecessary because final results were benign and women may never have had these procedures … 2.13 [CI, 1.36 to 3.32]; 3 trials) and was related to more benign gynecologic conditions; surgical procedures … Risk reduction was most pronounced for women who had the procedure at younger ages in this study, as … Effectiveness of salpingo-oophorectomy for reducing breast cancer risk depends on the age at which the procedure … Procedure Manual. Rockville, MD: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force; 2008.

154. Final Research Plan: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/syphilis-infection-nonpregnant-adults-adolescents-screening
     January 28, 2021 - What is the performance of risk assessment instruments or other risk stratification methods for identifying … including different screening intervals KQ 2: Risk assessment instruments and other risk stratification methods

155. S9Hlyjmksx-Vsgx29Fpycp (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2015 - The USPSTF found evidence sug- gesting that results vary by testing method and be- tween laboratories … using the same testing methods. … Variability between assay methods and between laboratories using the same methods may range from 10% … Studies report testing variability between methods and between laboratories using the same method and … vitamin D status through international collaboration and coordination and has developed standardized procedures

156. 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 - questions in a comfortable manner, although there is no consensus about the optimal screening setting or method … investigator abstracted data on study design and setting; participant characteristics; data collection procedures … The same procedures were followed for nonscreening days, except that participants completed both the … ** The sampling method was not random or consecutive or not described. †† The reference standard was … follow-up was high or differential. § Intention-to-treat analysis was not used. || The randomization method

157. Archived: Bladder Cancer in Adults: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 07, 2004 - low positive predictive value and yield many false positive results, leading to unnecessary invasive procedures … Harris RP, Helfand M, Woolf SH, Lohr KN, Mulrow CD, Teutsch SM, Atkins D, for the Methods Work Group, … Current methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: a review of the process.

158. Summary of USPSTF Draft Recommendation: Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults (pdf file)
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159. 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

160. Evidence Summary: Lung Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 30, 2013 - Evidence Summary (PDF) Return to Recommendation Table of Contents Preface Abstract Introduction Methods … Return to Table of Contents Methods Key Questions and Analytic Framework We developed and followed … Whether the procedure was the cause of death is unknown 53 . … Current methods of the US Preventive Services Task Force: a review of the process. … Procedure complications during the screening period, as reported in the NLST, were low.