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101. Evidence Summary: Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children and Pregnant Women: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/elevated-blood-lead-levels-in-childhood-and-pregnancy-screening
     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 +

102. Current Processes of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Refining Evidence-Based Recommendation Development (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/currprocess.pdf
     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.

103. Procedure Manual Appendix XI. Tool to Assess Adequacy and Certainty of Evidence for a Task Force Recommendation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-xi-tool-assess-adequacy-and-certainty-evidence-task-force-recommendation
     July 01, 2017 - Procedure Manual Appendix XI.

104. Procedure Manual Appendix IX. Factors to Consider When Recommending Starting and Stopping Times for Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-ix-factors-consider-when-recommending-starting-and-stopping-times-screening
     July 01, 2017 - Procedure Manual Appendix IX.

105. 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

106. Sbmxphuqwo-Dc85Fj5Whf (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/_SBmXPhUQWo-dc85FJ5wHf
     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.

107. 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.

108. 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.

109. Current Processes: Refining Evidence-based Recommendation Development - Table 1 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/current-processes-refining-evidence-based-recommendation-development-table-1
     June 01, 2007 - Procedures for Developing a Recommendation Statement a Activity b Responsible Parties Timeline

110. Screening for Breast Cancer (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Fbj5RkuC7VEsKFULEsfwUg
     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

111. 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.

112. Use of Decision Models in the Development of Evidence-Based Clinical Preventive Services Recommendations | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/use-decision-models-development-evidence-based-clinical-preventive-services-recommendations
     May 01, 2019 - A more detailed description of the approach is available in the USPSTF procedure manual. 15 Topics … Procedure Manual. Rockville, MD: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force; 2015. … Guide to the Methods of Technology Appraisal. … Grade Year Grade Reference Colorectal cancer 2008 A recommendation Assess screening method … Assess screening interval Assess ages at which to begin and end screening Assess screening method

113. Screening for Syphilis: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/TzddJozNQQZYmTohr64wMz
     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.

114. PII: S0749-3797(01)00261-6 (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/Harris2001.pdf
     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

115. Use of Decision Models in the Development of Evidence-Based Clinical Preventive Services Recommendations (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/decision-modeling-for-uspstf_0.pdf
     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.

116. Procedure Manual Appendix XIV. Decision Framework to Assess and Guide the Need for Searches of Existing Decision Models | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-xiv-decision-framework-assess-and-guide-need-searches-existing-decision-models
     July 01, 2017 - Procedure Manual Appendix XIV.

117. USPSTF Recommendations Development Process: A Graphic Overview | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/uspstf-recommendations-development-process-graphic-overview
     May 01, 2021 - USPSTF Recommendations Development Process: A Graphic Overview Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print Review Topic Nominations Anyone can nominate a new topic for review at any time. USPSTF reviews nomin…

118. Archived: Evidence Summary: Bacterial Vaginosis in Pregnancy to Prevent Preterm Delivery: Screening, 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/bacterial-vaginosis-pregnancy-prevent-preterm-delivery-screening-2001
     January 01, 2001 - A stepwise procedure based on the profile likelihood was applied to assess heterogeneity, to pool studies … premature infant, pregnancy, pregnancy complications, sensitivity and specificity, obstetric surgical procedures … , and gynecologic surgical procedures , the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register and Library, 15 reference … , based on the profile likelihood method 18–21 to assess heterogeneity, to pool studies when appropriate … The stepwise procedure can either result in clusters of studies with similar results or one cluster in

119. Draft Research Plan: Lung Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/lung-cancer-screening1
     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 .

120. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement on Interventions for Tobacco Cessation in Adults (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/tobacco-cessation-adults-final-rec-bulletin.pdf
     January 19, 2021 - Adults Task Force recommends clinicians ask about tobacco use and connect people to proven, safe methods … people about their tobacco use, advise those who use tobacco to quit, and connect them to proven, safe methods … The Task Force found that a variety of counseling methods are effective in helping adults, including … The optimal method to help a patient quit can vary based on each patient’s medical history, preferences … available, clinicians should offer adults who smoke these other methods rather than e-cigarettes.