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21. 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 - AAAs, and 15 studies on the harms associated with treating small AAAs ( Figure 1 ). … Most (70% to 82%) screen-detected AAAs were small, measuring less than 4.0 to 4.5 cm. … Growth rates of small abdominal aortic aneurysms correlate with clinical events. … Recommendations for screening intervals for small aortic aneurysms. Br J Surg . 2003;90:821-6. … * Evidence related to the treatment of small AAAs is included in the full evidence report 22 .

22. Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Promote a Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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    behavioral counseling in the primary care setting to promote a healthful diet and physical activity is small … care behavioral counseling interventions to promote a healthful diet and physical activity have a small

23. Recommendation: Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 18, 2023 - such as excessive intake of saturated fat, sedentary lifestyle, and obesity; polygenic variants with small … in the statin group achieved goal in 4 trials reporting this metric. 1 , 17 Evidence from a very small … One small flaxseed study (n = 32) noted a worsening in HDL-C and triglyceride levels; 1 however, the … small study size and fluctuation of lipid laboratory values over time and in different age groups makes … hypercholesterolemia or multifactorial dyslipidemia in children and adolescents are no greater than small

24. Interventions to Prevent Perinatal Depression: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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    February 12, 2019 - recurrence compared with those prescribed placebo (7% vs 50%, P = .04) at 20 weeks postpartum in 1 very small … There was a statisti- cally significant small-studies effect for the counseling trials (Egger test, − … studies effect suggests possible overestimate of effect size, many small trials, only 2 good-quality … study (RR, 0.55 [95% CI, 0.20 to 1.53]) Consistency NA, imprecise Single fair-quality small study … Small R, Lumley J, Donohue L, Potter A, Waldenström U.

25. Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    April 17, 2018 - adequate evidence to bound the harms of exercise and multifactorial interventions as no greater than small … The USPSTF found adequate evi- dence that the overall harms of vitamin D supplementation are small to … The USPSTF concludes with moderate certainty that multifac- torial interventions provide a small net … There is at least moderate certainty that the net benefit is small. … The USPSTF found adequate evidence to bound the harms of exercise as no greater than small.

26. Archived: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-1996
    January 01, 1996 - Large aneurysms are easier to detect than small ones, and it is easier to detect aneurysms in thin people … to 99%, with sensitivity approaching 100% in some series of patients with a pulsatile mass. 16 In a small … For many older patients with small aneurysms, the risk of dying from coronary heart disease or stroke … single screen for AAA by abdominal palpation might be considered cost-effective, but it would be of small … J Vasc Surg . 1994; 20 :163–170. [ PubMed ] Katz DA, Littenberg B, Cronenwett JL Management of small

27. Screening for Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    August 25, 2021 - such as excessive intake of saturated fat, sedentary lifestyle, and obesity; polygenic variants with small … hypercholesterolemia or multifactorial dyslipidemia in children and adolescents are no greater than small … Two small, fair-quality sup- plement intervention trials (n = 74) examining flaxseed and fish oil in … similar in the intervention and control groups; however, most studies were relatively short term and small … One small flaxseed study (n = 32) noted a worsening in HDL-C and triglyceride levels1; however, the small

28. Evidence Summary: Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia During Pregnancy: Screening and Supplementation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    August 20, 2024 - There was statistical heterogeneity in the pooled estimate for small for gestational age.  … One small trial from Hong Kong found iron supplementation (60 mg) vs placebo associated with decreased … preterm delivery, 3 trials reporting small for gestational age, and 6 trials for low birth weight) and … However, the utility of stratified analyses was limited by relatively small numbers of trials. … Maternal iron intake during pregnancy and the risk of small for gestational age.

29. Archived: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-february-2005
    February 15, 2005 - AAAs in women, the number of AAA-related deaths that can be prevented by screening this population is small … The potential benefit of screening for AAA among women aged 65 to 75 is low because of the small number … Although there is no evidence to support the effectiveness of any intervention in those with small AAAs … Immediate repair compared with surveillance of small abdominal aortic aneurysms. … The UK Small Aneurysm Trial Participants.

30. Screening for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    October 11, 2019 - Based on these known harms, the USPSTF determined the overall harms to be at least small in this group … asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnant persons, although these harms are thought to be no greater than small … the harms of treatment of screen-detected asymptomatic bacteriuria in nonpregnant adults as at least small … • There is adequate evidence that the overall harms of treatment can be bounded as at least small in … All but 1 study reported fewer cases in the intervention group, although the num- ber of cases was small

31. Recommendation: Tobacco Use in Children and Adolescents: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    April 28, 2020 - studies on behavioral interventions to help youth quit tobacco use have been too heterogeneous and too small … interventions for tobacco cessation in school-aged children and adolescents because many studies had small … it bounds the magnitude of potential harms of behavioral counseling interventions as no greater than small … Trials were relatively small, and all included behavioral counseling in addition to pharmacotherapy. … None of the published trials reported any serious harms; however, study sizes were relatively small.

32. Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2005 - with men who have ever smoked; thus, the potential benefit from screening men who have never smoked is small … • The potential benefit of screening for AAA among women aged 65 to 75 is low because of the small … Although there is no evidence to support the effectiveness of any intervention in those with small AAAs … Immediate repair compared with surveillance of small abdominal aortic aneurysms. … The UK Small Aneurysm Trial Participants.

33. JAMA (pdf file)
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    February 25, 2020 - bounds the magni- tude of potential harms of behavioral counseling interventions as no greater than small … bounds the mag- nitude of potential harms of behavioral counseling interventions as no greater than small … harms • Adequate evidence to bound harms of behavioral counseling interventions as no greater than small … Trials were relatively small, and all included be- havioral counseling in addition to pharmacotherapy … None ofthepublishedtrialsreportedanyseriousharms;however,studysizes were relatively small.14 The single

34. Final Research Plan: Lung Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    August 16, 2018 - will be limited to studies of surgical resection or stereotactic body radiotherapy for stage I non-small … surgical resection or stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for the treatment of early (stage I) non-small … What are the harms associated with surgical resection or SBRT for the treatment of early (stage I) non-small … Asymptomatic adults (age ≥18 years) KQs 6, 7: Adults (age ≥18 years) with early (stage I) non-small

35. Archived: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/falls-prevention-in-older-adults-interventions-2018
    April 17, 2018 - that the overall net benefit of routinely offering multifactorial interventions to prevent falls is small … The USPSTF found adequate evidence that multifactorial interventions have a small benefit in preventing … Studies of these other interventions were too few, too small, and too heterogeneous for the USPSTF to … The USPSTF found adequate evidence to bound the harms of exercise as no greater than small. … The USPSTF found adequate evidence that the harms of vitamin D supplementation are small to moderate.

36. Archived: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/gestational-diabetes-mellitus-screening-2003
    February 01, 2003 - An overview of four RCTs found no significant benefits of diet, but the studies were small and had other … cesarean delivery rates, birth trauma, or perinatal mortality.[[40‐42]] These trials are hampered by small … size and lack of power for detecting small changes in more important health outcomes. … maternal starvation ketosis resulting from aggressive glycemic‐lowering therapy, and infants who are small … Glycemic control in gestational diabetes mellitus—how tight is tight enough: small for gestational age

37. Archived: Final Research Plan: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan54/colorectal-cancer-screening-june-2016
    April 17, 2014 - What is the likelihood of progression or regression of small adenomas (i.e., measuring 6 to 9 mm) to … What is the distribution of colorectal lesions (colorectal cancer, advanced adenomas, small adenomatous … academic settings that would not be applicable to most practice settings) for endoscopy studies (e.g., small

38. Evidence Summary: High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening
    June 18, 2024 - Behavioral interventions were associated with small reductions in BMI and other weight outcomes after … However, pooled analyses indicated small increases in total quality of life after 6 to 12 months (mean … Pooled effects indicated no impact on measures of cholesterol but suggested small improvements in blood … Very limited evidence suggested that these higher-dose interventions also resulted in small reductions … increases in total and physical quality of life after 6 to 12 mo, reported in only a small subset of

39. Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    March 20, 2018 - The USPSTF found adequate evidence that behavioral counseling interventions result in a small increase … Existing evidence indicates that the net benefit of counseling all adults older than 24 years is small … The USPSTF concludes with moderate certainty that behav- ioral counseling interventions have a small … There is at least moderate certainty that the net benefit is small. … The harms of counseling are small.

40. Evidence Summary: Aspirin Use to Prevent Preeclampsia and Related Morbidity and Mortality: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/low-dose-aspirin-use-for-the-prevention-of-morbidity-and-mortality-from-preeclampsia-preventive-medication
    September 28, 2021 - pregnancy health outcomes and complications including eclampsia, perinatal mortality, preterm birth, small … Although the number of trials was small, earlier aspirin initiation (before 20 weeks of gestation) was … However, there was evidence of small-study effects for the preterm birth outcome (Peters P = .03), … Effects were consistent across the included studies; all but 2 small studies reported effects in the … Given the presence of small-study effects, it is possible that pooled effect sizes were overestimated