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November 15, 2022 - pressure was significantly associated with reduced blood pressure; however, the difference was relatively small … The meta-analysis (combining all measures) found that positive airway pressure was associated with a small … Because of unknown consistency, imprecision, and very small numbers of events, findings were insufficient … bias due to attrition bias and spectrum bias, and 1 (enrolling US adults with type 2 diabetes) with small … 7 Good; 54 fair
Study duration may be insufficient to determine benefit for many health outcomes; small
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November 01, 2021 - In a small study (n = 770) that tested 3 stool
specimens, sensitivity was 92% (95% CI, 69%-99%), but … 5017
109 534
1.76 (0.70-4.41) Note: 1 trial was excluded from the
meta-analysis because of a very small … are to repeat CTC every 5 years, and even
low doses of ionizing radiation could cumulatively convey a small … Sensitivity
of immunochemical fecal occult blood test to small
colorectal adenomas. … Should small sliding hiatal
hernias be reported at CT colonography?
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May 15, 2005 - The USPSTF judges the magnitide of the potential harms to be small. … The USPSTF judges the magnitide of the potential harms of screening men for gonorrhea to be small.
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January 01, 2010 - The
USPSTF judges the magnitide of the potential harms to be small. … www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/gradespre.htm#irec
the potential harms of screening men for gonorrhea to be small
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July 02, 2002 - exceed
harms only for those who are not at risk for
endometrial cancer; and the margin of benefit is
small … increases the risk for endometrial cancer.1
The number of total thromboembolic events in all 4
trials was small
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January 01, 1996 - to 1.53) at 12-year follow-up for the age subgroup 70-74. 40 The wide confidence interval, due to small … For the small group of women reporting thorough BSE compared to all others, the relative risk was 0.54 … ≥85, short-term morbidity such as anxiety or discomfort from the screening may have outweighed the small … breast cancer is uncommon, could lead to unnecessary anxiety and diagnostic evaluation, although a small
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December 01, 2014 - adequate evidence that the harms
of behavioral interventions to reduce the likelihood of STIs
are small … This trial found a small but statistically
significant reduction in the proportion of participants with … of acquiring an STI: 1 very large
trial of a video-based intervention that was powered to
detect a small … There is at least moderate certainty that the net
benefit is small.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review49/hepatitis-c-screening-2013
November 15, 2012 - A small, fair-quality cross-sectional study ( n = 34) included in the 2004 USPSTF review found that … Two other small studies ( n = 126 and n = 166) included in the 2004 USPSTF review reported no episodes … We could not formally assess for publication bias because of small numbers of studies. … potential negative psychological and social effects, but results are difficult to interpret because of small
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June 07, 2016 - antibody absorption (FTA-ABS). 26 These studies were limited by their lack of demographic information and small … This study was limited by the lack of no-antigen control wells for the EIA, the small number of positive … 23 and early-latent syphilis. 21 These studies were limited by their nonrandomized study designs, small … Publication bias could not be assessed because of the small numbers of studies.
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July 01, 2002 - The total number of
thromboembolic events in all 4 trials was small. … in the incidence of breast
cancer is limited if the number of cancers detected
during the study is small … thromboembolic events (ie, stroke, pulmonary
embolus, and deep vein thrombosis) in the BCPT
and MORE trials were small … This
is likely to be a small percentage of women. … benefits and
harms for the present drugs, given current evidence,
may be acceptable for a relatively small
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May 06, 2002 - The total number of thromboembolic events in all four trials was small. … in the incidence of breast cancer is limited if the number of cancers detected during the study is small … events (i.e., stroke, pulmonary embolus, and deep vein thrombosis) in the BCPT and MORE trials were small … This is likely to be a small percentage of women. … benefits and harms for the present drugs, given current evidence, may be acceptable for a relatively small
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February 13, 2018 - Meta-analytic pooling of results was not conducted because of the small number of studies and heterogeneity … Meta-analytic pooling of results was not conducted because of the small number of studies and heterogeneity … This finding was based on a small number of events, and survival in the control group was noted by the … In the analysis of women with recall screening events, there was a small, though statistically significant … Item General Health Questionnaire score ≥4, adjusted odds ratio, 1.28 [95% CI, 1.18-1.39]). 25 The small
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November 27, 2018 - 1.4%);
calculated RR, 0.37 (95% CI, 0.015-8.91)
Consistency
unknown (single
trial), imprecise
Single small … vs 1/40 (2.5%); RR, 0.34 (95% CI,
0.01-8.14)
Consistency
unknown (single
trial), imprecise
Single small … 13.8%); calculated RR, 0.49 (95% CI,
0.16-1.52)
Consistency
unknown (single
trial), imprecise
Single small … difficultiesh
Other outcomes not statistically significantly
differenti
Inconsistent,
imprecise
Small … Adjusted RR, 0.22 (95% CI, 0.02 to 0.98); P = .04
Consistency
unknown (single
trial), imprecise
Single small
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December 07, 2021 - parts fluoride per million parts wa-
ter [ppm F]).9-11 Topical fluoride is applied as a varnish with a small … the harms for dietary fluoride supplementation
and topical fluoride application as no greater than small … Typically, fluoride varnish is applied with a small brush and is available as 5% sodium fluoride (2.26%
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April 24, 2023 - However, the USPSTF concluded that these harms are no
greater than small. … infection16,39) and immediate hypersensitivity reactions to
penicillin.40,41
For treatment harms, 1 small … 5.1%
of patients receiving penicillin therapy experienced Jarisch-
Herxheimer reactions.40 A second small
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January 01, 2020 - the limitations for the fair-quality studies in-
cluded lack of reporting of randomization details, small … Overall, the differences in effect sizes, as modified by
these variables, were very small and likely … Trials reporting only behavi-
oral outcomes (no intermediate outcomes) found
small but significant improvement … Guidelines for
Americans report (31, 92), focusing on low-impact activi-
ties and increasing activity in small … Our review focused narrowly on persons with risk fac-
tors for CVD; therefore, it is only a small subset
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May 24, 2022 - Procedure Manual.8 No new
evidence suitable for meta-analysis was identified for this review,
owing to small … delayed screening (eTable 1
in the Supplement; all were included in the 2016 USPSTF review
except for 1 small … included in the systematic
review20,29 evaluated an antioxidant combination or α-lipoic acid,
but were small … cardiovascular
events, they were not designed to evaluate these outcomes and the
number of events were small … trials to perform formal
assessments for publication bias with graphical or statistical meth-
ods for small
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partnership with
community groups
(eg. include formative
eval with potential
users and non-users,
small-scale
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September 28, 2012 - However,
for most individuals without signs or symptoms, there is
likely to be only a small benefit from … found that counseling to improve diet or exercise changed
health behaviors and was associated with small … their grading recommendations framework, assign-
ing a “C” recommendation to services thought to have small
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/skin-cancer-screening
April 18, 2023 - The review identified 2 small fair-quality nonrandomized studies that addressed the harms of skin cancer … Given the small number of studies conducted among screened populations, the included body of evidence … Based on included evidence from 2 very small studies, 34 , 36 one examining cosmetic harms and the other … follow-up
Reasonably consistent, imprecise
Insufficient for minimal persistent harms of screening
Small