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221. Draft Research Plan: Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/asymptomatic-carotid-artery-stenosis-screening
     August 15, 2019 - endarterectomy (CEA) or carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAAS) provide incremental benefit beyond current standard

222. Final Evidence Summary: Depression and Suicide Risk in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary27/screening-depression-suicide-risk-children-adolescents
     October 11, 2022 - The prevalence of MDD based on reference standard diagnostic clinical interviews ranged from 3% to 9% … SRS). 49 The prevalence of increased suicide risk ranged from 19% to 22%, depending on the reference standard … , and were 0.87 and 0.60 against another reference standard. 49 Harms of Screening Key Question 3 … Depression The standard of evidence for test accuracy was rated as low to moderate for sensitivity … screening was rated as insufficient because of inconsistencies in estimates based on the reference standard

223. Standards for Guideline Development | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/standards-guideline-development
     June 01, 2018 - Standards for Guideline Development Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (Task Force) is committed to making its recommendation development process as clear and transparen…

224. Final Research Plan: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan54/colorectal-cancer-screening
     April 17, 2014 - alternate screening strategy KQ 2: Diagnostic accuracy studies that use colonoscopy as a reference standard … KQ 1: Decision analyses KQ 2: Diagnostic accuracy studies without colonoscopy as a reference standard

225. 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 - alternate screening strategy KQ 2: Diagnostic accuracy studies that use colonoscopy as a reference standard … KQ 1: Decision analyses KQ 2: Diagnostic accuracy studies without colonoscopy as a reference standard

226. Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults: Clinical Summary of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/3yeJ6L7nXxuVtnaU75gecT
     January 01, 2011 - The combination of pegylated interferon (α-2a or α-2b) and ribavirin is the standard treatment for HCV

227. 167fleming.indd (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/oRkuakbpNW9kYn6KdFMKpa
     January 17, 2005 - although glaucoma treatment with medications or surgery to lower intraocular pressure had been the standard … used and the cutoff point for defi ning visual fi eld defects, as well the test used as the reference standard … Presently, there is no standard method for measuring visual fi eld loss in POAG. … Evaluating a visual fi eld screening test for glaucoma: how the choice of the gold standard affects

228. ahrq29a - Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2004 - for active infection) or RIBA (a reference standard for exposure). … calculable calculable test who were RIBA or Perform- retested PCR ance of reference assays not standard … Limited data found a specificity of 97% or greater using viremia as the reference standard. 4. … These are the screening tests that are currently in standard use for the diagnosis of current or resolved … HCV infection.90 PCR testing, aminotransferase testing, and liver biopsy were considered the standard

229. Q Nxyq7Cwpbuwvt27Sq42 (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Q__nXYQ7cWPBuwvt27sQ42
     July 01, 2013 - Limitations: The lack of a gold standard for confirming GDM limits comparisons. … The absence of a universally accepted gold standard for the diagnosis of GDM has resulted in various … The lack of a gold standard to confirm a diagnosis of GDM limited our ability to compare the results … Ideally, the gold standard comparison for GDM screening tests would be a univer- sally agreed-on set … tw. 106. standard?.tw. 107. protocol?.

230. Clinician Summary of USPSTF Recommendation Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/SA2xTFXTzgdbgTYw9DEoMS
     December 01, 2019 - Abdominal duplex ultrasonography is the standard approach for AAA screening. a.

231. Final Research Plan: Vision in Children Ages 6 Months to 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/vision-in-children-ages-6-months-to-5-years-screening
     December 17, 2015 - study designs not listed as eligible KQ 2: Studies that do not attempt to perform the reference standard … vision, measured by the ability to discern letters or numbers at a given distance according to a fixed standard

232. Archived: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening-october-2015
     October 12, 2015 - is not as substantial as it is for ABPM. 1 Therefore, the USPSTF considers ABPM to be the reference standard … The USPSTF did not find evidence for a single gold standard protocol for HBPM or ABPM. … comparing manual (ausculatory) versus automated office blood pressure measurement with a reference standard … found that office blood pressure variably predicted true hypertension, as defined by the reference standard … to 65% of study participants ( Figure 1 ). 1 Positive predictive values (with ABPM as the reference standard

233. Archived: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening-monitoring-october-2015
     October 12, 2015 - is not as substantial as it is for ABPM. 1 Therefore, the USPSTF considers ABPM to be the reference standard … The USPSTF did not find evidence for a single gold standard protocol for HBPM or ABPM. … comparing manual (ausculatory) versus automated office blood pressure measurement with a reference standard … found that office blood pressure variably predicted true hypertension, as defined by the reference standard … to 65% of study participants ( Figure 1 ). 1 Positive predictive values (with ABPM as the reference standard

234. Archived: Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/peripheral-arterial-disease-pad-screening
     August 08, 2005 - little evidence that treatment of PAD at this asymptomatic stage of disease, beyond treatment based on standard … little evidence that treatment of PAD at this asymptomatic stage of disease, beyond treatment based on standard … claudication were only 54 percent and 9 percent, respectively, when using the ankle brachial index as the gold standard

235. Archived: Final Research Plan: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan97/breast-cancer-screening-january-2016
     July 17, 2014 - KQs 7, 8: Studies lacking comprehensively applied reference standard. … Test Characteristics KQs 7, 8: Diagnostic accuracy studies with reference standard, meta-analyses … and stability of measures over time (e.g., training sets, diagnostic accuracy studies with reference standard

236. Archived: Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/peripheral-arterial-disease-pad-screening-2005
     August 08, 2005 - little evidence that treatment of PAD at this asymptomatic stage of disease, beyond treatment based on standard … little evidence that treatment of PAD at this asymptomatic stage of disease, beyond treatment based on standard … claudication were only 54 percent and 9 percent, respectively, when using the ankle brachial index as the gold standard

237. Archived: Evidence Summary: Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/hepatitis-c-virus-infection-screening-2004
     March 08, 2004 - for active infection) or RIBA (a reference standard for exposure). … c Difference in standard deviation of change from baseline. … Fair Using viremia as the reference standard, sensitivity of third-generation ELISA testing appears … Limited data found a specificity of 97% or greater using viremia as the reference standard. 4. … HCV infection.90 PCR testing, aminotransferase testing, and liver biopsy were considered the standard

238. Procedure Manual Appendix VIII. Standardization of Outcome Tables | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-viii-standardization-outcome-tables
     July 01, 2017 - Procedure Manual Appendix VIII. Standardization of Outcome Tables Although it is not possible to completely standardize ou…

239. Procedure Manual Appendix VIII. Standardization of Outcome Tables | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-viii-standardization-outcome-tables
     July 01, 2017 - Procedure Manual Appendix VIII. Standardization of Outcome Tables Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print Although it is not possible to completely standardize outcomes tables because of the diversity of issues amo…

240. Archived: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/asymptomatic-bacteriuria-adults-screening-2004
     January 01, 2004 - Urine culture is the gold standard for detecting asymptomatic bacteriuria but is expensive for routine