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341. Screening for Carotid Artery Stenosis: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2007 - poorly defined and probably did not include intensive blood pres- sure and lipid control, which is standard … It is difficult to determine what effect current standard med- ical therapy would have on overall benefit

342. Archived: Genital Herpes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/genital-herpes-screening-2005
     March 15, 2005 - The WBA is considered the gold standard, with a sensitivity and specificity of greater than 99 percent … 26 A cost analysis of oral acyclovir prophylaxis in late pregnancy was compared with the current standard

343. Archived: High Blood Pressure in Adults, Children, and Adolescents: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/high-blood-pressure-adults-children-adolescents-screening-2003
     April 01, 2003 - arm cuff with either mercury, calibrated aneroid, or validated electronic sphygmomanometer) is the standard … SBP by 3.1 mm Hg and DBP by 2.0 mm Hg. 29 Among patients whose alcohol consumption is high (20 to 40 standard

344. Evidence Summary: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/speech-and-language-delay-and-disorders-in-children-age-5-and-younger-screening
     January 23, 2024 - For KQ2, studies assessing the accuracy of a screening instrument against a diagnosis reference standard … instruments for detecting speech and language delay and disorders in young children against a reference standard … Instruments (cut point) Screening subtest Reference standard … , Lexilist Production; LR+, positive likelihood ratio; LR–, negative likelihood ratio; LS, Language Standard

345. Archived: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - absence of an audible bruit. 13 , 15 , 18 Using 70-99% stenosis on a carotid angiogram as a reliable standard … studies comparing the accuracy of noninvasive diagnostic tests to carotid angiography (the reference standard

346. Screening for Skin Cancer: An Update of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2009 - We performed quality eval­ uations of articles for the key question by using standard USPSTF methodology … for appropriate­ ness of referral or biopsy, using histopathology or expert consensus as the gold standard

347. Archived: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/asymptomatic-bacteriuria-in-adults-screening-2008
     July 15, 2008 - negative predictive value for detecting bacteriuria in asymptomatic persons. 1 Urine culture is the gold standard

348. Comparative Effectiveness of Antiviral Treatment for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - for genotype 1 infection are higher with triple therapy that includes a protease inhibitor than with standard … the early 2000s, dual therapy with the combination of pegylated interferon plus ribavirin became the standard … Dual therapy with standard-dose (1.5 mcg/kg per week) pegylated interferon alfa-2b was associated with … a slightly lower likelihood of SVR than was dual therapy with standard-dose (180 mcg per week) pegylated … Short versus standard treatment with pegylated interferon alfa-2A plus ribavirin in patients with hepa

349. Screening for Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2002 - proposed that osteoporosis should be diagnosed in epidemiologic studies when bone mineral density is 2.5 standard … devices are low (0.35 to 0.60).59-79 Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is considered the gold standard … characteristic (values ≥0.80 are usually required to consider a text to be effective); RR, relative risk; SE, standard … test relevant, available for primary care, adequately described. • Study uses a credible reference standard … , performed regardless of test results. • Reference standard interpreted independently of screening test

350. Evidence Summary: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 20, 2019 - Most studies used results of BRCA1/2 mutation testing as the reference standard, although 2 studies … Relatives With Breast or Ovarian Cancer Other Factors Comparison With Other Models Reference Standard … Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry Myriad II Penn II Mutation testing Mutation testing as reference standard … 95.9%; specificity, 20.1% PPV, 0.32; NPV, 0.93 AUC, 0.71 Myriad II as reference standard

351. Archived: Evidence Summary: Alcohol Misuse: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions in Primary Care | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary9/alcohol-misuse-screening-and-behavioral-counseling-interventions-in-primary-care-2013
     September 25, 2012 - The maximum recommended consumption is 3 or fewer standard drinks per day (≤7/wk) for adult women and … anyone older than 65 years, and 4 or fewer standard drinks per day (≤14/week) for men 15 , 17 , 18 . … We developed and followed a standard … ‡ Generally defined as consumption of ≥5 standard drinks for men and ≥4 for women. … booklet PCP In person 1 10 min Lock et al, 2006 52 Brief advice (drink-less protocol) on standard

352. Evidence Summary: Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/screening-for-prediabetes-and-type-2-diabetes
     August 24, 2021 - The study had no protocol for standard interventions for those with screen-detected diabetes. … when routine care for CVD prevention would not have included treatments now considered to be current standard … comparison used in the hypertension in diabetes study embedded in UKPDS exemplifies differences from current standard … UKPDS) routine care for CVD prevention would not have included treatments now considered to be current standard

353. Evidence Summary: Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/healthy-lifestyle-and-physical-activity-for-cvd-prevention-adults-without-known-risk-factors-behavioral-counseling
     July 26, 2022 - the full report. 16 The presence of statistical heterogeneity among the studies was assessed using standard … The long-term effectiveness of need-supportive physical activity counseling compared with a standard

354. Behavioral Counseling for Skin Cancer Prevention: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     March 20, 2018 - support, or both.20,22,24 Of the remaining 3 trials, 2 in- cluded tailored mailings,25,26 and 1 included standard … Three trials of standard or tailored mail- ings for parents promoting sun protection for children aged … 32,38,39,42,43,45,46 9 trials26,29-32,42,43,45,46 (of tailored educational content, counsel- ing, or standard

355. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer: Screening, April 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/skin-cancer-screening-2001
     April 01, 2001 - studies that reported test performance, we recorded the definition of a suspicious lesion, the “gold-standard … studies that reported test performance, we also recorded the definition of a suspicious lesion, the “gold standard … Accuracy of Tests Examination of a biopsy specimen under a microscope is the “gold standard … skin lesions or of preselected patients with lesions, using the histologic diagnosis as the reference standard

356. Archived: Evidence Summary: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-june-2017
     June 20, 2017 - Measures: Weight or excess weight (e.g., body mass index [BMI]; BMI z score, measuring the number of standard … measures at 12 months’ follow-up were the primary outcome, with a body mass index (BMI) z score or standard … We refer to either of these measures as BMI z score, which is the number of standard deviations the … Establishing a standard definition for child overweight and obesity worldwide: international survey.

357. Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2021 - b Standard deviation was not reported, but 25th and 75th percentiles were 1.7 and 18.3, respectively. … Screening Questionnaires (KQ2) Source Cutoff value of screening questionnaire(s)/tool(s) Reference standard … Both studies had a moderate risk of bias due to lack of clarity related to screening and reference standard … of screening accu- racy were required to have used in-laboratory polysomnography as the reference standard … Continuous positive airway pressure versus standard care for the treatment of people with mild obstructive

358. Recommendation: Depression and Suicide Risk in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 20, 2023 - identified 85% of participants with major depression and 85% of those without major depression, at the standard … cutoff of 10 or greater, when compared with a semistructured interview reference standard (sensitivity … 95% CI, 0.79-0.89]; specificity, 0.85 [95% CI, 0.82-0.87]; 47 studies [n = 11,234]). 1 , 58 At the standard … primarily White, although 1 study from the UK included only Afro-Caribbean participants. 1 , 58 The standard

359. Archived: Evidence Summary: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary17/brca-related-cancer-risk-assessment-genetic-counseling-and-genetic-testing-2013
     December 15, 2013 - We followed a standard protocol consistent with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) … Additional Risk Factors in Model Accuracy Studies Study, Year (Reference) Population Reference Standard … Questionnaire; NA = not available; NR = not reported; NS = not statistically significant; NSI = Non Standard … Style Scale; NA = not applicable; NR = not reported; NS = not statistically significant; NSI = Non Standard

360. Evidence Summary: Weight Loss to Prevent Obesity-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Adults: Behavioral Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/obesity-in-adults-interventions
     September 18, 2018 - negative health effects. 2-7 Although measuring weight at periodic health examinations is now part of standard … for weight outcomes (KQ2). 19 Statistical heterogeneity among the pooled studies was examined using standard … Across the trials, there were large standard deviations relative to the mean change, suggesting that … Association of all-cause mortality with overweight and obesity using standard body mass index categories … a Standard error reported in parentheses. b Study used both the SF-12 and the EQ-5D.