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1. Archived: Preeclampsia: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/preeclampsia-screening-1996
   January 01, 1996 - sources of measurement error associated with sphygmomanometry include instrument defects and examiner technique … Consistent attention should be given to using proper technique for measuring blood pressure. 4 Although … The collection of meaningful blood pressure data requires consistent use of correct technique and a cuff

2. Archived: Final Research Plan: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan95/syphilis-infection-in-nonpregnant-adults-and-adolescents-june-2016
   September 18, 2014 - comparator or “gold standard,” as determined by the study itself (e.g., an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay technique

3. Final Research Plan: Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children and Pregnant Women: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/elevated-blood-lead-levels-in-childhood-and-pregnancy-screening
   October 13, 2016 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print Final Research Plan Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children and Pregnant Women: Screening October 13, 2016 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. governm…

4. Archived: Hearing Impairment: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   January 01, 1996 - With pure-tone thresholds in audiometric test booths used as a reference criterion, this technique has … hand-held audiometers. 16 , 37 Audiometric results are, however, subject to error due to improper technique … newborn nursery and other factors that affect the technical conduct of EOE require solution before this technique … For example, the whispered voice test is one simple clinical technique used to assess hearing.

5. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Review (pdf file)
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   July 01, 1994 - have found improvements in the specificity of ultrasound when combined with the color-flow Doppler technique … Trans- vaginal colour flow imaging: a possible new screening technique for ovarian cancer.

6. Draft Recommendation: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   October 25, 2022 - A common technique used by clinicians to assess a potential melanoma is the “ABCDE” rule, which looks … Deep shave excision of macular melanocytic nevi with the razor blade biopsy technique.

7. Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Promote a Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (pdf file)
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   July 01, 2022 - Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Promote a Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision making to the specific …

8. Primary Care Interventions to Promote Breastfeeding: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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   October 14, 2008 - Primary Care Interventions to Promote Breastfeeding: Clinical Summary PRIMARY CARE INTERVENTIONS TO PROMOTE BREASTFEEDING CLINICAL SUMMARY OF U.S. PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION Population Pregnant Women New Mothers The Mother’s Partner, Other Family Members, and Friends …

9. Evidence Summary: Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children and Pregnant Women: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   April 16, 2019 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print Evidence Summary Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children and Pregnant Women: Screening April 16, 2019 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government…

10. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement for Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 22, 2010 - U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement for Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print January 22, 2010 – Based on new evidence that …

11. Archived: Ovarian Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 01, 1996 - specificity of CA-125 measurement by selective screening of postmenopausal women, 34 modifying the assay technique … Transvaginal colour flow imaging: a possible new screening technique for ovarian cancer.

12. Final Research Plan: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children Age 5 and Younger: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan35/speech-and-language-delay-and-disorders-in-children-age-5-and-younger-screening
    November 15, 2013 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print Final Research Plan Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children Age 5 and Younger: Screening November 15, 2013 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the …

13. Archived: Final Research Plan: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children Age 5 and Younger: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan35/speech-and-language-delay-and-disorders-in-children-age-5-and-younger-screening-july-2015
    November 15, 2013 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print archived Final Research Plan Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children Age 5 and Younger: Screening November 15, 2013 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independ…

14. Archived: Oral Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 01, 1996 - anatomic sites that may be inaccessible to routine visual inspection. 7 The recommended examination technique

15. Draft Recommendation: Perinatal Depression: Preventive Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    April 22, 2025 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print in progress Draft Recommendation Statement Perinatal Depression: Preventive Interventions April 22, 2025 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. …

16. Archived: Peripheral Arterial Disease: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 01, 1996 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print archived Final Recommendation Statement Peripheral Arterial Disease: Screening, 1996 January 01, 1996 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. gover…

17. Archived: Visual Impairment: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/visual-impairment-screening-1996
    January 01, 1996 - risk factors (e.g., anisometropia, or severe hyperopia [farsightedness]). 27 The Modified Clinical Technique … Development of a scale designed to measure functional distance vision loss using an interview technique

18. Archived: Tuberculosis Infection, Including Bacille Calmette-Guérin Immunization: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/tuberculosis-infection-screening-immunization-1996
    February 11, 2014 - limiting the specificity of the test. 9-11 False-positive results can also be produced by improper technique … including active TB), in newborns and infants less than 3 months of age, and as a result of improper technique

19. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary47/speech-and-language-delay-in-preschool-children-screening
    February 15, 2006 - the performance of ≥ 2 screening techniques in 1 population, and comparisons of a single screening technique … and disorders can involve a number of approaches, although there is no uniformly accepted screening technique … , could be applied to a primary care setting, used clearly defined measures, compared the screening technique … performance of 2 or more screening techniques in 1 population, and comparisons of a single screening technique

20. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary47/speech-and-language-delay-in-preschool-children-screening-2006
    February 15, 2006 - the performance of ≥ 2 screening techniques in 1 population, and comparisons of a single screening technique … and disorders can involve a number of approaches, although there is no uniformly accepted screening technique … , could be applied to a primary care setting, used clearly defined measures, compared the screening technique … performance of 2 or more screening techniques in 1 population, and comparisons of a single screening technique