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221. Clinical Summary: Vision Screening in Children Aged 6 Months to 5 Years (pdf file)
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     Treatments Primary treatment includes correction of any underlying refractive error with the use of corrective … lenses, occlusion therapy for amblyopia (eye patching, atropine eye drops, or Bangerter occlusion foils … ), or a combination of treatments.

222. Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     Treatment and Interventions Medications used to treat COPD include long-acting β-agonists, inhaled … corticosteroids, long-acting anticholinergics, and combination therapy with corticosteroids and long-acting

223. Final Research Plan: Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 21, 2017 - What are the harms of currently recommended antiviral treatments? * 9.    … 7, and 8 include those defined by age, race/ethnicity, sex, drug use, receipt of maximally assisted therapy … What is the effect of antiviral treatments on behavioral outcomes? … clinical outcomes (KQ 9) Populations Persons with HCV infection being treated with antiviral therapy … behavioral health care; subpopulations of interest include drug use, persons using medication-assisted therapies

224. Screening for Visual Impairment in Children Younger than Age 5 Years - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2004 - These treatments include surgery for strabismus and cataracts; use of glasses, contact lenses, or refractive … surgery treatments to correct refractive error; and visual training, patching, or atropine therapy of … and temporary loss of visual acuity of the nonamblyopic eye, which resolves weeks after completion of therapy … Efficacy and stability of amblyopia therapy. Optom Vis Sci. 1992;69:747–754. 31. … Results of amblyopia therapy in eyes with unilateral structural abnormalities.

225. Final Research Plan: Perinatal Depression: Preventive Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 11, 2016 - pharmacologic interventions to prevent perinatal depression Studies restricted to screening for and treatment … during pregnancy or the first year postpartum, including: Counseling (e.g., cognitive behavioral therapy … prevent perinatal depression Widely available physical activity or complementary and alternative therapies … (i.e., massage, acupuncture, hypnosis, light exposure, yoga) Hormonal therapy (e.g., estrogen, oxytocin … cardiac malformations Neonatal intensive care unit admission Other harms reported in trials of treatment

226. Archived: Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2) in Adults: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 04, 2003 - Chronic Renal Failure Three treatments have been examined to reduce the incidence of CRF among diabetics … Cardiovascular Disease Four treatments to reduce the incidence of CVD events among patients with diabetes … Treatments for diabetes are relatively safe. … Aspirin therapy in diabetes. Diabetes Care . 1997;20:1767–71. 51. … Aspirin therapy in diabetes.  Diabetes Care 2000;23:S61–S62. 52.

227. Archived: Final Research Plan: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 15, 2014 - Does treatment for asymptomatic adults identified with mild to moderate COPD through screening improve … What are the adverse effects of COPD treatment in this population? … offered to symptomatic patients, oxygen therapy, surgical therapies, lung transplant, pulmonary rehabilitation … these patients will not be considered in the evidence review (i.e., pulmonary rehabilitation, oxygen therapy … , surgical treatment to reduce lung volume, and lung transplantation).

228. Screening for Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children Aged 5 Years or Younger: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     Treatment and Interventions Interventions for childhood speech and language disorders vary widely … and can include speech-language therapy sessions and assistive technology (if indicated).

229. Archived: Evidence Summary: Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Women: Behavioral and Pharmacotherapy Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 21, 2015 - reviews found or reported adverse events related to other behavioral or complementary and alternative therapies … Comparative Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Treatments for Patients With Depression: A Systematic … et al, 2014 67 * Fair Exercise May 2014 20   √   Complementary and alternative therapies … AEs related to other behavioral or complementary and alternative therapies have not been documented. … treatments 23 >45,000 Pooled results not presented given small number of studies in subgroup analyses

230. Draft Research Plan: Perinatal Depression: Preventive Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 23, 2023 - Studies with a primary aim to prevent perinatal depression Studies restricted to screening for and treatment … Physical activity Prophylactic pharmacotherapy Infant/parent sleep promotion  Complementary therapies … a mental health component (e.g., prenatal or infant care classes)  Dietary supplements Hormonal therapies … to antidepressant use Neonatal intensive care unit admission Serious harms reported in trials of treatment … benefit  Withdrawals due to adverse events in trials of treatment benefit KQ 1:  Maternal behavioral

231. Final Research Plan: Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Falls and Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 06, 2023 - or other medications associated with osteoporosis (e.g., aromatase inhibitors, androgen deprivation therapy … , or antiretroviral therapy) Medical conditions associated with vitamin D deficiency (e.g., hyperparathyroidism … Short-term supplementation use (less than 1 month); vitamin D preparations or metabolites designed for treatment … Comparators Placebo or no treatment. Alternative dosages of vitamin D, calcium, or both. … population remains excluded for consistency with the prior USPSTF reviews on this topic and because treatment

232. Recommendation: Bladder Cancer in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 15, 2011 - cancer is transurethral resection of the bladder tumor, which may be combined with adjuvant radiation therapy … , chemotherapy, biologic therapies, or photodynamic therapies. … tumor, which may be combined with adjuvant radiation therapy, intravesical chemotherapy, immunotherapy … , or photodynamic therapies. … or treatment.

233. Screening for Bladder Cancer: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2011 - cancer is transurethral resection of the bladder tumor, which may be combined with adjuvant radiation therapy … , chemotherapy, biologic therapies, or photodynamic therapies. … bladder tumor, which may be combined with adjuvant radiation therapy, intravesical chemotherapy, im- … munotherapy, or photodynamic therapies. … Radical cystec- tomy, often with adjuvant or neoadjuvant systemic chemo- therapy, is used in cases of

234. Screening for Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     July 18, 2023 - or without an inherited component from single-nucleotide variants with smaller additive effects.2-4 Therapies … For KQ4, RCTs of treatments for dyslipidemia including drugs, behavioral counseling, and supple- ments … Treatment Benefit KQ4. … Twenty-two fair- to good-quality trials (n = 2257) examined the effectiveness of various lipid-lowering treatments … No treatment trials reported long-term health outcomes. Treatment Harms KQ5.

235. Screening for Prostate Cancer: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (2012) (pdf file)
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     for localized prostate cancer include watchful waiting, active surveillance, surgery, and radiation therapy … There is no consensus regarding optimal treatment. … Harms of treatment include erectile dysfunction, urinary incontinence, bowel dysfunction, and a small … will remain indolent from those destined to be lethal, many men are being subjected to the harms of treatment

236. Evidence Summary: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 15, 2022 - Comparison of therapeutic and subtherapeutic nasal continuous positive airway pressure for obstructive … Randomised prospective parallel trial of therapeutic versus subtherapeutic nasal continuous positive … Ambulatory blood pressure after therapeutic and subtherapeutic nasal continuous positive airway pressure … Randomised study of three non-surgical treatments in mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnoea. … Improvement of mild sleep-disordered breathing with CPAP compared with conservative therapy.

237. Archived: Final Research Plan: Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Screening, 2014 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 15, 2013 - Vaccination   KQs 5–8 Education or behavior change counseling Antiviral treatments … for treatment-naive patients (Note: Food and Drug Administration [FDA]-approved treatments include interferon … alpha, lamivudine, adefovir, entecavir, telbivudine, tenofovir) NonFDA-approved antiviral treatments … , combination therapy Comparators KQs 1, 2 No screening   … disease populations; United States and countries with similar HBV prevalence, except for antiviral therapies

238. Archived: Evidence Summary: Screening for Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 09, 2016 - Treatment studies focusing on apheresis and revascularization were excluded, as those treatments are … Efficacy and safety of rosuvastatin therapy for children with familial hypercholesterolemia. … Efficacy and safety of cholestyramine therapy in peripubertal and prepubertal children with familial … Ten-year follow-up after initiation of statin therapy in children with familial hypercholesterolemia. … Early statin therapy restores endothelial function in children with familial hypercholesterolemia.

239. Recommendation: Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 02, 2020 - Antiviral therapy is not generally considered during pregnancy because of the lack of data on the safety … Sustained virologic response after antiviral therapy was consistently associated with decreased risk … Direct-acting antiviral regimens are associated with fewer harms than older interferon-containing therapies … for headache and were also lower when compared with rates reported for older interferon-containing therapies … Currently recommended DAA regimens are associated with fewer harms than older interferon-containing therapies

240. Archived: Evidence Summary: Blood Pressure in Adults (Hypertension): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 15, 2007 - of drug therapy and adverse quality-of-life outcomes. … New evidence on the harms of treatment of early hypertension shows that pharmacologic therapy is associated … continue to outweigh the harms, the USPSTF included new information on the adverse effects of drug therapy … of drug therapy, and quality-of-life outcomes. … New evidence on the harms of treatment of early hypertension shows that pharmacologic therapy is associated