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321. Archived: Final Research Plan: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan6/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening-monitoring-october-2015
     September 15, 2013 - for confirmation (or no confirmation) of the diagnosis of hypertension at a subsequent encounter, and treatment … *Elevated blood pressure is defined as the threshold for pharmacologic treatment. … Analytic Framework, elevated blood pressure is now generally defined as the threshold for pharmacologic treatment … Additional comments addressed issues already covered by the Key Questions, treatment questions that this

322. Screening for Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: US Preventive Services Task Force Final Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 17, 2023 - Benefits of early detection and intervention and treatment (based on direct or indirect evidence) • … • The USPSTF previously found adequate evidence that the well-established treatments of preeclampsia … Harms of early detection and intervention and treatment • There is inadequate direct evidence on the … There is no other currently available treatment for preeclampsia ex- cept delivery. … or mortality.1 Race and ethnicity may influence the likelihood of patients re- ceiving recommended treatments

323. Screening and Interventions for Overweight in Children and Adolescents: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2005 - Behavioral therapy in the treatment of pediatric obesity. … Ten-year outcomes of behavioral family-based treatment for childhood obesity. … A reduced-glycemic load diet in the treatment of adolescent obesity. … Behavior therapy and sibutramine for the treatment of adolescent obesity: a randomized controlled trial … Insurance reimbursement for the treatment of obesity in children.

324. Archived: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening, July 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-2005
     July 11, 2005 - Behavioral therapy in the treatment of pediatric obesity. … Ten-year outcomes of behavioral family-based treatment for childhood obesity. … A reduced-glycemic load diet in the treatment of adolescent obesity. … Behavior therapy and sibutramine for the treatment of adolescent obesity: a randomized controlled trial … Insurance reimbursement for the treatment of obesity in children.

325. Archived: Prostate Cancer: Screening, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/prostate-cancer-screening-2002
     December 01, 2002 - Radical prostatectomy  and radiation are the most commonly used treatments for localized prostate cancer … yet few well‐conducted randomized controlled trials have been completed to determine whether these treatments … Finally, this study cannot address how much better outcomes would have been if treatments were begun … , for poorly differentiated cancers. 3 In the absence of better data about which treatments are effective … suffer more serious complications, including infections. 3 Screening may result in harm if it leads to treatments

326. Archived: Breast Cancer: Medications for Risk Reduction | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breast-cancer-medications-for-risk-reduction-2002
     July 08, 2002 - Rationale: The USPSTF found fair evidence that treatment with tamoxifen can significantly reduce the … use of agents to prevent the development of breast cancer was suggested by trials of breast cancer treatment … They also recommend that raloxifene use should be reserved for treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal … Weighing the risks and benefits of tamoxifen treatment for preventing breast cancer. … Systemic treatment of early breast cancer by hormonal, cytotoxic, or immune therapy. 133 randomised trials

327. Screening for Chlamydial Infection: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2007 - outcomes, and infection transmission) and harms (anx- iety, relationship problems, and unnecessary treatment … Harms of Detection and Early Treatment The USPSTF concluded that the harms of screening for chlamydial … Treatment Appropriate treatment of chlamydial infection has been outlined by the Centers for Disease … Control and Pre- vention (CDC) (www.cdc.gov/std/treatment). … Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2006. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2006;55:1-94.

328. Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2016 - Treatment Several types of treatment are effective for improving visual acu- ity. … Treatments include corrective lenses for refractive error; surgical removal of cataracts; laser photocoagulation … Effective treatments are available for uncorrected refractive error, cataracts, and AMD. … The overall harms are small; however, many of the treatments carry a small risk of se- rious complications … Photodynamic therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

329. Archived: Evidence Summary: Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-latent-tuberculosis/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening-september-2016
     September 06, 2016 - For each included study, one investigator extracted information about design, population, tests or treatments … were assessed. 12 To do this, the populations, similarities and differences in screening tests or treatments … The combination therapy was found to be noninferior to isoniazid-only treatment. … Limited usefulness of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube for monitoring anti-tuberculosis therapy. … Adverse events with 4 months of rifampin therapy or 9 months of isoniazid therapy for latent tuberculosis

330. Archived: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children Age 5 and Younger: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/speech-and-language-delay-and-disorders-in-children-age-5-and-younger-screening-july-2015
     July 07, 2015 - can include speech-language therapy sessions and assistive technology (if indicated). … Speech-language therapy may take place in various settings, such as speech and language specialty clinics … Therapy may be administered on an individual basis and/or in groups, and may be child-centered and/or … , treatment type, and treatment duration, is needed. … Studies of treatment and/or intervention outcomes were not restricted by age at treatment but focused

331. Shared Decision Making About Screening and Chemoprevention | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/shared-decision-making-about-screening-and-chemoprevention
     January 01, 2017 - For instance, with recent evidence demonstrating the adverse effects of hormone replacement therapy ( … Cardiovascular disease outcomes during 6.8 years of hormone therapy: Heart and Estrogen/progestin Replacement … A patient decision aid regarding antithrombotic therapy for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation. … What role do patients wish to play in treatment decision making?  … Perception of quantitative information for treatment decisions. 

332. Archived: Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnant Women: Screening and Supplementation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/iron-deficiency-anemia-in-pregnant-women-screening-and-supplementation-september-2015
     September 07, 2015 - Treatment Treatment of iron deficiency anemia in pregnant women is similar to that in nonpregnant women … Potential Harms of Screening and Treatment Screening and Treatment No good- or fair-quality studies … reported on the harms of screening or early treatment. 2 Potential harms of iron treatment include … The USPSTF also clarified that intravenous iron treatment is a potential therapy that is offered in current … Treatments for iron-deficiency anaemia in pregnancy.

333. USPSTF Clinician Summary of USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2023 - • Current recommendations for the treatment of LTBI are available from the Centers for Disease Control

334. Recommendation: Unhealthy Drug Use: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/drug-use-illicit-screening
     June 09, 2020 - with various psychosocial interventions that usually involve multiple sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy … interventions, contingency management, relapse prevention, community reinforcement, family behavioral therapy … , 12-step facilitation therapy, or other behavioral approaches. … Intensive interventions commonly used face-to-face cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing … /behavioral-therapies 19.

335. Archived: Evidence Summary: Dementia in Older Adults: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/dementia-older-adults-screening-2003
     June 03, 2003 - Two recent well-conducted RCTs examined estrogen therapy for women with mild to moderate dementia and … One RCT with a crossover design showed that 6 weeks of therapy with clomipramine (a tricyclic antidepressant … Other pharmacologic treatments have not been adequately studied. … Estrogen replacement therapy for treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer disease: a randomized controlled … Donepezil therapy in clinical practice: a randomized crossover study. Arch Neurol 2000;57:94-99.

336. Counseling and Interventions to Prevent Tobacco Use and Tobacco-Caused Disease in Adults and Pregnant Women: Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2009 - Treatment Combination therapy with counseling and medica- tions is more effective at increasing cessation … and assess- ing the delivery of this treatment in staff performance eval- uations (1). … , and assessing the delivery of treatment in staff performance evaluations Recommendations on other … Arrange follow-up and support Combination therapy with counseling and medications is more effective … FDA-approved pharmacotherapy includes nicotine replacement therapy, sustained-release bupropion, and

337. Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2016 - for wet AMD (laser photocoagulation and photodynamic therapy). … 1 Screening conducted by an optometrist (in 2 articles) 2 Laser photocoagulation and photodynamic therapies … Conclusions from the 2009 USPSTF review regarding the effectiveness of treatments vs no treatment for … language studies has little effect on conclusions of reviews of noncomple- mentary and alternative therapies … Research is also needed to understand the effectiveness of new therapies that are being investigated

338. Archived: Gonorrhea (Including Ocular Prophylaxis in Newborns): Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/gonorrhea-screening-including-ocular-prophylaxis-newborns-1996
     January 01, 1996 - detection are based largely on indirect evidence: the effectiveness of antibiotic treatment and the … substantial prevalence of asymptomatic infection, the availability of accurate screening tests and effective treatments … should include treatment for co-infection with chlamydia and treatment of sex partners. 9 All sexually … Epidemiology and treatment of oropharyngeal gonorrhea. … Prophylaxis and treatment of neonatal gonococcal infections.

339. JAMA JATS (pdf file)
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     June 18, 2018 - Grade: A Grade: A Grade: D Risk Assessment Screening Tests Treatments and Interventions For a summary … High-grade cervical lesions may be treated with excisional and ablative therapies. … High-grade cervical lesions may be treated with excisional and ablative therapies. … Treatment of precancerous lesions is less inva- sive than treatment of cancer.2 Race/Ethnicity, Geography … Harms of Treatment The harms of treatment include risks from the treatment proce- dure and the potential

340. Archived: Evidence Summary: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening-january-2017
     January 24, 2017 - Trials of CPAP and other treatments have not established whether treatment reduces mortality or improves … Trials of CPAP and other treatments have not established whether treatment reduces mortality or improves … Comparison of therapeutic and subtherapeutic nasal continuous positive airway pressure for obstructive … Randomised prospective parallel trial of therapeutic versus subtherapeutic nasal continuous positive … Surgical vs conventional therapy for weight loss treatment of obstructive sleep apnea: a randomized controlled