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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary14/chlamydial-infection-screening-2007
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Final Evidence Summary
Chlamydial Infection: Screening
June 15, 2007
Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government. They should not …
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July 01, 2007 - Screening for Chlamydial Infection: An Evidence Update
Screening for Chlamydial Infection: An Evidence Update for the U.S.
Preventive Services Task Force
David S. Meyers, MD; Heather Halvorson, MD, MPH; and Sara Luckhaupt, MD, MPH
Background: Chlamydial infection is the most common sexually
transmitted bacterial in…
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October 15, 2007 - Cardiovascular risk factors and their effects on the decision to treat hypertension: evidence based review
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/gestational-diabetes-mellitus-screening-2003
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Final Recommendation Statement
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Screening, 2003
February 01, 2003
Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. g…
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Screening for Skin Cancer
Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease using Spirometry
Population
Adult General Population
Recommendation
Grade: D
Do not screen for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using spirometry
Additional Population
Information
This screen…
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Clinical Summary: Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease With Nontraditional Risk Factors
Clinical Summary: Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease With Nontraditional Risk Factors
Population Adults
Recommendation
No recommendation.
Grade: I (insufficient evidence)
Risk Assessment
Sev…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/depression-screening-2002
May 07, 2002 - In an intention-to-treat analysis, patients who received the depression management program were significantly
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July 01, 2012 - Most cases of
prostate cancer have a good prognosis even without treat-
ment, but some cases are aggressive … There is a high propensity for
physicians and patients to elect to treat most cases of
screen-detected … Investigators found no difference in outcomes due to treat-
ment of prostate cancer in black men compared … treatment of screen-detected prostate cancer are
small to none and that the harms of screening and treat … Given the propensity for physicians and
patients to treat screen-detected cancer, limiting estimates
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October 01, 2013 - reduced the absolute risk for smoking initiation at
follow-up by 2%, resulting in a number needed to treat … insufficient to recommend for or against routine
screening for tobacco use or interventions to prevent and
treat
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/prostate-cancer-screening
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Evidence Summary
Prostate Cancer: Screening
May 08, 2018
Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government. They should not be construed as an off…
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September 01, 2012 - interventions decreased the incidence of diabe-
tes diagnosis by about 50% over 2 to 3 years (number
needed to treat … An increased number of sessions, or increased treat-
ment intensity, was associated with greater weight … trials showed that diabetes incidence de-
creased by 30% to 50% over 2 to 3 years (number needed
to treat
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June 01, 2003 - Analyzed by intention-to-treat, the
overall incidence of squamous-cell carcinoma was
significantly lower … than
in the discretionary-use sunscreen group (rate ratio
0.61; 95% CI, 0.46 to 0.81; Number Needed to
Treat … Analysis: intention-to-treat.
588 began study; 431 completed it; 417
(71%) had complete data. … continued)
Quality
Fair-poor: baseline
differences in groups;
not blinded; did not use
intention-to-treat … The number
needed to treat (NNT) to prevent one squamous cell cancer was 140.
1.6 new lesions per subject
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/skin-cancer-counseling-2003
October 06, 2003 - Analyzed by intention-to-treat, the overall incidence of squamous-cell carcinoma was significantly lower … in the discretionary-use sunscreen group (rate ratio 0.61; 95 % CI, 0.46 to 0.81; Number Needed to Treat … Fair-poor: baseline differences in groups; not blinded; did not use intention-to-treat analysis
At … Analysis: intention-to-treat.
Good
No difference in the incidence of first cancers. … The number needed to treat (NNT) to prevent one squamous cell cancer was 140.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary26/gestational-diabetes-screening-2008
May 15, 2008 - treat$.ti,ab,hw. … Treat Endocrinol . 2004;3:133-9. … [PMID: 9371855]
Study design
Naylor JL, Schraer CD, Mayer AM, Lanier AP, Treat CA, Murphy NJ.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/skin-cancer-screening
April 18, 2023 - persons with darker skin color are often diagnosed at later stages, when skin cancer is more difficult to treat … persons with darker skin color are often diagnosed at later stages, when skin cancer is more difficult to treat … Immunotherapy and targeted therapy are also used to treat advanced melanoma.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-copd-screening-2008
March 15, 2008 - Response - Will Recommendations against Spirometry Make Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Harder to Treat … Comment - Will Recommendations against Spirometry Make Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Harder to Treat
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July 01, 2008 - systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials
comparing antibiotic treatment with placebo or no treat
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February 13, 2018 - osteoporosis seem to perform as well in men as in women,
evidence on the effectiveness of medications to treat … spine), which is the established standard for
diagnosis of osteoporosis and for guiding decisions about treat … for inclusion of study populations.4,12
Thus, before QUS results could be routinely used to initiate treat … and overall mortality are higher;
thus, the net balance of benefits and harms of screening for and treat … Studies that have evaluated screening and treat-
ment in men have focused on populations that are out
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April 15, 2004 - include lack of parental awareness of recommended early visits, the reluctance of general dentists to treat … None of the studies used an intent-to-treat analysis; in most studies, subjects were excluded from the … effective in preventing 30 percent to 80 percent of caries lesions in primary teeth, with numbers needed to treat … primary surfaces; dmft, decayed, missing, and filled primary teeth; F, fluoride; NNT, number needed to treat … , and filled primary tooth surfaces, incipient lesions included; F, fluoride; NNT, number needed to treat
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June 20, 2019 - We calculated numbers needed to
screen (NNS) and treat (NNT) to prevent 1 case of clinical
progression … CD4 lymphocyte count as
an indicator of delay in seeking human immunodeficiency virus-related treat- … Increas-
ing morbidity from myocardial infarction during HIV protease inhibitor treat-
ment? … Methods To Calculate Numbers Needed To Screen and
Treat
Calculations of numbers needed to screen for … benefit
(NNSB) and numbers needed to treat for benefit (NNTB) were
based on estimates from different