Tag: Screening
Gaps Seen in Childhood Vision Screening, Vision Care
Children from marginalized groups less likely to receive screening, more likely to be referred for failed screening, less likely to establish care with a specialist
Strategies Needed to Improve Delivery of Alzheimer Disease-Modifying Therapies
Models that enable primary care practitioners to diagnose and evaluate patients for treatment eligibility would have biggest impact on wait times
Digital Rectal Exam Has Low Diagnostic Value for Prostate Cancer
Low diagnostic value seen as independent test and supplementary measure to PSA for detection of prostate cancer
USPSTF: Evidence Lacking for Screening for Speech and Language Delays
Current evidence is inadequate for assessing balance of benefits and harms of screening in asymptomatic children
Lower Cutoff Points for Montreal Cognitive Assessment Needed
High false-positive rate seen when used in primary care with diverse patient population
Clinical Breast Exam Rarely Detects Second Breast Cancer After DCIS
Second breast cancers were most often imaging-detected or patient-detected, with only 2.2 percent detected by physician
Autism Can Be Predicted From Routine Developmental Surveillance Data
Accuracy from combined measures of developmental milestone assessments plus demographics, single-visit assessment surpassed M-CHAT
Malnutrition Often Seen in Patients Treated for IBD
Active disease, smoking tied to higher likelihood of screening positive
Anthropometric + Biochemical Markers May Aid Gestational Diabetes Diagnosis
Authors say there is a gap in the literature on clinical, biochemical, and sociocultural factors
Sex-Specific Detection Panels Show High Accuracy for Early-Stage Cancer
Cancer detection panels consisting of 10 proteins show high accuracy for men and women
