Tag: Screening
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
Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio Can Distinguish Cystitis From OAB
NLR levels differ significantly among healthy patients and those with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome, overactive bladder
Risk Prediction Equations for Atherosclerotic CVD Perform Similarly by Race
Adding social determinants of health as covariate does not improve discrimination or calibration in models
Placental Swabs Yield Highest Number of Potential Pathogens
37 percent of placental swabs yielded potential pathogens compared with 2 percent of blood cultures
