Guide to Clinical Preventive ServicesDIANE Publishing, 1993 - 295 pages A report on recommended clinical preventive services that should be provided to patients in the course of routine clinical care, including screening for vascular, neoplastic and infectious diseases, and metabolic, hematologic, ophthalmologic and ontologic, prenatal, and musculoskeletal disorders. Also, mental disorders and substance abuse, counseling, and immunizations/chemoprophylaxis. Tables. |
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... Lead Toxicity Ophthalmologic and Otologic Disorders 31. Screening for Diminished Visual Acuity 32. Screening for Glaucoma 33. Screening for Hearing Impairment Prenatal Disorders 34. Screening for Intrauterine Growth Retardation 35 ...
... Lead Toxicity Ophthalmologic and Otologic Disorders 31. Screening for Diminished Visual Acuity 32. Screening for Glaucoma 33. Screening for Hearing Impairment Prenatal Disorders 34. Screening for Intrauterine Growth Retardation 35 ...
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... lead to follow - up testing that may be uncomfortable , expensive , and , in some cases , potentially harmful . If follow - up testing does not disclose the error , the patient may even receive unnecessary treatment . There may also be ...
... lead to follow - up testing that may be uncomfortable , expensive , and , in some cases , potentially harmful . If follow - up testing does not disclose the error , the patient may even receive unnecessary treatment . There may also be ...
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... Lead - Time and Length Bias : It is often very diffi- cult to determine with certainty whether early detec- tion truly improves outcome . This is a common problem when evaluating cancer screening tests . For most forms of cancer , five ...
... Lead - Time and Length Bias : It is often very diffi- cult to determine with certainty whether early detec- tion truly improves outcome . This is a common problem when evaluating cancer screening tests . For most forms of cancer , five ...
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... lead to misplaced priorities when performing the periodic health ex- amination . For example , a clinician wishing to include a preventive measure during the few remain- ing minutes of an office visit with an adolescent male might ...
... lead to misplaced priorities when performing the periodic health ex- amination . For example , a clinician wishing to include a preventive measure during the few remain- ing minutes of an office visit with an adolescent male might ...
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... lead toxicity ; who live near lead processing plants or whose parents or household members work in a lead - related occupation ; or who live near busy highways or hazardous waste sites . HR3 Infants living in areas with inadequate water ...
... lead toxicity ; who live near lead processing plants or whose parents or household members work in a lead - related occupation ; or who live near busy highways or hazardous waste sites . HR3 Infants living in areas with inadequate water ...
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Page 206 - The 1988 report of the Joint National Committee on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure.
Page 207 - Frick MH, Elo O, Haapa K, et al: Helsinki Heart Study: primary-prevention trial with gemfibrozil in middle-aged men with dyslipidemia; safety of treatment, changes in risk factors, and incidence of coronary heart disease. N Engl J Med 1987; 317:1237-1245.
Page xvii - Lipid Research Clinics Program. The Lipid Research Clinics Coronary Primary Prevention Trial results. II. The relationship of reduction in incidence of coronary heart disease to cholesterol lowering.
Page 263 - Evidence obtained from well-designed cohort or case-control analytic studies, preferably from more than one center or research group.
Page 14 - WHO cooperative trial on primary prevention of ischaemic heart disease using clofibrate to lower serum cholesterol: mortality follow-up.
Page 260 - Davis JW, Archibald DG, et al. Protective effects of aspirin against acute myocardial infarction and death in men with unstable angina. Results of a Veterans Administration Cooperative Study.
Page 103 - In: Remington JS, Klein JO, eds. Infectious diseases of the fetus and newborn infant. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1983:636-678.
Page 68 - Prevalence of diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance and plasma glucose levels in US population aged 20-74 yr.
Page 68 - O'Sullivan JB, Mahan CM. Criteria for the oral glucose tolerance test in pregnancy.
Page 68 - National Diabetes Data Group. Classification and diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and other categories of glucose intolerance.