U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)-Related Articles, February 20, 2015

American Family Physician
CME quiz questions. [Includes questions based on USPSTF recommendations on screening for lung cancer and on screening for primary hypertension in children and adolescents.]

Latimer KM, Mott TF. Lung cancer: diagnosis, treatment principles, and screening. Am Fam Physician 2015 Feb 15; 91(4):250-6. [Uses USPSTF recommendations as data sources; cites USPSTF recommendation statement, Screening for Lung Cancer and USPSTF recommendations on counseling and interventions to prevent tobacco use and tobacco-caused disease in adults and pregnant women (Ann Intern Med, 2009.] Select to access the abstract.

American Family Physician
Screening for primary hypertension in children and adolescents: recommendation statement. Am Fam Physician 2015 Feb 15; 91(4); online. [Based on USPSTF recommendations (Ann Intern Med, 2013) and associated evidence synthesis, Screening for Hypertension in Children and Adolescents to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease: Systematic Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, 2013).] Select to access the abstract.