U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)-Related Articles, April 17, 2015

American Family Physician
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 a data source and discusses USPSTF recommendations on screening for lung cancer (as posted on the USPSTF Web site) and 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.

Schumann JH, Wallace EA. Pitfalls of direct-to-consumer vascular screening tests. Am Fam Physician 2015 Apr 15; 91(8):518-20. [USPSTF] Select to access the abstract.

CME quiz questions Am Fam Physician 2015 Apr 15; 91(8):521. [Includes questions bases on USPSTF recommendations on screening for abdominal aortic aneurism (Ann Intern Med, 2014).]

Keisler B, Carter C. Abdominal aortic aneurysm. Am Fam Physician 2015 Apr 15; 91(8):538-43. [Discusses USPSTF recommendations on screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (Ann Intern Med, 2014).] Select to access the abstract.

Contraception
Carr SL, Gaffield ME, Dragoman MV, Phillips S. Safety of the progesterone-releasing vaginal ring (PVR) among lactating women: A systematic review. Contraception 2015 Apr 11; epub ahead of print. [Uses the USPSTF evidence grading system as described in USPSTF-sponsored article by Harris et al. (Am J Prev Med, 2001).] Select to access the abstract.

JAMA
Altkorn D, Cifu AS. Screening for osteoporosis. JAMA 2015 Apr 14; 313(14):1467-8. [Briefly discusses USPSTF recommendation screening for osteoporosis, listing the Screening for Osteoporosis topic page on the USPSTF Web site as a recommended resource and citing AHRQ evidence synthesis, Screening for Osteoporosis in Men and Women: Systematic Update of the Evidence for the USPSTF, 2010, and associated summary article by Nelson et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2010).] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of the American Society for Hypertension
Verdecchia P, Angeli F, Bartolini C, Reboldi G. Twenty-four hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to all? Comments to the US Preventive Services Task Force document. J Am Soc Hypertens 2015 Mar 6; epub ahead of print. [Reviews and comments on updated USPSTF recommendations on screening for high blood pressure.] Select to access the abstract.