Overly aggressive new guidelines for lipid screening in children: Evidence of a broken process

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 349-352

  Newman, Thomas B ^a   Pletcher, Mark J ^a   Hulley, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Conflict of interest; Health policy; Lipoprotein; Screening

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE PLUS ATORVASTATIN; CHOLINE FENOFIBRATE; COLESEVELAM; COLESTIPOL; EZETIMIBE; EZETIMIBE PLUS SIMVASTATIN; FENOFIBRATE; GEMFIBROZIL; LIPID; LOVASTATIN PLUS NICOTINIC ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MEVINOLIN; NICOTINIC ACID; NICOTINIC ACID PLUS SIMVASTATIN; OMEGA 3 ACID ETHYL ESTER; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANALYZER; ANXIETY; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIPID ANALYSIS; MEDICAL EXPERT; NOTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84864525061     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-0481     Document Type: Note

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