Screening is not as simple as it may seem

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Uy, Joshua D ^a   Agawu, Atu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SAFETY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LETTER; LIPID ANALYSIS; LYME DISEASE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATERNALISM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 84875977138     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-3818A     Document Type: Letter

References (7)

1. Newman TB, Pletcher MJ, Hulley SB. Overly aggressive new guidelines for lipid screening in children: evidence of a broken process. Pediatrics. 2012;130(2):349-352
2. McCrindle BW, Kwiterovich PO, McBride PE, Daniels SR, Kavey RE. Guidelines for lipid screening in children and adolescents: bringing evidence to the debate. Pediatrics. 2012;130(2):353-356
3. Kavey R, Simons-Morton DG, de Jesus J. Expert panel on integrated guidelines for cardiovascular health and risk reduction in children and adolescents: full report, 2011 [updated January 5, 2011, and January 5, 2012]. Available at: www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/cvd-ped/index.htm. Accessed August 7, 2012
4. Goodwin JS, Singh A, Reddy N, Riall TS, Kuo YF. Overuse of screening colonoscopy in the Medicare population. Arch Intern Med. 2011; 171(15):1335-1343
5. Branson BM, Handsfield HH, Lampe MA, et al; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Revised recommendations for HIV testing of adults, adolescents, and pregnant women in health-care settings. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2006;55(RR-14):1-17
6. Yarnall KS, Pollak KI, Østbye T, Krause KM, Michener JL. Primary care: is there enough time for prevention? Am J Public Health. 2003;93(4):635-641
7. Østbye T, Yarnall KS, Krause KM, Pollak KI, Gradison M, Michener JL. Is there time for management of patients with chronic diseases in primary care? Ann Fam Med. 2005;3(3):209-214