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41. Archived: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening, 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-screening-2005
    July 05, 2005 - reactive enzyme immunoassay followed by confirmatory western blot or immunofluorescent assay, is highly accurate … Rapid HIV antibody testing is also highly accurate; can be performed in 10 to 30 minutes; and, when offered … and non-pregnant women and men. 12 Alternative FDA-approved screening technologies are also highly accurate … only FDA-approved home collection kit, using finger-stick blood spot samples, found it to be highly accurate

42. Archived: Depression in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/depression-in-children-and-adolescents-screening
    February 08, 2016 - Screening should be implemented with adequate systems in place to ensure accurate diagnosis, effective … Adequate systems should be in place to ensure accurate diagnosis, effective treatment, and appropriate … The USPSTF recommends that screening be implemented with adequate systems in place to ensure accurate … recommended screening for MDD in adolescents (aged 12 to 18 years) when systems are in place to ensure accurate

43. Screening for Depression - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/FExZhpEq2337V-hwkaPQ8y
    May 01, 2002 - recommends screening adults for depression in clinical practices that have systems in place to assure accurate … The USPSTF found good evidence that screening improves the accurate identification of depressed patients … for depression should have systems in place to ensure that positive screening results are followed by accurate

44. Archived: Depression in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/depression-in-adults-screening-2009
    December 15, 2009 - screening adults for depression when staff-assisted depression care supports are in place to assure accurate … Recommendation Screen when staff-assisted depression care supports * are in place to assure accurate … Detection The USPSTF found good evidence that screening improves the accurate identification of depressed … recommends screening adolescents (aged 12 to 18 years) for MDD when systems are in place to assure accurate … recommended screening adults for depression in clinical practices that have systems in place to assure accurate

45. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Folic Acid to Prevent Neural Tube Defects: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary25/folic-acid-to-prevent-neural-tube-defects-preventive-medication-2009
    May 15, 2009 - when the investigators linked the pregnancies in this analysis to another large cohort study with more accurate … because of population, found no association with twinning; exposure assessment was probably fairly accurate … Any use of folic acid in 3 months after conception: OR, 0.60 (CI, 0.46-0.79) Good quality: accurate … explicit selection criteria, or standard appraisal of studies Case control studies Criteria: Accurate … Response rate Diagnostic testing procedures applied equally to each group Measurement of exposure accurate

46. Folic Acid Supplementation for the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects: An Update of the Evidence (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/y6xRBv7uSZY5bGCx7y48x7
    May 01, 2009 - –0.94) Any use of folic acid in 3 months after conception: OR, 0.60 (CI, 0.46–0.79) Good quality: accurate … when the investigators linked the pregnancies in this analysis to another large cohort study with more accurate … because of population, found no asso- ciation with twinning; exposure assessment was probably fairly accurate … have also attempted to answer these questions about dos- age, but are plagued by difficulties with accurate … both Response rate Diagnostic testing procedures applied equally to each group Measurement of exposure accurate

47. Screening for Depression in Adults: USPSTF Final Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/BnHj53HwgSBNXMvnyavxfS
    January 26, 2016 - Screening should be implemented with adequate systems in place to ensure accurate diagnosis, effective … Detection The USPSTF found convincing evidence that screening improves the accurate identification of … Screening should be implemented with adequate systems in place to ensure accurate diagnosis, effective … older adults, who receive care in clinical practices that have ad- equate systems in place to ensure accurate … Screening should be implemented with adequate systems in place to ensure accurate diagnosis, effective

48. Recommendation: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening
    December 10, 2019 - Computed tomography is an accurate tool for identifying AAA; however, it is not recommended as a screening … and No Family History Detection There is adequate evidence that ultrasonography is a safe and accurate … screening test for AA There is adequate evidence that ultrasonography is a safe and accurate screening … test for AA There is adequate evidence that ultrasonography is a safe and accurate screening test … for AA There is adequate evidence that ultrasonography is a safe and accurate screening test for AA

49. Final Research Plan: Breastfeeding: Primary Care Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/breastfeeding-interventions
    July 14, 2022 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print in progress Final Research Plan Breastfeeding: Primary Care Behavioral Counseling Interventions July 14, 2022 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S…

50. Final Research Plan: Breastfeeding: Primary Care Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/breastfeeding-primary-care-interventions
    July 14, 2022 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print Final Research Plan Breastfeeding: Primary Care Behavioral Counseling Interventions July 14, 2022 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government. …

51. Nominate a Recommendation Statement Topic | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/public-comments-and-nominations/nominate-recommendation-statement-topic
    April 01, 2019 - The goals in selecting topics for USPSTF Recommendations are: To provide accurate and relevant recommendations

52. Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2016 - The USPSTF found convincing evidence that screening questions are not as accurate as visual acuity testing … Screening questions are not as accurate as visual acuity test- ing for identifying visual acuity impairment … Screening questions are not as accurate as visual acuity testing. … Other Considerations Research Needs and Gaps More evidence is needed on accurate methods of screening … However, compared with a standard eye chart, screening questions are not accurate for identifying persons

53. Archived: Genital Herpes Simplex: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/genital-herpes-simplex-screening-1996
    January 01, 1996 - clinical decision making regarding surgical or medical intervention to prevent neonatal herpes, rapid and accurate … Even if accurate type-specific serology becomes widely available, there is no proven treatment to eradicate … prenatal visit with serotesting of the partners of those who are HSV-2 seronegative would allow more accurate

54. Information for Consumers | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation-topics/information-for-consumers
    nurses and other primary care professionals, but to provide patients and their families with the most accurate

55. Archived: Final Research Plan: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan6/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening-monitoring-october-2015
    September 15, 2013 - How accurate (i.e., sensitivity, specificity, predictive value) are clinic-based blood pressure measurement … How accurate are other noninvasive blood pressure measurement methods in establishing or confirming the

56. Screening for Syphilis: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/TzddJozNQQZYmTohr64wMz
    June 07, 2016 - Treponemal and nontreponemal tests were accurate in asymptomatic individuals (sensitivity >85%, specificity … Treponemal or nontreponemal tests are accurate screening tests but require confirmation. … Three studies of the diagnostic accuracy of screening tests24-26 confirmed that they are accurate for … Screening tests for syphilis are accurate; however, the se- quence of tests may result in different diagnostic … Treponemal or nontreponemal tests are accurate screening tests but require confirmation.

57. Archived: Evidence Summary: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/syphilis-infection-in-nonpregnant-adults-and-adolescents-june-2016
    June 07, 2016 - Treponemal and nontreponemal tests were accurate in asymptomatic individuals (sensitivity >85%, specificity … Treponemal or nontreponemal tests are accurate screening tests but require confirmation. … Three studies of the diagnostic accuracy of screening tests 24-26 confirmed that they are accurate for … Screening tests for syphilis are accurate; however, the sequence of tests may result in different diagnostic … Treponemal or nontreponemal tests are accurate screening tests but require confirmation.

58. Archived: Evidence Summary: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary3/chlamydia-and-gonorrhea-screening-september-2014
    September 23, 2014 - Nucleic acid amplification tests are accurate for diagnosing gonorrhea and chlamydia in asymptomatic … When applied to high-risk populations, this risk tool was not an accurate predictor of infection (area … However, it was not an accurate predictor and its relevance to current practice in the United States … Various types of NAATs are highly accurate in diagnosing gonorrhea and chlamydia in asymptomatic persons … Nucleic acid amplification tests are accurate for diagnosing gonorrhea and chlamydia in asymptomatic

59. Archived: Lipid Disorders in Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/lipid-disorders-in-children-screening-2007
    July 15, 2007 - Serum lipid (total cholesterol, high-density and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol) levels are accurate … Serum lipid levels are accurate screening tests for childhood dyslipidemia, although many children with … Accurate screening tests in children would be useful if childhood dyslipidemia correlated with adult

60. Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/HyxpKaXv6BVDKBHQ74yWeL
    December 10, 2019 - Computed tomography is an accurate tool for identifying AAA; however, it is not recommended as a screen … Smoked and No Family History Detection There is adequate evidence that ultrasonography is a safe and accurate … screening test for AAA There is adequate evidence that ultrasonography is a safe and accurate screening … test for AAA There is adequate evidence that ultrasonography is a safe and accurate screening test … for AAA There is adequate evidence that ultrasonography is a safe and accurate screening test for AAA