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• Current members include deans, medical directors, practicing
clinicians … Partners represent:
• Primary care clinicians, consumers, and other stakeholders
• Federal agencies … • Partners help the Task Force ensure that its recommendations are
useful for clinicians and able … JAMA) to publish final
recommendation statements and evidence summaries, reaching a
wide network of clinicians
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• Current members include deans, medical directors, practicing
clinicians … Partners represent:
• Primary care clinicians, consumers, and other stakeholders
• Federal agencies … • Partners help the Task Force ensure that its recommendations are
useful for clinicians and able … JAMA) to publish final
recommendation statements and evidence summaries, reaching a
wide network of clinicians
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• Current members include deans, medical directors, practicing
clinicians … Partners represent:
• Primary care clinicians, consumers, and other stakeholders
• Federal agencies … • Partners help the Task Force ensure that its recommendations are
useful for clinicians and able … JAMA) to publish final
recommendation statements and evidence summaries, reaching a
wide network of clinicians
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May 01, 2020 - Clinicians should remain alert to the signs and/or symptoms of illicit drug use and treat as appropriate … Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision making to the specific patient or
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November 15, 2008 - Clinicians should screen patients only if effective interventions are more beneficial during the asymptomatic … The USPSTF does not discourage clinicians from using spirometry to diagnose unexplained respiratory symptoms … conclusion about screening as did the USPSTF, the USPSTF includes a broad representation of primary care clinicians
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September 01, 2012 - Clinicians may choose to selectively coun-
sel patients rather than incorporate counseling into the care … Clinicians should
understand the evidence but individualize decision making to
the specific patient or … Clinicians may choose to selectively counsel patients
rather than incorporate counseling into the care … In addition, clinicians may offer healthful diet and physical activity interventions by referring
the … Clinicians may choose to selectively provide this service
to patients rather than incorporating it into
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April 01, 2023 - Clinicians should understand the
evidence but individualize decision-making to the specific patient or … RECOMMENDATION The USPSTF recommends that clinicians provide or refer children and
adolescents 6 years … See the Figure for a
summary of the recommendation for clinicians. … Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize
decision-making to the specific patient or … What additional
information should
clinicians know about
this recommendation?
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/suicide-risk-screening-1996
January 01, 1996 - Recommendation Summary
Population
Recommendation
Grade
Primary care clinicians … The training of primary care clinicians in recognizing and treating affective disorders in order to … Based on the high burden of suffering, however, they recommend that clinicians routinely evaluate the … Clinicians should be alert to evidence of suicidal ideation when the history reveals risk factors for … Clinicians should be alert to signs of depression (see Chapter 49 ) and other psychiatric illnesses,
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May 01, 2021 - RECOMMENDATION The USPSTF recommends that clinicians prescribe a statin for the primary
prevention of … See the Figure for a
summary of the recommendation for clinicians. … Clinicians should recognize that pre-
dictions of 10-year CVD events using the Pooled Cohort Equations … dyslipidemia, diabetes, or hypertension, the USPSTF recommends
that clinicians prescribe a statin once … What additional
information should
clinicians know about
this recommendation?
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January 01, 2019 - We need high-quality research to
understand these complex health issues and how clinicians can meaningfully … The Task Force makes recommendations to help primary care clinicians, patients, and families decide … This ensures a focus on important clinical prevention topics for
practicing clinicians and that the … The Task Force works with national organizations that represent primary care clinicians,
consumers, … Clinicians should not screen men who do not express a preference for
screening.
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May 07, 2002 - Small benefits have been observed in studies that simply feed back screening results to clinicians. … longer instruments. 3 There is little evidence to recommend one screening method over another, so clinicians … Clinicians should remain alert for possible signs of depression in younger patients. … ; remaining studies combined feedback with other interventions for patients or clinicians. … The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends that clinicians should be alert to
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March 04, 2021 - Clinicians are referred to current products of the USPSTF (1-800-358-9295) for systematic evidence … Patients report that primary care clinicians are expected sources of preventive health information and … While the USPSTF primarily evaluates interventions that involve clinicians as part of routine primary … Lack of supportive resources. 3 , 69 Further, feedback to clinicians about results of preventive care … Clinicians' efforts are enhanced when the entire health care team takes appropriate and complementary
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January 01, 1996 - Clinicians fail to detect an estimated 21% to 72% of patients with dementia, especially when the disease … is early in its course. 26-29 29a Conversely, clinicians may mistakenly attribute the symptoms of … Many clinicians include only a cursory examination of mental status as part of the routine history and … If clinicians make a diagnosis based on screening alone, patients may be incorrectly diagnosed as having … Clinicians should periodically ask patients about their functional status at home and at work, and they
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January 01, 2022 - of potential conflicts of interest
• Current members include deans, medical directors, practicing
clinicians … Partners represent:
• Primary care clinicians, consumers, and other stakeholders
• Federal agencies … • Partners help the Task Force ensure that its recommendations are
useful for clinicians and able … JAMA) to publish final
recommendation statements and evidence summaries, reaching a
wide network of clinicians
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January 01, 2022 - of potential conflicts of interest
• Current members include deans, medical directors, practicing
clinicians … Partners represent:
• Primary care clinicians, consumers, and other stakeholders
• Federal agencies … • Partners help the Task Force ensure that its recommendations are
useful for clinicians and able … JAMA) to publish final
recommendation statements and evidence summaries, reaching a
wide network of clinicians
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For individuals who present to clinicians complaining of chronic cough, increased sputum production, … Relevant USPSTF
Recommendations
Clinicians should screen all adults for tobacco use and provide
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Grade: C
Risk Assessment
Primary care clinicians can consider the following factors to identify … In determining whether this service is appropriate in individual
cases, patients and clinicians should
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary19/dental-caries-in-preschool-children-screening-2004
April 15, 2004 - Physicians and other primary care clinicians usually see children during this at-risk age before the … The framework is intended to outline general types of interventions provided by primary care clinicians … Fluoride varnish use by primary care clinicians is best characterized as being in the early stage of … Two case studies found that single primary care clinicians identified caries lesions with an accuracy … The strength of the evidence for the effectiveness of counseling provided by primary care clinicians
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January 01, 2010 - Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that clinicians
screen all sexually active women, … Local public health
authorities provide guidance to clinicians to help identify populations who are … Improved information will allow clinicians to screen for
gonorrhea in ways that improve the balance … The USPSTF strongly recommends that clinicians provide [the service] to eligible
patients. … The USPSTF recommends that clinicians provide [the service] to eligible patients.
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Costs of CBE are primarily opportunity
costs to clinicians. … Costs of BSE are primarily
opportunity costs to
clinicians. … The number of cliniciams
who teach BSE to patients
is unknown; it is likely that
few clinicians teach