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Grade: C
Grade: B
Grade: I
(insufficient evidence)
Risk Assessment
This recommendation … Clinical Breast
Examination
(CBE)
Breast
Self-Examination
(BSE)
Recommendation
Grade … : I (insufficient evidence)
Grade: D
Rationale for No
Recommendation
or Negative
Recommendation
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Grade: B
Selectively offer counseling about
minimizing exposure to UV radiation. … Grade: C
No recommendation. … Grade: I (insufficient evidence)
Risk Assessment
Ultraviolet radiation exposure during childhood
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April 01, 2019 - Services covered by Medicare prior to the Affordable Care Act, and which have received a grade of A, … However, Sec. 4105 authorizes Medicare to not pay for services that have received a grade of D from the … Affordable Care Act requires Medicaid to cover preventive services recommended by the USPSTF with a grade … title for a preventive service described in subparagraph (A) of such section that has not received a grade … and rehabilitative services, including—
''(A) any clinical preventive services that are assigned a grade
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January 01, 2010 - screening is low in previously screened
women older than 65 due to the declining incidence
of high-grade … Data on natural history of HPV infection and
the incidence of high-grade lesions and cervical
cancer … , and even lower for low-grade
lesions.18 The USPSTF review focused on new
evidence about thin layer … true high-
grade cervical lesion identified; moreover, 2 high-
grade lesions will have been missed by … Finally, the rates of high-grade
squamous intraepithelial lesions diagnosed by
cytology are low among
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5 years Children younger than 3 years of age
Recommendation
Provide vision screening
Grade … : B
No recommendation
Grade: I (Insufficient Evidence)
Screening tests
Various … http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/�
No recommendation
Grade: I (Insufficient Evidence)
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December 10, 2019 - For men aged 65 to 75 years who have ever smoked: Grade B
Perform 1-time screening for abdominal … For men aged 65 to 75 years who have never smoked: Grade C
Selectively offer screening to men who … screening all men in this group
For women who have never smoked and have no family history of AAA: Grade
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KQ3
(supplementation)
KQ5 (screening)
Indirect Grade
assignment,
health
equity
Observational … KQ1, KQ2
(screening)
Direct Grade
assignment,
health
equity
Randomized,
controlled trials … KQ1, KQ2, KQ3
(supplementation)
Direct and
Indirect
Grade
assignment,
health
equity
KQ1: … ‡ Types of gaps may include: grade assignment (moving from an I statement to a letter grade), change … burden of the condition),
combined (e.g., grade assignment and health equity), and general gap (e.g
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Grade: I statement
No recommendation.
Grade: I statement
Do not supplement. … Grade: D recommendation
Preventive Medications
Appropriate intake of vitamin D and calcium are
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Grade: B
Selectively offer multifactorial
interventions to prevent falls . … Grade: C
Do not recommend vitamin D
supplementation to prevent falls . … Grade: D
Risk Assessment
Age is strongly related to risk for falls.
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Grade: B
Screen for osteoporosis.
Grade: B
No recommendation. … Grade: I (insufficient evidence)
Risk Assessment
Risk factors for osteoporotic fractures include
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adults not at increased risk
for STIs
Recommendation
Offer high-intensity counseling
Grade … : B
Offer high-intensity counseling
Grade: B
No recommendation
Grade: I
(insufficient
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June 01, 2012 - This rec-
ommendation statement does not apply to women who have re-
ceived a diagnosis of a high-grade … This recom-
mendation statement does not apply to women who have
received a diagnosis of a high-grade … Screen with cytology
(Pap smear) every
3 years
Grade: A
to 65 Years
Screen with cytology
every … 3 years or
co-testing (cytology/
human papillomavirus
testing [HPV]) every
5 years
Grade: A
Women … Much of the data to date are
limited to detection of CIN grade 3.
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Grade: B
Apply fluoride varnish to the primary
teeth of all infants and children
starting at the … Grade: B
Routine oral screening examinations:
No recommendation. … Grade: I statement
Risk Assessment
All children are at potential risk for dental caries; those
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March 04, 2021 - In the GRADE approach, there is no category corresponding to the USPSTF I statement. … After deliberation, the USPSTF decided not to adopt the GRADE approach. … GRADE Working Group. Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations. … GRADE Working Group. … GRADE Working Group.
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Grade: B
Screen for gonorrhea.
Grade: B
No recommendation. … Grade: I statement
Risk Assessment
Age is a risk factor for chlamydial and gonococcal infections
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Grade: I (insufficient evidence)
No recommendation. … Grade: I (insufficient evidence)
Do not recommend. … Grade: D
Risk Assessment
Low bone mass, older age, and history of falls are major risk factors
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January 01, 1998 - What We Do The Task Force assigns each recommendation a letter grade (an A, B, C, or D grade or an … Task Force does not consider the costs of a preventive service when determining a recommendation grade
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October 01, 2022 - B
Grade
Children and adolescents aged 8 to 18 years:
Screen for anxiety. … https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Name/grade-definitions
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Why is this recommendation and topic important?
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January 21, 2025 - This is a D grade. … This is a D
grade.
Grade in this recommendation:
D: Not recommended. … www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/tfcomment.htm
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January 01, 2025 - The Task Force does not consider the costs of a preventive
service when determining a recommendation grade