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March 20, 2018 - (USPSTF) Grades and Levels of Certainty
What the USPSTF Grades Mean and Suggestions for Practice
Grade … Grade: B Grade: C Grade: I (insufficient evidence)
Risk Assessment
Behavioral
Counseling
Interventions
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Recommendation Summary
Population
Recommendation
Grade … Grade: A
Risk Assessment
All pregnant women are at risk. … current primary care practice for which only a very high level of evidence would justify a change in the grade
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Population
Recommendation
Grade … Grade: A
To whom does this recommendation apply? … practice in primary care for which only a very high level of evidence would justify a change in the grade
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Population
Recommendation
Grade … For adults aged 18 to 79 years: Grade B
Screen adults for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. … Five trials reported no withdrawals due to adverse events; 1 trial reported a serious adverse event (grade
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May 15, 2012 - Recommendation
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Population
Recommendation
Grade … Grade: B
No recommendation . … Grade: I
(Insufficient Evidence)
Risk Assessment
Individuals with a fair skin type
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July 01, 2017 - (Recommendation grade)"
Include any subpopulation-specific recommendations.
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June 20, 2023 - Population Recommendation Grade
USPSTF indicates US Preventive
Services Task Force. … dation rationale and assessment and the eFigure in the Supplement
for information on the recommendation grade … Grade: B
Older adults (65 years or older):
The evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits … Grade: I statement
USPSTF indicates US Preventive Services Task Force.
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Population
Recommendation
Grade … 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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June 23, 2014 - Recommendation
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Population
Recommendation
Grade … Grade: B
Selectively screen for AAA.
Grade: C
No recommendation. … Grade: I statement
Do not screen for AAA. … Grade: D
Risk Assessment
Risk factors for AAA include older age; a positive smoking history;
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August 01, 2022 - Population Recommendation Grade
USPSTF indicates US Preventive
Services Task Force. … dation rationale and assessment and the eFigure in the Supplement
for information on the recommendation grade … Grade: B
See “How to implement this recommendation” for additional information on adults at increased … .9,28,35,36,40 The PREVENT TB study (n = 7731)35 reported a sta-
tistically nonsignificant difference in grade
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June 22, 2025 - Task Force Resources
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May 01, 2004 - Screening for Visual Impairment in Children Younger than Age 5 Years - Recommendation Statement
Summary of
Recommendation
The USPSTF recommends screening to detect
amblyopia, strabismus, and defects in visual acuity
in children younger than age 5 years.
B recommendation.
The USPSTF found no direct evidence that
scr…
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October 01, 2013 - Grade: B
For a summary of the evidence systematically reviewed in making this recommendation, the full … What the USPSTF Grades Mean and Suggestions for Practice
Grade Definition Suggestions for Practice
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October 12, 2023 - area under the receiver operating characteristic curve); detection of clinically significant or high-grade
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Population
Recommendation
Grade … Grade: I statement (insufficient evidence)
No recommendation. … Grade: I statement (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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April 01, 2016 - Grade: B
The decision to initiate low-dose
aspirin use is an individual one. … Grade: C
No recommendation.
Grade: I (insufficient evidence)
No recommendation. … Grade: I (insufficient evidence)
Risk Assessment
Primary risk factors for CVD are older age, male sex … What the USPSTF Grades Mean and Suggestions for Practice
Grade Definition Suggestions for Practice
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February 13, 2018 - certainty that the harms of screening for ovarian cancer outweighed the benefits, and it issued a D grade … that represent distinct models of epithelial ovarian carcinogenesis. 45 Type I tumors include low-grade … These cancers are generally high grade and are genetically unstable, including high rates of TP53 and … regardless of stage, owing to microscopic metastases. 15 , 16 Even stage I cancers in some type II high-grade … The fallopian tube as the origin of high grade serous ovarian cancer: review of a paradigm shift.
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Population
Recommendation
Grade … 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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March 08, 2004 - Recommendation
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Population
Recommendation
Grade … the use of specific instruments to detect domestic violence (a “C” recommendation according to 1996 grade
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May 01, 2021 - ommended screening pregnant women for preeclampsia with blood
pressure measurements throughout pregnancy (grade … The strength of the overall body of evidence
for each KQ was judged using an adaptation of the GRADE … Atkins D, Eccles M, Flottorp S, et al; GRADE
Working Group.