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61. Clinical Summary: Screening for HIV Infection (pdf file)
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    younger than 15 years and adults older than 65 years, clinicians should offer testing to patients at increased … Persons who request testing for STIs, including HIV, are also considered to be at increased risk. … However, repeat screening is reasonable for persons known to be at increased risk of HIV infection, such … persons with a sex partner who is living with HIV; or persons who engage in behaviors that may convey an increased … more new sex partners whose HIV status is unknown, or having other factors that can place a person at increased

62. Screening for Chlamydial Infection: An Evidence Update (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2007 - Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended that clinicians screen all sexually active women at increased … For studies of screening in non- pregnant women at increased risk, review was limited to random- ized … Limitations: No new evidence was found on screening in pregnant women, nonpregnant women not at increased … The USPSTF thus con- sidered this to be a trial of screening women at increased risk and not a trial … The evidence is strongest regarding screening in nonpregnant women at increased risk for infection.

63. Archived: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    September 22, 2014 - Summary Expand All Population Sexually active females aged ≤24 y and older women at increased … risk for infection Sexually active females aged ≤24 y and older women at increased risk for infection … In 1 large RCT, a strategy of identifying, testing, and treating women at increased risk for cervical … Screening and treating young men at increased risk may reduce the incidence of chlamydial infection; … risk and in pregnant women who are not at increased risk.

64. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    December 15, 2020 - RECOMMENDATION The USPSTF recommends screening for HBV infection in adolescents and adults at increased … See the Practice Considerations section for a description of adolescents and adults at increased risk … For adolescents and adults: Screen adolescents and adults at increased risk for hepatitis B virus (HBV … Screen adolescents and adults at increased risk using hepatitis B surface antigen (HbsAg) tests followed … Summary of USPSTF Rationale Rationale Nonpregnant adolescents and adults at increased risk Detection

65. Final Recommendation Statement: Aspirin Use to Prevent Preeclampsia and Related Morbidity and Mortality: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    September 28, 2021 - Other factors associated with increased preeclampsia risk include nulliparity, high prepregnancy body … In addition, Black persons have higher rates of preeclampsia and are at increased risk for serious complications … Most clinicians use medical history to identify pregnant persons at increased risk. … Research is needed on how to improve identifying pregnant persons at increased risk for preeclampsia. … There is also adequate evidence that use of low-dose aspirin in pregnant persons at increased risk for

66. Final Research Plan: Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    June 17, 2021 - for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in primary care settings in asymptomatic adults who are at increased … test (TST) or interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) for screening in asymptomatic adults who are at increased … reliability of sequential screening strategies that use TST and IGRA in asymptomatic adults who are at increased … KQs 1, 4: Asymptomatic adults belonging to populations at increased risk for LTBI. *  Studies that combine …   Full text published in English  Not English language  * Adult population subgroups at increased

67. Archived: Final Research Plan: Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    August 25, 2016 - The figure illustrates the overarching question: Does screening for current, past, or increased risk … illustrates the overarching question: Does screening in health care settings for current, past, or increased … of screening questionnaires or tools for identifying adults and adolescents with current, past, or increased … mental morbidity, or mortality among screen-detected adults and adolescents with current, past, or increased … screening questionnaires or tools in identifying older and vulnerable adults with current, past, or increased

68. Recommendation: Prevention of Acquisition of HIV: Preexposure Prophylaxis | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    August 22, 2023 - See the Practice Considerations section for more information about identification of persons at increased … Adults and adolescents weighing at least 35 kg (77 lb) at increased risk* of HIV acquisition: Prescribe … This recommendation applies to adolescents and adults who do not have HIV and are at increased risk of … However, certain risk factors or behaviors are known to place persons at increased risk of HIV. … Patients may reinitiate PrEP if they are again at increased risk of HIV acquisition.

69. Screening for Coronary Heart Disease: Clinician Fact Sheet (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2009 - y Decisions about screening in adults at increased risk should be made on a case-by-case basis after … How should providers approach screening in patients at increased risk? … Thus, decisions about screening asymptomatic, increased risk individuals should be made on a case-by-case … They should only be offered on a case-by-case basis to patients at increased risk when you judge that … y Consider aspirin therapy for men at increased CHD risk.

70. Recommendation: Aspirin Use to Prevent Preeclampsia and Related Morbidity and Mortality: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    September 28, 2021 - Black persons are associated with increased risk due to environmental, social, and historical inequities … Other factors associated with increased preeclampsia risk include nulliparity, high prepregnancy body … Most clinicians use medical history to identify pregnant persons at increased risk. … Research is needed on how to improve identifying pregnant persons at increased risk for preeclampsia. … There is also adequate evidence that use of low-dose aspirin in pregnant persons at increased risk for

71. Aspirin Use to Prevent Preeclampsia and Related Morbidity and Mortality: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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    September 28, 2021 - The incidence of preeclampsia among the trials of participants at increased risk ranged from 4% to 30% … 1 Does aspirin prevent preeclampsia in pregnant persons at increased risk for preeclampsia? a. … Population: Population not at increased risk (eg, nulliparous women). … Does aspirin prevent preeclampsia in pregnant per- sons at increased risk for preeclampsia? … Medical reasons for withdrawal included concerns regarding asthma attacks, increased bleeding time, increased

72. JAMA (pdf file)
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    June 11, 2019 - Use of certain ART regimens during pregnancy was associated with increased risk of harms that may be … risk of early infant death vs zidovudine-containing ART (4.4% vs 0.6%, P < .001) and increased risk … preterm birth associated with ART and 1 RCT and 3 cohort studies that found increased risk of preterm … There was no increased risk in all-cause mortality, anemia, or diabetes among ART regimens.80 There … Increased risk of preterm delivery among HIV-infected women randomized to protease versus nucleoside

73. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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    and Adolescents: Clinical Summary Population Asymptomatic, nonpregnant adults and adolescents at increased … Other factors that are also associated with increased prevalence rates include a history of incarceration … high certainty that the net benefit of screening for syphilis infection in nonpregnant persons at increased

74. Archived: Breast Cancer: Medications for Risk Reduction | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    September 15, 2013 - This tool helps identify women who may be at increased risk for the disease. … Only a small fraction of women are at increased risk for breast cancer. … not identified as being at increased risk. … There is no single cutoff for defining increased risk. … Tamoxifen increased risk for VTEs more than raloxifene in STAR.

75. Recommendation: Skin Cancer Prevention: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    March 20, 2018 - Other factors that increase risk include an increased number of nevi (moles) and atypical nevi, family … Other factors that further increase risk include an increased number of nevi (moles) and atypical nevi … Persons with an increased number of nevi and atypical nevi are at increased risk of melanoma. … Other interventions that increased sun protection behaviors in adults included mailed print materials … Studies that measured long-term or total sun exposure showed mixed association between increased sun

76. Archived: Final Research Plan: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    November 05, 2015 - figure depicts an initial risk assessment, after which some individuals may be classified as being at increased … Those at increased risk may undergo a comprehensive risk assessment, including bone density measurement … Following the comprehensive risk assessment, individuals may be classified again as being at increased … For adults with increased risk for osteoporotic fractures, treatment may reduce the likelihood of fractures … What is the accuracy and reliability of screening approaches to identify adults who are at increased

77. Clinical Summary: Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer (pdf file)
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    Persons with fair skin type (light hair and eye color, freckles, those who sunburn easily) are at increased … use tanning beds and those with a history of sunburns or previous skin cancer are also at greatly increased … Other factors that increase risk include an increased number of nevi (moles) and atypical nevi, family

78. 4Zmynqjxlv8G4Lzlrrddrm (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2014 - Population: This recommendation applies to asymptomatic preg- nant women who are at increased risk for … risk for preeclampsia, there was no significantly increased risk for these adverse events. … The rate of severe preeclampsia has increased over the past 3 decades. … Preeclampsia incidence in women at increased risk ranged from 8% to 30% across studies. … The MFMU trial was conducted at 13 U.S. study sites in women at increased risk for preeclampsia (n �

79. Final Recommendation Statement: Skin Cancer Prevention: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    March 20, 2018 - Other factors that further increase risk include an increased number of nevi (moles) and atypical nevi … Persons with an increased number of nevi and atypical nevi are at increased risk of melanoma. … Other interventions that increased sun protection behaviors in adults included mailed print materials … Studies that measured long-term or total sun exposure showed mixed association between increased sun … melanoma risk. 3 One large population-based study showed increased risk of both melanoma incidence

80. Screening for and Management of Obesity in Adults: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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    Possible harms of behavioral weight-loss interventions include decreased bone mineral density and increased … fracture risk, serious injuries resulting from increased physical activity, and increased risk for