Results

Total Results: 247 records

Showing results for "laboratory".

41. Screening for Gonorrhea: Update of the Evidence (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Wezro6zTSfAWxCrneF-nxB
    May 01, 2005 - NAATs require a high level of technical laboratory expertise to perform the test. … These tests also require a high level of technical laboratory expertise to perform the test, and have … collection, increased transport time with deterioration of samples, and variability in the quality of the laboratories … Laboratory Laboratory Laboratory Laboratory Laboratory NA, not available. … PCR assay was repeat another laboratory in a LCR. Martin, 200076 2,192 women 1,981 men 1.

42. Archived: Final Research Plan: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan21/chlamydia-and-gonorrhea-screening-september-2014
    June 15, 2013 - Intermediate outcomes (outcomes that are not health outcomes, such as eradication of infection, laboratory

43. Archived: Syphilis Infection: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/syphilis-infection-screening-1996
    January 01, 1996 - Although VDRL (Venereal Disease Research Laboratory) and RPR (rapid plasma reagin) are the most commonly … , pregnancy) or infections (e.g., malaria, tuberculosis, viral and rickettsial diseases), or due to laboratory-associated

44. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnancy: Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/xw8Xj4Bts4yaj_ZaBjCuer
    May 01, 2009 - Screening Tests Nontreponemal tests commonly used for initial screening are the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory … • V enereal D isease R esearch Laboratory (V D R L) • R apid plasm a reagin (R PR ) C onfirm

45. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: USPSTF Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/kqRLYDR2eh3gLKbtTjZk__
    November 30, 2017 - traditional approach is to perform an initial “nontreponemal” antibody test (ie, Venereal Disease Research Laboratory … screening involved an initial “nontreponemal” antibody test (ie, Venereal Disease Research Laboratory … Preferable procedure for the screening of syphilis in clinical laboratories in China. … Treponema Screen and the ARCHITECT Syphilis TP, and the Treponema pallidum particle agglutination test for laboratory

46. Recommendation: Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/lipid-disorders-in-children-screening
    July 18, 2023 - Abnormal liver and musculoskeletal laboratory values were reported with statin use; however, most trials … Additionally, the clinical importance of transient elevations in these laboratory values is unknown. … elevated liver enzyme levels at this threshold were similarly rare. 1 , 17 Elevations in musculoskeletal laboratory … worsening in HDL-C and triglyceride levels; 1 however, the small study size and fluctuation of lipid laboratory

47. Archived: Final Research Plan: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan95/syphilis-infection-in-nonpregnant-adults-and-adolescents-june-2016
    September 18, 2014 - including psychosocial harms) KQ 1: Outcomes that are not directly related to health outcomes (e.g., laboratory

48. Final Research Plan: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/sexually-transmitted-infections
    May 01, 2025 - Military health clinics Obstetrics-gynecology clinics Behavioral/mental health clinics Research laboratories

49. Archived: Problem Drinking: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/problem-drinking-screening-1996
    January 01, 1996 - drinks to feel high, or who can drink more than 5 drinks at a time, are likely to be at risk. 71 Laboratory … Although laboratory tests such as GGT are not sufficiently sensitive or specific for routine screening … Neither questionnaires nor laboratory tests should be considered diagnostic of problem drinking without … Comparison of questionnaire and laboratory tests in the detection of excessive drinking and alcoholism … The value of laboratory tests for the screening and recognition of alcohol abuse in primary care patients

50. Draft Research Plan: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/sexually-transmitted-infections
    January 16, 2025 - health clinics Obstetrics-gynecology clinics Behavioral/mental health clinics Research laboratories

51. Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/HQGXw2wkcM7q6TA5eWzdT5
    January 01, 2010 - local and state public or health policy) Outcomes Minimum of a 3-mo outcome assessment of biological (laboratory-tested … However, this trial used self-reported, as opposed to laboratory or clinically diagnosed, STI. … attending primary care clinics showed no statistically significant difference in self- reported or laboratory-tested … reported biological outcomes did not show an increased incidence of STIs, either by self-report or laboratory … settings and specialty settings, and in women and minorities Four (n � 7714) of the 6 trials that used laboratory-tested

52. Screening for Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/vmHooQ6ABG9CagdUXv2_rx
    August 25, 2021 - Abnormal liver and musculoskeletal laboratory values were reported with statin use; however, most trials … Additionally, the clinical importance of transient elevations in these laboratory values is unknown.1 … evated liver enzyme levels at this threshold were similarly rare.1,17 Elevations in musculoskeletal laboratory … worsening in HDL-C and triglyceride levels1; however, the small study size and fluctuation of lipid laboratory

53. Archived: Evidence Summary: High Blood Pressure in Adults, Children, and Adolescents: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/high-blood-pressure-adults-children-adolescents-screening-2003
    April 01, 2003 - Canadian Hypertension Society, Canadian Coalition for High Blood Pressure Prevention and Control, Laboratory … Canadian Hypertension Society, Canadian Coalition for High Blood Pressure Prevention and Control, Laboratory … Canadian Hypertension Society, Canadian Coalition for High Blood Pressure Prevention and Control, Laboratory … Canadian Hypertension Society, Canadian Coalition for High Blood Pressure Prevention and Control, Laboratory

54. ahrq12a_Summary_HBP.qxd (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/BXkaHRFGjwUCoyANeMSuTz
    January 01, 2010 - Canadian Hypertension Society, Canadian Coalition for High Blood Pressure Prevention and Control, Laboratory … Canadian Hypertension Society, Canadian Coalition for High Blood Pressure Prevention and Control, Laboratory … Canadian Hypertension Society, Canadian Coalition for High Blood Pressure Prevention and Control, Laboratory … Canadian Hypertension Society, Canadian Coalition for High Blood Pressure Prevention and Control, Laboratory

55. Archived: Chlamydial Infection: Screening, 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/chlamydial-infection-screening-2001
    January 01, 2001 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is developing laboratory guidelines that outline … recently, culture has been accepted as the most specific test but it requires specialized handling and laboratory

56. Draft Research Plan: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/brca-related-cancer-risk-assessment-genetic-counseling-testing
    January 18, 2024 - : Other interventions KQ 3c: BRCA1/2 testing of pathology or tissue samples; direct to consumer laboratory

57. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/9Tse2TwVFQgYb-aNCq4Ngv
    September 04, 2018 - mal and nontreponemal tests in combination is feasible for mass screening and provides a presumptive laboratory … Discordant results from reverse sequence syphilis screening—five laboratories, United States, 2006-2010 … Preferable procedure for the screening of syphilis in clinical laboratories in China. … Treponema Screen and the ARCHITECT Syphilis TP, and the Treponema pallidum particle agglutination test for laboratory

58. Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/KdQef_VDT2kmHDX4ddNWmR
    August 01, 2022 - blood sample that measures the CD4 T-cell response to specific Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens and laboratory … examinations, diagnostics, and tests (ie, medical history, physical examination, chest radiograph, and other laboratory … single venous blood sample that measures the CD4 T-cell response to specific M tuberculosis antigens and laboratory … processing require- ments for blood samples and ensure that venous blood samples are drawn and can reach the laboratory

59. Archived: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-copd-screening-2008
    March 15, 2008 - Tests 1 Spirometry can be performed in a primary care physician's office or a pulmonary testing laboratory … Tests Spirometry can be performed in a primary care physician's office or in a pulmonary testing laboratory

60. Final Research Plan: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/sexually-transmitted-infections-behavioral-counseling
    August 02, 2018 - health clinics Obstetrics-gynecology clinics Behavioral/mental health clinics Research laboratories