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341. Archived: Chlamydial Infection (Including Ocular Prophylaxis in Newborns): Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - the U.S., affecting an estimated 4 million persons at a cost of $2.4 billion each year. 1 , 2 The medical … Assuming a sensitivity of 80% and specificity of 98%, the positive predictive value of a test will range … The choice of screening test for asymptomatic men is left to clinical discretion. … American Medical Association. … Chicago: American Medical Association. 1994. 52. American Academy of Family Physicians.

342. Screening for Unhealthy Drug Use: Clinician Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2020 - • Longer tools (eg, the 8-item ASSIST [Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test]) … requirements and best practices on informed consent for screening, documenting screening results in medical

343. JAMA JATS (pdf file)
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     August 22, 2018 - STUDY SELECTION English-language randomized clinical trials (RCTs), studies evaluating test accuracy, … MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Abuse or neglect, morbidity caused by abuse, test accuracy, and harms. … Screening was conducted using the 15-item Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test (H-S/EAST) and … The meaning of false-positive test results is unclear. … Screening for elder mistreatment in dental and medical clinics.

344. Ad-Br2Otj67Fendhhkltpa (pdf file)
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     (NON(NON(NON(NON----MEDICAL UMEDICAL UMEDICAL UMEDICAL USE ONLY)SE ONLY)SE ONLY)SE ONLY) NoNoNoNo … (NON(NON(NON(NON----MEDICAL USE ONLY)MEDICAL USE ONLY)MEDICAL USE ONLY)MEDICAL USE ONLY) 0 2 1 … ALCOHOL, SMOKING AND SUBSTANCE INVOLVEMENT SCREENING TEST (WHO ASSIST V3.0) FEEDBACK REPORT CARD FOR … PATIENTS Name________________________________ Test Date _____________________Name____________ … ____________________ Test Date _____________________Name________________________________ Test Date __

345. Screening for Suicide Risk in Adults: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2004 - on the 3 key questions for which we found data meeting our selection criteria: (1) Can a screening test … experts and revised accordingly before preparation of this manuscript.27 Results Can a Screening Test … Suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in general medical illnesses. … Domiciliary and out-patient treatment of self-poisoning patients by medical and non-medical staff. … 2 Can a screening test reliably detect suicide risk in primary care populations?

346. Screening for Genital Herpes Simplex: A Brief Update (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2005 - Women underwent a detailed interview and an HSV serological test using Western blot assay. … .48 The study enrolled 58,362 pregnant women between January 1982 and December 1999 at a university medical … Army medical center, and 5 community hospitals in Washington State. … analysis compared use of acyclovir suppressive therapy to prevent recurrent genital HSV at delivery to no medical … contributions of Gurvaneet Randhawa, MD, MPH, Task Order Officer, AHRQ, and Janelle Guirguis-Blake, MD, Medical

347. Archived: Suicide Risk: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 15, 2004 - The test characteristics of most commonly-used screening instruments (Scale for Suicide Ideation [SSI … assessing suicide risk, "feeling suicidal," was predictive of plans to attempt suicide with reasonable test … (Professor of Family Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical … (Professor and Chairman, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai Medical … American Medical Association.

348. 6Ngc3Byq9Jeby Pwyvd6Or (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2014 - have contralateral asymptomatic stenosis or with incidental bruits and positive noninvasive screening test … www.annals.org DISCUSSION Duplex ultrasonography is a widely available, nonin- vasive screening test … Its use in a low-prevalence population would result in many false-positive test results—for example, … If all positive test results were followed by angiography (which is not typically done in clinical practice … If all positive test results were followed by magnetic resonance angiography (95% sensitivity and 90%

349. Recommendation: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 21, 2018 - Abnormal screening test results are also associated with psychological harms. … Barry, MD (Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts); Aaron B. … Variable risk of cervical precancer and cancer after a human papillomavirus-positive test. … Protecting the underscreened women in developed countries: the value of HPV test. … The effect of hysterectomy on the risk of an abnormal screening Papanicolaou test result.

350. Screening for Iron Deficiency Anemia--Including Iron Supplementation for Children and Pregnant Women (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2006 - Detection: There is good evidence that hemoglobin is a sensitive test for iron deficiency anemia, but … Accuracy of Tests Serum hemoglobin or hematocrit is the primary screening test for identifying anemia … deficiency anemia often resolve spontaneously, reducing the positive predictive value of any screening test … Preventive Services Task Force*: Ned Calonge, MD, MPH, Chair, USPSTF (Chief Medical Officer and State … of the Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Medical

351. Archived: Depression: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - Assessing depression in primary medical and psychiatric practices. … Medical comorbidity of major depressive disorder in a primary medical practice. … Depression: medical utilization and somatization. … American Medical Association. … Chicago: American Medical Association. 1994:131–139. 45. Green M, ed.

352. Archived: Update on the Methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Estimating Certainty and Magnitude of Net Benefit: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, December 2007 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 15, 2007 - carotid artery stenosis screening have been published; however, RCTs comparing carotid endarterectomy to medical … , the possibility of adverse events from the test, the accuracy and potential for adverse events of any … subsequent confirmatory diagnostic tests, and the inevitable failure to follow through on the test or … It is important to note that the Task Force makes recommendations for real-world medical practice in … If the test is falsely positive and the patient does not have confirmatory angiography, he or she may

353. Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 17, 2018 - presence of comorbid medical conditions. … Clinicians could also use assessments of gait and mobility, such as the Timed Up and Go test. … available evaluations; those who can- not perform or perform poorly on a standardized gait and balance test … The history of falls and the association of the timed up and go test to falls and near-falls in older … Is the Timed Up and Go test a useful predictor of risk of falls in community dwelling older adults: a

354. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer: Screening, April 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 01, 2001 - database: type of screening study, study design, setting, population, patient recruitment, screening test … Five studies from mass screening programs reported the accuracy of skin examination as a screening test … clinical grounds that advanced locally invasive or metastatic nonmelanoma skin cancers result from medical … For studies that reported test performance, we also recorded the definition of a suspicious lesion, the … Many of these studies were small and used convenience samples of attending physicians at academic medical

355. Evidence Summary: Aspirin Use to Prevent Preeclampsia and Related Morbidity and Mortality: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 28, 2021 - Risk of preeclampsia was determined based on personal sociodemographic characteristics, medical history … The most common method was examination of participant characteristics and personal or family medical … a novel menopause curriculum for medical residents. … Maternal-fetal conditions necessitating a medical intervention resulting in preterm birth. … aspirin for pre-eclampsia prevention (TEST study): a multicentre randomised controlled trial.

356. Overdiagnosis in Prostate Cancer Screening Decision Models: A Contextual Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2018 - screening is complicated because the trend is affected by changes in clinical practice over time (e.g., medical … An AHRQ Medical Officer provided project oversight, reviewed the draft report, and assisted in the external … testing, and the diagnosis of cancer may have financial implications even beyond increased costs of medical … , such that test sensitivity combines the probability of a positive PSA test, receipt of biopsy, and … such that test sensitivity combines the probability of a positive PSA test, receipt of biopsy, and

357. Archived: Final Research Plan: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 15, 2012 - True negative test = known confirmed deleterious genetic mutation in relatives, and none detected in … Uninformative negative test = no known deleterious genetic mutations in relatives, and none detected … patient's relationships with family, false reassurance, incomplete testing, misinterpretation of the test … relationships with family members; false reassurance; incomplete testing; misinterpretation of the test

358. 3W8Wr9Wwayaqujwmjo Bl- (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2014 - done in the United States or in populations that receive services and interventions applicable to medical … Leeflang MM, Deeks JJ, Gatsonis C, Bossuyt PM; Cochrane Diagnostic Test Accuracy Working Group. … Systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy. Ann Intern Med. 2008;149:889-97. … Assessing applicability when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program … Genet Test Mol Biomarkers. 2009;13:325-30. [PMID: 19405874] 78.

359. Overdiagnosis in Prostate Cancer Screening Decision Models: A Contextual Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2018 - screening is complicated because the trend is affected by changes in clinical practice over time (e.g., medical … An AHRQ Medical Officer provided project oversight, reviewed the draft report, and assisted in the external … testing, and the diagnosis of cancer may have financial implications even beyond increased costs of medical … , such that test sensitivity combines the probability of a positive PSA test, receipt of biopsy, and … such that test sensitivity combines the probability of a positive PSA test, receipt of biopsy, and

360. Third Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 01, 2013 - Falls and Fractures Screening for Vision and Hearing Problems Avoiding the Unintended Harms of Medical