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321. Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     May 10, 2022 - screening in individuals who do not recognize or report respiratory symptoms; studies of treatment in persons … Evidence of pharmacologic treatment was still largely limited to persons with moderate airflow obstruction … for a range of nonpharmacologic interventions in mild to moderate COPD or in minimally symptomatic persons … spirometry based on systematically assessing for symptoms, risk factors, or both) for COPD can detect persons … with COPD Signal for benefit of tiotropium on exacerbations in minimally symptomatic persons Harms

322. Archived: Evidence Summary: Abnormal Blood Glucose and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 13, 2015 - B All-cause mortality: 2.2 vs. 3.8 events/1,000 person-years; HR, 0.57 (95% CI, 0.21 to 1.58) … CV events: 22.9 vs. 22.0 events/1,000 person-years; HR, 1.04 (95% CI, 0.72 to 1.51) Fair Pharmacologic … B: 20-year results Incidence: 6.9 vs. 11.3 cases/100 person-years Cumulative incidence: 79.7% … B: 23-year results Incidence: 7.3 vs. 12.3 cases/10 person-years Cumulative incidence: 73% (312 … B Incidence: 14.1 vs. 15.8 cases/100 person-years; RR, 0.89 (95% CI, 0.78 to 1.02) Subanalyses

323. Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults: Clinical Summary of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION Population Persons at high risk for infection and … Screening Interval Persons with continued risk for HCV infection (such as injection drug users) should … Evidence on how often screening should occur in these persons is lacking. … Adults born between 1945 and 1965 and persons who are at risk because of potential exposure before universal … the basis of the accuracy of HCV antibody testing and the availability of effective interventions for persons

324. Final Recommendation Statement: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 15, 2022 - This includes persons who are not aware of their symptoms or do not report symptoms as being a concern … This recommendation does not apply to persons presenting with symptoms or concerns about OSA, persons … Care of these persons should be managed as clinically appropriate. … This recommendation also does not apply to children, adolescents, or pregnant persons. … with White persons; some evidence suggests that these differences are partially explained by higher

325. Archived: Syphilis Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 15, 2004 - at Increased Risk The USPSTF strongly recommends that clinicians screen persons at increased risk … A Asymptomatic Persons, Not at Increased Risk The USPSTF recommends against routine screening … of asymptomatic persons who are not at increased risk for syphilis infection. … The USPSTF concludes that the benefits of screening persons at increased risk for syphilis infection … The optimal screening interval in average- and high-risk persons has not been determined.

326. Archived: High Blood Cholesterol and Other Lipid Abnormalities: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - diets in asymptomatic persons has proven difficult. … For high-risk persons (middle-aged persons with high cholesterol or multiple nonlipid risk factors for … Cholesterol and heart disease in older persons and women: review of an NHLBI workshop. … Randomised controlled trial in northern England of the effect of a person knowing their own serum cholesterol … HDL cholesterol predicts coronary heart disease mortality in older persons.

327. PII: S0749-3797(01)00255-0 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2001 - recommended only when the history or physical examination suggested a familial disorder or when the person … The four key questions were ● What is the accuracy of screening for detecting persons at increased risk … What is the accuracy of screening for detecting persons at increased risk of CHD because of abnormal … The absolute risk reduction with drug therapy depends on the underlying risk in the person or population … Randomised controlled trial in northern England of the effect of a person knowing their own serum cholesterol

328. Archived: Evidence Summary: Lipid Disorders in Adults (Cholesterol, Dyslipidemia): Screening, 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 09, 2001 - recommended only when the history or physical examination suggested a familial disorder or when the person … The four key questions were What is the accuracy of screening for detecting persons at increased … The absolute risk reduction with drug therapy depends on the underlying risk in the person or population … Randomised controlled trial in northern England of the effect of a person knowing their own serum cholesterol … What is the accuracy of screening for detecting persons at increased risk of CHD because of abnormal

329. Archived: Oral Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - Recommendation Summary Population Recommendation Grade Asymptomatic persons … There is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening of asymptomatic persons … About half of all oropharyngeal cancers and the majority of deaths from this disease occur in persons … who chew or smoke tobacco (or did so previously), older persons who drink regularly, and anyone with … Appropriate counseling should be offered to those persons who smoke cigarettes, pipes, or cigars, those

330. Recommendation: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 25, 2020 - It does not apply to persons who are hospitalized or living in institutions such as nursing homes. … Some persons with MCI may progress to dementia, while some do not. … One potential harm is labeling a person with an illness that is typically progressive and for which treatment … Four trials (n = 1919) tested donepezil or memantine in persons with MCI. … This body of evidence represented persons with dementia and MCI, with a mean age of 75 years.

331. Archived: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - against routine HIV screening in persons without identified risk factors. … A minority of seropositive persons abstain completely from sex or drug use after diagnosis. … persons—United States, 1992-1994. … Forecasts of the costs of medical care for persons with HIV:1992-1995. … The duration of zidovudine benefit in persons with asymptomatic HIV infection.

332. Ym2Epescwzwnpaamr78Shp (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2014 - For the purposes of this recommendation, an “ever- smoker” is a person who has smoked at least 100 cigarettes … A proportion of AAAs will never rupture because they do not advance or because a person dies of a competing … Thus, at most, 10% to 25% of persons with a ruptured AAA survive. … years who have ever smoked and in men aged 60 years or older who are the sibling or offspring of a person

333. Primary Care–Based Interventions to Prevent Illicit Drug Use in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2020 - years), adolescents (aged 12 to 17 years), and young adults (aged 18 to 25 years), including pregnant persons … It does not apply to persons who have a history of regular or harmful illicit drug use or who have been … adolescents and adults • Interventions for tobacco smoking cessation in adults, including pregnant persons

334. Perinatal Depression Interventions Draft Evidence Review | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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335. Perinatal Depression Interventions Draft Recommendation Statement | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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336. Final Research Plan: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 28, 2017 - who have a compromised immune system Persons who have a catheter, urinary stent, or nephrostomy tube … or other organ transplant; patients on kidney dialysis Pregnant women with sickle cell disease Persons … care for treatment or followup of conditions affecting the urinary tract (e.g., prostate cancer) Persons … being tested in preparation for urological procedures Persons with spinal cord injuries Studies … conducted exclusively among persons who are institutionalized or hospitalized Interventions

337. Privacy Policy | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 01, 2015 - Privacy Policy Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print Thank you for visiting the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Web site and reviewing our Privacy Policy. The Task Force is committed to maintaining t…

338. Archived: Genital Herpes Infection: Serologic Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 20, 2016 - Among persons who have a symptomatic first outbreak, 70% to 90% will have at least 1 more symptomatic … Although the risk of transmission is higher during a symptomatic outbreak, persons with genital herpes … There is currently no cure for genital herpes; once infection has occurred, the virus remains in a person … Serologic HSV tests may be clinically useful for persons with persistent undiagnosed genital symptoms … Diagnostic testing, however, in persons with recurrent atypical genital symptoms may be helpful.

339. Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2021 - The evi- dence review did not include populations at very high risk for COPD such as persons with α-1 … less than 0.70 confirms the presence of persistent airway obstruction and a diag- nosis of COPD in persons … • It does not apply to populations at very high risk for COPD, such as persons with α-1 antitrypsin … One large randomized clinical trial (SUMMIT; n = 16 590) in persons with or at risk for cardiovascular … • The harms of screening in and treatment of persons with asymp- tomatic or minimally symptomatic COPD

340. Archived: Evidence Summary: Screening for Breast Cancer: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 11, 2016 - Age Mortality Rate in the Control Group per 100,000 Person-Years … –2005 620,620 40–49 80%–90% Invited vs. not invited to screen Yes Breast cancer deaths (person–years … 14,765 40–49 85% Annual vs. triennial screening No Breast cancer mortality (per 100,000 person–years … 17.9; RR (reference) Annual: 20.3; RR, 1.14 (CI, 0.59–1.27) All-cause mortality (per 100,000 person–years