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341. Procedure Manual Appendix VII. Criteria for Assessing External Validity (Generalizability) of Individual Studies | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 01, 2017 - rate of outcomes in the study could be greater or less than what might be expected in asymptomatic persons … The harms observed in the study could be greater or less than what might be expected in asymptomatic persons … comorbid conditions in the study population does not represent the frequency likely to be encountered in persons … Stage or severity of disease: the selection of subjects for the study includes persons at a disease stage … that is earlier or later than would be found in persons who are candidates for the preventive service

342. 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.

343. 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

344. Archived: Final Research Plan: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 30, 2014 - accuracy of currently existing clinical prediction tools or screening questionnaires in identifying persons … using a questionnaire or prediction tool followed by overnight home-based oximetry, in identifying persons … with unrecognized symptoms of OSA KQs 3, 7: Asymptomatic adults, persons with unrecognized symptoms … of OSA, and referral populations KQs 4–6, 8: Persons with a confirmed diagnosis of OSA;  population … at increased, average, or decreased risk, or persons at higher and lower risk of OSA KQ 3: Studies

345. Final Research Plan: Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 15, 2018 - with a recent hospitalization; persons with a recent myocardial infarction; persons taking antipsychotics … or glucocorticoids; persons with known cardiovascular disease or severe chronic kidney disease; persons … living in an institution; other persons with medical conditions limiting their applicability to primary … insulin or other medications; persons with proliferative retinopathy, nephropathy) Screening … who meet criteria for impaired fasting glucose or impaired glucose tolerance and persons with an A1c

346. 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

347. Social Media Policy | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 21, 2025 - Social Media Policy Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print This policy applies to comments and content submitted to U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) social media sites. The USPSTF encourages the pub…

348. 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.

349. 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.

350. Screening for Dementia in Primary Care: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2003 - or executive function, sufficient to interfere with social or occupational functioning in an alert person … Clinically, a difference of 2 to 3 points on the ADAS-Cog70 is equivalent, for example, to a person remembering … They may be able to formulate advance directives; choose a person to exercise power of attorney for financial … Prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease in a community population of older persons. … Risk of death from Alzheimer’s disease in a community population of older persons.

351. 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

352. 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

353. Summary of USPSTF Final Recommendation: Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2025 - They do not apply to persons with secondary osteoporosis due to an underlying medical condition (eg, … Evidence shows that only 40% to 60% of persons experiencing a hip fracture recover their prefracture … Prevalence of osteoporosis is higher among persons 65 years or older (27.1% in women and 5.7% in men)

354. 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.

355. Final Research Plan: Chronic Kidney Disease: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 13, 2023 - What is the effectiveness of interventions aimed at reducing disparities in persons with CKD? … diabetes mellitus or hypertension KQs 1–3: Patients with known CKD or symptoms of CKD Pregnant persons … KQs 4–8: Patients with non-screen-detected CKD stages 4 to 5 Pregnant persons Interventions … Guidelines on evaluation of kidney disease in persons with diabetes mellitus and hypertension already … Some comments suggested expansion of the treatment population to persons with later-stage CKD (CKD stages

356. 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…

357. 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

358. 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.

359. Final Research Plan: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 05, 2020 - initiating statins for primary prevention at different cardiovascular risk thresholds on the number of persons … In persons with similar assessed cardiovascular risk, how does use of statins for primary prevention … e.g., myocardial infarction, angina, revascularization, CVA, or transient ischemic attack), including persons … as a factor defining subgroups of interest and added a contextual question on how use of statins in persons

360. Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults: A Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - Screening for HCV infection could identify persons at earlier stages of disease, before they develop … Up to three quarters of HCV-infected persons are unaware of their sta- tus (19). In 2004, the U.S. … sufficient information to compute the sensitivity and num- ber needed to screen to identify 1 HCV-infected person … living with HCV-infected individual, living with injection drug user, needle exposure to high-risk person … Screening pa- tients with 1 or more risk factors would have identified 94% of infected persons, with