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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/suicide-risk-screening-1996
January 01, 1996 - B
Asymptomatic persons
There is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening … by primary care clinicians to detect suicide risk in asymptomatic persons. … 24 years old 1 as well as a leading cause of years of potential life lost. 6 Suicides among young persons … who live in a household where at least one firearm is kept, when compared with persons who live in a … for medicolegal reasons in persons with suspected suicidal ideation, 41 , 42 but no reliable data on
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-screening
May 10, 2022 - It does not apply to persons with symptoms such as chronic cough, sputum production, difficulty breathing … It does not apply to populations at very high risk for COPD, such as persons with α-1 antitrypsin deficiency … The USPSTF has recommendations that address tobacco smoking cessation in adults, including pregnant persons … 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 asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic COPD.
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April 17, 2023 - POPULATION Pregnant persons without a known diagnosis of a hypertensive disorder of
pregnancy or chronic … Asymptomatic pregnant persons BThe USPSTF recommends screening for hypertensive disorders
in pregnant … persons with blood pressure measurements
throughout pregnancy. … • Gestational hypertension is new-onset hypertension after the 20th
week of gestation in a person with … Pregnant persons:
To whom does this
recommendation apply?
What’s new?
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/hypertensive-disorders-pregnancy-screening
September 02, 2021 - How effective are different screening programs for identifying persons with hypertensive disorders of … Category
Inclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria
Populations
Pregnant and postpartum persons … those at increased risk for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Studies limited to:
Pregnant persons … Nongeneralizable populations limited to select populations requiring specialized prenatal care (e.g., persons … of testing
Personalization of screening based on risk assessment
Programs for monitoring persons
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/intimate-partner-violence-and-abuse-of-elderly-and-vulnerable-adults-screening
June 24, 2025 - or former spouse or dating partner. 1 , 9
Abuse of older adults refers to acts whereby a trusted person … of false-positive results (eg, labeling and stigma). 1 Studies of harms were primarily conducted in person … control group. 1 , 35 In 1 study, IPV events were lower in the intervention group (7.50 events per person-year … ) compared with the control group (9.55 events per person-year) at 3 years, but the difference was not … statistically significant (incident rate ratio of average IPV events per person-year, 0.86 [95% CI,
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/drug-use-illicit-screening
October 20, 2016 - What are the harms of interventions to reduce drug use in screen-detected persons? … to primary care (e.g., psychiatric inpatients, persons who are court-mandated to receive treatment, … persons who are incarcerated)
KQs 4, 5: Persons with dependent drug use (or studies in which >50% … of the enrolled sample is persons with dependent drug use)
Screening
KQs 1, 3: Screening … for drug use using a brief standardized instrument or set of questions that is conducted in person or
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May 26, 2020 - Preventive Services Task Force
Summary of Recommendation
Importance
In 2017, an estimated 7.9% of persons … including motor vehicle crashes, suicide,
and homicide.3
IMPORTANCE In 2017, an estimated 7.9% of persons … Children, adoles-
cents, and young persons who are regular users of illicit drugs
(at least once per … Half of the interventions (50%) were individual counseling ses-
sions (in person or by telephone), 21% … This includes persons who have never used drugs
as well as those with early or experimental use.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/lung-cancer-screening-december-2013
December 31, 2013 - Screening should be discontinued once a person has not smoked for 15 years or develops a health problem … The magnitude of benefit to the person depends on that person's risk for lung cancer because those who … Screening should be discontinued once the person has not smoked for 15 years. … The USPSTF recommends discontinuing screening if a person develops a health problem that substantially … Harms were measured as number of total LDCT screenings per 100,000 persons and per person, number of
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening
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
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/vTJ_Zj3TAkhx45wWUDtNyt
May 01, 2021 - and non-
Black persons, which include the risk factors of age, cholesterol lev-
els, systolic blood … The risk prediction equations
generally show higher risk for Black persons than White persons.6
The … the expected benefit for persons with
a 10-year CVD risk of 7.5% to less than 10%. … use more than 2 times higher than among those without dia-
betes (76.1 and 34.5 initiators per 1000 person-years … Cholesterol lowering in
intermediate-risk persons without cardiovascular
disease.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/unhealthy-alcohol-use-in-adolescents-and-adults-screening-and-behavioral-counseling-interventions
October 20, 2016 - What are the harms of interventions to reduce unhealthy alcohol use in screen-detected persons? … with concomitant psychotic disorders (e.g., schizophrenia)
Persons presenting in an emergency setting … who are court-mandated to treatment, persons who are incarcerated )
KQs 4, 5: Persons with dependent … alcohol abuse (or studies in which >50% of the enrolled sample is persons with dependent alcohol use … Screening for alcohol use using a brief standardized instrument or set of questions that is conducted in person
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan142/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening-january-2017
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
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/screening-for-prediabetes-and-type-2-diabetes
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
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/ERAa_Bwr7hQxqZZ-X3p8Qh
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
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/drug-use-illicit-primary-care-interventions-for-children-and-adolescents
May 26, 2020 - It does not apply to persons who have a history of regular or harmful illicit drug use or who have been … Children, adolescents, and young persons who are regular users of illicit drugs (at least once per week … Half of the interventions (50%) were individual counseling sessions (in person or by telephone), 21% … This includes persons who have never used drugs as well as those with early or experimental use. … Clinicians should consider providing skills training to young persons who are assessed as vulnerable
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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
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/oral-cancer-screening-1996
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
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/skin-cancer-screening
April 18, 2023 - It does not apply to persons with a personal or family history of skin cancer. … It does not apply to persons with symptoms, such as changes in size, shape, or color of skin growths … Melanoma is about 30 times more common in White persons than in Black persons. … than in Black persons. 4 However, persons with darker skin color are often diagnosed at later stages … Incidence of melanoma is higher among White persons compared with persons of other races and ethnicities
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/_q6ZTL2Yg6f6rLp-Re9whD
June 24, 2025 - current or former spouse or dating
partner.1,9
Abuse of older adults refers to acts whereby a trusted person … Abuse of vulnerable adults re-
fers to acts (eg, neglect) by persons in a caregiving role for persons … of false-positive results (eg, labeling and stigma).1 Studies
of harms were primarily conducted in person … the control group (9.55 events per person-year) at 3 years, but
the difference was not statistically … significant (incident rate ratio
of average IP V events per person-year, 0.86 [95% CI,
0.73-1.01]).47
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/high-cholesterol-other-lipid-abnormalities-screening-1996
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.