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141. Final Research Plan: Prevention of Acquisition of HIV: Preexposure Prophylaxis | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/prevention-of-human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-pre-exposure-prophylaxis
     January 13, 2022 - What are the benefits of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in persons … What is the diagnostic accuracy of provider or patient risk assessment tools in identifying persons at … What is the risk of infection with antiretroviral drug–resistant HIV in persons using PrEP, and what … of interest are defined by age, sex, gender identity, race and ethnicity, and HIV risk category Persons … randomized, controlled trials are not available   * Including pregnant and breastfeeding persons

142. Archived: Syphilis Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/syphilis-infection-screening-2004
     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.

143. Draft Recommendation: Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Falls and Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-recommendation/vitamin-d-calcium-combined-supplementation-primary-prevention-falls-fractures-communitydwelling-adults
     December 17, 2024 - This corresponds to an ARD of 2 fewer major osteoporotic fractures per 1,000 persons supplemented (95% … This corresponds to an ARD of 2 fewer nonvertebral fractures per 1,000 persons treated (95% CI, from … This corresponds to an ARD of 3 fewer fractures per 1,000 persons supplemented (95% CI, from 7 fewer … This corresponds to an ARD of 2 fewer deaths per 1,000 persons supplemented (95% CI, from 4 fewer to … Vitamin D supplementation and fracture incidence in elderly persons.

144. Uhtgkzvs Bpnj4 G4Fxuay (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2014 - Screening should be discontinued once a person has not smoked for 15 years or develops a health problem … 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. … Harms were measured as the number of total LDCT screenings per 100 000 persons and per person, number

145. Procedure Manual Appendix VII. Criteria for Assessing External Validity (Generalizability) of Individual Studies | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-vii-criteria-assessing-external-validity-generalizability-individual-studies
     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

146. Final Research Plan: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/asymptomatic-bacteriuria-in-adults-screening
     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

147. Final Research Plan: Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Persons: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/tobacco-use-in-adults-and-pregnant-women-counseling-and-interventions
     July 12, 2018 - Print Final Research Plan Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Persons … including pregnant women who currently smoke Reviews limited to: Children and adolescents Persons

148. 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

149. Archived: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-screening-1996
     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.

150. Archived: Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2) in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/diabetes-mellitus-type-2-in-adults-screening-2008
     June 15, 2008 - Persons with these symptoms or conditions should be tested for diabetes. … Suggestions for Practice Regarding the I Statement: In persons with blood pressure of 135/80 mm Hg or … should be lower for persons who have type 2 diabetes mellitus than for those who do not. … The USPSTF recommends intensive interventions for obese persons who desire to lose weight. … persons.

151. Recommendation: Skin Cancer Prevention: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/skin-cancer-counseling
     March 20, 2018 - Persons with a compromised immune system (eg, persons living with HIV, persons who have received an organ … Implementation Interventions included tailored mailings, print materials, and in-person … Health professionals providing in-person counseling included primary care clinicians and health educators … One trial used a 1-day, in-person parent education session with a children's video, print materials, … An in-person counseling intervention targeting adolescents and involving clinicians and health educators

152. 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

153. Final Recommendation Statement: Skin Cancer Prevention: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/skin-cancer-counseling
     March 20, 2018 - Persons with a compromised immune system (eg, persons living with HIV, persons who have received an organ … Implementation Interventions included tailored mailings, print materials, and in-person … Health professionals providing in-person counseling included primary care clinicians and health educators … One trial used a 1-day, in-person parent education session with a children's video, print materials, … An in-person counseling intervention targeting adolescents and involving clinicians and health educators

154. Archived: Genital Herpes Infection: Serologic Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/genital-herpes-screening-november-2016
     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.

155. Archived: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - Asymptomatic adults There is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against screening asymptomatic persons … Population-based cohort studies have established that persons with carotid artery stenosis are at increased … subsequent stroke, myocardial infarction (MI), and death. 9 , 10 The risk of stroke is greatest for persons … No study has specifically compared a strategy of screening and early intervention in asymptomatic persons … A number of studies have examined whether interventions in asymptomatic persons can reduce the subsequent

156. Final Research Plan: Chronic Kidney Disease: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/chronic-kidney-disease-screening
     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

157. Evidence Summary: Prevention of Acquisition of HIV: Preexposure Prophylaxis | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/prevention-of-human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-pre-exposure-prophylaxis
     August 22, 2023 - No trial enrolled pregnant persons or persons younger than 18 years. … , P = .01) and those who took more than 15 pills per month (0 vs 8.1 per 100 person-years, P = .004 … which 100% of patients had completed 48 weeks and 50% had completed 96 weeks): 0.16 vs 0.34 per 100 person-years … 95% CI, 0.19-1.14) c HIV infection at 96 wk (all patients had completed 96 wk): 0.16 vs 0.30 per 100 person-years … and 1.6 vs 2.0 per 100 person-years Consistent; precise No reporting bias detected Good Trial

158. Final Research Plan: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/statin-use-in-adults-preventive-medication
     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

159. Final Research Plan: Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/hepatitis-b-virus-infection-screening
     March 14, 2019 - What is the accuracy of tools for identifying persons with chronic HBV infection? … In persons with serologic evidence of HBV infection (positive test results for the antibody to hepatitis … living with HIV or hepatitis C virus infection, persons who have been previously treated for HBV infection … , and other special populations (e.g., persons undergoing hemodialysis or an organ transplant) … who inject drugs, men who have sex with men, or persons with sexually transmitted diseases) KQs

160. Recommendation: Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/healthy-lifestyle-and-physical-activity-for-cvd-prevention-adults-without-known-risk-factors-behavioral-counseling
     July 26, 2022 - reclining while watching television or using a computer. 1 Primary care clinicians can deliver in-person … ; in 17 trials, Asian persons, Black persons, Hispanic/Latino persons, or Native American/American Indian … Delivery mode varied widely; 52.9% of trials included at least 1 in-person counseling session, whereas … research into effective primary care–community connections and clinical training to support delivering in-person … Future research should identify best practices to improve clinician skills in delivering in-person behavioral