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141. Recommendation: Illicit Drug Use in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Primary Care-Based Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     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

142. 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

143. 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

144. Recommendation: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     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

145. 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

146. 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.

147. 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.

148. Screening for Intimate Partner Violence and Caregiver Abuse of Older or Vulnerable Adults: US Preventive Services Task Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     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

149. Recommendation: Skin Cancer Prevention: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     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

150. 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
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     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.

151. 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

152. 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.

153. 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

154. 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

155. 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

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
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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

159. Archived: Final Research Plan: Prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: 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-june-2019
     July 26, 2017 - The far left of the framework describes the target population as persons without pre-existing HIV infection … 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 treated with PrEP, and … Adolescents and adults without pre-existing HIV infection at increased risk of HIV acquisition * Persons … diagnostic accuracy will focus on risk assessment tools used by patients and providers to identify persons

160. Archived: Final Research Plan: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, December 2007 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan36/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-december-2007
     January 23, 2014 - Is there direct evidence for persons at decreased risk? b. … Is there direct evidence for persons at average risk? c. … Is there direct evidence for persons at increased risk? d. … Is there incremental benefit for persons at average risk for ipsilateral stroke caused by CAS? … Is there incremental benefit for persons at average risk for ipsilateral stroke caused by CAS?