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241. Nfp93-Hva3Bvxkvkbsttgm (pdf file)
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     needs additional evidence to create the strongest recommendations for everyone and especially for persons … Topic: Research Gaps for Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Persons Research Gap Key Questions … www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/syphilis-infection-pregnant-persons … currently have high burden of disease (for example, Black, Hispanic, and Native American/Alaska Native persons … rates of congenital syphilis (for example, Black, Hispanic, and Native American/Alaska Native persons

242. Evidence Summary: Genital Herpes Infection: Serologic Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 14, 2023 - whereas HSV-2 infection is typically limited to the anogenital region. 1 In asymptomatic, seropositive persons … Studies of persons with HIV or other immunosuppressive conditions were also not eligible for this review … studies published since the 2016 recommendation against screening for genital herpes in a symptomatic persons … recommends serologic screening for specific asymptomatic populations at higher risk for infection (eg, persons

243. Archived: Skin Cancer: Counseling, 2012 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 15, 2012 - The incidence of melanoma has been increasing among white Americans, from 8.7 per 100,000 persons in … Benefits of Behavioral Counseling Interventions For children, adolescents, and young adults (persons … It is more than 20 times more common in white than in African American persons, but can occur in all … Sunscreen Use One randomized, controlled trial found that persons who regularly used sunscreen had … In the current review, the USPSTF notes the significant studies done in young persons that, although

244. Archived: Evidence Summary: Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Screening, 2014 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary29/hepatitis-b-virus-infection-screening-nonpregnant-adolescents-adults-may-2014
     May 27, 2014 - for 47% to 95% of chronically infected persons 4–7 . … Persons at high risk for HBV infection include household contacts or sexual partners of persons with … Other groups recommend screening high-risk persons 7 , 9 . … reported clinical outcomes or the sensitivity and number needed to screen (NNS) to identify 1 HBV-infected person … reported clinical outcomes or the sensitivity and number needed to screen (NNS) to identify 1 HBV-infected person

245. Archived: Coronary Heart Disease: Screening Using Non-Traditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 15, 2009 - Detection There is insufficient evidence to determine the percentage of persons with an intermediate … Persons with low (<10%) Framingham risk scores do not benefit from aggressive risk factor modification … No evidence or consensus is available regarding how to treat and counsel these persons. … One of the 3 included only low-risk persons. … In several well-conducted trials, 29 , 30 homocysteine therapy did not prevent CHD events in persons

246. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     Grade: A Risk Assessment Men who have sex with men and persons living with HIV have the highest … concludes with high certainty that the net benefit of screening for syphilis infection in nonpregnant persons

247. Archived: C-Reactive Protein as a Risk Factor for Coronary Heart Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Coronary Heart Disease: Screening Using Non-Traditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/c-reactive-protein-as-a-risk-factor-for-coronary-heart-disease-a-systematic-review-and-meta-analyses-for-the-us-preventive-services-task-force/coronary-heart-disease-screening-using-non-traditional-risk-factors-2009
     July 15, 2008 - CRP) may help to refine global risk assessment for coronary heart disease (CHD), particularly among persons … Few studies directly assessed the effect of CRP on risk reclassification in intermediate-risk persons … Further stratification by using new markers might reclassify some intermediate-risk persons as low-risk … This would permit more aggressive risk reduction therapy in persons reclassified as high-risk and may … Reclassification of Persons at Intermediate Risk From a clinical perspective, the most meaningful

248. Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: A Decision Analysis for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2016 - This annual-cycle microsimulation model was parameterized to estimate the person-level natural his- tory … Time Horizon The primary time horizon is over a lifetime, which we defined at the person level as the … Model simulations were indepen- dently conducted with a 100 000-person sample for each age, sex, and … This corresponds to the decrease in person-years of risk exposure. … chemoprevention Aspirin for primary prevention group Initialization of model simulation Assign (sampled) person

249. Archived: Evidence Summary: Abnormal Blood Glucose and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary25/screening-for-abnormal-blood-glucose-and-type-2-diabetes-october-2015
     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

250. Clinical Summary: Interventions to Prevent Perinatal Depression (pdf file)
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     Clinical Summary: Interventions to Prevent Perinatal Depression Population Pregnant and postpartum persons … Recommendation Provide or refer persons at increased risk of perinatal depression to counseling

251. Final Research Plan: Illicit Drug Use in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Primary Care-Based Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 30, 2018 - (early childhood, preadolescent, adolescent, young adult), sex, race/ethnicity   Young persons … directly referred for substance abuse treatment in a specialty setting a Trials limited to young persons … including interventions targeting parents or caregivers to prevent and/or reduce drug use in young persons … enhancement therapy), specific strategies (e.g., action plans, diaries), delivery method (e.g., in person … illicit and nonmedical drugs only sporadically or experimentally (i.e., excluding trials targeting persons

252. Archived: Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - or with persons at high risk for HBV infection (e.g., injection drug users) sexual contact with multiple … multiple partners, sharing needles among injection drug users, donating blood products) in infected persons … Sexual contacts and persons with possible percutaneous exposure may also be identified in the process … The effectiveness of routine screening of asymptomatic persons in the clinical setting as a means of … as an intervention, current data are insufficient to recommend its use in asymptomatic HBV-infected persons

253. Archived: Gonorrhea (Including Ocular Prophylaxis in Newborns): Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - remained very high in some groups of young men and women. 8 Over 60% of gonococcal infections occur in persons … Among asymptomatic persons, in whom the prevalence of gonorrhea is often very low, a substantial proportion … with multiple sex partners or whose sex partner has multiple sex contacts, sexual contacts of persons … with culture-proven gonorrhea, or persons with a history of repeated episodes of gonorrhea. 47 These … High-risk groups include commercial sex workers (prostitutes), persons with a history of repeated episodes

254. Archived: Evidence Summary: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary28/cognitive-impairment-in-older-adults-screening-2014
     October 22, 2013 - Only 4 trials ( n = 1960) were conducted in persons with MCI 102 , 115 , 119 , 131 . … Only 1 galantamine trial reporting global functioning was conducted in persons with MCI 131 . … Cognitive-behavioral intervention for homebound caregivers of persons with dementia. … The effects of a multimodal intervention on outcomes of persons with early-stage dementia. … Benefits seemed to be limited to persons with moderate AD.

255. Recommendation: Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 02, 2021 - abdominal aortic aneurysm Interventions for tobacco smoking cessation in adults, including pregnant persons … Asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis refers to stenosis in persons without a history of ischemic stroke … externally validated risk stratification tools that could reliably distinguish between asymptomatic persons … who have clinically important carotid artery stenosis and persons who do not, or the risk of stroke … including completion of ongoing trials. 7 Development and validation of tools to determine which persons

256. JAMA (pdf file)
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     June 12, 2020 - The number of persons 60 years or older with impaired vi- sual acuity (defined as best corrected visual … 760 000.1 Impaired visual acuity is consistently associated with decreased quality of life in older persons … The number of persons 60 years or older with impaired visual acuity (defined as best corrected visual … Impaired visual acuity is consistently associated with decreased quality of life in older persons, including … It does not apply to persons who have reported signs and symptoms of vision loss, seek care for vision

257. Clinical Summary: Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer (pdf file)
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     Persons with fair skin type (light hair and eye color, freckles, those who sunburn easily) are at increased … Persons who use tanning beds and those with a history of sunburns or previous skin cancer are also at

258. Screening for Lung Cancer: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     computed tomography has high sensitivity and acceptable specificity for detecting lung cancer in high-risk persons … screening for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography is of moderate net benefit in asymptomatic persons

259. Final Research Plan: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 18, 2021 - What is the incidence of fractures among persons of different races and ethnicities in the United States … What are the differences in rates of screening or treatment initiation among persons of different races … (as defined by study authors) Studies in which less than 50% of the enrolled population includes persons … Men refers to persons assigned male sex at birth. … Women refers to persons assigned female sex at birth.

260. Final Research Plan: Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 29, 2022 - populations with mental health conditions other than anxiety, depression, and increased suicide risk); persons … with treatment-resistant depression or anxiety; persons in residential, institutional, or inpatient … settings; persons with developmental disorders (e.g., autism spectrum disorder or ADHD); persons in the … Screening tools must be brief standardized instruments designed to identify persons with major depressive