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301. Preexposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     October 23, 2023 - No trial enrolled pregnant persons or persons younger than 18 years. … among those who took 15 or fewer pills per month with high adher- ence (0 vs 9.2 per 100 person-years … , P = .01) and those who took more than 15 pills per month (0 vs 8.1 per 100 person-years, P = .004).9 … (for which 100% of patients had completed 48 wk and 50% had completed 96 wk): 0.16 vs 0.34 per 100 person-years … change from baseline: +0.9% vs –1.4% in persons aged ≥25 y (P < .001) and +1.4% vs –1.2% in persons

302. Primary Care–Relevant Interventions for Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Evidence Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2013 - Hollis, PhD Background: Interventions to prevent smoking uptake or encour- age cessation among young persons … In addition, no smoking cessation medica- tions are currently approved for use in young persons. … We found a statistically significant reduced relative risk for smoking initiation among young persons … 10% of the young persons in the control group reported 7-day abstinence at 6 months. … it is not clear whether the additional components that many of the trials included (for example, in-person

303. Recommendation: Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Pregnant Women: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 23, 2019 - prenatal visit A Clinician Summary Expand All Population Pregnant Persons … HBV vaccination, rates of maternal HBV infection have increased annually by 5.5% since 1998. 1 , 2 Persons … Chronic HBV infection increases long-term morbidity and mortality by predisposing infected persons to … Approximately 25% of persons who become chronically infected during childhood and 15% of those infected … Prevalence of chronic hepatitis B among foreign-born persons living in the United States by country of

304. Behavioral Counseling to Promote a Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     All persons, regardless of their CVD risk status, can gain health benefits from healthy eating behaviors … levels and type 2 diabetes mellitus, screening for high blood pressure, use of statin medications in persons

305. Recommendation: Oral Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 15, 2013 - At the time of diagnosis, more than 50% of persons with oral and pharyngeal cancer have regional or distant … However, HPV prevalence can be as high as 20% for persons who have more than 20 lifetime sexual partners … oral infection is estimated at 1% in adults aged 14 to 69 years (an estimated 2.13 million infected persons … More than one half of all persons with oral and pharyngeal cancer have regional or distant metastases … African Americans previously had higher incidence rates of oral and pharyngeal cancer than white persons

306. Estimation of Benefits, Burden, and Harms of Colorectal Cancer Screening Strategies: Modeling Study for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     June 21, 2016 - Screening can either remove an adenoma, thus moving a person to the “no lesion” state, or diagnose a … et al, 201430 Warren et al, 200931 Gatto et al, 200332 Not varied Not varied Not varied FIT (per person … varied Risk of complications, % 0 Lin et al, 201534 Not varied Not varied Not varied HSgFOBT (per person … Not varied Risk of complications 0 Lin et al, 201534 Not varied Not varied Not varied FIT-DNA (per person … in persons without adenomas.

307. Archived: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 22, 2014 - Half of these cases occur in persons aged 15 to 24 years. … Sexually transmitted infections are frequently asymptomatic, which leads persons to unknowingly transmit … living in urban settings, current or former inmates, military recruits, persons who exchange sex for … money or drugs, persons with mental illness or a disability, current or former intravenous drug users … , persons with a history of sexual abuse, and patients at public STI clinics.

308. Public Comment on Draft Recommendation Statement and Draft Evidence Review: Screening for Syphilis in Pregnancy | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 23, 2024 - recommendation statement and draft evidence review on screening for syphilis infection in pregnant persons

309. Archived: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 12, 2015 - Grade: A Risk Assessment Persons at increased risk for high blood pressure are those who have … Screening Interval Adults aged ≥40 y and persons at increased risk for high blood pressure should be … Persons at increased risk include those who have high-normal blood pressure (130 to 139/85 to 89 mm Hg … aged 40 years or older, African Americans of any age, and persons who are overweight or obese. … Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring can be performed every year in high-risk persons and every 3 to

310. JAMA (pdf file)
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     May 13, 2025 - safe and effective for treatment of syphilis in pregnancy Studies of other treatments in pregnant persons … established, and other diagnoses could not be ruled out Overall IHR: 2/91 (4.4%) IHR among high-risk persons … receiving oral desensitization: 3/11 (27.3%) IHR among high-risk persons receiving intravenous desensitization … : 1/40 (2.5%) IHR among low-risk persons undergoing penicillin provocation: 1/40 (2.5%) Incomplete penicillin

311. Archived: HIV and Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Behavioral Counseling, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - who exchange sex for money or drugs, injection drug users (IDUs), incarcerated persons, and other persons … Identifying infected sex partners is difficult, however, since many infected persons are unaware that … they are infected, few infections are readily apparent to sex partners, and some persons may conceal … the fact that they are infected. 18 Sexual contact with high-risk partners (e.g., IDUs, persons with … Forecasts of the costs of medical care for persons with HIV: 1992-1995.

312. Final Research Plan: Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 14, 2019 - Does surgical repair provide incremental benefit beyond current medical treatment for asymptomatic persons … symptomatic adults with CAS; adults with history of a stroke or transient ischemic attack KQs 1, 2: Persons

313. Screening Adults for Bladder Cancer: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2010 - The positive predictive value of screening is less than 10% in asymptomatic persons, including higher-risk … The incidence of bladder cancer in the United States in 2005 was approximately 21 per 100 000 persons … The target population was asymptomatic persons older than 50 years. … A case–control study found that persons who died of bladder cancer had lower odds of having received … (5 of 1096) (24) and 0.7% of persons (17 of 2356) (25).

314. Modeling Study: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 18, 2021 - Persons may die of other causes at any time; 11 persons with clinically detected colorectal cancer are … calculated for “near-efficient” strategies, defined a priori as being within 3 days of life gained per person … Screening can either remove a precancerous lesion (ie, adenoma), thus moving a person to the “no lesion … For persons with adenomas 1 mm to <6 mm, sensitivity was assumed to equal the positivity rate in persons … colonoscopies and providing the fewest LYG. g Near efficient (ie, within 3 days of life gained per person

315. Archived: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 13, 2016 - No trial data evaluated statin use among persons in this age group without CVD risk factors; thus, the … As noted previously, these persons were generally excluded from the prevention trials evaluating the … Fewer persons in this population will benefit from the intervention, so the decision to initiate use … with highly elevated lipid levels (eg, persons with familial hypercholesterolemia). … Cholesterol lowering in intermediate-risk persons without cardiovascular disease.

316. 6Ngc3Byq9Jeby Pwyvd6Or (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2014 - For example, the ACST enrolled persons with no TIA or stroke attributable to the ipsilateral artery for … We found no studies on anxiety or labeling among persons with false-positive re- sults. … Risk-Stratification Tools For distinguishing persons more or less likely to have CAS, we found 1 study … One may expect that persons with greater reduction of the carotid diameter would have greater potential … Exter- nally validated, reliable risk-stratification tools to distin- guish persons who are more likely

317. Screening for HIV: Systematic Review to Update the 2005 USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2012 - Exclusion of 1 study with inadequate person-time data (24) and 1 older study that included persons treated … effect was also more pronounced when the analysis was restricted to couples in which the HIV-infected person … � not applicable; NA-ACCORD � North American AIDS Cohort Collaboration on Research and Design; PY � person-year … (53), compared with an absolute decrease in mortality of about 3.2 to 20 per 1000 person-years after … IDU � injection drug user; IQR � interquartile range; IR � incidence rate; ND � not detectable; PY � person-year

318. Archived: Screening for HIV in Adolescents and Adults: Evidence Summary: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 20, 2012 - Exclusion of 1 study with inadequate person-time data 24 and 1 older study that included persons treated … effect was also more pronounced when the analysis was restricted to couples in which the HIV-infected person … exposure [CI, 1.1 to 1.4 per year of exposure]), although absolute event rates were low (3.5 per 1000 person-years … 53 , compared with an absolute decrease in mortality of about 3.2 to 20 per 1000 person-years after … = not applicable; NA-ACCORD = North American AIDS Cohort Collaboration on Research and Design; PY = person-year

319. Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: Updated Modeling Study for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     April 26, 2022 - These estimates ranged from 2.3 (95% CI, −2.7 to 7.4) to 66.2 (95% CI, 58.2 to 74.1) QALYs per 1000 persons … Lifetime net life-years were negative in most cases for persons starting aspirin between ages 60 and … 79 years, as were lifetime net QALYs for persons aged 70 to 79 years. … Model simulations were independently con- ducted with a sample population of 100 000 persons for each … Effects of aspirin for primary prevention in persons with diabetes mellitus.

320. Final Research Plan: Healthy Diet, Physical Activity, and/or Weight Loss to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 02, 2023 - Studies limited to: Children and adolescents Persons with known CVD or diabetes mellitus Persons … with medical conditions limiting their generalizability to primary care–based populations (e.g., persons