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  1. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)

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    Recommendation Screen persons at high risk for HBV infection. … Important risk groups for HBV infection with a prevalence of ≥2% that should be screened include:  Persons … -born persons not vaccinated as infants whose parents were born in regions with a very high prevalence … of HBV infection (≥8%), such as sub-Saharan Africa and southeast and central Asia  HIV-positive persons …  Injection drug users  Men who have sex with men  Household contacts or sexual partners of persons

  2. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2) in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary23/diabetes-mellitus-type-2-in-adults-screening-2008
    June 15, 2008 - treated for 10 years to prevent 1 person from developing any single clinical end point 62 . … Key Question 4 What adverse effects result from screening a person for type 2 diabetes, impaired fasting … Key Question 5 What adverse effects result from treating a person with type 2 diabetes, impaired fasting … What adverse effects result from screening a person for type 2 diabetes, impaired fasting glucose, or … What adverse effects result from treating a person with type 2 diabetes, impaired fasting glucose, or

  3. STATISTICAL BRIEF #156: Dental Expenditures in the 10 Largest States, 2004

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    January 01, 2007 - The percentage of persons with a dental expenditure in 2004 was lower than the national average in Texas … The average expenditure for dental care for a person with an expenditure was higher than the national … The mean dental expense per person with an expense in 2004 was $575, an increase of 6.5 percent from … In addition, persons with a dental expenditure in 2004 paid 48.0 percent of the costs out of pocket. … For persons in Michigan the percentage was 53.8 percent.

  4. Statistical Brief #101: Variations in Smoking by Selected Demographic, Socioeconomic, Insurance, and Health Characteristics, United States, 2003 (pdf file)

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    October 01, 2005 - About 22.2 percent of persons with asthma, 21.3 percent of persons who had a stroke, 19.9 percent of … persons with cardiovascular problems, 17.9 percent of persons with hypertension, and 16.0 percent of … persons with diabetes reported that they currently smoked. … For each of the priority conditions, the following question was asked: “(Have/Has) PERSON ever been … told by a doctor or other health professional that PERSON had [condition].”

  5. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45174/psn-pdf
    November 18, 2016 - Patient safety events and harms during medical and surgical hospitalizations for persons with serious … Patient Safety Events and Harms During Medical and Surgical Hospitalizations for Persons With Serious … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-events-and-harms-during-medical-and-surgical-hospitalizations- persons-serious … //psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-events-and-harms-during-medical-and-surgical-hospitalizations-persons-serious … //psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-events-and-harms-during-medical-and-surgical-hospitalizations-persons-serious

  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35978/psn-pdf
    May 27, 2011 - The impact of prescribing safety alerts for elderly persons in an electronic medical record: an interrupted … The impact of prescribing safety alerts for elderly persons in an electronic medical record: an interrupted … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-prescribing-safety-alerts-elderly-persons-electronic-medical-record … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-prescribing-safety-alerts-elderly-persons-electronic-medical-record-interrupted-time … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-prescribing-safety-alerts-elderly-persons-electronic-medical-record-interrupted-time

  7. Final Recommendation Statement: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/statin-use-in-adults-preventive-medication
    August 23, 2022 - 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%. … eligible for statin use, statin use was higher among non-Hispanic White (58.3%) persons compared with … statin use more than 2 times higher than among those without diabetes (76.1 and 34.5 initiators per 1000 person-years … Cholesterol lowering in intermediate-risk persons without cardiovascular disease.

  8. Final Research Plan: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/syphilis-infection-nonpregnant-adults-adolescents-screening
    January 28, 2021 - the performance of risk assessment instruments or other risk stratification methods for identifying persons … nonpregnant adolescents and adults who are not known to have current syphilis infection, including persons … who are infected with other STIs Symptomatic patients; neonates, infants, and children; pregnant persons … ; other populations in which syphilis screening may be part of disease management, such as persons living … intervals KQ 2: Risk assessment instruments and other risk stratification methods that identify persons

  9. Archived: Final Research Plan: Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan105/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening-september-2016
    September 25, 2014 - with diabetes, persons who have previously received the Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccination, … injection drug users, persons who are homeless or residing in homeless shelters, former prisoners, persons … , and persons with a documented increased risk for progression from LTBI to active TB. … Persons who have previously received the BCG vaccination will be examined separately for KQ 2. … The USPSTF removed restrictions on the amount of time in the United States for persons who were born

  10. Szn5Hhs8W5Sar6Bbpabsab (pdf file)

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    June 01, 2008 - Persons with hypertension probably benefit from screening, because blood pressure targets for persons … treated for 10 years to prevent 1 person from developing any single clinical end point (62). … Persons with T2DM seem to benefit from a lower BP target than persons without. … Key Question 4 What adverse effects result from screening a person for type 2 diabetes, impaired fasting … Key Question 5 What adverse effects result from treating a person with type 2 diabetes, impaired fasting

  11. Serological Screening for Genital Herpes: A Reaffirmation Evidence Update for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)

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    February 01, 2023 - American persons (71.7%) compared with non-Hispanic Black persons (58.8%) and non-Hispanic White persons … In pregnant persons, serologic screening to identify seronegative persons followed by appropriate counseling … We found no new evidence pertaining to pregnant persons. … Famciclovir reduces viral mucosal shedding in HSV- seropositive persons. … with known genital herpes (i.e., discordant couples) and pregnant persons KQ 2: Asymptomatic persons

  12. Draft Evidence Review: Syphilis Infection During Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-evidence-review/syphilis-infection-pregnant-persons
    November 19, 2024 - Expand All Panel 1 Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Persons

  13. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/colorectal-cancer-screening-1996
    January 01, 1996 - aged 50 and over Screening for colorectal cancer is recommended for all persons aged 50 or over … B All persons aged 50 and over There is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine … after age 60 4b risk was higher in persons with more than one affected relative. … carcinoma and 20-30% for adenomas. 6 , 5 , 9 , 18-20 Assuming a false-positive rate of 1-4%, a person … Direct evidence of the benefit of screening in younger persons is not available for any group.

  14. Archived: Final Research Plan: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan95/syphilis-infection-in-nonpregnant-adults-and-adolescents-june-2016
    September 18, 2014 - The screening process includes risk assessment to determine which persons are at high or low risk for … infection, and testing to determine if persons are positive or negative for a syphilis infection. … Infected persons receive treatment that can lead to reduced complications of syphilis as well as reduced … During screening, persons may also experience harms. … A few comments requested that the review include serologic followup of persons with a syphilis diagnosis

  15. Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)

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    April 26, 2022 - CVD events (myocardial infarction and stroke), cardiovascular mortality, and all-cause mortality in persons … Persons who are not at increased risk for bleeding and are willing to take low-dose aspirin daily are … Persons who are not at increased risk for bleeding and are willing to take low-dose aspirin daily are … The risk pre- diction equations generally show higher risk for Black persons than White persons.4 The … Among both sexes, Black persons have the highest prevalence of CVD.

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43306/psn-pdf
    February 17, 2017 - Addressing patient safety in rapid response activations for nonhospitalized persons. … Addressing Patient Safety in Rapid Response Activations for Nonhospitalized Persons. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/addressing-patient-safety-rapid-response-activations-nonhospitalized-persons … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/addressing-patient-safety-rapid-response-activations-nonhospitalized-persons

  17. Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003 (ppt file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.176_slideshow.ppt
    May 01, 2008 - HIV Infection Estimated to affect more than 1 million in the United States About ¼ of infected persons … HIV testing patterns: where, why and when were persons with AIDS tested for HIV? … HIV In men Male-to-male sexual contact (60%) Injection drug use (16%) Heterosexual contact with person … Another high-yield strategy is to routinely test persons evaluated in higher-prevalence settings See … Meta-analysis of high-risk sexual behavior in persons aware and unaware they are infected with HIV in

  18. Evidence Summary: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-screening
    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 … published analyses of pharmacologic treatment in mild to moderate COPD, or in minimally symptomatic persons … with COPD Signal for benefit of tiotropium on exacerbations in minimally symptomatic persons

  19. Chapter 4: Defining Language Need and Categories for Collection (cont.) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldata4a.html
    May 01, 2018 - Since 1980, the Census has asked whether each person aged 5 years and older speaks a language other than … Who "may also need documents written in English translated into his or her primary language so the person … One could argue that a person may have to have greater proficiency in English for health care encounters … Physicians endorses a similarly phrased question as best practice: "In what language do you (or the person … Language Spoken at Home The Census asks whether a person speaks a language other than English at home

  20. Clinical Summary: Screening for HIV Infection (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/WJE2r5v4CHc9dMZ4GT7dnT
    Summary: Screening for HIV Infection Population Adolescents and adults aged 15 to 65 years Pregnant Persons … Persons who request testing for STIs, including HIV, are also considered to be at increased risk. … as sexually active men who have sex with men; persons with a sex partner who is living with HIV; or … having 1 or more new sex partners whose HIV status is unknown, or having other factors that can place a person … Repeat screening is also reasonable for persons who live or receive medical care in a high-prevalence
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