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1341. PII: S0749-3797(01)00266-5 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2001 - coronary heart disease, that risk is highest in those with other risk factors, and that the absolute … at increased long-term risk of heart disease, but the absolute reduction in risk as a result of treating … Overall risk assessment should include the presence and severity of the following risk factors: age, … of cardiovascular risk than categorizations based on counting the numbers of risk factors.4,5 ● Treatment … Most younger people have a sub- stantially lower risk, unless they have other important risk factors

1342. Clinical Summary: Screening for HIV Infection (pdf file)
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      Grade: A Risk Assessment Although all adolescents and adults aged 15 to 65 years should be … screened, there are a number of risk factors that increase risk. … Additional risk factors include having anal intercourse without a condom, having vaginal intercourse … Persons who request testing for STIs, including HIV, are also considered to be at increased risk. … of HIV infection (see “Risk Assessment”).

1343. Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2009 - Assessment of Risk Older age is an important risk factor for most types of visual impairment. … Risk factors for AMD include smoking, family history, and white race. … to no treatment for pro- gression of vision loss (loss of �6 lines of visual acuity) after 2 years (relative … Verte- porfin carries an initial risk for acute visual acuity loss and a greater risk for back pain related … Older age is an important risk factor for most types of visual impairment.

1344. Figure. Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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      Disease in Adults: Clinical Summary Population Adults aged 40–75 y with no history of CVD, ≥1 CVD risk … factors, and calculated 10-y CVD event risk of ≥10% Adults aged 40–75 y with no history of CVD, … ≥1 CVD risk factors, and calculated 10-y CVD event risk of 7.5%–10% Adults 76 y and older with no … Grade: I (insufficient evidence) Risk Assessment Risk factors for CVD include dyslipidemia (LDL-C … risk estimation tools.

1345. Ninth Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2019 - doctors can use screening tools that ask one or more questions about drug use, frequency of drug use, or risks … The risks and benefits of different screening methods vary. … risk estimation tool. … risk estimation tool. … risk estimation tool.

1346. Archived: Chlamydial Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      June 15, 2007 - At increased risk Includes adolescents Not at increased risk At increased risk Recommendation … For patients at continuing risk, or who are newly at risk: Screen in the 3rd trimester. … Women not at increased risk . … At increased risk Includes adolescents Not at increased risk At increased risk Recommendation … For patients at continuing risk, or who are newly at risk: Screen in the 3rd trimester.

1347. Archived: High Blood Pressure in Adults, Children, and Adolescents: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      April 01, 2003 - The relationship between SBP and DBP and cardiovascular risk is continuous and graded. … However, there are limited data on the benefits or risks of screening and treating such underlying causes … The risks associated with elevated blood pressure and the potential benefits of screening and subsequent … than those at lower risk for future adverse cardiovascular events. … Risks of untreated and treated isolated systolic hypertension in the elderly: meta-analysis of outcome

1348. 8Lbrrlzvtemzycdnsjtokz (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2014 - risk (for adults only). … Most trials targeted high-risk groups based on demo- graphic characteristics, high-risk behaviors, or … with 12.5% of control and 18.7% of intervention participants having an STI at follow-up (ad- justed relative … Effect of risk-reduction counseling with rapid HIV testing on risk of ac- quiring sexually transmitted … Prevalence and risks for bacterial vaginosis in women who have sex with women.

1349. Screening for Prostate Cancer: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2012 - PSA-based screening for black men in the ab- sence of data that support a more favorable balance of risks … Relative risk of prostate cancer death for men screened with PSA versus control participants, by country … Research is needed to better understand patient and provider knowledge and values about the known risks … the inclusion of hypertension and obesity, conditions that seem to convey minimal excess treatment risks … The risks and benefits of 5�-reductase inhibitors for prostate-cancer prevention.

1350. Archived: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      January 01, 1996 - A Infants born to high-risk mothers Testing infants born to high-risk mothers, with permission … at risk from an infected sex partner. … PPD-positive drug users. 101 , 102 Decision analyses suggest that the benefits of prophylaxis may outweigh risks … The absolute change in risk may be greater in seropositive men, who engage in higher-risk behavior at … The risk of heterosexual transmission varies widely among different communities, with the highest risk

1351. Shared Decision Making About Screening and Chemoprevention | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      January 01, 2017 - Understands the preventive service, including the risks, benefits, alternatives, and uncertainties. … Understand the preventive service, including the risks, benefits, alternatives, and uncertainties. … For instance, the presentation of probabilities as relative risk reductions are more persuasive than … presentations as absolute risk reductions; by contrast, presentations of probabilities as absolute risk … Patients' understanding of medical risks: implications for genetic counseling. 

1352. Archived: Final Recommendation Statement: Screening for Depression in Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      January 26, 2016 - , the magnitude of these risks is, on average, small. … Assessment of Risk The USPSTF recommends screening in all adults regardless of risk factors. … However, a number of factors are associated with an increased risk of depression. … 1 year showed a 35% increase in the likelihood of remission with CBT (DerSimonian and Laird pooled relative … risk, 1.34 [95% CI, 1.19–1.50]; k = 10; I 2 = 7.9%) compared with usual care.

1353. Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      April 17, 2018 - percent to 15% of falls result in fractures,6 and nearly all hip fractures are related to a fall.7 Other risks … smaller study found a reduction in total fractures (ARD, −2.26% [95% CI, −4.53% to 0.00%]; age-adjusted relative … Epidemiology of fracture risk with advancing age. … Factors associated with 5-year risk of hip fracture in postmenopausal women. … Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of fractures.

1354. Archived: Evidence Summary: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening, July 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      July 12, 2005 - This increase represents a major public health concern with the potential for future health risks and … for overweight) on any of these risks factors or morbidities. … Current literature is primarily crosssectional, presents relative risks without absolute risks, or reports … Risks and consequences of childhood and adolescent obesity. … Measurement and long-term health risks of child and adolescent fatness.

1355. Clinical Summary: Preexposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV Infection (pdf file)
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      Clinical Summary: Preexposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV Infection Population Persons at high risk … Grade: A Risk Assessment Persons at risk of HIV infection include men who have sex with men, … persons at risk via heterosexual contact, and persons who inject drugs. … Within these groups, certain risk factors or behaviors (outlined below) can place persons at high risk … drugs and have 1 of the following characteristics:  Shared use of drug injection equipment  Risk

1356. Evidence Gaps Research Taxonomy Table: Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures (pdf file)
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      Although there are several tools that are designed to predict fracture risk or identify osteoporosis, … the USPSTF is calling for the development of new and accurate risk assessment tools. … assessment tool‡, or combinations of imaging and risk assessment KQ1: All-cause mortality … assessment tools alone vs. combination of BMD and fracture risk assessment in postmenopausal women … population for validation of new risk assessment tool Cohorts for both risk assessment tool development

1357. Screening for HIV in Pregnant Women: Systematic Review to Update the 2005 USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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      November 01, 2012 - good evidence that prenatal HIV screening is accurate and can lead to interventions that reduce the risk … New cohort studies found anti- retroviral therapy during pregnancy to be associated with increased risk … antiretroviral therapy, but the difference was not statistically significant (12% vs. 0%; unadjusted relative … risk, 0.11 [CI, 0.01 to 1.7]) (47). … antiretroviral therapy; d4T � stavudine; ddI � didanosine; FTC � emtricitabine; NVP � nevirapine; RR � relative

1358. Archived: Screening for HIV in Pregnant Women: Evidence Summary: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      November 15, 2012 - antiretroviral therapy, but the difference was not statistically significant (12% vs. 0%; unadjusted relative … risk, 0.11 [CI, 0.01 to 1.7]) 47 . … There is an initial branch in the framework that splits pregnant women into low-risk or high-risk groups … antiretroviral therapy; d4T = stavudine; ddI = didanosine; FTC = emtricitabine; NVP = nevirapine; RR = relative … risk; RTV = ritonavir; sdNVP = single-dose nevirapine; TDF = tenofovir; ZDV = zidovudine

1359. Archived: Evidence Summary: Depression: Screening 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      May 07, 2002 - (summary relative risk, 0.87 [95 percent confidence interval [CI], 0.79 to 0.95]). … The summary relative risk for remaining depressed was 0.87 (CI, 0.79 to 0.95) for intervention recipients … , suggesting that screening provided a 13 percent reduction in relative risk. … We detected heterogeneity in the results for the outcome of reduction in relative risk ( P = 0.052), … In this alternative analysis, the summary risk reductions with screening were slightly smaller (relative

1360. Shared Decision-Making About Screening and Chemoprevention: A Suggested Approach (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2004 - of the disease or condition to be prevented; 2) understands the preventive service, including the risks … For instance, the presentation of probabilities as relative risk reductions are more persuasive than … presentations as absolute risk reductions; by contrast, presentations of probabilities as absolute risk … Understand the preventive service, including the risks, benefits, alternatives, and uncertainties; 3 … Patients’ understanding of medical risks: implications for genetic counseling.