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241. Recommendation: Unhealthy Drug Use: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 09, 2020 - tools (eg, the 8-item ASSIST [Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test]) that assess risks … Screening refers to asking 1 or more questions about drug use or drug-related risks in face-to-face, … tools (eg, the 8-item ASSIST [Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test]) that assess risks … One study reported that drug use questions in the PRO (Prenatal Risk Overview) risk assessment tool were … Use of naltrexone was associated with a significant decrease in drug use relapse (pooled relative risk

242. JAMA (pdf file)
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     June 09, 2020 - Screening refers to asking 1 or more questions about drug use or drug-related risks in face-to-face, … tools (eg, the 8-item ASSIST [Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test]) that assess risks … One study reported that drug use ques- tions in the PRO (Prenatal Risk Overview) risk assessment tool … tools (eg, the 8-item ASSIST [Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test]) that assess risks … Use of naltrexone was associated with a signifi- cant decrease in drug use relapse (pooled relative risk

243. Recommendation: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 11, 2019 - of AIDS-related events (4.5% vs 7.0%; relative risk [RR], 0.65 [95% CI, 0.44-0.95]). … initiation of ART within 6 months of CD4 cell counts decreasing to less than 500/mL 3 , there were greater risks … CI, 0.02-0.22]), 34 and 3 observational studies (Partners of People on ART—A New Evaluation of the Risks … treatment of HIV infection are small, and the clinical benefits of ART substantially outweigh the potential risks … Benefits and risks of antiretroviral therapy for perinatal HIV prevention.

244. Archived: Osteoporosis: Screening, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 17, 2002 - factors or risk assessment instruments for identifying women at risk for osteoporosis or fracture. … Predicting Risk for Osteoporosis or Fracture The USPSTF evaluated both individual risk factors and … than in women at lower risk. … replacement therapy include venous thromboembolic events, endometrial cancer, and cholecystitis, all with relative … risks of approximately 2.0. 12 Both raloxifene and tamoxifen are associated with thromboembolic events

245. Evidence Summary: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/chlamydia-and-gonorrhea-screening
     September 14, 2021 - inflammatory disease (PID) in 2 of 4 trials and with reduced hospital-diagnosed PID (0.24% vs 0.38%); relative … of hospital-diagnosed primary PID (relative risk [RR], 0.6 [95% CI, 0.4-1.0]), the absolute difference … CI, 0.20-0.90) Fair Abbreviations: NR, not reported; PID, pelvic inflammatory disease; RR, relative … risk. … with men; NA, not applicable; PID, pelvic inflammatory disease; RCT, randomized clinical trial; RR, relative

246. Archived: Final Research Plan: Child Maltreatment: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/child-maltreatment-primary-care-interventions-november-2018
     August 18, 2016 - What is the validity and reliability of risk assessment tools to identify children and adolescents who … are at risk of child maltreatment? … Mortality KQ 2: Any harms that result as an effect of the intervention (e.g., stigma, labeling, legal risks … , risk of further harm to the child, dissolution of the family); worsening of outcomes listed for KQ

247. Clinical Summary: Medication Use to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer (pdf file)
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     to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer Population Women aged ≥35 y at increased risk for breast cancer Women … aged ≥35 y not at increased risk for breast cancer Recommendation Offer to prescribe risk-reducing … clinical risk assessment tools or assessing breast cancer risk factors without using a formal tool. … Alternatively, clinicians may use combinations of risk factors to identify women at increased risk. … Some examples of combinations of multiple risk factors in women at increased risk include (but are not

248. Final Research Plan: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/brca-related-cancer-risk-assessment-genetic-counseling-and-genetic-testing
     August 24, 2017 - increased risk for BRCA mutations. … Following genetic counseling, women are determined to have either no increased risk or increased risk … What are the optimal ages and intervals for risk assessment? 2b.  … patient knowledge, understanding of benefits and harms of risk-reducing interventions, risk perception … , risk perception, satisfaction, and health and psychological outcomes.) 3. 

249. Archived: Comparative Effectiveness of Antiviral Treatment for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults: A Systematic Review: Hepatitis C: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 15, 2012 - trials that evaluated similar populations, interventions, comparisons, and outcomes to estimate pooled relative … risks (RRs) using the DerSimonian–Laird method in a random-effects model 17 . … SVR than was dual therapy with standard-dose (180 mcg per week) pegylated interferon alfa-2a (pooled relative … Relative risks greater than 1 favor dual therapy with pegylated interferon alfa-2b over dual therapy … Relative risks greater than 1 favor triple therapy.

250. Final Research Plan: Breast Cancer: Medication Use to Reduce Risk | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 20, 2017 - cancer (e.g., clinical risk assessment models)? … to reduce risk for primary breast cancer? … to reduce risk for primary breast cancer? … Do the harms of risk-reducing medications persist beyond discontinuation of use? … Finally, comments related to risk assessment suggested that risk stratification for patients without

251. Screening for HIV Infection: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     March 29, 2019 - of AIDS-related events (4.5% vs 7.0%; relative risk [RR], 0.65 [95% CI, 0.44-0.95]). … initiation of ART within 6 months of CD4 cell counts decreasing to less than 500/mL3, there were greater risks … 95% CI, 0.02-0.22]),34 and 3 observational studies (Partners of People on ART—A New Evaluation of the Risks … of HIV infection are small, and the clinical ben- efits of ART substantially outweigh the potential risks … Benefits and risks of antiretroviral therapy for perinatal HIV prevention.

252. Archived: Final Research Plan: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan11/brca-related-cancer-risk-assessment-genetic-counseling-and-genetic-testing-2013
     December 15, 2012 - Email Print archived Final Research Plan BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk … at average or increased risk. … medications, and risk-reducing surgery and ethical, legal, and social implications … Comparisons KQs 1 and 3: Risk assessment and genetic testing versus none. … KQs 2a and 3a: Accuracy of various risk assessment methods.

253. ahrq29a - Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2004 - –6 Patients with cirrhosis or serious comorbid medical or psychiatric conditions also must have the risks … mortality (11% vs. 58%; P<0.001) were significantly reduced in the interferon-treated patients.129 The relative … ALT = alanine aminotransferase; INF = interferon; RR = relative risk. 14 Screening for Hepatitis … There are no data to estimate risks and benefits of 1-time screening versus other screening strategies … Risks associated with hepatitis A and hepatitis B in patients with hepatitis C.

254. Screening for Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2002 - Predicting Risk for Osteoporosis or Fracture The USPSTF evaluated both individual risk factors and … than in women at lower risk. … Over 3 years of treatment in high-risk women, alendronate reduced the risk for hip fracture (1.1% vs. … replacement therapy include venous thromboembolic events, endometrial cancer, and cholecystitis, all with relative … risks of approximately 2.0.12 Both raloxifene and tamoxifen are associated with thromboembolic events

255. Archived: Published Comments and Response: Aspirin for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/published-comments-and-response/aspirin-for-the-prevention-of-cardiovascular-disease-preventive-medication-2009
     October 15, 2009 - somewhat unexpectedly, aspirin use was associated with increased harm in women who were currently smoking (relative … risk for major cardiovascular event, 1.3). … Predicted 10-Year Risk for 3 Hypothetical Patients, Using 3 Online Risk Calculators Patient … Risk Score, % HealthLink 2 NCEP 4 PROCAM 7 Low-risk a 4 1 1 Moderate-risk … Budhraja that the higher risk for peptic ulcer disease in smokers might place them at higher risk for

256. Recommendation: Lung Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 09, 2021 - is smoking. 2 , 3 Smoking is estimated to account for about 90% of all lung cancer cases, 2 with a relative … Assessment of Risk Smoking and older age are the 2 most important risk factors for lung cancer. 3-5 … Overdiagnosis of lung cancer and the risks of radiation exposure are harms, although their exact magnitude … pack-year smoking history in NELSON trial participants was 38 pack-years. 11 The NLST reported a relative … data with additional follow-up and end point verification reported a relative risk reduction of 16% (

257. JAMA (pdf file)
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     November 18, 2020 - lung cancer is smoking.2,3 Smok- ingisestimatedtoaccountforabout90%ofall lungcancercases,2 with a relative … a risk factor for lung cancer. … Overdiagnosis of lung cancer and the risks of radiation exposure are harms, although their exact magnitude … median pack-year smoking history in NELSON trial participants was 38 pack-years.11 The NLST reported a relative … data with additional follow-up and end point verification reported a relative risk reduction of 16%

258. Evidence Summary: Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/hypertensive-disorders-pregnancy-screening
     September 19, 2023 - with the majority of deaths (65%) occurring in the 6 weeks following delivery. 4 , 5 In addition to risks … pregnant individuals, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy contributes to pregnancy-related morbidity and risks … edema; and liver, kidney, or hematologic involvement) was not statistically different between groups (relative … risk [RR], 0.79 [95% CI, 0.40-1.55]). … , not applicable; NRSI, nonrandomized study of an intervention; RCT, randomized clinical trial; RR, relative

259. Archived: Evidence Summary: Osteoporosis: Screening 2011 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 06, 2010 - Ten-Year Risks for Major Osteoporotic and Hip Fractures for U.S. … However, in this study, DEXA of the femoral neck was associated with a higher relative risk for hip fracture … Bisphosphonates reduced vertebral fractures compared with placebo (relative risk [RR], 0.66 [CI, 0.50 … Ten-Year Risks for Major Osteoporotic and Hip Fractures for U.S. … Highlighted risks equal or exceed the reference case (woman aged 65 years with no risk factors: 9.3%

260. Final Research Plan: Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 17, 2021 - tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in primary care settings in asymptomatic adults who are at increased risk … or interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) for screening in asymptomatic adults who are at increased risk … of sequential screening strategies that use TST and IGRA in asymptomatic adults who are at increased risk … What risk assessment tools are available for use in primary care to identify adults to screen for LTBI … For specificity outcome: Healthy persons with no history of TB exposure or risks.