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101. Evidence Summary: Preeclampsia: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/preeclampsia-screening
     April 25, 2017 - Limited information on the specific protein to creatinine ratio index test used, differing test thresholds … Maximizing single-test performance for a relatively inexpensive and noninvasive test may have limited … Is the urine spot protein/creatinine ratio a valid diagnostic test for pre-eclampsia? … h A test performance statistic used to measure what proportion of patients who test positive have the … i A test performance statistic used to measure what proportion of patients who test negative do not

102. Archived: Evidence Summary: Preeclampsia: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/preeclampsia-screening-april-2017
     April 25, 2017 - Limited information on the specific protein to creatinine ratio index test used, differing test thresholds … Maximizing single-test performance for a relatively inexpensive and noninvasive test may have limited … Is the urine spot protein/creatinine ratio a valid diagnostic test for pre-eclampsia? … h A test performance statistic used to measure what proportion of patients who test positive have the … i A test performance statistic used to measure what proportion of patients who test negative do not

103. Screening for Prostate Cancer: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     August 07, 2008 - Insufficient Evidence) Men Age 75 Years or Older Do not screen Grade: D The prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test … The conventional PSA test cut-point of 4.0 g/L misses some early cancer. … in the evidence, and their personal preferences should guide the decision of whether to order the test … of screening include the discomfort of prostate biopsy and the psychological harm of false-positive test

104. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/colorectal-cancer-screening-2008
     October 15, 2008 - Follow-up of positive screening test results requires colonoscopy regardless of the screening test used … could reduce harms associated with follow-up of false-positive test results. … Current Practice Fecal DNA tests are evolving, and no test is widely used. … Costs Fecal DNA is likely to have a high monetary cost per test. … , the fecal immunochemical test, the fecal DNA test, and CT colonography?

105. Evidence Summary: Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-latent-tuberculosis/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening
     September 06, 2016 - The lack of a direct test for LTBI requires test accuracy studies to be performed in specific, nonprimary … TB test for patients with indeterminate results on the QuantiFERON TB-2G test. … Summary of Pooled Test Characteristics (KQ2) for Various Thresholds of Tuberculin Skin Test and Interferon-Gamma … Lack of direct test for LTBI requires extrapolation of test characteristics from participants with active … Lack of direct test for LTBI requires extrapolation of test characteristics from participants with active

106. Archived: Evidence Summary: Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-latent-tuberculosis/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening-september-2016
     September 06, 2016 - The lack of a direct test for LTBI requires test accuracy studies to be performed in specific, nonprimary … TB test for patients with indeterminate results on the QuantiFERON TB-2G test. … Summary of Pooled Test Characteristics (KQ2) for Various Thresholds of Tuberculin Skin Test and Interferon-Gamma … Lack of direct test for LTBI requires extrapolation of test characteristics from participants with active … Lack of direct test for LTBI requires extrapolation of test characteristics from participants with active

107. Recommendation: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 09, 2018 - sensitivity and 99.2% specificity) when 3 separate screening tests were used (eg, the forward bend test … was lower when screening programs used just 1 or 2 screening tests (eg, 71.1% for the forward bend test … and scoliometer measurement and 84.4% for the forward bend test alone). … In the United States, the forward bend test is commonly used to screen for idiopathic scoliosis. … False-positive rates ranged from 0.8% for the forward bend test combined with scoliometer measurement

108. Final Research Plan: Syphilis Infection During Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/syphilis-infection-pregnant-persons
     March 02, 2023 - retesting during pregnancy, the USPSTF will review how frequently do pregnant persons who initially test … negative for syphilis by serologic screening either later test positive for syphilis, give birth to … Interventions KQs 1, 2: Two-step screening for syphilis with a nontreponemal and treponemal test … screening KQ 2: No comparator necessary for studies on psychosocial harms; studies on screening test

109. Vision Screening in Children Aged 6Months to 5 Years: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     September 05, 2017 - (for visual acuity), the red reflex test (for media opacity), and the corneal light reflex test (for … screening in children older than 3 years may include the red reflex test, the cover-uncover test (for … strabismus), the corneal light reflex test, visual acuity tests (eg, Snellen, Lea Symbols [Lea-Test … Primary Care Screening Tests for Vision Abnormalities Category Screening Test Description of Test … can also detect cataracts alignment test (Hirschberg test) and tumors Cover-uncover test Alignment

110. Evidence Summary: Genital Herpes Infection: Serologic Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/genital-herpes-serologic-screening
     February 14, 2023 - We identified 1 new diagnostic test accuracy study (KQ2), which was excluded because of poor study quality … prior recommendation against screening is based on psychosocial harms associated with false-positive test … results due to poor screening test accuracy, especially in populations with low HSV-2 prevalence, and … alone or a type-specific serologic test for both HSV-1 and HSV-2 simultaneously were included if they … met other eligibility criteria; however, only the accuracy of test characteristics related to HSV-2

111. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: A Reaffirmation Evidence Update for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2018 - and a quantitative nontreponemal test. … Typically, EIA or CIA tests are used at the initial test. … the initial EIA or CIA test. … If the second treponemal test is negative, the initial EIA or CIA positive test may be a false-positive … Sixty-two percent of these states require only one test, and 84 percent specify that the test should

112. Clinical Summary: Vision Screening in Children Aged 6 Months to 5 Years (pdf file)
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     August 30, 2017 - tests are used in primary care to identify vision abnormalities in children, including: the red reflex test … , the cover- uncover test, the corneal light reflex test, visual acuity tests (such as Snellen, Lea Symbols

113. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/colorectal-cancer-screening-2002
     June 13, 2002 - The optimal interval for screening depends on the test. … The probability of cancer increases as the number of positive test windows increase. … Screening for colorectal cancer with the fecal occult blood test: a background paper. … Randomised study of screening for colorectal cancer with fecal-occult-blood test. … The best screening test for colorectal cancer—a personal choice.

114. Screening for Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Disease: Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     December 08, 2003 - Although test B performs better than test A, the differences on an absolute scale are small. … Although the relative risk associated with a positive test was large, the post-test probability for … Abnormal test results may also produce considerable anxiety until the test result is determined to … The resting electrocardiogram as a screening test. A clinical analysis. … Five-year follow-up of maximal treadmill stress test in asymptomatic men and women.

115. Recommendation: Gestational Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 10, 2021 - (oral glucose challenge test) followed by a diagnostic test (oral glucose tolerance test). … A 1-step process where the diagnostic test (oral glucose tolerance test) is administered to all patients … followed by a diagnostic test) or 1-step (diagnostic test used for all patients) approach. … In all studies, the entire study population that had a screening test (regardless of test result) was … ; OGTT, oral glucose tolerance test.

116. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     June 07, 2016 - particle agglutination [TP-PA] test). … , negative nontreponemal test, and positive second treponemal test). … A nontreponemal test (RPR or VDRL) is performed first, followed by a treponemal test (TP-PA or FTA-ABS … test result is positive. … If the result of the automated treponemal test is positive but the nontreponemal test result is negative

117. Modeling Study: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/modeling-study/colorectal-cancer-screening
     June 15, 2016 - Screening Test Characteristics Used in the Analysis Screening Test Sensitivity Analysis … (fecal immunochemical test with a DNA stool test); HSgFOBT, high-sensitivity guaiac-based fecal occult … deemed to have a positive test. … Those with a negative stool test result go on to have SIG. … (fecal immunochemical test with a DNA stool test); HSgFOBT, high-sensitivity guaiac-based fecal occult

118. Archived: Modeling Study: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/modeling-study/colorectal-cancer-screening-june-2016
     June 15, 2016 - Screening Test Sensitivity Analysis Test Characteristic Base-Case Value Source … (fecal immunochemical test with a DNA stool test); HSgFOBT, high-sensitivity guaiac-based fecal occult … deemed to have a positive test. … Those with a negative stool test result go on to have SIG. … (fecal immunochemical test with a DNA stool test); HSgFOBT, high-sensitivity guaiac-based fecal occult

119. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2008 - Follow-up of positive screening test results requires colonoscopy regardless of the screening test used … of false-positive test results. … Fecal DNA tests are evolving, and no test is widely used. Costs. … Fecal DNA is likely to have a high monetary cost per test. … , the fecal immunochemical test, the fecal DNA test, and CT colonography?

120. 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 25, 2014 - LTBI = latent tuberculosis infection; QOL = quality of life; TB = tuberculosis; TST = tuberculin skin test … the figure depicts the accuracy and reliability of two specific screening tests, the tuberculin skin test … What is the accuracy and reliability of the tuberculin skin test (TST) or the interferon-γ release assay … exposure † Screening Screening using TST or IGRA; studies using a single screening test … Because the CDC recommends different criteria for positive LTBI test results for mycobacteriology laboratory