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141. Archived: Syphilis Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/syphilis-infection-screening-2004
     July 15, 2004 - These followup tests should be performed using the same nontreponemal test initially used to document … (VDRL or RPR) followed by a confirmatory treponemal test (FTA-ABS or TP-PA). … The FTA-ABS test has a sensitivity of 84 percent for detecting primary syphilis infection and almost … of screening using a two-step process (RPR followed by confirmatory FTA-ABS) can be estimated using test … Impact of a mandatory syphilis delivery test on reported cases of congenital syphilis in Upstate New

142. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, December 2007 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 15, 2007 - same accuracy as ultrasonography. 26 CTA has gained wide acceptance in some centers as a follow-up test … Duplex ultrasonography is a noninvasive screening test. … In a low-prevalence population, the number of false-positive test results is high. … If positive test results are not followed by confirmatory angiography but rather by MRA or CTA—tests … ; uses a credible reference standard; interprets reference standard independently of screening test;

143. Evidence Summary: Bladder Cancer in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary14/bladder-cancer-in-adults-screening
     October 15, 2010 - [PMID: 11306229] Leeflang MM, Deeks JJ, Gatsonis C, Bossuyt PM; Cochrane Diagnostic Test Accuracy … Systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy. Ann Intern Med 2008;149:889-97. … NMP22 is a sensitive, cost-effective test in patients at risk for bladder cancer. … (routine$ adj3 (test$ or detect$ or find$ or diagno$)).mp. 2 or 3 1 and 4 (mortal$ or death$ or … (routine$ adj3 (test$ or detect$ or find$ or diagno$)).mp. 2 or 3 1 and 4 (mortal$ or death$ or

144. Screening for Visual Impairment in Children Younger than Age 5 Years - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2004 - During the first year of life, strabismus can be assessed by the cover test and the Hirschberg light … reflex test. … Newer automated techniques can be used to test these children. … Some of these tests have better test characteristics than others. … , Cardiff Cards, Kay Picture test, and HOTV letters by an eye professional) led to decreased prevalence

145. Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Clinician Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2020 - Adults with a positive screening test result are usually followed up with a diagnostic evaluation using … patients about HCV infection, how it can (and cannot) be acquired, the meaning of positive and negative test

146. Screening for Visual Impairment in Children Younger than Age 5 Years: An Update of the Evidence from Randomized Controlled Trials, 1999–2003 (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2004 - Any child failing an acuity test or cover test was referred to the hospital eye service. … The cover test and visual acuity test were always more than 99% specific, but had poor sensitivity until … (25, 31 mos); for occular assessment at alignment: cover test (all 37 mos screenings); for stereopsis … : Lang tests 1 & 2 (18, 25, 31 mos); Frisby test: (12, 18, 25, 31 mos); for motor fusion: 20 Dioptre … base-out test (all screenings); non-cycloplegic photorefraction: (all screenings); referrals based

147. Archived: Syphilis Infection: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - , all reactive results in asymptomatic patients should be confirmed with a more specific treponemal test … All test results should be evaluated in concert with a clinical diagnosis and history. … They should be performed using the same test initially used to document infection (e.g., VDRL or RPR) … The asymptomatic patient with a positive VDRL test. Am Fam Phys . 1988;37:185–190. [ PubMed ] 13. … Comparison of a hemagglutination treponemal test for syphilis (HATTS) with other serologic methods for

148. 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 - Systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy. Ann Intern Med. 2008;149:889-97. … NMP22 is a sensitive, cost-effective test in patients at risk for bladder cancer. … (routine$ adj3 (test$ or detect$ or find$ or diagno$)).mp. 4. 2 or 3 5. 1 and 4 6. … (routine$ adj3 (test$ or detect$ or find$ or diagno$)).mp. 4. 2 or 3 5. 1 and 4 6. … (routine$ adj3 (test$ or detect$ or find$ or diagno$)).mp.

149. Evidence Summary: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 21, 2018 - Two women with CIN 3 were detected only by the hrHPV test. Key Question 1b. … Protecting the underscreened women in developed countries: the value of HPV test. … c Test positivity was defined based on trial protocol. … more intensive follow-up, were considered test-positive. … test positivity, whereas in others it is the rate of hrHPV+ with ASCUS+.

150. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Review (pdf file)
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     July 01, 1994 - literature and bibliographies of published studies providing estimates of ovarian cancer risk and test … operative confirma­ tion of ovarian cancer and that provided sufficient primary data to determine test … calculations of summary estimates were based on studies that reported data allowing calculation of test … as a CA 125 level greater than 30 U/mL and an abnormal ultrasound test result) yielded a specificity … The model assumed a strategy of laparotomy for all women with a single CA 125 test result above 35

151. Screening for Cervical Cancer in Primary Care: A Decision Analysis for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     August 21, 2018 - emerged, contributing to the US Food and Drug Administration approval of the first stand-alone hrHPV test … Screening Test Characteristics Test Characteristica Screening Test Sensitivity Analysis Base-Case … For example, the base-case test sensitivity value for primary hrHPV testing was 0.901 (0.727 × 1.24) … Nameb Test Interval, y Start Age, y Test Interval, y Start Age, y 1 CYTO-3Y, 21c Cytology 3 21 HPV for … b Strategy name indicates SCREENING TEST 1–interval (years), start age (years)/SCREENING TEST 2–interval

152. Primary Care Screening and Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults (pdf file)
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     September 06, 2016 - Overall reliability varied by test and by type of reliabil- Table 1. … Summary of Pooled Test Characteristics (Key Question 2) for Various Thresholds of Tuberculin Skin Test … The lack of a direct test for LTBI re- quires test accuracy studies to be performed in specific, nonprimary … TB-2G test. … Variability of the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube test using automated and manual methods.

153. Archived: Evidence Summary: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening, 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 05, 2005 - Characteristics of HIV Antibody Test Strategies? … Predictors of failure to return for HIV test result and counseling by test site type. … KQ 3: What are the test characteristics of HIV antibody test strategies? … Studies of diagnostic test accuracy Good for standard and OraQuick rapid test † ; fair for other testing … Administration of reliable screening test.

154. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Infection in Pregnancy: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2009 - Refer women who test positive for counseling and medical management. … Implementation Establish systems for timely transfer of maternal HBsAg test results to the labor

155. Archived: Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/gonorrhea-screening-2005
     May 15, 2005 - Potential harms of screening and treatment for gonorrhea include false-positive test results, anxiety … Potential harms of screening and treatment for gonorrhea include false-positive test results, anxiety … Vaginal culture remains an accurate screening test when transport conditions are suitable. … Issues that were not fully reviewed include choice of test for screening at rectal and pharyngeal sites … Nucleic acid probes may also be used to test for gonorrhea and chlamydia in a single specimen and may

156. Colorectal Cancer Screening: An Updated Modeling Study for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     May 18, 2021 - All persons with an abnormal noncolonoscopy screening test result were assumed to undergo follow-up colonoscopy … Screening intervals varied by test. Full adherence with all procedures was assumed. … The ability of a test to detect lesions is a func- tion of its sensitivity and, for endoscopic tests, … Screening Test Characteristics Used in the Analysis Screening test/test characteristic Value Source … c The same test characteristics were assumed to apply to all colonoscopies, regardless of indication.

157. Archived: Published Response - Will Recommendations against Spirometry Make Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Harder to Treat?: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 15, 2008 - The USPSTF judged that the harms of such screening—false-positive test results leading to adverse effects … spirometry results may motivate them to quit smoking, no studies they cite were designed to appropriately test … that recommending against inappropriate overuse of spirometry (screening) will lead to underuse of the test

158. Z3Efdr3Pjzkxrrs783 Xkh (pdf file)
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     Substance Abuse Screening Instrument (O4/05) The Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) was developed in … item self-report scale that consists of items that parallel those of the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test … The Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) Directions: The following questions concern information about your

159. Vision Screening in Children Aged 6Months to 5 Years: Evidence Report and Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     September 05, 2017 - RESULTS Forty studies were included (N = 34 709); 34 evaluated test accuracy. … Visual acuity test Visual acuity test Visual acuity test Stereoacuity test Stereoacuity test … Ocular alignment test Ocular alignment test Ocular alignment test Photoscreening (multiple … categories) Autorefraction (automated visual acuity test) Screening Test Description of Test Picture … red reflex test (Bruckner test) Equal red reflexes when viewed through ophthalmoscope; can also detect

160. Archived: Final Research Plan: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 15, 2012 - True negative test = known confirmed deleterious genetic mutation in relatives, and none detected in … Uninformative negative test = no known deleterious genetic mutations in relatives, and none detected … patient's relationships with family, false reassurance, incomplete testing, misinterpretation of the test … relationships with family members; false reassurance; incomplete testing; misinterpretation of the test