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181. Archived: Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Disease: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - False-positive screening test results are undesirable for several reasons. … Abnormal test results may produce considerable anxiety. … The resting electrocardiogram as a screening test: a clinical analysis. … Accurate detection of coronary heart disease by new exercise test. … The diagnostic and prognostic significance of an asymptomatic positive exercise test.

182. Archived: Visual Impairment in Children Ages 1-5: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 14, 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

183. Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Reduce Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     November 13, 2018 - STUDY SELECTION Test accuracy studies and randomized clinical trials of screening and counseling to reduce … For screening test accuracy (KQ2), studies of test accuracy reporting sensitivity and specificity compared … year on which a certain amount of drinks (4-6, depending on the test) were consumed in 1 day. … Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test. … Validity of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test in college students.

184. Clinician Summary of USPSTF Recommendation: Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2021 - diabetes include measurement of fasting plasma glucose or HbA1c level or an oral glucose tolerance test … How Often: The optimal screening interval for adults with an initial normal glucose test result is

185. Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2022 - The tuberculin skin test (TST) and IGRAs are screening tests available for LTBI. … ], and QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus [QFT-Gold Plus; Qiagen; fourth-generation test]). … TST, tuberculin skin test. … The evaluation of the Quantiferon-TB Gold test in pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis. … Variability of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test using automated and manual methods.

186. Final Research Plan: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 21, 2023 - calculator or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), in combination with a positive PSA-based screening test … prebiopsy prostate cancer risk calculator or MRI in combination with a positive PSA-based screening test … prebiopsy prostate cancer risk calculator or MRI in combination with a positive PSA-based screening test … a prior diagnosis of prostate cancer KQ 4: Asymptomatic men with a positive PSA-based screening test … cancer) KQ 2: Physical or psychological harms of screening or biopsy; overdiagnosis KQs 3, 4: Test

187. Serologic Screening for Genital Herpes: An Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2016 - Pooled estimates of sensitivity and specificity of the most commonly used test at the manufacturer’s … Use of this test at the manufacturer’s cutpoint in a population of 100 000 with a prevalence of HSV-2 … cut- point value of 1.1 to define a positive test result (current manufac- turer’s cutpoint). … in estimates of test accuracy (eTable 8 in the Supplement). … results from calculations of test accuracy (or did not describe the handling of missing data).

188. Final Research Plan: Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 24, 2019 - physical activity), or physical fitness/muscle strength measures (e.g., grip strength, timed up and go test … , distance walked test, step test, balance test) KQs 2, 4: None Timing KQ 1: Outcomes

189. Screening for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - When the Task Force recommends (Grade A) a screening test, it is because there is strong evidence that … the test has large potential benefits and small potential harms. … screen Take a blood test to see whether a person is infected with HIV. … Even though the Task Force recommends that doctors and nurses offer you an HIV test, you can choose … If you have questions, talk to your doctor or nurse about HIV infection, the test, and the meaning

190. Screening for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - When the Task Force recommends (Grade A) a screening test, it is because there is strong evidence that … the test has large potential benefits and small potential harms. … screen Take a blood test to see whether a person is infected with HIV. … Even though the Task Force recommends that doctors and nurses offer you an HIV test, you can choose … If you have questions, talk to your doctor or nurse about HIV infection, the test, and the meaning

191. Draft Research Plan: Screening for Hearing Loss in Older Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 08, 2018 - that are used, available, or feasible for use in primary care settings, including the whispered voice test … , finger rub test, watch tick test, single-question screening regarding perceived hearing loss, hearing

192. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnancy: Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2009 - or the rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test. … pallidum par- ticle agglutination (TPPA) test. … American College of Ob- stetricians and Gynecologists advise (3) using a nontrepo- nemal screening test … initially (RPR or VDRL), followed by a confirmatory treponemal antibody test. … Tim ing of Screening Test all pregnant w om en at the first prenatal visit.

193. Archived: Cervical Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - The annual Pap test: a dubious policy success. … Women's concerns about abnormal Papanicolaou test results. … Anxiety caused by abnormal result of cervical smear test: a controlled trial. … Optimising the age, number of tests, and test interval for cervical screening in Canada. … The Papanicolaou test for cervical cancer detection: a triumph and a tragedy.

194. Draft Recommendation: Screening for Hearing Loss in Older Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 08, 2020 - audiogram for the detection of hearing impairment in older adults. 6 Nine studies evaluated a clinical test … For detecting mild hearing loss, the pooled sensitivity and specificity of the whispered voice test was … dB, ranged from 30% to 60%, and specificity ranged from 80% to 98%. 6 One study of whispered voice test … The Screening for Auditory Impairment–Which Hearing Assessment Test (SAI-WHAT) trial (n=2,305) randomly … Basic audiometric test results. Ear Hear . 1990;11(4):247-256. 9.

195. Final Research Plan: Preeclampsia: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan109/preeclampsia-screening
     August 14, 2014 - How effective are different screening protocols (e.g., instruments, test procedures, timing of tests, … injury) Intermediate outcomes (KQs 2, 4): Preeclampsia incidence and proteinuria screening test … assessment tools and risk factors (KQ 2): RCTs, cohort studies, instrument validation studies, and test … accuracy of proteinuria screening tests (KQ 4): RCTs, cohort studies, instrument validation studies, and test

196. Archived: Final Research Plan: Preeclampsia: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan109/preeclampsia-screening-april-2017
     August 14, 2014 - How effective are different screening protocols (e.g., instruments, test procedures, timing of tests, … injury) Intermediate outcomes (KQs 2, 4): Preeclampsia incidence and proteinuria screening test … assessment tools and risk factors (KQ 2): RCTs, cohort studies, instrument validation studies, and test … accuracy of proteinuria screening tests (KQ 4): RCTs, cohort studies, instrument validation studies, and test

197. USPSTF Clinician Summary of USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2023 - • Two types of screening tests for LTBI are currently available in the US: the tuberculin skin test … apparent symptoms, do not feel sick, cannot spread TB to others, and usually have a positive TB skin test … or positive TB blood test reaction

198. Screening for Cervical Cancer: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Methods: The USPSTF reviewed new evidence on the comparative test performance of liquid-based cytology … and the benefits and harms of human papillomavirus (HPV) testing as a stand-alone test or in combination … and the benefits and harms of HPV testing as a standalone test or in combination with cytology. … Five-year experience of human papillomavirus DNA and Papanicolaou test cotesting. … The effect of hysterectomy on the risk of an abnormal screening Papanicolaou test result.

199. Archived: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/cervical-cancer-screening-2012
     March 15, 2012 - Detection Screening with cervical cytology or testing for multiple oncogenic HPV types (a test for … Because HPV test results may be positive among women who would otherwise be advised to end screening … and the benefits and harms of HPV testing as a stand-alone test or in combination with cytology. … Five-year experience of human papillomavirus DNA and Papanicolaou test cotesting. … The effect of hysterectomy on the risk of an abnormal screening Papanicolaou test result.

200. Screening for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     April 04, 2019 - In the 2-step approach, the 50-g oral glucose challenge test is administered between 24 and 28 weeks … , 7.50 mmol/L [135 mg/dL], or 7.77 mmol/L [140 mg/dL]), patients receive the oral glucose tolerance test