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261. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     June 11, 2014 - Food and Drug Administration–approved hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) test followed by a licensed … , neutralizing confirmatory test for initially reactive results should be used to screen for HBV infection

262. 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

263. Archived: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 15, 2009 - Screening questions are not as accurate as a visual acuity test. … There is convincing evidence that screening with a visual acuity test identifies persons with refractive … These costs would include opportunity costs for time spent administering the visual acuity test; costs … However, compared with a visual acuity test or ophthalmologic examination, they are not accurate for … acuity is the usual test for identifying the presence of vision impairment.

264. Archived: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 15, 2009 - Screening questions are not as accurate as a visual acuity test. … There is convincing evidence that screening with a visual acuity test identifies persons with refractive … These costs would include opportunity costs for time spent administering the visual acuity test; costs … However, compared with a visual acuity test or ophthalmologic examination, they are not accurate for … acuity is the usual test for identifying the presence of vision impairment.

265. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: An Updated Evidence Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2018 - Harms of screening include surgery following a false-positive test, often resulting in removal of one … The definition used in the PLCO, where the screening test result defines test positives, is consistent … Although both of the trials used an initial CA-125 screening test to determine followup, the U.K. … Abcodia Statement on the ROCA Test for Ovarian Cancer Screening. … The effects of an abnormal cancer screening test on health related quality of life.

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     March 07, 2017 - For diagnostic accuracy studies, in addition to the standard test performance characteristics (sensi- … A positive index test finding was a palpable pelvic or adnexal mass of any size. … The reference test for identifying trichomonia- sis was culture. … Screening for preclinical disease: test and disease characteristics. … A systematic review of the bimanual examination as a test for ovarian cancer.

267. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - The guaiac test can also produce false-positive results, however. … False-negative results of Hemoccult test in colorectal cancer. … "Hemoccult" (TM) test-reversal of false-negative results due to storage. … test for colorectal cancer. … Initial mass screening for colorectal cancer with fecal occult blood test.

268. Screening for Ovarian Cancer - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2004 - prevalence of ovarian cancer and the invasive nature of diagnostic testing after a positive screening test … The great majority of women with a positive screening test will not have ovarian cancer (ie, they will … Screening for Ovarian Cancer: USPSTF Recommendations value of an abnormal screening test is, at best … , approximately 2% (ie, 98% of women with positive test results will not have ovarian cancer) … • The positive predictive value of an initially positive screening test would be more favorable for

269. Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection In Adults (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2013 - This test is followed by a second test that determines the level of virus in the blood. … Even though the Task force recommends that doctors and nurses offer you a hepatitis C test, you can … If you have questions, talk to your doctor or nurse about hepatitis C infection, the test, and the meaning … Use this information to become fully informed and to decide whether getting a hepatitis C test is right

270. Final Research Plan: Hearing Loss in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 14, 2019 - 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

271. Screening for Gonorrhea: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - 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 … Thus, the USPSTF concludes that potential harms of screening (ie, false-positive test results and labeling … • Vaginal culture remains an accurate screening test when transport conditions are suitable. … Nucleic acid probes may also be used to test for gonorrhea and chlamydia in a single specimen and may

272. Screening for Lung Cancer (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2013 - current heavy smokers or have quit within the past 15 years should be screened every year with a test … Screening for Lung Cancer The main test used to detect lung cancer is low-dose computed tomography ( … In this test, an x-ray machine scans the body and uses low doses of radiation to make a series of detailed … The test can suggest that a person has lung cancer when, in fact, no cancer is present. … low-dose computed tomography A test in which an x-ray machine scans the body and uses low doses of

273. Recommendation: Ovarian Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 13, 2018 - Depending on the type of screening test used, the magnitude of harm ranges from moderate to substantial … results consists of repeat testing with the same or a different test and often surgical removal (by … Abnormal test results were managed by the participant's personal health care practitioner. … CA-125 testing was 9.6% across all 6 screening rounds. 3 Surgery to investigate positive screening test … difference in cancer worry was found between study groups, the trial found that women with abnormal test

274. 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.

275. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement on Screening for Peripheral Artery Disease and Assessing Cardiovascular Risk with the Ankle Brachial Index (pdf file)
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     September 03, 2013 - The ABI test, which compares blood pressure in the ankle with blood pressure in the arm, is used to … that for adults with no symptoms of PAD, the evidence was insufficient to determine if using the ABI test … ―Although the evidence is not yet clear on using the ABI test to evaluate cardiovascular disease risk

276. Archived: Evidence Summary: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 22, 2013 - Test ( k = 7), Mini-Cog ( k = 4), Memory Impairment Screen ( k = 5), Abbreviated Mental Test ( k … Forty-six studies provided the test performance for detection of dementia. … Benton Orientation Test, Delayed Recall Test, and Short Concord Informant Dementia Scale all had greater … Association Test, General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition, ADL/IADL, Benton Orientation Test, Delayed … 7MS = 7-Minute Screen; AMT = Abbreviated Mental Test; CDT = Clock Drawing Test; FCSRT = Free and Cued

277. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Syphilis Infection in Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 15, 2009 - Harms include testing and follow-up for false-positive test results and adverse effects from penicillin … Diagnostic accuracy of a point-of-care syphilis test when used among pregnant women in Bolivia. … Finger-stick POC test using Abbott Determine Syphilis TP test (Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois … ; TPPA= Treponema pallidum particle agglutination test; TRUST= toluidine red unheated serum test; VDRL … = Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test; WHO = World Health Organization.

278. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Pregnancy: Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2009 - Detection The principal screening test for detecting maternal HBV infection is the serologic identification … Pregnant women who test positive for HBsAg should be referred to an appropriate case-management program … settings must es- tablish effective systems for the accurate and timely transfer of maternal HBsAg test … R efer w om en w ho test positive for counseling and m edical m anagem ent. … Im plem entation Establish system s for tim ely transfer of m aternal H BsA g test results to the

279. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Ovarian Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 15, 2012 - combination of ultrasonography and cancer antigen-125 blood tests for screening suggests that abnormal test … of screening, one reviewer abstracted information on sample size, number of patients with abnormal test … Followup of abnormal test results was at the discretion of the subject's personal physician. … Overall, 570 (33.4 percent) women out of 1,706 who had an abnormal result on either test underwent surgical … Only three women (representing 8 percent of women with an abnormal test result, or 1 percent of the 290

280. JAMA JATS (pdf file)
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     August 21, 2018 - Two women with CIN 3 were detected only by the hrHPV test. Key Question 1b. … more intensive follow-up, were considered test-positive. … test positivity, whereas in others it is the rate of hrHPV+ with ASCUS+. … Variable risk of cervical precancer and cancer after a human papillomavirus-positive test. … Protecting the underscreened women in developed countries: the value of HPV test.