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401. Screening for Bladder Cancer in Adults: Literature Surveillance Report (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2024 - Screening for Bladder Cancer in Adults: Literature Surveillance Report 1 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Literature Surveillance Report Title: Screening for Bladder Cancer in Adults Literature Surveillance Date: July 2024 Recommendation Summary: In 2011, the Task Force concluded that the e…

402. Screening for Child and Adolescent Depression in Primary Care Settings: A Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2009 - Although the literature on diagnostic screening test accuracy is small and methodologically limited, … for heterogeneity: χ² = 8.40, df = 8 (P = .40), I² = 4.7% Test for overall effect: z = 1.27 (P = .20 … The nature of the test being studied is clearly specified Study uses a credible reference standard … , performed regardless of test results The test is compared with an appropriate gold standard Reference … are applied as close together in time as possible Administration of reliable screening test Results

403. Update on the Methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Estimating Certainty and Magnitude of Net Benefit (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2007 - Clinic © 2007 American College of Physicians 871 positive and false-negative rates of the screening test … , the possibility of adverse events from the test, the accuracy and potential for adverse events of any … subsequent confirmatory diagnostic tests, and the inevitable failure to follow through on the test or … For example, some patients with a positive screening test for carotid artery stenosis will undergo carotid … If the test is falsely positive and the patient does not have confirmatory angiography, he or she may

404. Uhtgkzvs Bpnj4 G4Fxuay (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2014 - Therefore, LDCT is currently the only recommended screening test for lung cancer. … The positive predictive value for lung cancer of an abnormal test result ranged from 2% to 42% (2). … Most positive test results were followed by additional imaging. … Approximately 2.5% of positive test results required additional invasive diagnostic procedures, such … Of the 17 053 positive test results evaluated, there were ap- proximately 61 complications and 6 deaths

405. Procedure Manual Section 5. Modeling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 05, 2017 - There is often limited evidence to determine when a new or different screening test can be substituted … initially recommended based on RCT evidence; available evidence on new screening tests is usually about test … technologies, such as different screening tests; 3) to assess the impact of a newly developed substitute test

406. Archived: Drug Use, Illicit: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 15, 2008 - File DAST - Drug Abuse Screening Test … There is good evidence that the CRAFFT 9 test can accurately and reliably detect drug use/misuse among … Validity of the CRAFFT substance abuse screening test among adolescent clinic patients. … Validation of the World Health Organization Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test … Psychometric properties of the Drug Abuse Screening Test in a psychiatric patient population.

407. Final Research Plan: Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 21, 2017 - * Includes persons without known liver function test abnormalities. … The evidence review will focus on screening in asymptomatic persons without known liver function test

408. Screening for Skin Cancer (pdf file)
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     increased sputum production, wheezing, or dyspnea, spirometry would be indicated as a diagnostic test

409. Clinical Summary: Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults (pdf file)
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     Clinicians could also use assessments of gait and mobility, such as the Timed Up and Go test.

410. Archived: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 01, 2003 - Expert panels in the United States recommend a 50‐g 1‐hour glucose challenge test (GCT) at 24 to 28 weeks … ' gestation, followed by a 100‐g 3‐hour oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) for women who screen positive … Reproducibility of the oral glucose tolerance test in pregnancy. … Impact of time since last meal on the gestational glucose challenge test. … Management of women with one abnormal oral glucose tolerance test value reduces adverse outcome in pregnancy

411. Update on the Methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Estimating Certainty and Magnitude of Net Benefit (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2007 - Clinic © 2007 American College of Physicians 871 positive and false-negative rates of the screening test … , the possibility of adverse events from the test, the accuracy and potential for adverse events of any … subsequent confirmatory diagnostic tests, and the inevitable failure to follow through on the test or … For example, some patients with a positive screening test for carotid artery stenosis will undergo carotid … If the test is falsely positive and the patient does not have confirmatory angiography, he or she may

412. Archived: Chlamydial Infection (Including Ocular Prophylaxis in Newborns): Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - Accuracy of Screening Tests The most specific test … Assuming a sensitivity of 80% and specificity of 98%, the positive predictive value of a test will range … offer advantages due to improved sensitivity and specificity further evaluations of new commercial test … The choice of screening test for asymptomatic men is left to clinical discretion.

413. Recommendation: Bladder Cancer in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 15, 2011 - Potential Harms False-positive test results may result in anxiety and unneeded evaluations, diagnostic-related … Potential harms of screening for bladder cancer include false-positive test results and unnecessary subsequent

414. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse of Elderly and Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 08, 2012 - Systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy. Ann Intern Med . 2008;149:889-97. … If results are close to 1, the test is not helpful for screening purposes. … The AUC provides an estimate of the discriminatory accuracy of the test. … If results range between 0.50 and 0.70, the test has moderate accuracy. … If results are >0.70, the test may be useful clinically.

415. Archived: Alcohol Misuse: Screening and Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 06, 2004 - benefits from as little as 1 drink 3 to 4 times a week. 6 The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test … criticism, Guilty about drinking, and need for an Eye-opener in the morning) is the most popular screening test … Development of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): WHO Collaborative Project on Early

416. Archived: Final Research Plan: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, December 2007 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 23, 2014 - Studies that use a single screening test as well as multiple tests in series (e.g., ultrasonography followed … with angiography; studies on reliability of screening must include measures of reproducibility (e.g., test-retest

417. Archived: Final Research Plan: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, December 2007 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 23, 2014 - Studies that use a single screening test as well as multiple tests in series (e.g., ultrasonography followed … with angiography; studies on reliability of screening must include measures of reproducibility (e.g., test-retest

418. Screening for Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     August 24, 2021 - diabetes include measurement of fasting plasma glucose or HbA1c level or an oral glucose tolerance test … The optimal screening interval for adults with an initial normal glucose test result is uncertain. … be detected by measuring fast- ing plasma glucose or HbA1c level, or with an oral glucose tolerance test … , they are more convenient than using a fasting plasma glucose level or an oral glucose tolerance test … The oral glucose tolerance test is done in the morning in a fasting state; blood glucose concentration

419. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Ovarian Cancer: Screening, May 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 15, 2004 - Studies were excluded if the population was selected according to prior test results. … Although specificity for either strategy is high, the predictive value of a positive test is low because … Sonographic evaluation of ovarian volume in postmenopausal women: a screening test for ovarian cancer … Another goes to "positive test(s)."

420. Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults: Clinical Summary of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults: Clinical Summary of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation SCREENING FOR HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION IN ADULTS CLINICAL SUMMARY OF U.S. PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION Population Persons at high risk for infection and adults born …