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61. Screening for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Clinical Summary of U.S. Preventive Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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    uncertain benefits and harms as well as the frequency and uncertain meaning of a positive screening test … Screening Tests If a decision is made to screen for GDM: The screening test most commonly used in … the United States is an initial 50-gram 1-hour glucose challenge test (GCT). … the result on the GCT is abnormal,, the patient undergoes a 100-gram 3-hour oral glucose tolerance test

62. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    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?

63. 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

64. Evidence Summary: Genital Herpes Infection: Serologic Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    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

65. Final Research Plan: Syphilis Infection During Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    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

66. Final Research Plan: Syphilis Infection During Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    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

67. 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

68. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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    sigmoidoscopy, alone or combined with FIT; colonoscopy; and CT colonography), and serology tests (SEPT9 DNA test … Abbreviations: CT=computed tomography; FIT=fecal immunochemical test; FIT-DNA=multitargeted stool DNA … test; gFOBT=guaiac-based fecal occult blood test.

69. Evidence Summary: Gestational Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    August 10, 2021 - accuracy, studies using 1-step (diagnostic test only) or 2-step (diagnostic test in women with a positive … , including different test thresholds. … Treatment of women with an abnormal glucose challenge test (but a normal oral glucose tolerance test) … : combined fasting glucose with risk factors and 50-g glucose tolerance test. … HbA 1c : a useful screening test for gestational diabetes mellitus.

70. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    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.

71. 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

72. Screening for Prostate Cancer: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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    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

73. Archived: Modeling Study: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    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

74. Recommendation: Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Pregnant Women: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 23, 2019 - Screening Tests The principal screening test for detecting maternal HBV infection is the serologic … results Screening Intervals A test for HBsAg should be ordered at the first prenatal visit. … For infants born to mothers who test positive for HBsAg, current guidelines for case management include … results. 1 Screening Interval A test for HBsAg should be ordered at the first prenatal visit. … Sensitivity of the test for antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen--United States.

75. Screening for Gestational Diabetes: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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    October 05, 2021 - followed by a diagnostic test) or 1-step (diagnostic test used for all patients) approach. … (oral glucose challenge test) followed by a diagnostic test (oral glucose tolerance test). … In all studies, the entire study population that had a screening test (regardless of test result) was … ; OGTT, oral glucose tolerance test. … result, or receipt of a false-positive test result.

76. 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?

77. Archived: Evidence Summary: Genital Herpes Infection: Serologic Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/genital-herpes-screening-november-2016
    December 20, 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 … Separate models were developed for each type of serologic test, and separate analyses were conducted … cutpoint value of 1.1 to define a positive test result (current manufacturer's cutpoint). … in estimates of test accuracy (eTable 8 in the Supplement).

78. Archived: 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-2016
    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

79. Archived: Evidence Summary: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    September 23, 2014 - Study Selection: English-language trials and observational studies about screening effectiveness, test … specificity of 97% or greater for diagnosing gonorrhea and chlamydia, regardless of specimen type or test … Harms of screening included labeling, anxiety, false-positive and false-negative test results, and other … Sensitivities for male urethral and urine specimens were consistently high, regardless of test, across … Studies have also reported similar test characteristics for nurse- and patient-collected rectal swabs

80. Clinical Summary: Vision Screening in Children Aged 6 Months to 5 Years (pdf file)
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    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