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141. Draft Recommendation: Prevention of Acquisition of HIV: Preexposure Prophylaxis | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 13, 2022 - for HIV, and other necessary testing. … See the Practice Considerations section for more information about initial and follow-up assessment, testing … It is also generally recommended that kidney function testing, serologic testing for hepatitis B and … C virus, testing for other STIs, and pregnancy testing (when appropriate) be conducted at the time of … The CDC also recommends regular screening for STIs in persons taking PrEP, and STI and HIV testing in

142. Recommendation: Prevention of Acquisition of HIV: Preexposure Prophylaxis | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 22, 2023 - for HIV, and other necessary testing. … for HIV, and other necessary testing. … It is also recommended that testing for other STIs and pregnancy testing (when appropriate) be conducted … prior to initiating PrEP; kidney function testing and serologic testing for hepatitis B virus are recommended … newly initiating PrEP, including HIV testing.

143. Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     March 29, 2016 - assessment via a formal prescreening questionnaire and, if positive, follow-up with diagnostic spirometry testing … spirometry administered without a bronchodilator and, if positive, follow-up with diagnostic spirometry testing

144. Screening for HIV Infection: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     March 29, 2019 - Persons who request testing for STIs, including HIV, are also considered at increased risk. … Patients should also be offered the opportunity to ask questions and to decline testing. … Vital signs: human immunodeficiency virus testing and diagnosis delays—United States. … Laboratory Testing for the Diagnosis of HIV Infection: Updated Recommendations. … HIV testing and prophylaxis to prevent mother-to-child transmission in the United States.

145. Screening for Thyroid Dysfunction: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     March 17, 2015 - Screening Tests The primary screening test for thyroid dysfunction is serum TSH testing. … Follow-up testing of serum thyroxine (T4) levels in persons with persistently abnormal TSH levels can

146. Clinical Summary: Screening for Ovarian Cancer (pdf file)
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     February 06, 2018 - Transvaginal ultrasound and serum cancer antigen 125 testing are readily available procedures that are … deleterious gene mutation (BRCA1 or BRCA2) be referred for genetic counseling and, if indicated, genetic testing

147. Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Clinician Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2020 - Screen adults aged 18 to 79 years with anti–HCV antibody testing followed by confirmatory polymerase … chain reaction testing.

148. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     February 13, 2018 - Transvaginal ultrasound and serum cancer antigen 125 testing are readily available procedures that are … - low-up testing and evaluation, rather than part of screening. … Women were randomized to screening with CA-125 serum testing, with triage and follow-up determined by … It evaluated the use of a single cutoff value for CA-125 testing and found no significant difference … Risk assessment, genetic counseling, and genetic testing for BRCA-related cancer in women: U.S.

149. S9Hlyjmksx-Vsgx29Fpycp (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2015 - Detection Many testing methods are available that measure total serum 25-(OH)D levels. … using the same testing methods. … Numerous testing methods to measure serum 25-(OH)D are available. … Costs Several vitamin D testing methods are available; the cost of screening varies. … Vitamin D testing—what's the right answer? Clinical Lab- oratory News. 2009;35:1, 6, 8. 9.

150. Evidence Summary: Ovarian Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 13, 2018 - Interventions included transvaginal ultrasound, cancer antigen 125 (CA-125) testing, or their combination … screening interventions included transvaginal ultrasound alone, transvaginal ultrasound plus CA-125 testing … , and CA-125 testing alone. … All 3 trials evaluated annual screening for ovarian cancer with CA-125 testing, transvaginal ultrasound … The ROCA is more complex than single cutpoint CA-125 testing because it incorporates changes in CA-125

151. Cervical Cancer Screening (pdf file)
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     October 09, 2017 - Cervical cancer screening can lead to follow-up testing and treatment procedures that can cause harms … with cervical cytology alone every 3 years or screening with high-risk Human Papilloma Virus (hrHPV) testing … high-risk Human Papilloma Virus (hrHPV) testing A test that looks for the type of HPV virus that … National Cancer Institute) Cervical Cancer (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Pap and HPV Testing … get-tested-for-cervical-cancer https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/cervical/index.htm https://www.cancer.gov/types/cervical/pap-hpv-testing-fact-sheet

152. Recommendation: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 14, 2021 - with NAATs is at least as sensitive as testing with endocervical specimens, clinician- or self-collected … Studies with direct evidence on the effectiveness of screening pregnant persons, testing extragenital … It recommends testing for gonorrhea in pregnant women 25 years or younger or for those living in an area … Risk of pelvic inflammatory disease in relation to chlamydia and gonorrhea testing, repeat testing, and … Receipt of HIV and STD testing services during routine general medical or gynecological examinations:

153. Final Research Plan: Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 15, 2018 - A1c, fasting plasma glucose, and the oral glucose tolerance test All other tests, such as genetic testing … for the risk of prediabetes or diabetes or testing for autoantibodies, which may be used for further … Labeling, anxiety, harms from false-positive results, burden, inconvenience, depression, and unnecessary testing … interventions could feasibly be implemented in or referred from primary care, and 8) explained that genetic testing … and autoantibody testing are not within the scope of the review.

154. Final Research Plan: Screening for Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 15, 2018 - A1c, fasting plasma glucose, and the oral glucose tolerance test All other tests, such as genetic testing … for the risk of prediabetes or diabetes or testing for autoantibodies, which may be used for further … Labeling, anxiety, harms from false-positive results, burden, inconvenience, depression, and unnecessary testing … interventions could feasibly be implemented in or referred from primary care, and 8) explained that genetic testing … and autoantibody testing are not within the scope of the review.

155. Final Research Plan: Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 15, 2018 - A1c, fasting plasma glucose, and the oral glucose tolerance test All other tests, such as genetic testing … for the risk of prediabetes or diabetes or testing for autoantibodies, which may be used for further … Labeling, anxiety, harms from false-positive results, burden, inconvenience, depression, and unnecessary testing … interventions could feasibly be implemented in or referred from primary care, and 8) explained that genetic testing … and autoantibody testing are not within the scope of the review.

156. Archived: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - C Asymptomatic persons Routine screening for bacteriuria with leukocyte esterase or nitrite testing … Screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria with microscopy testing is not recommended D Asymptomatic … Routine screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria with leukocyte esterase or nitrite testing in pregnant … Routine screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria with leukocyte esterase or nitrite testing in pregnant … Screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria with microscopy testing is not recommended ("D" recommendation

157. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 13, 2002 - The USPSTF found good evidence that periodic fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) reduces mortality from … Neither digital rectal examination (DRE) nor the testing of a single stool specimen obtained during DRE … Fecal Occult Blood Testing  Sensitivity of FOBT screening varies with the testing protocol. … Effectiveness of Early Detection Fecal Occult Blood Testing  Three randomized controlled trials ( … Screening for colorectal cancer with fecal occult blood testing and sigmoidoscopy.

158. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Ovarian Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 15, 2012 - screening arm, 28,816 women aged 55 to 74 years received transvaginal ultrasonography (TVU), CA-125 testing … The PPV of CA-125 testing was 4.0 percent for any neoplasm, and 3.7 percent for invasive cancer only. … were positive for invasive neoplasm were 2.4, 24.2, and 29.6 percent for TVU, CA-125, and combined testing … An additional result of testing was the inadvertent detection of endometrial thickening in 13 women ( … For the initial screening, CA-125 testing was performed, and for followup of initially abnormal values

159. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Evidence Update for the USPTF Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2012 - The PPV of CA- 125 testing was 4.0 percent for any neoplasm, and 3.7 percent for invasive cancer only … An additional result of testing was the inadvertent detection of endometrial thickening in 13 women … who entered the study, 6,682 were randomly assigned to screening, 6,532 of whom underwent initial testing … For the initial screening, CA-125 testing was performed, and for followup of initially abnormal values … (15 of 252) withdrew from the study and provided the disruption and stress resulting from repeat testing

160. Grnjnsmqzvbc-Dnhgrmgg3 (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2014 - For men, testing urethral specimens with SDA and TMA and testing urine using TMA, SDA, or PCR resulted … - ner break-ups (39, 40) than those testing negative, who were generally relieved (40, 42). … by rectal and pharyngeal testing in another study (47). … Psychosocial impact of Chlamydia trachomatis testing in general practice. … Initial and repeat testing for chlamydia during pregnancy.