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241. Screening for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2008 - abnormal fasting plasma glucose level was developed on the basis of 2-hour postload plasma glucose testing … comparable with that of 2-hour postload plasma glucose testing. … In the past, the utility of hemoglobin A1c testing was limited in part by relatively poor reproducibility … The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends fasting glucose testing for women … Such testing should also be consid- ered in people who are younger than 45 years of age and overweight

242. Archived: Final Research Plan: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan102/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-screening-2016
     May 15, 2014 - i.e., by prescreening with nonsymptom–oriented questionnaires or other maneuvers, such as peak flow testing … modalities to screen asymptomatic adults for COPD besides prebronchodilator spirometry (e.g., peak flow testing

243. Evidence Summary: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 08, 2018 - indefinitely unless evidence of progression is found during periodic physical examination, PSA–based testing … calculators were included if they predicted the presence of “significant” prostate cancer using PSA testing … Opportunistic testing versus organized prostate-specific antigen screening: outcome after 18 years in … Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing of men in UK general practice: a 10-year longitudinal cohort … Measuring the psychosocial impact of population-based prostate-specific antigen testing for prostate

244. Evaluating Test Strategies for Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Decision Analysis (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2008 - gained: colonoscopy every 10 years, annual Hemoccult SENSA (Beckman Coulter, Fullerton, California) testing … or fecal immuno- chemical testing, and sigmoidoscopy every 5 years with midinterval Hemoccult SENSA … testing. … There is little evidence on whether test sensitivity varies with increasing rounds of testing. … , or in- vasive but less frequent testing.

245. Archived: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - Effectiveness of Early Detection The rationale for testing … College of Physicians recommend that patients with asymptomatic bruits should not have further diagnostic testing … Noninvasive testing for carotid artery stenosis is expensive (over $150 for carotid duplex or Doppler … direct expense and may detect a majority of patients with severe stenosis, but the costs of follow-up testing … Noninvasive carotid artery testing: a meta-analytic review.

246. Archived: Osteoporosis: Screening, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 17, 2002 - Recent data suggest that peripheral bone density testing in the primary care setting can also identify … Further research is needed to determine the accuracy of peripheral bone density testing in comparison … Because of limitations in the precision of testing, a minimum of 2 years may be needed to reliably measure … receive a diagnosis of osteoporosis fall outside the context of screening but may require additional testing … collaboration with other professional organizations, issued screening guidelines recommending bone density testing

247. Final Recommendation Statement: Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 16, 2016 - during an examination and make prompt use of validated tools to assess the need for further diagnostic testing … in children, reported potential harms include misdiagnosis and the anxiety associated with further testing … after a positive screening result, particularly if confirmatory testing is delayed because of resource … Potential harms include misdiagnosis and the time, effort, and anxiety associated with further testing … This is of particular concern when there is a delay in confirmatory testing because of resource limitations

248. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Ovarian Cancer: Screening, May 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review79/ovarian-cancer-screening-2004
     May 15, 2004 - cancer. 9 A growing literature focuses on the identification of women who carry these genes by genetic testing … Papers related to genetic testing were also excluded because they are beyond the scope of screening recommendations … ultrasound screening, multimodal screening (sequential CA 125 tests followed by ultrasound in those testing … A positive result on testing initiates a referral to the patients' own physicians for diagnosis. 2. … An estimated 3 percent to 12 percent of screened women will be recalled for further testing and assessment

249. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 15, 2009 - For diagnosis, we evaluated accuracy of screening questions, visual acuity testing, the Amsler grid, … (Glasgow acuity chart followed by pinhole testing for persons with visual acuity worse than 6/18) with … delayed vision screening, 17 and 1 compared use of a screening question followed by visual acuity testing … involved vision screening by an optometrist (visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, and visual field testing … the accuracy or utility of pinhole testing, the Amsler grid, visual acuity tests other than the Snellen

250. First Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - Continued development and testing of counseling and behavioral interventions with better and longer … B BRCA Mutation Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer: Women at Increased Risk The USPSTF recommends … B RhD Blood Typing: Antibody Testing in Unsensitized RhD-Negative Pregnant Women The USPSTF recommends … D BRCA Mutation Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer: Women at Low Risk The USPSTF recommends against … routine referral for genetic counseling or routine breast cancer susceptibility gene (BRCA) testing

251. untitled (pdf file)
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     December 20, 2016 - population-based screening, based on its low speci- ficity, the lack of widely available confirmatory testing … population-based screening, based on its low specificity, the lack of widely available confirmatory testing … 2010.10 These es- timates, however, should be interpreted with caution; because of a lack of confirmatory testing … Confirmatory testing is not cur- rently widely available and is only performed at a single research labo … The CDC recommends consideration of serologic testing for HSV-2 in persons presenting for STI evaluation

252. Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2016 - The USPSTF found convincing evidence that screening questions are not as accurate as visual acuity testing … The USPSTF found adequate evidence that visual acuity testing alone does not accurately identify early … test (a test for refractive error), the Amsler grid (a test of central vision to detect AMD), genetic testing … Screening questions are not as accurate as visual acuity testing. … Although visual acuity testing is adequate for identifying refrac- tive error, it is inadequate for identifying

253. Screening for Preeclampsia US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     April 25, 2017 - The USPSTF found adequate evidence that testing for protein in the urine with a dipstick test has low … Further evaluation of the accuracy of the protein to creatinine ratio in point-of-care urine testing … in general populations and re- peat testing could better determine the optimal role of the ratio for … The time of day of testing is not predictive of performance for the protein to creatinine ratio test.4 … Indicated vs. routine prenatal urine chemical reagent strip testing.

254. High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services Fourth Annual Report to Congress (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/annlrpt2014%20(6).pdf
     November 01, 2014 - (Grade B) The UPSTF recommends against routine genetic counseling or BRCA testing for women whose … (Grade D) BRCA-Related Cancer in Women: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing … Ways to increase access to HIV testing for young people is needed. … Cervical Cancer: Screening in Women Ages 21 to 65 (Cytology) or 30 to 65 (Cytology With HPV Testing) … BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing in Women at Increased Risk

255. High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services Fourth Annual Report to Congress (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/annlrpt2014%20(9).pdf
     November 01, 2014 - (Grade B) The UPSTF recommends against routine genetic counseling or BRCA testing for women whose … (Grade D) BRCA-Related Cancer in Women: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing … Ways to increase access to HIV testing for young people is needed. … Cervical Cancer: Screening in Women Ages 21 to 65 (Cytology) or 30 to 65 (Cytology With HPV Testing) … BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing in Women at Increased Risk

256. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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     July 31, 2020 - Requires dietary restrictions and 3 stool samples • Requires good adherence over multiple rounds of testing … The benefits of stool-based testing accrue over frequent, repeated testing, thus requiring commit- ment … Nottingham trial of faecal occult blood testing for colorectal cancer: a 20-year follow-up. … Performance of multitarget stool DNA testing in African American patients. … Multitarget stool DNA testing for colorectal-cancer screening.

257. 8Crjsjsjujfehbpdnupysb (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2014 - Urine testing with NAATs is at least as sen- sitive as testing with endocervical specimens, clinician … In men, testing of urine specimens was slightly more sensitive than testing of urethral specimens. … In 1 large RCT, a strategy of identifying, testing, and treating women at in- creased risk for cervical … Study limitations included inadequate recruitment, testing for chlamydia outside the study protocol in … Receipt of HIV and STD testing services during routine general medical or gynecological examinations:

258. Recommendation: Syphilis Infection During Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 13, 2025 - is estimated that almost 90% of new congenital syphilis cases could have been prevented with timely testing … laboratory processing. 12 It is unclear how results from these tests alone, without additional confirmatory testing … If early testing is not done, testing should occur at the first opportunity, which could be as late as … CDC laboratory recommendations for syphilis testing, United States, 2024. … Evaluating congenital syphilis in a reverse sequence testing environment.

259. Final Research Plan: Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 21, 2017 - . † Defined as HCV antibody testing with confirmatory HCV RNA testing as indicated. ‡ Includes interventions

260. Final Research Plan: Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 23, 2016 - Children or adolescents age <18 years Studies for which patient eligibility is determined by testing … for vitamin D deficiency or bone measurement testing, with selection based on vitamin D or bone density