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301. Vision Screening in Children Aged 6Months to 5 Years: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     September 05, 2017 - cooperate with some of the clinical screening tests performed in clinical practice, such as visual acuity testing … visual acuity, or strabismus.1,33 Phase 1 of the study compared the accuracy of 11 screening tests.33 Testing … clinically significant nonamblyogenic refractive error.1 In phase 1 of the VIP study, visual acuity testing … The studies assessed prevalence of amblyopia at age 7.5 years (using visual acuity testing); school

302. Archived: Abnormal Blood Glucose and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/diabetes-mellitus-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - contributes to ongoing controversy over the diagnosis of GDM. 32-34 Because diagnostic glucose tolerance testing … sensitivity and specificity of the fasting plasma glucose (compared to diagnostic oral glucose tolerance testing … 49 , 50 Sensitivity is increased by using a lower threshold for a positive screen 30 , 51 and by testing … trauma and may subject many low-risk women to the inconvenience, costs and possible risks of follow-up testing … Do the current standards for glucose tolerance testing in pregnancy represent a valid conversion of O'Sullivan's

303. Final Research Plan: Vision in Children Ages 6 Months to 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 24, 2025 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print in progress Final Research Plan Vision in Children Ages 6 Months to 5 Years: Screening July 24, 2025 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. gover…

304. Serologic Screening for Genital Herpes Infection: Clinician Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2023 - recommendation • This recommendation does not apply to persons who present to clinicians requesting testing

305. Screening for Unhealthy Drug Use: Clinician Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2020 - Screening refers to asking questions about unhealthy drug use, not testing biological specimens.

306. Archived: Evidence Summary: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Events: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 11, 2016 - these groups and considered their credibility based on the timing of planned analysis, interaction testing … The WHS was the only a priori analysis; it reported more stroke events but had no interaction testing … trials, 40 , 41 but the results were not statistically significant for either sex and interaction testing … These CIs overlapped, however, and no interaction testing was reported. … Subgroup analysis in the HOT study reported nonsignificant interaction testing for total stroke based

307. Q Nxyq7Cwpbuwvt27Sq42 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2013 - of bias because the result of the screening test was used to determine whether patients had further testing … It is more repro- ducible than post–glucose load testing (67), easier to ad- minister to women who cannot … women re- quiring an OGTT unless a high threshold for fasting glu- cose level (above which no further testing … specificity and a positive LR of 8.2 and may be a reasonable threshold above which no further diagnostic testing

308. Screening for Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2006 - Despite an extensive literature evaluating a wide variety of instruments, the optimal method of testing … Most studies have provided insufficient information on variations in accuracy of testing results depending … language as impaired, potentially leading to anxiety for children and families and the need for further testing … delay; 3) identifying risk factors that may be helpful in screening for speech and language delay; 4) testing

309. Archived: Gestational Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 15, 2008 - added time, cost, physical discomfort and psychological burden of screening and confirmatory diagnostic testing … 19 ACOG recognizes that low-risk women may be less likely to benefit from screening with laboratory testing … the American Diabetes Association (ADA) states that low-risk women need not be screened with glucose testing

310. Screening for Dementia - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2003 - Testing for genetic mutations may eventually prove useful in screening individuals at risk for Alzheimer … Thus the potential benefits and harms of testing for an individual patient are uncertain. … Finally, the ethical issues in genetic testing for dementia are unresolved. … differences in caregiver burden between intervention and control groups.40, 41 Four well-conducted RCTs testing

311. Screening for Visual Impairment in Children Younger than Age 5 Years - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2004 - 3 years for visual acuity is more challenging than screening older children and typically requires testing … • Traditional vision testing requires a cooperative, verbal child and cannot be performed reliably … Any child failing a screening test was referred to the hospital eye service for further testing and treatment

312. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Hepatitis C: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review49/hepatitis-c-screening-2013
     November 15, 2012 - chain of indirect evidence (diagnostic accuracy of screening, clinical utility and harms of subsequent testing … We did not re-review the diagnostic accuracy of HCV antibody testing, which the 2004 USPSTF review found … Two studies found screening only injection drug users would have resulted in testing of 3.0% or 5.8% … The 2004 USPSTF review found HCV antibody testing to be highly accurate 21 . … Hepatitis C virus testing of persons born during 1945 to 1965: recommendations from the Centers for Disease

313. Draft Research Plan: Vision in Children Ages 6 Months to 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 24, 2025 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print in progress Draft Research Plan Vision in Children Ages 6 Months to 5 Years: Screening April 24, 2025 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. gover…

314. Draft Research Plan: Early Allergen Introduction to Prevent Food Allergies in Infants: Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 09, 2024 - implementation of early food allergen introduction, including the use of counseling and pre-exposure testing

315. Recommendation: Gestational Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 10, 2021 - The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends testing between 24 and 28 weeks of … Studies examining how health outcomes differ by screening strategy (1- vs 2-step testing and various … criteria) at 24 to 28 weeks of gestation. 1 , 39 The American Diabetes Association recommends glucose testing … Gestational diabetes: risk assessment, testing, diagnosis and management. Accessed June 24, 2021.

316. Evidence Summary: Bladder Cancer in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary14/bladder-cancer-in-adults-screening
     October 15, 2010 - Screening was based on repeated urine self-testing at home for up to 1 year. … The positive predictive value of screening (1-time testing for hematuria or NMP22) ranged from 3% to … heading words, keyword] 10 or 11 or 12 1 and 13 ((gene or genet$ or DNA) adj2 (test or tests or testing … keywords, caption text] 10 or 11 or 12 1 and 13 ((gene or genet$ or DNA) adj2 (test or tests or testing … and control participants, with exclusion criteria applied equally to both Response rate Diagnostic testing

317. Recommendation: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 30, 2024 - call for more research, these women should talk to their clinicians about their options for follow-up testing … screening mammography results receive equitable and appropriate follow-up evaluation and additional testing … screening mammography findings receive equitable and appropriate follow-up evaluation and additional testing … reduce women’s risk for breast cancer, as well as risk assessment, genetic counseling, and genetic testing … Studies that reported only performance characteristics of testing (eg, sensitivity and specificity) or

318. Archived: Dementia in Older Adults: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 03, 2003 - Testing for genetic mutations may eventually prove useful in screening individuals at risk for Alzheimer's … Thus the potential benefits and harms of testing for an individual patient are uncertain. … Finally, the ethical issues in genetic testing for dementia are unresolved. … differences in caregiver burden between intervention and control groups. 40 , 41 Four well‐conducted RCTs testing

319. Archived: Chlamydial Infection: Screening, 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 2001 - To prevent false-positive results, confirmatory testing may be appropriate in settings with low population … There may be added cost for confirmation of positive results and testing of partners.

320. Final Research Plan: Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 17, 2021 - KQ 4: False-positive results leading to unnecessary testing or treatment, labeling, stigma, anxiety,