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321. Screening for Chlamydial Infection: An Evidence Update (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2007 - Of 443 girls in the intervention group who participated in follow-up testing, 13 (2.9%) were found to … The researchers found that these women perceived that testing Clinical Guidelines Screening for Chlamydial … In 2005, Cook and colleagues (18) presented a systematic re- view of noninvasive testing for chlamydial … Sex differences in the experience of testing positive for genital chlamydia infection: a qualitative … System- atic review: noninvasive testing for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonor- rhoeae.

322. Archived: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/sexually-transmitted-infections-behavioral-counseling-september-2014
     September 22, 2014 - Additional Approaches to Prevention The CDC provides information about STI prevention, testing, and … However, 1 study of risk-reduction counseling with rapid HIV testing showed a paradoxical, statistically … Vital signs: HIV infection, testing, and risk behaviors among youths—United States. … Implementing rapid HIV testing with or without risk-reduction counseling in drug treatment centers: results … Effect of HIV antibody testing and AIDS education on communication about HIV risk and sexual behavior

323. Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2017 - All testing was 2-sided. … Are there harms associated with screening or diagnostic testing for OSA? b. … Do the harms of screening or diagnostic testing differ for subgroups defined by age, sex, or BMI? … Harms of Screening or Diagnostic Testing Key Question 7a. … Are there harms associated with screening or di- agnostic testing for OSA? Key Question 7b.

324. Evidence Summary: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/impaired-visual-acuity-screening-older-adults
     May 24, 2022 - methods varied: a brief screening questionnaire plus the Glasgow visual acuity chart followed by pinhole testing … Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) visual acuity chart, measurement of binocular near vision and visual field testing … study was considered primary care–applicable because the screening methods consisted of visual acuity testing … , binocular near vision, and visual field confrontation testing. … to tests of visual acuity for identifying impaired visual acuity, 42 , 46 , 69-71 and visual acuity testing

325. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: USPSTF Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     November 30, 2017 - The USPSTF found no new studies that examined the effectiveness of repeated testing for syphilis during … The CDC has provided more detailed guidance on testing for and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases … Other comments requested clarification on risk factors that would warrant repeat testing. … Incidence and risk factors for the prozone phenomenon in serologic testing for syphilis in a large cohort

326. Archived: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/sexually-transmitted-infections-behavioral-counseling-2008
     October 15, 2008 - effect, 2 , 3 a third study 4 demonstrated that two 20-minute counseling sessions before and after HIV testing … One fair-quality study found that HIV testing in combination with two 20-minute individual counseling … Effect of HIV antibody testing and AIDS education on communication about HIV risk and sexual behavior

327. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Syphilis Infection in Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary94/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening-2009
     May 15, 2009 - Harms include testing and follow-up for false-positive test results and adverse effects from penicillin … In the United States, 90% of the states mandated prenatal syphilis testing in 2003. 14 However, many … Women testing positive by POC or TPPA were treated for syphilis according to WHO guidelines. … Assuming a 30% rate of congenital syphilis, POC testing averted 61 cases (54% of 114 cases). 32 cited

328. Archived: Final Research Plan: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, December 2007 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan36/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-december-2007
     January 23, 2014 - Finally, the systematic review will address whether screening/confirmatory testing and treatment are … Screening with carotid duplex ultrasonography, alone or with CTA or MRA, with or without confirmatory testing

329. Archived: Final Research Plan: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, December 2007 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/ResearchPlanFinal/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-december-2007
     January 23, 2014 - Finally, the systematic review will address whether screening/confirmatory testing and treatment are … Screening with carotid duplex ultrasonography, alone or with CTA or MRA, with or without confirmatory testing

330. Screening for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2008 - time, cost, physical discomfort, and psy- chological burden of screening and confirmatory diagnostic testing … Gynecologists recognizes that low-risk women may be less likely to benefit from screen- ing with laboratory testing … similarly, the American Diabe- tes Association states that low-risk women need not be screened with glucose testing

331. Screening for Gestational Diabetes: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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     October 05, 2021 - The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends testing between 24 and 28 weeks of … • Studies examining how health outcomes differ by screening strat- egy (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.

332. Screening for Oral Cancer (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2013 - kind of light inside the mouth, and moving a small brush over areas with changes to collect cells for testing

333. Archived: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/asymptomatic-bacteriuria-in-adults-screening-2008
     July 15, 2008 - The optimal frequency of subsequent urine testing during pregnancy is uncertain. … The optimal frequency of subsequent urine testing during pregnancy is uncertain.

334. Archived: Final Research Plan: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan93/impaired-visual-acuity-in-older-adults-screening-2016
     September 27, 2014 - settings (including funduscopic examination performed by an eye professional and specialized diagnostic testing

335. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: Evidence for the Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2009 - Harms include testing and follow-up for false-positive test results and adverse effects from penicillin … In the United States, 90% of the states mandated prenatal syphilis testing in 2003 (14). … Women testing positive by POC or TPPA were treated for syphilis according to WHO guidelines. … Assuming a 30% rate of congenital syphilis, POC testing averted 61 cases (54% of 114 cases). 32 cited

336. Screening Adults for Bladder Cancer: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2010 - Screening was based on repeated urine self-testing at home for up to 1 year. … If randomized trials show benefit in high-risk groups, future trials could evaluate testing of all asymptom … ((gene or genet$ or DNA) adj2 (test or tests or testing or tested)).mp. 16. biomarker$.mp. … ((gene or genet$ or DNA) adj2 (test or tests or testing or tested)).mp. 16. biomarker$.mp. … and control participants, with exclusion criteria applied equally to both Response rate Diagnostic testing

337. Modeling Study: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-modeling-study18/colorectal-cancer-screening
     May 18, 2021 - Screening from ages 45, 50, or 55 years to ages 70, 75, 80, or 85 years with fecal immunochemical testing … (FIT), multitarget stool DNA testing, flexible sigmoidoscopy alone or with FIT, computed tomography … screening average-risk, asymptomatic adults for colorectal cancer vary by modality, interval for repeated testing … Outcomes at repeated rounds of stool testing have been reported in 2 small studies; 33 , 34 findings

338. Screening for Coronary Heart Disease: Clinician Fact Sheet (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2009 - Overall, the benefits of screening with resting electrocardiography (ECG), exercise treadmill testing

339. Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using Spirometry: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2008 - The USPSTF did not consider the financial costs of spirometry testing or COPD therapies. … Screening Tests Spirometry can be performed in a primary care physi- cian’s office or in a pulmonary testing … whether providing spirometry results affected smoking cessation rates; and randomized, controlled trials testing … Spirom etry can be perform ed in a prim ary care physician’s office or in a pulm onary testing laboratory

340. Archived: Gonorrhea (Including Ocular Prophylaxis in Newborns): Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - In clinical settings where handling and storage of culture medium is difficult, other methods of testing … of gonorrhea should be diagnosed or confirmed by culture to facilitate antimicrobial susceptibility testing … As more reliable, noninvasive methods for testing men become available (e.g., polymerase or ligase chain … Gonorrhea in women seen for routine gynecologic care: criteria for testing.