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401. Screening for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)
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     March 15, 2021 - There are different methods of testing, but in the United States, a two-step approach is most often

402. Archived: Abnormal Blood Glucose and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     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

403. 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

404. 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

405. Draft Research Plan: Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 11, 2021 - KQ 4: False-positive results leading to unnecessary testing or treatment, labeling, stigma, anxiety,

406. Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2022 - ° Testing with IGRA may have advantages over TST for persons who have received a BCG vaccination, as … Clinicians seeking further information about testing for tuberculosis in these populations can refer … Consistent with CDC guidelines, testing with IGRA may have advan- tages over TST for persons who have … Targeted tuberculin testing and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection. … Accessed March 9, 2023. https://www. cdc.gov/tb/topic/testing/whobetested.htm 15.

407. Final Research Plan: Impaired Visual Acuity in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 04, 2020 - settings (including funduscopic examination performed by an eye professional and specialized diagnostic testing

408. 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

409. Final Research Plan: Thyroid Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 23, 2015 - either as a single application or in a screening program) in adults, including followup confirmatory testing

410. Final Research Plan: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 02, 2018 - biomedical prevention interventions (e.g., HPV vaccination, pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV) STI testing … i.e., comparative effectiveness) Outcomes KQ 1 (health outcomes): STI incidence (based on testing

411. High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2013 - Avoiding the Unintended Harms of Medical Procedures and Testing in Older Adults The USPSTF will continue … ........................................16 Avoiding the Unintended Harms of Medical Procedures and Testing … Avoiding the Unintended Harms of Medical Procedures and Testing in Older Adults Screening tests and … A Cervical Cancer: Screening in Women Ages 21 to 65 (Pap Smear) or 30 to 65 (With HPV Testing) The … Preventive Services Task Force | 27 Grade Title B BRCA Mutation Testing for Breast and Ovarian

412. Screening for Hearing Loss in Older Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     November 30, 2020 - Participants from 1 VA general medicine clinic invited for hearing screening and follow-up diagnostic testing … institution with hearing impairment referred by primary care providers Aged >64 y; formal audiologic testing … Potential harms include false- positive results that lead to unnecessary testing and/or treatment, labeling … likely to be minimal be- cause screening is noninvasive, and the reference standard (audio- metric testing … Tablet-based screening for hearing loss: feasibility of testing in nonspecialty locations.

413. JAMA (pdf file)
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     June 12, 2020 - tonometry alone is inadequate to detect cases of open-angle glaucoma.7 With the exception of visual acuity testing … glaucoma Detection • Adequate evidence that screening tests such as imaging (eg, optical coherence testing … ), tonometry, and visual field testing can identify open-angle glaucoma; however, these tests are not … screening by an optometrist that included components rel- evant for glaucoma diagnosis (ie, visual acuity testing … , IOP meas- urement, direct ophthalmoscopy, and visual field testing) with no screening.

414. 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

415. Archived: Gestational Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/gestational-diabetes-screening-2008
     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

416. 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

417. Announcements | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 14, 2013 - Evidence Report and Draft Recommendation Statement: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing

418. Medications for Risk Reduction of Primary Breast Cancer in Women: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     October 30, 2013 - Recommendations The USPSTF has made recommendations on risk assessment, genetic counseling, and genetic testing

419. 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

420. 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.