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Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Pregnancy: Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/ykFSVS29KAwKzFWSXAVoMYJune 01, 2009 - Screening Tests Screening for HBV infection by testing for HBsAg should be performed in each pregnancy … The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends HBsAg testing for all pregnant adolescents “at the time … Tim ing of Screening O rder H BsA g testing at the first prenatal visit. -
www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-recommendation/hearing-loss-in-older-adults-screening1September 08, 2020 - hospitalizations and higher rates of mortality. 12-14 Potential Harms As screening and confirmatory testing … impairment using hearing aids. 6 Potential harms include false-positive results that lead to unnecessary testing
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary14/bladder-cancer-in-adults-screeningOctober 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
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/glaucoma-screening-2013July 15, 2013 - uncertain and may depend on the ethnicity and age of the population and initial findings of ophthalmologic testing … Testing with hand-held tonometers and ophthalmoscopes can be done quickly and inexpensively.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/dementia-older-adults-screening-2003June 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
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review79/ovarian-cancer-screening-2004May 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
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screeningJune 17, 2021 - KQ 4: False-positive results leading to unnecessary testing or treatment, labeling, stigma, anxiety,
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan93/impaired-visual-acuity-in-older-adults-screeningSeptember 27, 2014 - settings (including funduscopic examination performed by an eye professional and specialized diagnostic testing
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/yxCxm3XZ-zoAHc7dnN9aKBNovember 01, 2012 - Clinical tests used to screen for hearing impair- ment include testing whether a person can hear a whis … The incremental benefits and costs of screening asymptomatic adults compared with only testing and treat … characteristics associated with increased and sustained use of hearing aids, once prescribed, could permit testing … Several screening examinations for hearing loss can be used in primary care settings, including clinical testing … Because screening and confirmatory testing for hear- ing impairment are noninvasive and serious harms
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/gestational-diabetes-screeningAugust 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.
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Screening for Carotid Artery Stenosis (pdf file)
www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/M2VPMGyADx9SCTCPaayYN4July 01, 2014 - However, this screening often leads to a cascade of follow-up testing and surgeries that can cause serious -
Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: USPSTF Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/kqRLYDR2eh3gLKbtTjZk__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 -
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/8cRJsjSJUjfEhBpDNuPysbDecember 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: -
www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary34/lipid-disorders-in-children-screening-2007July 15, 2007 - age for testing)? … No studies addressed the frequency and optimal age for testing. … Diagnostic testing procedures applied equally to each group. … age for testing)? … , optimal age for testing)?
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan36/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-december-2007January 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
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/ResearchPlanFinal/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-december-2007January 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
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Screening for Oral Cancer (pdf file)
www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/yvJquSQ54yDQkQqrrLroPANovember 01, 2013 - kind of light inside the mouth, and moving a small brush over areas with changes to collect cells for testing -
www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/9K4QQKvhXZNJLCxNX3FkZmMay 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
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary94/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening-2009May 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
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/_ZPNC3vqdS3R-ggXro6UAMApril 05, 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 … risk by a prescreening questionnaire or screening spirometry are referred for diagnostic spirometry testing … spirometry administered without a bronchodilator and, if positive, follow-up with diagnostic spirometry testing … smoking cessation.11-15 These studies primar- ily examined the incremental value of adding spirometry testing
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