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441. untitled (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/VNs-WaxpPcsodxCb57gYmn
     January 03, 2017 - adults (or adults with unrecognized symptoms) to accurately identify who will benefit from further testing … adults (or adults with unrecognized symptoms) to accurately identify who will benefit from further testing … of specific screening tools to identify persons at high risk for OSA who could benefit from further testing … in safety-sensitive transportation occupa- tions (eg, truck drivers or rail operators) have unique testing … It also recommends polysomnography for diagnos- tic testing in patients with suspected OSA.

442. USPSTF and JAMA Renew Partnership to Publish Recommendation Statements (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/uspstf-jama-promotion-agreement-2021.pdf
     January 01, 2021 - risk; interventions to quit smoking; screening for type 2 diabetes; screening, genetic counseling and testing

443. Final Evidence Summary: Hearing Loss in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary29/hearing-loss-in-older-adults-screening
     August 15, 2012 - unlikely to be greater than small or minimal due to the noninvasive nature of screening, confirmatory testing … loss vary but generally define hearing loss as decreased tonal perception on pure-tone audiometric testing … normal tonal perception 2 , hearing loss is generally defined on the basis of pure-tone audiometric testing … ) Interventions or diagnostic tests Refer to KQ 1 Audiometric testing, except as reference … or control participants, with exclusion criteria applied equally to both Response rate Diagnostic testing

444. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Hearing Loss in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary29/hearing-loss-in-older-adults-screening-august-2012
     August 15, 2012 - unlikely to be greater than small or minimal due to the noninvasive nature of screening, confirmatory testing … loss vary but generally define hearing loss as decreased tonal perception on pure-tone audiometric testing … normal tonal perception 2 , hearing loss is generally defined on the basis of pure-tone audiometric testing … ) Interventions or diagnostic tests Refer to KQ 1 Audiometric testing, except as reference … or control participants, with exclusion criteria applied equally to both Response rate Diagnostic testing

445. Announcements | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 11, 2014 - Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement for Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing

446. 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

447. Clinical Summary: Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women (pdf file)
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     August 28, 2018 - Clinical Summary: Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women Clinical Summary: Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women Population Pregnant women Recommendation Screen early for syphilis infection in all pregnant women. Grade: A Risk Assessment All pregnant w omen are at r…

448. Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection In Adults (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2013 - Screening and Treatment for Hepatitis C Infection Hepatitis C screening involves testing a blood sample

449. 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.

450. 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

451. Screening for Hearing Loss in Older Adults (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2012 - Health care professionals use several screening tests to find out whether a person has hearing loss: • Testing

452. 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

453. Screening Adults Aged 50 Years or Older for Hearing Loss: A Review of the Evidence for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2011 - unlikely to be greater than small or minimal due to the noninvasive nature of screening, confirmatory testing … screening are probably min- imal because screening tests and the reference standard (audio- metric testing … loss vary but generally define hearing loss as decreased tonal percep- tion on pure-tone audiometric testing … Study designs RCTs and controlled observational studies – KQ 2 (accuracy of screening methods and testing … ) Interventions or diagnostic tests See KQ 1 Audiometric testing, except as reference standard Outcomes

454. 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

455. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2014 - screened Testing a blood sample to determine whether a person is infected with hepatitis B now or

456. 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

457. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommends Screening Most Adult Women for Cervical Cancer (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/cervical-cancer-bulletin.pdf
     October 09, 2017 - cervical cytology alone every three years or screening with high-risk Human Papilloma Virus (hrHPV) testing

458. Vo9Z9Bwjb4Wqkzastpydwx (pdf file)
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     October 01, 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 oph- thalmoscopes can be done quickly and inexpensively.

459. 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

460. Archived: Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnant Women and Young Children: Screening and Supplementation, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - B Asymptomatic persons There is iinsufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine testing … e.g., occult malignancies) that benefit from early detection, 68 there are no data to suggest that testing … Neither significance testing nor adjustment for covariates was performed, limiting the conclusions that … Serum ferritin testing may be useful as an additional screening test in selected high-risk infants. … Red blood cell zinc protoporphyrin testing for iron deficiency anemia in pregnancy.