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161. Final Research Plan: Pregnant Women: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 15, 2017 - What is the yield (number of new diagnoses per number of tests performed) of repeat HIV screening at … another   Outcomes KQ 1: Mother-to-child HIV transmission rates KQ 2: Number of positive tests … per number of screening tests performed KQ 3: False-positive results, anxiety and effects of labeling

162. Screening for Carotid Artery Stenosis: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2007 - examined the evidence on the natural history of CAS; systematic reviews of the accuracy of screening tests … Noninvasive confirmatory tests, such as magnetic resonance angiogra- phy, involve some inaccuracy. … Screening Tests Available screening and confirmatory tests (duplex ultra- sonography, digital subtraction … Accuracy of Screening Tests Two meta-analyses provide information on the accu- racy of carotid duplex … Potential Harms of Screening and Treatment Tests done to confirm carotid duplex ultrasonography have

163. Recommendation: Iron Deficiency Anemia in Young Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 07, 2015 - Screening Tests Although the evidence is insufficient to recommend specific tests for screening, measurement … may be associated with neurodevelopmental and behavioral delays and poorer performance on cognitive tests … Screening Tests Although the evidence is insufficient to recommend specific tests for screening, measurement … The sensitivity and specificity of other single tests (e.g., serum ferritin, transferrin saturation, … at ages 11 to 14 years, as well as tests of cognitive function at age 19 years. 13 , 14 This suggests

164. Clinical Summary: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations on Screening for Chlamydial Infection (pdf file)
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     July 17, 2007 - Screening Tests Nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) can identify chlamydial infection in asymptomatic

165. Archived: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 15, 2008 - Grade: D Detection and Screening Tests Asymptomatic bacteriuria can be reliably detected … Screening Tests The screening tests used commonly in the primary care setting (dipstick analysis and … However, no currently available tests have a high enough sensitivity and negative predictive value in … that could reduce the use of urine culture, which is labor-intensive and more costly than other urine tests

166. Archived: Final Research Plan: Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 25, 2014 - Moving from left to right, the figure depicts the accuracy and reliability of two specific screening tests … Screening Screening using TST or IGRA; studies using a single screening test or multiple tests … in series Any other tests, such as nucleic acid amplification tests Treatment/ management … treatment KQs 1, 3 –5: No comparison; nonconcordant historical controls; comparisons with screening tests

167. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 13, 2002 - Initial costs of colonoscopy are higher than the costs of other tests. … Accuracy and Reliability of Screening Tests The USPSTF reviewed evidence of the effectiveness of the … following screening tests for colorectal cancer: DRE, FOBT, sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, DCBE, and CT … Tests that incorporate quantitative measures of heme and genetic stool markers have not been evaluated … together, most patients in an academic internal medicine clinic preferred both tests or FOBT alone;

168. Archived: Tuberculosis Infection, Including Bacille Calmette-Guérin Immunization: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 11, 2014 - and JAMA Link Archived Versions Burden of Suffering Accuracy of Screening Tests … Some negative reactions to tuberculin skin tests require immediate retesting (two-step testing) to help … False-positive results of Mantoux tests. … Bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccinations and tuberculin skin tests. … Comparison of Mantoux, tine, and "Imotest'' tuberculin tests.

169. Archived: Drug Abuse: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - and JAMA Link Archived Versions Burden of Suffering Accuracy of Screening Tests … Toxicologic tests can provide objective evidence of drug use. … concentrations of specific drugs and their metabolites in urine specimens. 46 Sensitivity of these tests … Most importantly, toxicologic tests do not distinguish between occasional users and individuals who are … Studies using sensitive toxicologic tests suggest that only one in four pregnant women who have used

170. Screening for Preeclampsia US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     April 25, 2017 - EVIDENCE REVIEW The USPSTF reviewed the evidence on the accuracy of screening and diagnostic tests for … to identify hypertension in adults as adequate.13 Accuracy of Diagnostic Tests There are several tests … The USPSTF found variable and limited evi- dence on the accuracy of these tests. … have better test per- formance than manually read tests. … Screening tests during prenatal care: does practice follow the evidence?

171. Archived: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 22, 2014 - Screening Tests Chlamydial and gonococcal infections are diagnosed by using nucleic acid amplification … tests, which are approved by the U.S. … The USPSTF also found convincing evidence that screening tests can accurately detect gonorrhea. … Accuracy of Screening Tests The USPSTF found convincing evidence that available screening tests … Specificity was high across all specimens and tests for both chlamydia and gonorrhea 7 .

172. ahrq29a - Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2004 - are usually followed by confirmatory RIBA tests.90 Patients with positive results on both tests are … Development of screening and confirmation tests for antibodies to hepatitis C virus. … Interpreting serologic tests for hepatitis C virus infection: balancing cost and clarity. … Diagnostic tests for hepatitis C. Hepatology. 1997;26(3 Suppl 1):43S–47S. 168. … and third-generation tests are both in standard use.

173. Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer in Women: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     Screening Tests Genetic risk assessment and BRCA mutation testing are generally multistep processes … Tests for BRCA mutations are highly sensitive and specific for known mutations, but interpretation of

174. Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults: Clinical Summary of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - Screening Tests Anti–HCV antibody testing followed by confirmatory polymerase chain reaction testing … Various noninvasive tests with good diagnostic accuracy are possible alternatives to liver biopsy for

175. Serological Screening for Genital Herpes: A Reaffirmation Evidence Update for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2023 - on the benefits or harms of serologic screening for HSV-2, accuracy of available HSV-2 serologic tests … Importantly, it may take 6 weeks to 3 months after infection for the antibody response these tests … We excluded studies using tests that were not serologic (e.g., viral culture), not type specific, and … We included studies assessing type-specific combination tests (i.e., those simultaneously reporting … Performance of HSV-2 type specific serological tests in men in Kenya.

176. Final Research Plan: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 28, 2021 - What is the clinical test performance of rapid point-of-care antibody tests? … stratification methods that identify persons at increased risk for syphilis infection KQs 1, 3: Screening tests

177. Archived: Hepatitis B in Pregnant Women: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/hepatitis-b-in-pregnant-women-screening-2009
     June 15, 2009 - Grade: A Screening Tests Serologic identification of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). … Screening Tests Screening for HBV infection by testing for HBsAg should be performed in each pregnancy … Screening A test for HBsAg should be ordered at the first prenatal visit with other recommended screening tests … hepatitis B immune globulin as soon as possible (but not later than 7 days after birth) if the mother tests … time a pregnancy is discovered, regardless of hepatitis B immunization history and previous results of tests

178. Final Research Plan: Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 15, 2018 - What is the frequency of agreement among screening tests * for prediabetes and diabetes? … Which of these screening tests * best predicts future adverse health outcomes associated with type 2 … * Screening tests under consideration include hemoglobin A1c, fasting plasma glucose, and the oral glucose … Screening KQs 1, 2: Screening (targeted or universal) for prediabetes * or diabetes; tests … include hemoglobin A1c, fasting plasma glucose, and the oral glucose tolerance test All other tests

179. Screening for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Grade: B No Recommendation Grade: I (Insufficient Evidence) Three tests … Risk assessment Screening tests Suggestions for practice regarding insufficient evidence When BP is

180. Archived: Evidence Summary: Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 08, 2004 - are usually followed by confirmatory RIBA tests. 90 Patients with positive results on both tests are … Development of screening and confirmation tests for antibodies to hepatitis C virus. … Interpreting serologic tests for hepatitis C virus infection: balancing cost and clarity. … Diagnostic tests for hepatitis C. Hepatology 1997;26(3 Suppl 1):43S-47S. 168. … and third-generation tests are both in standard use.