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241. Archived: Evidence Summary: Genital Herpes Infection: Serologic Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/genital-herpes-screening-november-2016
     December 20, 2016 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Accuracy of screening tests, benefits of screening, harms of screening, … Several US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)–approved type-specific HSV serologic tests are available … For KQ2 (accuracy of serologic tests), we included studies of FDA-approved serologic tests for HSV-2 … Accuracy of HSV-2 Serologic Screening Tests Key Question 2. … Performance of HSV-2 type specific serological tests in men in Kenya.

242. Screening for Dementia in Primary Care: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2003 - How Accurate Are the Screening Tests? … Most screening tests for dementia can be divided into cognitive tests of patients and functional assessments … Tests of functional assessment have promise but need further study. … Effects of adjustment on the case-finding potential of cognitive tests. … How accurate are the screening tests? 4.

243. Draft Research Plan: Screening for Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/abnormal-blood-glucose-and-type-2-diabetes-mellitus-screening
     July 05, 2018 - What is the rate of agreement between 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 … nephropathy) Screening KQs 1, 2: Screening (targeted or universal) for prediabetes * or diabetes; tests

244. Draft Research Plan: Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/prediabetes-and-type-2-diabetes-mellitus-screening
     July 05, 2018 - What is the rate of agreement between 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 … nephropathy) Screening KQs 1, 2: Screening (targeted or universal) for prediabetes * or diabetes; tests

245. Draft Research Plan: Screening for Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/prediabetes-and-type-2-diabetes-screening
     July 05, 2018 - What is the rate of agreement between 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 … nephropathy) Screening KQs 1, 2: Screening (targeted or universal) for prediabetes * or diabetes; tests

246. Archived: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, December 2007 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-december-2007
     December 15, 2007 - Adult General Population 1 Recommendation Do not screen with ultrasound or other screening tests … Noninvasive confirmatory tests, such as magnetic resonance angiography, involve some inaccuracy. … Screening Tests Available screening and confirmatory tests (duplex ultrasonography, digital subtraction … Accuracy of Screening Tests Two meta-analyses provide information on the accuracy of carotid duplex … Potential Harms of Screening and Treatment Tests done to confirm carotid duplex ultrasonography

247. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation on Screening for Colorectal Cancer (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/colorectal-cancer-screening-draft-rs-bulletin-updated.pdf
     November 23, 2020 - In this draft recommendation, there are two types of tests that are recommended to screen for colorectal … cancer: direct visualization tests and stool-based tests. … “There are many tests available that can effectively screen for colorectal cancer,” says Task Force

248. Screening for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     September 18, 2014 - Screening Tests Chlamydial and gonococcal infections are diagnosed by using nucleic acid amplification … tests, which are approved by the U.S.

249. Screening for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Clinical Summary of U.S. Preventive Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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     May 14, 2008 - screening results, and inconvenience to many women and medical practices because most positive screening tests … Screening Tests If a decision is made to screen for GDM: The screening test most commonly used in

250. Archived: Syphilis Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/syphilis-infection-screening
     July 15, 2004 - persons at increased risk (see Clinical Considerations), there is adequate evidence that screening tests … Nontreponemal tests commonly used for initial screening are the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory … Followup serologic tests should be obtained to document decline initially after treatment. … These followup tests should be performed using the same nontreponemal test initially used to document … Sensitivity of the RPR and VDRL tests are estimated to be 78 percent to 86 percent for detecting primary

251. First Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services - V | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 01, 2011 - the USPSTF have identified high-priority evidence gaps in the following three areas: Screening Tests … High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Screening Tests Below are four screening topics that the USPSTF has … evidence gaps in our understanding of how older technologies, such as electrocardiography, and new tests … , including blood tests and computed tomography (CT) scans, may or may not improve our ability to prevent … In 2009, the USPSTF found inadequate evidence that screening tests accurately identify MDD in school-aged

252. Screening for Syphilis Infection - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2004 - persons at increased risk (see Clinical Considerations), there is adequate evidence that screening tests … • Nontreponemal tests commonly used for initial screening are the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory … Follow-up serologic tests should be obtained to document decline initially after treatment. … These follow-up tests should be performed using the same nontreponemal test initially used to document … for detecting syphilis infection in other stages, and a specificity of 96%.10 Several new screening tests

253. Archived: Syphilis Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/syphilis-infection-screening-2004
     July 15, 2004 - persons at increased risk (see Clinical Considerations), there is adequate evidence that screening tests … Nontreponemal tests commonly used for initial screening are the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory … Followup serologic tests should be obtained to document decline initially after treatment. … These followup tests should be performed using the same nontreponemal test initially used to document … Sensitivity of the RPR and VDRL tests are estimated to be 78 percent to 86 percent for detecting primary

254. Recommendation: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/adolescent-idiopathic-scoliosis-screening
     January 09, 2018 - Screening Tests Adequate evidence indicates that currently available screening tests can accurately … Screening Tests for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis View the Recommendation in PDF Format … Detection The USPSTF found adequate evidence that currently available screening tests can accurately … Screening Tests Most screening tests for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis are noninvasive. … trunk rotation of 5° to 7° is often the threshold for referral for radiography. 1 Other screening tests

255. Screening for Hearing Loss in Older Adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2012 - Clinical tests used to screen for hearing impair- ment include testing whether a person can hear a whis … Various screening tests are used in primary care settings to detect hearing loss in adults, including … Screening Tests Available screening tests include physical diagnostic tests, such as the whispered voice … , finger rub, and watch tick tests (bearing in mind that many modern watches no longer audibly tick); … How accurate are bedside hearing tests? Neurology. 2007;68:1311-4. [PMID: 17438223] 11.

256. Eighth Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/reports-congress/eighth-annual-report-congress-high-priority-evidence-gaps-clinical-preventive-services
     November 01, 2018 - Americans by making evidence-based recommendations about clinical preventive services such as screening tests … comprehensively assesses the potential benefits and harms of preventive services, including screening tests

257. 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 - the diagnostic accuracy of different screening tests 23 , 28 , 30 , 32 , 33 , 36 . … Diagnostic tests 4: likelihood ratios. BMJ . 2004;329:168-9. … How accurate are bedside hearing tests? Neurology . 2007;68:1311-4. … Clinical role of informal tests of hearing. J Laryngol Otol . 1989;103:7-11. … For screening tests, we focused on clinical tests (detection of a whispered voice, finger rub, or watch

258. 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 - the diagnostic accuracy of different screening tests 23 , 28 , 30 , 32 , 33 , 36 . … Diagnostic tests 4: likelihood ratios. BMJ . 2004;329:168-9. … How accurate are bedside hearing tests? Neurology . 2007;68:1311-4. … Clinical role of informal tests of hearing. J Laryngol Otol . 1989;103:7-11. … For screening tests, we focused on clinical tests (detection of a whispered voice, finger rub, or watch

259. Final Research Plan: Glaucoma: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/glaucoma-october-2022
     August 13, 2021 - with a comprehensive eye examination (as defined in the studies) by an eye health provider; screening tests … at increased risk of open-angle glaucoma KQ 3: Referral to an eye specialist KQ 4: Diagnostic tests … inhibitors) Selective laser trabeculoplasty Latanoprostene bunod Netarsudil KQ 4: Screening tests

260. Final Research Plan: Screening for Glaucoma | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/glaucoma-screening-adults-older-adults
     August 13, 2021 - with a comprehensive eye examination (as defined in the studies) by an eye health provider; screening tests … at increased risk of open-angle glaucoma KQ 3: Referral to an eye specialist KQ 4: Diagnostic tests … inhibitors) Selective laser trabeculoplasty Latanoprostene bunod Netarsudil KQ 4: Screening tests