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281. Fbqmoapkebekmj7Aqmale5 (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2014 - Screening tests for cognitive impairment in the clinical setting generally include asking patients to … Screening Tests Screening tests for cognitive impairment in the clinical setting generally include asking … Blood tests and radiology examinations are not cur- rently used as screening tests but are often used … Each of these tests has reason- able performance in some studies, but estimates of sensi- tivity and … Accuracy of Screening Tests The review identified 55 studies on instruments that screen for cognitive

282. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     September 04, 2018 - Five studies (n = 21 795) evaluated the false-positive findings of treponemal tests and 1 study (n = … 318) evaluated the false-negative findings of nontreponemal tests. … One study (n = 318) found no false-negatives with treponemal tests, and 1 study (n = 139) demonstrated … Studies of screening tests not currently used in US primary care settings and studies in women living … Screening for syphilis using trepone- mal and nontreponemal tests in combination is feasible for mass

283. Update on Methods: Insufficient Evidence - Table 2 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 01, 2009 - associated with delivering this service on a population level, including the costs of the screening tests

284. Archived: Evidence Summary: Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2) in Adults: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 03, 2003 - Screening tests can detect diabetes in its preclinical phase. … How Accurate Are the Screening Tests? … Both tests require a second confirmation. … A review of principles, screening tests, and recommendations. Diabetes Care . 1995;18:1606-18. … Performance of recommended screening tests for undiagnosed diabetes and dysglycemia.

285. Archived: Modeling Study: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 15, 2016 - test performed; its sensitivity and specificity; how frequently it is repeated; and, for endoscopic tests … This was accomplished by grouping comparable tests, which resulted in 5 classes of screening modalities … All tests are burdensome but in different ways. 70 Ideally, a metric would have been identified that … A comparison of fecal occult-blood tests for colorectal-cancer screening. … c If the 2 tests are due in the same year, the stool test is performed first.

286. Clinical Summary: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Reduce Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults (pdf file)
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     Grade: I (insufficient evidence) Screening Tests Numerous brief screening instruments can detect

287. Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     Grade: B Screening tests BMI is calculated from the weight in kilograms divided by the

288. Primary Care Screening and Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults (pdf file)
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     September 06, 2016 - Accuracy and Reliability of Screening Tests Key Question 2. … For some tests, estimates for sensitivity were higher in coun- tries with low TB burden compared with … Across all tests, specificity was substantially lower in countries with interme- diate TB burden than … Within-subject interlaboratory variability of QuantiFERON-TB gold in-tube tests. … The dilemma of heterogeneity tests in meta-analysis: a challenge from a simulation study.

289. Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     February 13, 2018 - FINDINGS The USPSTF found convincing evidence that bone measurement tests are accurate for detecting … Although sev- eral bone measurement tests similarly predict risk of fracture, DXA provides measurement … DXA; other screening tests include peripheral DXA and quantitative ultrasound (QUS). … Other screening tests include peripheral DXA and quantitative ultrasound (QUS). … Characteristics of the Most Common Bone Measurement Screening Tests for Osteoporosis Screening Test

290. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     December 15, 2020 - Screen adolescents and adults at increased risk using hepatitis B surface antigen (HbsAg) tests followed … Screening Tests Screening for hepatitis B should be performed with HBsAg tests ap- proved by the US Food … adults at increased risk for infection has a moderate net benefit, given the accuracy of screening tests … Accuracy of Screening Tests and Risk Assessment The USPSTF previously reviewed the evidence on screening … , lists tools and resources to help clinicians assess HBV risk, and discusses hepatitis B serologic tests

291. Recommendation: Gestational Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 10, 2021 - persons, non-Hispanic White persons, and Black persons with a higher (>28) BMI. 24 , 25 Screening Tests … Accuracy of Screening Tests and Risk Assessment The USPSTF reviewed 45 prospective studies of fair … The USPSTF found that several screening tests (OGCT, OGTT, fasting plasma glucose) and strategies (1- … Guidelines differ with respect to the number of tests and the diagnostic criteria applied. … Criteria for screening tests for gestational diabetes. Am J Obstet Gynecol . 1982;144(7):768-773.

292. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Chlamydial Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 15, 2007 - Are screening tests for chlamydial infection accurate? What is the optimal screening frequency? … The USPSTF 2001 systematic review on chlamydia screening found that nucleic acid amplification tests … However, the USPSTF did not at that time provide clinical guidance as to which tests should be used. … In addition, tests other than culture, which are not widely available, have not been cleared by the U.S … Screening tests to detect Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections—2002.

293. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: Evidence for the Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2009 - The USPSTF determined that for this update it was not necessary to review the accuracy of screening tests … The accuracy of rapid plasma reagin (RPR) and Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) screening tests … The USPSTF is, however, interested in any potential harms of these screening tests, as well as potential … in pregnant and nonpregnant adults who were screened with RPR or VDRL and used treponemal-specific tests … We excluded studies that reported only results for newer rapid tests and did not report results on RPR

294. Clinician Summary of USPSTF Recommendation: Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2021 - • Screening tests for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes include measurement of fasting plasma glucose

295. David Chelmow, M.D. | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 2022 - many topics, including cervical cancer screening, management of abnormal cervical cancer screening tests

296. Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using Spirometry: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2008 - harms (time and effort required by both patients and the health care system, false-positive screening tests … Screening Tests Spirometry can be performed in a primary care physi- cian’s office or in a pulmonary … Accuracy of Screening Tests Because spirometry is used as a confirmatory test as well as a screening … Two cross-sectional studies that performed spirometry tests in adults with no history of tobacco use … False positive rates of multiple pulmonary function tests in healthy subjects.

297. Archived: Rh(D) Incompatibility: 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 … 1 , 9   Return to Table of Contents Accuracy of Screening Tests … 1 , 36 but its specificity is low 36 , 37 so positive results must be confirmed by more specific tests … Decisions to intervene depend on the validity of screening tests in predicting the degree of fetal anemia … maternal antibody titers, and ultrasound are currently used to determine the need for more invasive tests

298. Archived: Lipid Disorders in Adults (Cholesterol, Dyslipidemia): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 30, 2013 - Screening Tests The preferred screening tests for dyslipidemia are measuring serum lipid (total … The preferred screening tests for dyslipidemia are total cholesterol and HDL-C on non-fasting or fasting … There is currently insufficient evidence of the benefit of including TG as a part of the initial tests … disease risk. 3 Scope of Review The USPSTF reviewed the literature on the accuracy of screening tests … Accuracy of Screening Tests Serum lipid screening is an accurate measure of serum lipids.

299. Archived: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 15, 2008 - Screening Tests 1 Spirometry can be performed in a primary care physician's office or a pulmonary … Screening Tests Spirometry can be performed in a primary care physician's office or in a pulmonary … Accuracy of Screening Tests Because spirometry is used as a confirmatory test as well as a screening … Two cross-sectional studies that performed spirometry tests in adults with no history of tobacco use … False positive rates of multiple pulmonary function tests in healthy subjects.

300. Archived: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - and JAMA Link Archived Versions Burden of Suffering Efficacy of Screening Tests … 6 cm. 8 Return to Table of Contents Efficacy of Screening Tests … Two tests, palpation of the abdomen during physical … examination and abdominal ultrasound, have been seriously advocated as screening tests for AAA. … Other tests that can detect aneurysms -- plain radiographs of the abdomen, computed tomography (CT),