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281. Final Research Plan: Pregnant Women: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan-pregnant-women/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-screening
     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

282. Archived: Evidence Summary: Dementia in Older Adults: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/dementia-older-adults-screening-2003
     June 03, 2003 - Conclusions: Screening tests can detect undiagnosed dementia. … 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. … How accurate are the screening tests?

283. Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer in Women: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     December 31, 2013 - 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

284. 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

285. Archived: Bacterial Vaginosis in Pregnancy to Prevent Preterm Delivery: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/bacterial-vaginosis-in-pregnancy-to-prevent-preterm-delivery-screening-february-2008
     February 15, 2008 - Screening Tests Bacterial vaginosis is diagnosed using Amsel's clinical criteria or Gram … Detection Good-quality evidence indicates that screening tests (the Amsel clinical criteria or Gram … Screening Tests Bacterial vaginosis is diagnosed by using the Amsel clinical criteria or Gram stain … Research is also needed to assess which screening tests providers use to diagnose bacterial vaginosis … in clinical practice and the accuracy of these tests.

286. Archived: Coronary Heart Disease (Electrocardiography): Screening (2004) | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/coronary-heart-disease-electrocardiography-screening-2004
     February 03, 2004 - low risk for CHD events ultimately results in improved health outcomes, and because false-positive tests … The consequences of false-positive tests may potentially outweigh the benefits of screening. … False-positive tests are common among asymptomatic adults, especially women, and may lead to unnecessary … Because the sensitivity of these tests is limited, screening could also result in false-negative results … The Task Force further found that the 3 screening tests—ECG, ETT and EBCT—have poor to fair accuracy

287. Draft Recommendation: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 10, 2024 - Screening Tests Women who are ages 21 to 29 years should be screened with cytology alone every 3 years … cotesting) does not substantially improve benefit but substantially increases the number of screening tests … In nearly all studies (40 of 42 trials), offering self-collected vaginal HPV tests increased cervical … A cross-sectional study of more than 5,000 cytology tests among women older than age 50 years found that … cancer after hysterectomy was rare in this age group. 29 In a second study of more than 10,000 Pap tests

288. Draft Research Plan: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 19, 2020 - 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

289. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Serologic Screening for Genital Herpes Infection (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/genherpesdraftrsbulletin.pdf
     August 02, 2016 - After reviewing the evidence, the Task Force recommends against using current blood tests to screen … potential harms of screening for herpes are substantial due largely to the inaccuracy of the main blood tests … testing is not generally helpful for people who have not experienced symptoms, in part because the tests

290. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommends Against Serologic Screening for Genital Herpes Infection (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/herpes-bulletin.pdf
     December 20, 2016 - After reviewing the evidence, the Task Force recommends against using current blood tests to screen … transmitted infection (STI) in the United States that unfortunately has no cure and no effective screening tests … potential harms of screening for herpes are substantial largely due to the inaccuracy of the main blood tests

291. ahrq29a - Screening for Hepatitis C in Adults - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2004 - The USPSTF found good evidence that screening with available tests can detect HCV infection in the general … In a population with a low prevalence of HCV infection (eg, 2%), approximately 59% of all positive tests … using the third-generation EIA test with 97% specificity would be false-positive tests.16 Since the … Potential harms from screening include effects of both false-positive and true-positive tests, which … Although false-positive tests do occur, they are uncommon if proper confirmatory tests are performed.16

292. Serologic Screening for Genital Herpes: An Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2016 - or current symptoms of genital herpes; studies evaluating accuracy and harms of serologic screening tests … Most studies of the accuracy of screening tests were from populations with high HSV-2 prevalence (greater … 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.

293. Final Research Plan: Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan105/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening
     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

294. 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 - 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

295. Archived: Final Research Plan: Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan105/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening-september-2016
     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

296. Screening for Hearing Loss in Older Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     November 30, 2020 - CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Several screening tests can adequately detect hearing loss in older adults; … 1 What is the accuracy of primary care-relevant screening tests for hearing loss in adults 50 years … What is the accuracy of primary care–relevant screening tests for hearing loss in adults 50 years or … Some studies assessed the accuracy of multiple screening tests. … How accurate are bedside hearing tests?

297. 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 - No study evaluated the sensitivity or specificity of tests for hematuria, urinary cytology, or other … Screening tests that might be feasible for primary care in- clude tests for hematuria, urinary cytology … Evidence on the diagnostic accuracy of screening tests in asymptomatic patients without a history of … ((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.

298. 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

299. Recommendation: Iron Deficiency Anemia in Young Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/iron-deficiency-anemia-in-young-children-screening
     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

300. Evidence Summary: Hearing Loss in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/hearing-loss-in-older-adults-screening
     March 23, 2021 - Conclusions and Relevance: Several screening tests can adequately detect hearing loss in older adults … For KQs 1 through 3, eligible screening tests included those used, available, or feasible for use in … What is the accuracy of primary care–relevant screening tests for hearing loss in adults 50 years or … Some studies assessed the accuracy of multiple screening tests. … How accurate are bedside hearing tests?