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301. Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     Screening Tests Primary care screening involves either risk assessment via a formal prescreening questionnaire

302. Screening for Oral Cancer: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     Screening Tests The primary screening test for oral cancer is a systematic clinical examination, including

303. Archived: Bladder Cancer in Adults: 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 … , 6 , 7 Return to Table of Contents Accuracy of Screening Tests … of the 7 cases missed were well-differentiated, superficial lesions with a good prognosis. 19 Rapid tests … Dipstick and microscopic urinalysis are simple and sensitive tests

304. Archived: Oral Cancer: 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 … lymphoma. 6   Return to Table of Contents Accuracy of Screening Tests … Alternative screening tests for oral cancer have been proposed, such as tolonium chloride rinses to stain … oral cancer accounts for a relatively small proportion (<2%) of all deaths. 4 Available screening tests

305. Twelfth Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 2022 - nationwide by making evidence-based recommendations about clinical preventive services such as screening tests … benefits and harms of a preventive service in people without signs or symptoms, including screening tests

306. Screening for Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2002 - Tests were not compared with DXA of the femoral neck, and the study did not describe how tests performed … Potential harms may also arise from inaccuracies and misinterpretations of bone density tests. … Most women would require repeated tests over several Screening for Postmenopausal Osteoporosis 228 … We chose a 5-year time horizon based on the short-term predictability of bone density tests as well as … Peripheral bone density tests have not been extensively studied for screening.

307. Archived: Final Research Plan: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 15, 2013 - How accurate are screening tests in detecting gonococcal and chlamydial infections? … co-testing for concurrent STIs such as HIV, and using different screening intervals KQs 3, 4:  Tests

308. Update on Methods: Insufficient Evidence - Table 5 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 01, 2009 - turn out to be lung cancer. 26 Evaluation of suspicious lung lesions may require additional imaging tests

309. Clinical Summary: Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women (pdf file)
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     Screening Tests Screening for syphilis infection is a 2-step process.

310. Screening For Impaired Visual Acuity In Older Adults: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     July 07, 2009 - • Smoking, family history, and white race (for age-related macular degeneration) Screening Tests

311. Screening for Lung Cancer: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     Screening Tests Low-dose computed tomography has high sensitivity and acceptable specificity for detecting

312. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Review (pdf file)
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     July 01, 1994 - False-positive tests are likely to re­ quire invasive testing, often including laparotomy. … or indicative of malignancy. 5.3 Estimates of the sensitivity of ultrasound and other screening tests … Studies now in progress to assess combinations of tests should provide useful information on the yield … In this population, a single screen­ ing with the combined tests was estimated to increase average life … Common Diagnostic Tests: Use and Interpretation.

313. Screening for Skin Cancer: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     Screening Tests The clinical visual skin examination assesses skin lesions using the “ABCDE rule,” which

314. Screening for Skin Cancer: Clinical Summary of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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     age of 65 years ▪ patients with atypical moles ▪ patients with more than 50 moles Screening Tests

315. Clinical Summary: Screening for Ovarian Cancer (pdf file)
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     Screening Tests The USPSTF does not recommend routine screening for ovarian cancer using any method

316. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Infection in Pregnancy: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2009 - Women Recommendation Screen at the first prenatal visit Grade: A Screening Tests

317. Screening for and Management of Obesity in Adults: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     Grade: B Screening Tests Body mass index is calculated from the measured weight and height of

318. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     Screening Tests Transvaginal ultrasonography and serum cancer antigen (CA)–125 testing are the most commonly

319. Archived: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 08, 2014 - Screening Tests All screening strategies, including ultrasonography with or without confirmatory tests … Screening Tests Although screening with ultrasonography has few direct harms, all screening strategies … , including those with or without confirmatory tests (that is, digital subtraction or magnetic resonance … the USPSTF commissioned a systematic review to synthesize the evidence on the accuracy of screening tests … Accuracy of Screening Tests Three meta-analyses and 3 primary studies assessed the accuracy or reliability

320. Screening for Visual Impairment in Children Younger than Age 5 Years: An Update of the Evidence from Randomized Controlled Trials, 1999–2003 (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2004 - However, new RCTs that address treatment effectiveness and performance of screening tests in the context … Do reliable, accurate, and feasible screening tests exist that can be used to detect visual disorders … During the screenings, an orthopist conducted an examination and a battery of tests appropriate to the … Sensitivities of individual tests within the intervention program were also evaluated. … mos); for occular assessment at alignment: cover test (all 37 mos screenings); for stereopsis: Lang tests