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321. Archived: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening, 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 05, 2005 - Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved rapid screening tests accurately detect HIV infection. … Rationale: The USPSTF found good evidence that both standard and FDA-approved rapid screening tests accurately … Rationale : The USPSTF found good evidence that both standard and FDA-approved rapid screening tests … Compared with standard HIV testing, the reported sensitivities of rapid tests on blood specimens range … specificities greater than 99.9%. 13-15 Reported sensitivities and specificities of oral fluid HIV tests

322. Recommendation: Ovarian Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 13, 2018 - Screening Tests The USPSTF does not recommend routine screening for ovarian cancer using any method … Screening Tests The USPSTF does not recommend routine screening for ovarian cancer using any method … There is a need for more sensitive and specific serologic tests, as well as better imaging techniques … The USPSTF agrees that screening tests are needed that can accurately detect ovarian cancer earlier to … prevent deaths from ovarian cancer; however, the evidence shows that currently available tests are not

323. Archived: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 01, 2016 - Screening Tests A visual acuity test (such as the Snellen eye chart) is the usual method for screening … Evidence on other tests is lacking. … Evidence on the use of other tests for vision screening in primary care, such as the pinhole test (a … Visual acuity tests assess the patient’s ability to recognize letters of different sizes arranged in … Standardized visual acuity tests are good at identifying refractive error.

324. Screening for HIV: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     June 20, 2019 - Food and Drug Administration (FDA)–approved rapid screening tests accurately detect HIV infection. … The USPSTF found good evidence that both standard and FDA-approved rapid screening tests accurately detect … Compared with standard HIV testing, the reported sensitivities of rapid tests on blood specimens range … accuracy of urine tests appears lower than that of standard testing (16, 17). … the CDC go further in recommending that HIV testing be part of a routine battery of prenatal blood tests

325. Recommendation: Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 02, 2020 - screening test result are usually followed up with a diagnostic evaluation using 1 of various noninvasive tests … Screening Tests Screening with anti-HCV antibody testing followed by polymerase chain reaction testing … cirrhosis in persons who screen positive. 12 Among patients with abnormal results on liver function tests … Accuracy of Screening Tests and Risk Assessment The USPSTF previously found HCV screening to be highly … Blood tests to diagnosis fibrosis or cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection:

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     July 01, 2013 - Detection The USPSTF found convincing evidence that conven- tional and rapid HIV antibody tests are … Food and Drug Administration–approved tests for detection and confirmation of HIV infection include … combination tests (for p24 antigen and HIV antibodies) and qualitative HIV-1 RNA. … combination tests (for p24 antigen and HIV anti- bodies) and qualitative HIV-1 RNA. … Accuracy of Screening Tests The 2005 USPSTF review found that standard and rapid HIV tests are highly

327. Recommendation: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 25, 2020 - Many different brief screening tests for cognitive impairment are available. … Screening tests generally include asking patients to perform a series of tasks that assess 1 or more … These tests are not intended to diagnose MCI or dementia. … A positive screening test result should lead to additional testing that can include blood tests, radiology … Accuracy of Screening Tests The USPSTF found 59 studies that evaluated 49 screening instruments to

328. Archived: Prostate 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 … The principal screening tests for prostate cancer are the digital rectal examination (DRE), serum … The reference standard for these tests is pathologic confirmation of malignant disease in tissue obtained … the large variation in the reported sensitivity, specificity, and PPV of prostate cancer screening tests … Although screening tests such as PSA have adequate sensitivity to detect clinically important cancers

329. Screening for Gestational Diabetes: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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     October 05, 2021 - There is inadequate evidence that commonly used screening tests can accurately detect gestational diabetes … Accuracy of Screening Tests and Risk Assessment The USPSTF reviewed 45 prospective studies of fair or … The USPSTF found that several screening tests (OGCT, OGTT, fasting plasma glucose) and strategies (1- … Guidelines differ with respect to the num- ber of tests and the diagnostic criteria applied. … Criteria for screening tests for gestational diabetes.

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     November 01, 2014 - The USPSTF commissioned a systematic review to syn- thesize the evidence on the accuracy of screening tests … Risk Assessment Balance of Benefits and Harms Other Relevant USPSTF Recommendations Screening Tests … All screening strategies, including ultrasonography with or without confirmatory tests (digital subtraction … Screening Tests Although screening with ultrasonography has few di- rect harms, all screening strategies … , including those with or without confirmatory tests (that is, digital subtraction or magnetic resonance

331. Archived: Suicide Risk in Adolescents, Adults and Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 20, 2014 - Screening Tests Screening tests for suicide risk vary and have a wide range in accuracy. … Data on screening tests are limited. … Screening Tests The reviewed studies used various screening tools. … For screening to be effective, more information on the performance characteristics of screening tests … Accuracy of Screening Tests The USPSTF reviewed 4 studies that evaluated the accuracy of screening

332. Screening for Prostate Cancer: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (2012) (pdf file)
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     Grade: D Screening Tests Contemporary recommendations for prostate cancer screening all incorporate

333. Screening for Skin Cancer (pdf file)
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     Screening Tests Blood pressure measurements are routinely used to screen for preeclampsia.

334. Screening for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Clinical Summary of a U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     Detection and screening tests Screening intervals Benefits of detection and early treatment Potential

335. Screening for Skin Cancer (pdf file)
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     Screening Tests BMI measurement, using height and weight, is the recommended screening test for obesity

336. Screening for High Blood Pressure in Adults: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     Screening Tests Office measurement of blood pressure is done with a manual or automated sphygmomanometer

337. Screening for High Blood Pressure: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2007 - Population1 Recommendation Screen for high blood pressure Grade: A Screening Tests

338. Screening for Abnormal Blood Glucose and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     Screening Tests Glucose abnormalities can be detected by measuring hemoglobin A1c or fasting plasma

339. Screening for Depression in Children and Adolescents: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     Screening Tests Two instruments which have been most often studied are the Patient Health Questionnaire

340. Screening for Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     Screening Tests Total cholesterol may be measured with fasting or nonfasting serum testing.