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321. Recommendation: Hearing Loss in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 23, 2021 - Screening Tests Clinical tests to assess for potential hearing loss include the whispered voice, finger … rub, and watch tick tests; however, they have questionable accuracy and have been shown to be operator … scope of this review is similar to that of the prior systematic review. 28 Accuracy of Screening Tests … , such as the finger rub and watch tick tests, were evaluated in few studies. … Consistent use of definitions of hearing loss to improve certainty about the accuracy of screening tests

322. Screening for Hearing Loss in Older Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     March 23, 2021 - Screening Tests Clinical tests to assess for potential hearing loss include the whispered voice, finger … rub, and watch tick tests; however, they have questionable accuracy and have been shown to be oper- … scope of this review is similar to that of the prior system- atic review.28 Accuracy of Screening Tests … Many studies reported on the accuracy of screening tests to de- tect hearing loss defined by multiple … , such as the finger rub and watch tick tests, were evaluated in few studies.

323. ahrq29a - Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2004 - are usually followed by confirmatory RIBA tests.90 Patients with positive results on both tests are … Development of screening and confirmation tests for antibodies to hepatitis C virus. … Interpreting serologic tests for hepatitis C virus infection: balancing cost and clarity. … Diagnostic tests for hepatitis C. Hepatology. 1997;26(3 Suppl 1):43S–47S. 168. … and third-generation tests are both in standard use.

324. Screening for Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Disease: Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     December 08, 2003 - Yield of Screening Tests under Different Assumptions about Pretest Probabilities and Sensitivity and … Newer tests detect the presence of atherosclerotic plaque, including EBCT, the ankle-brachial index … tests for ACAD on CHD or other health outcomes. … It presents 2 cases for 2 screening tests. … Computer-enhanced thallium scintigrams in asymptomatic men with abnormal exercise tests.

325. Screening for Breast Cancer (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - The Task Force looked at whether getting additional screening tests, such as ultrasound, MRI, or a 3 … False-positive results can lead to follow-up tests and procedures that aren’t needed. … Many people don’t get the tests or counseling they need. … Others get tests or counseling they don’t need or that may be harmful to them. … Task Force recommendations can help you learn about screening tests, counseling services, and preventive

326. Archived: Lipid Disorders in Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 15, 2007 - Screening Tests Serum lipid (total cholesterol, high-density and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol … ) levels are accurate screening tests for childhood dyslipidemia, although many children with multifactorial … Serum lipid levels are accurate screening tests for childhood dyslipidemia, although many children with … Accurate screening tests in children would be useful if childhood dyslipidemia correlated with adult … 2 Lipid-lowering agents have been shown to cause elevations in creatine kinase and liver function tests

327. Serological Screening for Genital Herpes: A Reaffirmation Evidence Update for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2022 - on the benefits or harms of serologic screening for HSV-2, accuracy of available HSV-2 serologic tests … Importantly, it may take 6 weeks to 3 months after infection for the antibody response these tests … We excluded studies using tests that were not serologic (e.g., viral culture), not type specific, and … We included studies assessing type-specific combination tests (i.e., those simultaneously reporting … Performance of HSV-2 type specific serological tests in men in Kenya.

328. Serological Screening for Genital Herpes: A Reaffirmation Evidence Update for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2023 - on the benefits or harms of serologic screening for HSV-2, accuracy of available HSV-2 serologic tests … Importantly, it may take 6 weeks to 3 months after infection for the antibody response these tests … We excluded studies using tests that were not serologic (e.g., viral culture), not type specific, and … We included studies assessing type-specific combination tests (i.e., those simultaneously reporting … Performance of HSV-2 type specific serological tests in men in Kenya.

329. Screening and Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder in Children and Adolescents: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2009 - examined included the benefits and harms of screening, the accuracy of primary care–feasible screening tests … Detection There is adequate evidence that screening tests accurately identify MDD in adolescents. … The USPSTF found inade- quate evidence that screening tests accurately identify MDD in children. … Screening Tests Instruments developed for primary care (Patient Health Questionnaire for Adolescents … Accuracy of Screening Tests There is adequate evidence that screening tests can ac- curately identify

330. Evidence Summary: Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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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 … Evidence from this review confirms concern for false-positives with treponemal-specific screening tests

331. Addendum to Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Evidence Update for the USPSTF Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     December 31, 2014 - If both tests were normal, screening was repeated a year later. … First, improvement of the tests themselves are being sought through identification of panels of markers … tests or screening algorithms, such as screening concurrently or sequentially with CA-125 testing … However, if there were a radical shift in the screening tests themselves or in the interpretation or … 28.5 percent of physicians reported ―sometimes‖ or ―almost always‖ using ovarian cancer screening tests

332. Screening for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     January 09, 2018 - Detection TheUSPSTFfoundadequateevidencethatcurrentlyavailablescreen- ing tests can accurately detect … Screening Tests Most screening tests for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis are non- invasive. … Grade: I (insufficient evidence) Excluded Populations Screening Tests Treatments For a summary of … Adequate evidence indicates that currently available screening tests can accurately detect adolescent … Screening Tests for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Screening Test Description Forward bend test The

333. Evaluating Test Strategies for Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Decision Analysis (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2008 - Interventions: Fecal occult blood tests (FOBTs), flexible sigmoidos- copy, or colonoscopy screening beginning … Number of life-years gained compared with no screening and number of colonoscopies and noncolonoscopy tests … Many tests are available for screening, such as fecal occult blood tests (FOBTs), flexible sigmoid- oscopy … In the base case, we assumed 100% adherence for screening tests, follow-up of positive findings, and … this ratio would be higher if other tests were included in the numerator).

334. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Genital Herpes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 15, 2005 - Serological Tests Serological tests are used to detect previous infection with HSV-1 and HSV-2 in asymptomatic … Currently available tests are described in Table 1 . … Sensitivity and specificity of these tests are comparable to the Western blot assay. 12 These tests … only pregnant women (about 24,000 tests per case averted). … Sorting out the new HSV type-specific tests.

335. Archived: Evidence Summary: Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 08, 2004 - are usually followed by confirmatory RIBA tests. 90 Patients with positive results on both tests are … Development of screening and confirmation tests for antibodies to hepatitis C virus. … Interpreting serologic tests for hepatitis C virus infection: balancing cost and clarity. … Diagnostic tests for hepatitis C. Hepatology 1997;26(3 Suppl 1):43S-47S. 168. … and third-generation tests are both in standard use.

336. Sixth Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 01, 2017 - Americans by making evidence-based recommendations about clinical preventive services such as screening tests … Force comprehensively assesses evidence and makes recommendations about the effectiveness of screening tests

337. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Draft Statement: Screening for Glaucoma (pdf file)
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     February 19, 2013 - should certainly continue to see their primary care clinician or eye care specialist to determine which tests … research on the basic science of glaucoma, the establishment of diagnostic standards, effective screening tests

338. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening for Pancreatic Cancer (pdf file)
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     March 04, 2019 - Some tests that look for pancreatic cancer are invasive and can lead to pain, adverse reactions to anesthesia … “New effective screening tests are needed that can find pancreatic cancer earlier,” says Task Force

339. Cervical Cancer Screening What You Should Know (pdf file)
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     December 03, 2024 - Alternatively, get screened with: • A Pap test every 3 years; or • A combination of Pap and HPV tests

340. Draft Research Plan: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 28, 2021 - What is the comparative test accuracy of high-risk HPV tests used in U.S. … design-specific criteria Poor-quality, according to USPSTF design-specific criteria * HPV tests