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341. Ninth Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 01, 2019 - Americans by making evidence-based recommendations about clinical preventive services such as screening tests … benefits and harms of services to prevent disease in people without signs or symptoms, including screening tests

342. Recommendation: Testicular Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 15, 2011 - Population Adolescent and Adult Males Recommendation Do Not Screen Grade: D Screening Tests … Potential harms include false-positive results, anxiety, and harms from diagnostic tests or procedures … screening for testicular cancer include false-positive results, anxiety, and harms from diagnostic tests … Screening Tests The sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive value of testicular examination

343. Archived: Evaluating Test Strategies for Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Decision Analysis for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 15, 2008 - Outcome Measures: Number of life-years gained compared with no screening and number of screening tests … Many tests are available for screening, such as fecal occult blood tests (FOBTs), flexible sigmoidoscopy … ratio would be higher if other tests were included in the numerator). … Similar results for the other tests can be found in the Appendix Table . … Similar results were found for the other tests (results not shown).

344. Final Recommendation Statement: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 21, 2018 - Screening Tests Current evidence indicates that there are no clinically important differences between … The primary harms measured in the RCTs were the total number of follow-up tests, number of colposcopies … Although follow-up tests and colposcopies are essential to detection of cancer, they represent a burden … Primary hrHPV testing has been found to result in high rates of positive tests in this age group, in … Human papillomavirus and Papanicolaou tests to screen for cervical cancer.

345. Screening for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2021 - Summary of USPSTF Rationale Rationale Assessment Detection • Convincing evidence that screening tests … Screening Tests Nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) for Chlamydia trachoma- tis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae … FDA clears first diagnostic tests for extragenital testing for chlamydia and gonorrhea. … Limitations of screening tests for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in asymptomatic adolescent … Routine tests during pregnancy. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

346. 8Crjsjsjujfehbpdnupysb (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2014 - The USPSTF also found convincing evidence that screening tests can accurately detect gonorrhea. … using nucleic acid amplifica- tion tests (NAATs). … Nucleic acid amplification tests have high sensitivity and specificity and are cleared by the U.S. … Accuracy of Screening Tests The USPSTF found convincing evidence that avail- able screening tests can … Specificity was high across all specimens and tests for both chlamydia and gonorrhea (7).

347. Archived: Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnant Women and Young Children: Screening and Supplementation, 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 … for iron deficiency anemia. 48 , 51-59 Among these tests, serum ferritin has the best sensitivity and … There were no differences at any age in standardized tests of cognitive development or behavior. … Impact on selected tests of cognitive function. Indian Pediatr . 1985;22:737–743. [ PubMed ] 76. … Common screening tests. Philadelphia: American College of Physicians, 1991. 130.

348. Clinical Summary: Screening for Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children and Pregnant Women (pdf file)
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     April 09, 2019 - Grade: I (insufficient evidence) Screening Tests Elevated blood lead levels can be detected

349. Screening for Lipid Disorders in Children: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2007 - Serum lipid levels are accurate screening tests for childhood dyslipidemia, although many children with … • If clinicians choose to screen for dyslipidemia, the preferred screening tests are TC and HDL-C … CHD-related mortality or overall mortality; therefore it reviewed the evidence on accuracy of screening tests … Accurate screening tests in children would be useful if childhood dyslipidemia correlated with adult … Lipid-lowering agents have been shown to cause elevations in creatine kinase and liver function tests

350. Archived: Depression: 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 … 17 , 18   Return to Table of Contents Accuracy of Screening Tests … cutoff of 11. 27   It should be noted that the usual nomenclature used in the assessment of screening tests … Clinical trials have shown that the use of depression screening tests in primary care settings can increase … Force on the Periodic Health Examination found fair evidence to exclude the use of depression detection tests

351. Archived: Depression: Screening 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 07, 2002 - Rationale: The USPSTF found limited evidence on the accuracy and reliability of screening tests in children … The existing literature suggests that screening tests perform reasonably well in adolescents and that … The predictive value of positive screening tests is lower in children and adolescents than in adults, … Accuracy and Reliability of Screening Tests Several depression screening instruments are available; … Shorter screening tests, including simply asking questions about depressed mood and anhedonia, appear

352. Archived: Preeclampsia: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - and JAMA Link Archived Versions Burden of Suffering Accuracy of Screening Tests … , 4 , 8 Return to Table of Contents Accuracy of Screening Tests … Screening tests for preeclampsia are difficult … Many proposed screening tests have been found unsuitable for early detection of preeclampsia. … Other tests that have been suggested include the angiotensin II infusion test and the supine pressor

353. Draft Recommendation: Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 22, 2022 - Screening Tests Two types of screening tests for LTBI are currently available in the United States: … and treatment in asymptomatic adults seen in primary care, as well as the accuracy of LTBI screening tests … Accuracy of Screening Tests There is no direct test for the diagnosis of latent infection with M. … Currently available TST and IGRA screening tests are moderately sensitive and highly specific for LTBI … was 60% (9 studies; n=1,004) and the pooled specificity was 99% (10 studies; n=9,563). 9 For IGRA tests

354. Archived: Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2) in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 15, 2008 - Screening Tests Three tests have been used to screen for diabetes: Fasting plasma glucose (FPG … Detection: The USPSTF found convincing evidence that available screening tests accurately detect type … Screening Tests: Three tests have been used to screen for diabetes: fasting plasma glucose, 2-hour postload … Accuracy of Screening Tests: The assessment of screening tests for type 2 diabetes mellitus is complicated … Sensitivity and specificity for detecting retinopathy were in the range of 75% to 80% for all 3 tests

355. Archived: Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2) in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 15, 2008 - Screening Tests Three tests have been used to screen for diabetes: Fasting plasma glucose (FPG … Detection: The USPSTF found convincing evidence that available screening tests accurately detect type … Screening Tests: Three tests have been used to screen for diabetes: fasting plasma glucose, 2-hour postload … Accuracy of Screening Tests: The assessment of screening tests for type 2 diabetes mellitus is complicated … Sensitivity and specificity for detecting retinopathy were in the range of 75% to 80% for all 3 tests

356. Evidence Summary: Pancreatic Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 06, 2019 - Outcomes and Measures: Mortality, morbidity, or quality of life; diagnostic accuracy of screening tests … Although no studies evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of screening tests, all 13 studies reported the … All 13 studies reported diagnostic yield of screening tests for pancreatic adenocarcinoma (N = 1317, … What is the diagnostic accuracy of screening tests for pancreatic adenocarcinoma? … , and the invasive nature of diagnostic tests Treatment: The USPSTF concluded that there are poor

357. Recommendation: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 14, 2021 - Screening Tests Nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria … of more extensive risk criteria. 39 The USPSTF found convincing evidence that available screening tests … Accurate screening tests and effective antibiotic treatments are available for chlamydia and gonorrhea … Limitations of screening tests for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in asymptomatic adolescent … https://www.acog.org/womens-health/faqs/routine-tests-during-pregnancy Clinical Preventive Service

358. Archived: Osteoporosis: Screening 2011 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 15, 2011 - Screening Tests Current diagnostic and treatment criteria rely on dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry … Detection The USPSTF found convincing evidence that bone measurement tests predict short-term risk … Potential Preventable Burden Bone measurement tests may potentially detect osteoporosis in a large … Screening Tests The most commonly used bone measurement tests used to screen for osteoporosis are DXA … , not screening tests.

359. Screening for Genital Herpes Simplex: A Brief Update (pdf file)
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     March 01, 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 cost … Sorting out the new HSV type-specific tests. … and glycoprotein-G based, type-specific HSV serological tests; 2 type-specific HSV serological tests

360. Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     April 02, 2019 - Screening Tests Evidence on the use of validated screening questionnaires in asymptomatic adults (or