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381. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: USPSTF Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     November 30, 2017 - Detection The USPSTF found adequate evidence that screening tests can accurately detect syphilis infection … women at the first prenatal visit, and some mandate screening at the time of delivery.8 Screening Tests … Current screening tests for syphilis rely on detection of antibodies to the infection rather than direct … Grade: A Risk Assessment Screening Tests Relevant USPSTF Recommendations Treatments and Interventions … Because nontreponemal tests are complex, a re- verse sequence screening algorithm has been developed

382. Screening for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2008 - Screening Tests In the United States, the most common screening test is an initial 50-g 1-hour glucose … Accuracy of Screening Tests There are studies that report the sensitivity and speci- ficity of various … gestational diabetes screening tests as pre- dictors for gestational diabetes. … , diagnostic tests, and diagnostic criteria. … Given the lack of evidence to deter- mine the accuracy of screening tests, it is difficult to esti- mate

383. Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2016 - Evidence on the use of other tests for vision screening in primary care, such as the pinhole test (a … Evidence on other tests is lacking. … Accuracy of Screening Tests Asking screening questions to elicit self-perceived problems with vi- sion … 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.

384. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     February 13, 2018 - deaths occur among women 45 years and older.2 Detection The positive predictive value of screening tests … ovarian cancer (ie, many women without ovarian cancer will have a false-positive result on screening tests … Screening Tests The USPSTF does not recommend routine screening for ovarian can- cer using any method … Grade: D Risk Assessment Screening Tests Treatments Other Relevant USPSTF Recommendations For a … There is a need for more sensitive and specific serologic tests, as well as better imaging techniques

385. Screening for Suicide Risk in Adolescents, Adults, and Older Adults in Primary Care: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2014 - Screening tests for suicide risk vary and have a wide range of 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 … An additional concern was the lag time between the screening and reference tests, with only 1 study con

386. Screening for Prostate Cancer: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     Risk assessment Screening tests Screening intervals Management strategies for localized prostate cancer

387. Archived: Ovarian Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 15, 2012 - Screening Tests Transvaginal ultrasonography and serum cancer antigen (CA)–125 testing are the … Screening Tests Transvaginal ultrasonography and serum CA-125 testing are readily available procedures … categorized as being at intermediate risk for ovarian cancer and required up to 5 additional blood tests … there is currently limited evidence to assess the ultimate health effects of other potential screening tests

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     March 01, 2014 - high risk for lung cancer (current or former smokers) and the benefits and harms of these screening tests … Screening Tests Low-dose computed tomography has shown high sen- sitivity and acceptable specificity … The review focused on new evidence from RCTs to determine the effectiveness of these screening tests … Infor- mation about the harms associated with these screening tests was obtained from RCTs and cohort … lung cancer with LDCT, chest radi- ography, sputum cytologic evaluation, or a combination of these tests

389. Final Research Plan: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 29, 2015 - important assay-related issues, including differences in test performance characteristics, of the HPV tests … † HPV tests approved by the U.S.

390. Recommendation: Rh(D) Incompatibility: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 15, 2004 - Grade: B Screening Tests Rh (D) blood typing and antibody testing prevents maternal sensitization … The USPSTF found no new evidence addressing the role of screening, new screening tests, new treatment

391. Archived: Final Research Plan: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 02, 2014 - treatment (e.g., myopathy, rhabdomyolysis, myalgia, cognitive loss, diabetes, elevations in liver function tests … such as myopathy, rhabdomyolysis, myalgia, cognitive loss, diabetes, and elevations in liver function tests

392. Screening for Cervical Cancer: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Screening Tests The effectiveness of cervical cancer screening observed in the United States over the … Data varied by age; 25% of women aged 18 to 29 years with cancer reported no pre- vious Pap tests, and … could be expected (approximately 5000 more lifetime tests per 1000 women with co-testing). … Hu- man papillomavirus DNA versus Papanicolaou screening tests for cervical cancer. … Human papillomavirus and Papanicolaou tests to screen for cervical cancer.

393. Archived: Evidence Summary: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 01, 2016 - Study Selection: Randomized clinical trials of screening; diagnostic accuracy studies of screening tests … New evidence on the diagnostic accuracy of visual acuity screening tests was limited and consistent with … Screening for hearing and visual loss among elderly with questionnaires and tests: which method is the … Sensitivity and specificity of tests to detect eye disease in an older population. … c Included computerized high-contrast visual acuity and low-contrast visual acuity tests.

394. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 15, 2009 - Data Synthesis: Direct evidence on screening and evidence on accuracy of diagnostic tests were synthesized … Eight cross-sectional studies evaluated the accuracy of various diagnostic tests or screening questions … Visual Acuity Tests Four studies found various visual acuity screening tests (near, distance, pinhole … Other Screening Tests One study found that the Amsler grid was associated with poor accuracy as … Sensitivity and specificity of tests to detect eye disease in an older population.

395. Screening Older Adults for Impaired Visual Acuity: A Review of the Evidence for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2009 - Data Synthesis: Direct evidence on screening and evidence on accuracy of diagnostic tests were synthesized … Eight cross-sectional studies evaluated the accuracy of various diagnostic tests or screening questions … Visual Acuity Tests Four studies found various visual acuity screening tests (near, distance, pinhole … Screening for hear- ing and visual loss among elderly with questionnaires and tests: which method is … Sensitivity and specificity of tests to detect eye disease in an older population.

396. Archived: Lung Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 31, 2013 - Screening Tests Low-dose computed tomography has high sensitivity and acceptable specificity for … Screening Tests Low-dose computed tomography has shown high sensitivity and acceptable specificity … The review focused on new evidence from RCTs to determine the effectiveness of these screening tests … Information about the harms associated with these screening tests was obtained from RCTs and cohort studies … for lung cancer with LDCT, chest radiography, sputum cytologic evaluation, or a combination of these tests

397. Archived: Problem Drinking: 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 … Brief screening tests may be less sensitive or less specific in young persons: sensitivity of the CAGE … Although laboratory tests such as GGT are not sufficiently sensitive or specific for routine screening … Neither questionnaires nor laboratory tests should be considered diagnostic of problem drinking without … Comparison of questionnaire and laboratory tests in the detection of excessive drinking and alcoholism

398. Archived: Alcohol Misuse: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions in Primary Care | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 15, 2013 - Grade: I statement Screening Tests Numerous screening instruments can detect alcohol misuse in … Screening Tests The USPSTF considers 3 tools as the instruments of choice for screening for alcohol … Tests include single-question screening; AUDIT; the Cut-Down, Annoyed, Guilty, and Eye-Opener (CAGE) … Several of these tests also have abbreviated versions. … However, the sensitivity of these screening tests varies by sex and achieving similar sensitivity for

399. Screening for Depression in Children and Adolescents: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2016 - the evidence on the benefits and harms of screening; the accuracy of primary care–feasible screening tests … Screening Tests Two instruments that have been most often studied are the Patient Health Questionnaire … Screening Tests Many MDD screening instruments have been de- veloped for use in primary care and have … Accuracy of Screening Tests The USPSTF found 5 good- or fair-quality studies of the accuracy of MDD … The USPSTF found inadequate evidence that screening tests can accurately identify MDD in children and

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     March 01, 2014 - Methods: The USPSTF reviewed the evidence on the accuracy of screening tests for GDM, the benefits and … The USPSTF found inadequate evidence to compare the effectiveness of different screening tests or thresholds … recommendation, the USPSTF commissioned a systematic review of the evidence on the accuracy of screening tests … Data on screening and diagnostic tests for GDM before 24 weeks of gestation were limited (1). … Screening tests for gestational diabetes: a systematic review for the U.S.