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61. Screening for Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children Aged 5 Years or Younger: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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    Screening Tests The USPSTF found inadequate evidence on specific screening tests for use in primary … Widely used screening tests in the United States include the Ages and Stages Questionnaire, the Language

62. Screening for Genital Herpes - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2005 - Screening for Genital Herpes - Recommendation Statement screening tests for HSV antibody does not reduce … of screening include false-positive test results, labeling, and anxiety, as well as false negative tests … The USPSTF found no evidence that screening asymptomatic adolescents and adults with serological tests … There is good evidence that serological screening tests can accurately identify those persons who have … including the WBA and type-specific glycoprotein G serological tests.

63. Final Research Plan: Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    December 21, 2017 - What is the yield (number of new diagnoses per tests performed) of one-time versus repeat screening for … 12 to 17 years) and adults without prior HCV infection Persons with known abnormal liver function tests … , harms (e.g., labeling, anxiety, drug-related harms), screening yield (number of new diagnoses per tests … 12 to 17 years) and adults without prior HCV infection Persons with known abnormal liver function tests … , harms (e.g., labeling, anxiety, drug-related harms), screening yield (number of new diagnoses per tests

64. Screening for Bladder Cancer: Clinical Summary of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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    Infections caused by certain bladder parasites Family or personal history of bladder cancer Screening Tests … Screening tests for bladder cancer include: Microscopic urinalysis for hematuria Urine cytology … Current practice: screening tests used in primary practice include microscopic urinalysis for hematuria

65. Clinical Summary: Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures (pdf file)
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    Screening Tests The most commonly used test is central dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) of the … While several bone measurement tests similarly predict risk of fractures, DXA provides measurement of … Other screening tests include peripheral DXA and quantitative ultrasound (QUS).

66. Second Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    December 01, 2014 - Americans by making evidence-based recommendations about clinical preventive services, including screening tests … Force comprehensively assesses evidence and makes recommendations about the effectiveness of screening tests … In its First Annual Report to Congress, the Task Force identified four screening tests and three behavioral … Screening for cervical cancer with human papillomavirus (HPV) tests.

67. Screening for Coronary Heart Disease: Clinician Fact Sheet (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2009 - Screening tests for CHD should not be routinely offered to asymptomatic, low risk adults and should … Low sensitivity means that those with CHD may not be detected with these tests. … Screening tests for CHD should not be routinely offered to asymptomatic, low risk adults. … Patients may ask about getting screened with these tests as a result of community health fairs, direct-to-consumer … Remember, screening tests are intended for asymptomatic individuals.

68. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: A Targeted Evidence Update for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2022 - Sensitivity and Specificity of Commonly Used Syphilis Tests Table 4. … The mean number of tests also increased significantly from 1.3 to 1.6 tests per man per year in HIV-negative … , to date, only two of these tests have been cleared by the U.S. … Diagnostic tests for syphilis: New tests and new algorithms. Neurol Clin Pract. 2014;4(2):114-22. … Comparing three treponemal tests for syphilis screening.

69. Screening for HIV: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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    Screening Tests The conventional serum test for diagnosing HIV infection is repeatedly reactive immunoassay … 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.

70. Screening for Suicide Risk in Adolescents, Adults, and Older Adults in Primary Care: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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    Screening Tests Screening tests for suicide risk vary and have a wide range in accuracy. … Data on screening tests are limited.

71. Serologic Screening for Genital Herpes Infection: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2022 - for genital herpes is limited by the low predictive value of the widely available serologic screening tests … • Although serologic tests can detect the presence of HSV-1, seropositivity for HSV-1 does not indicate … genital herpes is limited by the low predictive value of the widely available serologic screening tests … , it is highly prevalent (≈48%), and serologic tests cannot determine the site of infection (oral or … anogenital) in persons who have not previously experienced symptoms.1,6 Therefore, sero- logic tests

72. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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    July 20, 2021 - determine the differential uptake of tests, determine the comparative yield between tests, or both. … All tests were 2-sided, with P < .05 indicating statistical significance. … What are the serious harms of the different screen- ing tests? … Empirical evidence of design-related bias in studies of diagnostic tests. … Immunochemical faecal occult blood tests are superior to guaiac-based tests for the detection of colorectal

73. Procedure Manual Appendix IX. Factors to Consider When Recommending Starting and Stopping Times for Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 01, 2017 - Whether the accuracy of available screening tests differs or is uncertain in particular subgroups. … Whether the accuracy of available screening tests differs or is uncertain in particular subgroups. … history of the target condition suggests a long development or precursor period and prior screening tests

74. Archived: Bladder Cancer in Adults: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    June 07, 2004 - The USPSTF found fair evidence that screening with available tests … The potential harms of screening are at least small: screening tests have a low positive predictive value … Screening tests—such as microscopic urinalysis, urine dipstick, urine cytology, or such new tests as … However, because of the low prevalence of bladder cancer, the positive predictive value of these tests

75. Archived: Final Research Plan: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    September 27, 2014 - worse than 20/200; other causes of vision loss Interventions KQs 1, 2: Vision screening tests … multicomponent screening with a distinct vision screening component KQ 3: Vision screening tests … photodynamic therapy, vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors KQs 1, 2: Vision screening tests … performed in eye specialty settings KQ 3: Diagnostic tests for vision screening performed in … fractures; cognition; other treatment-related harms KQs 1, 2, 4, 5: Reading speed and other tests

76. Archived: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 07, 2003 - cannot determine whether the potential benefits of new screening devices relative to conventional Pap tests … Accuracy and Reliability of Screening Tests Cervical cancer screening tests potentially appropriate … for primary care settings include cervical cytology, conventional and new technologies, and tests for … Among previously screened women with a history of normal Pap tests, fewer than 1 woman in 1,000 screened … for benign disease, screening yielded 104 abnormal Pap tests but only 4 high-grade lesions: 3 cases

77. Screening for Syphilis: A Brief Update (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2004 - but reactive FTA-ABS tests. … This study compared results of clinic RPR and RST tests with standard laboratory RPR and TPHA tests in … Tests for central nervous system (CNS) syphilis infection in infants. … Diagnostic Tests. In: Larsen SA, Hunter E, Kraus S, editors. A Manual of Tests for Syphilis. … Is there new information on screening tests and methods? 4.

78. Final Research Plan: Gestational Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    June 06, 2019 - † Screening using two-step (screening first and, when indicated, diagnostic tests second) or one-step … (diagnostic tests only) strategies, each based on various criteria and thresholds, and offering treatment … What is the diagnostic accuracy of commonly used screening tests for GDM?     b. … Does the accuracy of commonly used screening tests for GDM vary according to maternal subgroup characteristics … screening for patients with risk factors vs. later screening for those without) KQ 4: Screening tests

79. Archived: Final Research Plan: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    November 05, 2015 - KQs 1–3: Risk assessment tools for low bone mass and/or high fracture risk, bone density measurement tests … Eligible bone density measurement tests include dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (central or peripheral … inhibitors) KQs 1–3: Interventions that are not risk assessment tools or bone density measurement tests … Tests that are not in routine clinical use in the United States KQs 2, 3: Screening tests not … KQs 2, 3: Screening test characteristics of risk assessment tools, bone density measurement tests

80. Screening for Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children Aged 5 Years or Younger (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2015 - screening Using tests to identify children who may have problems with speech or language. … Getting the best health care means making smart decisions about what screening tests, counseling services … 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