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81. Archived: Evidence Summary: Visual Impairment in Children Ages 1-5: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 15, 2011 - There is good evidence that commonly used visual acuity tests, stereoacuity tests, the cover-uncover … Four studies evaluated visual acuity tests (Lea symbols and HOTV tests), 3 evaluated stereoacuity tests … tests, tests of stereopsis, tests for strabismus, photoscreeners, autorefractors) Exclude studies … available in primary care settings (eg, visual acuity tests, tests of stereopsis, tests for strabismus … tests, tests of stereopsis, tests for strabismus, photoscreeners, autorefractors) Exclude studies

82. Screening for Gonorrhea: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2010 - There is fair evidence that screening tests can accurately detect gonorrhea infection and good evience … There is fair evidence that non-invasive screening tests can accurately detect gonorrhea infection … Newer screening tests, including nucleic acid amplification tests and nucleic acid hybridization tests … , and nucleic acid hybridization tests (nucleic acid probes). … Vaginal swabs may also be used with certain nucleic acid amplification tests.

83. Evidence Summary: Vision in Children Ages 6 Months to 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    September 05, 2017 - , stereoacuity tests, ocular alignment tests, autorefractors, photoscreeners, and retinal birefringence … visual acuity tests, stereoacuity tests, and ocular alignment tests (eTables 6-7 in the Supplement). … tests. … Testability may limit the utility of some screening tests, especially clinical tests, in children younger … The VIP study, the largest to directly compare multiple tests, generally found similar LRs across tests

84. Screening for Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children Aged 5 Years or Younger: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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    June 30, 2015 - 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

85. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnancy: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2009 - Grade: A Screening Tests Nontreponemal tests commonly used for initial screening include … : • Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) • Rapid Plasma Reagin (RPR) Confirmatory tests

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    December 20, 2016 - While HSV-1 infection can be identified by serologic tests, the tests cannot determine if the site of … While serologic screening tests can detect HSV-1 infection, the tests cannot determine if the site of … No stud- ies have examined the screening accuracy of serologic HSV tests in pregnant women. … While HSV-1 in- fection can be detected through serologic tests, these tests cannot determine the site … , the tests cannot determine if the site of infection is oral or genital.

87. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    June 07, 2016 - Detection There are numerous screening tests for syphilis. … Most common is a combination of nontreponemal and treponemal antibody tests. … There are numerous screening tests for syphilis. … Screening Tests Current screening tests for syphilis rely on detection of antibodies rather than direct … Positive results on both tests indicate past or present syphilis infection.

88. Recommendation: Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    May 24, 2022 - Several screening tests can identify open-angle glaucoma; however, these tests are not commonly administered … Diagnosis of open-angle glaucoma is based on a combination of tests showing degenerative changes in … Commonly used tests include tonometry (for IOP), ophthalmoscopy during the dilated eye examination (for … of screening tests to detect glaucoma. … While the USPSTF found adequate evidence that screening tests can identify POAG, these screening tests

89. Archived: Final Research Plan: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    September 18, 2014 - methods that identify persons at increased risk for syphilis (Key Question 2), accuracy of screening tests … What is the accuracy of currently used screening tests and strategies (e.g., sequence of tests) for detecting … increased risk” and true disease status will be determined by the available studies KQ 3: FDA-approved tests … technique could be evaluated by comparing its sensitivity and specificity with that of MHA-TP and FTA-ABS tests … outcomes (e.g., laboratory studies) KQ 4: Harms related to true-positive and true-negative tests

90. Draft Recommendation: Screening for Glaucoma | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    October 26, 2021 - Screening for open-angle glaucoma is based on a combination of tests showing degenerative changes … Imaging tests such as optical coherence testing (OCT) and optic disc photography (to view the optic nerve … Accuracy of Screening Tests and Risk Assessment Fifty-three studies (n=65,464) examined the accuracy … of screening tests to detect glaucoma. … Diagnosis of glaucoma is usually based on several tests that, when combined, evaluate the structure and

91. Draft Recommendation: Screening for Primary-Angle Glaucoma | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    October 26, 2021 - Screening for open-angle glaucoma is based on a combination of tests showing degenerative changes … Imaging tests such as optical coherence testing (OCT) and optic disc photography (to view the optic nerve … Accuracy of Screening Tests and Risk Assessment Fifty-three studies (n=65,464) examined the accuracy … of screening tests to detect glaucoma. … Diagnosis of glaucoma is usually based on several tests that, when combined, evaluate the structure and

92. Screening for Glaucoma (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2013 - widely accepted way of diagnosing glaucoma that can be used to determine whether glaucoma screening tests … 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 … The Task Force recommendations do not cover diagnosis (tests to find out why you are sick) or treatment

93. Final Research Plan: Bacterial Vaginosis in Pregnant Persons to Prevent Preterm Delivery: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    May 17, 2018 - What is the diagnostic accuracy of tests used to screen for bacterial vaginosis?  … What is the uptake or use of various diagnostic tests for bacterial vaginosis in clinical practice? … Intervention KQs 1, 3: Routine screening for bacterial vaginosis using Gram stain or any tests … VS-SENSE PRO™ (pH indicator vaginal swab) OSOM® BVBLUE ® (detects sialidase activity) Other tests … sensitivity analyses if good- or fair-quality studies are not available * Other diagnostic tests

94. Screening for Bladder Cancer: Clinical Summary of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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    August 05, 2011 - 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

95. Clinical Summary: Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures (pdf file)
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    June 20, 2018 - 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).

96. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Ovarian Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    April 15, 2012 - Of the 28,803 women with baseline CA-125 tests performed, 402 had abnormal results (1.4 percent) and … In the subset of women with abnormal results on both tests, 34 (0.1 percent) underwent 27 biopsies and … The PPV for the combined tests was 26.5 percent for any neoplasm and 23.5 percent for invasive cancer … Most women (33 of 36) with abnormal results on one or both tests repeated one or both tests over the … The higher positive-screen rate in the Rufford study for both screening tests could reflect the fact

97. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Evidence Update for the USPTF Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2012 - New evidence on the combination of ultrasonography and cancer antigen-125 blood tests for screening … Of the 28,803 women with baseline CA-125 tests performed, 402 had abnormal results (1.4 percent) and … In the subset of women with abnormal results on both tests, 34 (0.1 percent) underwent 27 biopsies … Most women (33 of 36) with abnormal results on one or both tests repeated one or both tests over the … The higher positive-screen rate in the Rufford study for both screening tests could reflect the fact

98. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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    May 18, 2021 - determine the differential uptake of tests, determine the comparative yield between tests, or both. … 2 What are the serious harms of the different screening tests? … All tests were 2-sided, with P < .05 indicating statistical significance. … What are the serious harms of the different screen- ing tests? … Immunochemical faecal occult blood tests are superior to guaiac-based tests for the detection of colorectal

99. Screening for Visual Impairment in Children Ages 1–5 Years: Update for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2011 - Four studies evaluated visual acuity tests (Lea symbols and HOTV tests), 3 evaluated stereoacuity tests … Testability using common visual acuity tests, stereoacuity tests, photoscreening, and autorefractors … tests, tests of stereopsis, tests for strabismus, photoscreeners, autorefractors) ● Exclude studies … in primary care settings (eg, visual acuity tests, tests of stereopsis, tests for strabismus, photoscreeners … tests, tests of stereopsis, tests for strabismus, photoscreeners, autorefractors) ● Exclude studies

100. Evidence Summary: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 15, 2016 - or developing new 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 … of all tests were rehydrated. … Sparse data on most individual tests limited comparisons.