Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2009

Recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

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The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services includes U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on screening, counseling, and preventive medication topics and includes clinical considerations for each topic. This new pocket guide provides general practitioners, internists, family practitioners, pediatricians, nurses, and nurse practitioners with an authoritative source for making decisions about preventive services.

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Contents

Foreword
Preface
Section 1. Preventive Services Recommended by the USPSTF
Section 2. Recommendations for Adults
   Cancer
        Aspirin/NSAIDS for Prevention of Colorectal Cancer
        Bladder Cancer in Adults, Screening
        Breast and Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility, Genetic Risk Assessment and BRCA Mutation Testing
        Breast Cancer, Chemoprevention
        Breast Cancer, Screening
        Cervical Cancer, Screening
        ^*Colorectal Cancer, Screening
        Lung Cancer Screening
        Oral Cancer, Screening
        Ovarian Cancer, Screening
        Pancreatic Cancer, Screening
        ^*Prostate Cancer, Screening
        Skin Cancer, Counseling to Prevent
        ^*Skin Cancer, Screening
        Testicular Cancer, Screening
        Vitamin Supplementation to Prevent Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease, Routine
   Heart, Vascular, and Respiratory Diseases
        Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Screening
        ^*Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events
        Carotid Artery Stenosis, Screening
        Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Screening
        Coronary Heart Disease, Screening
        High Blood Pressure, Screening
        ^*Lipid Disorders in Adults, Screening
        Peripheral Arterial Disease, Screening
   Infectious Diseases
        ^*Asymptomatic Bacteriuria, Screening
        Chlamydial Infection, Screening
        Genital Herpes, Screening
        Gonorrhea, Screening
        Hepatitis B Virus Infection, Screening
        Hepatitis C in Adults, Screening
        HIV, Screening
        ^*Sexually Transmitted Infections, Counseling
        Syphilis Infection, Screening
   Injury and Violence
        Family and Intimate Partner Violence, Screening
        Motor Vehicle Occupant Restraints and Avoidance of Alcohol Use While Driving, Counseling
   Mental Health Conditions and Substance Abuse
        Alcohol Misuse, Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions in Primary Care to Reduce
        Dementia, Screening
        Depression (Adults), Screening
        Illicit Drug Use, Screening
        Suicide Risk, Screening
        Tobacco Use and Tobacco-Caused Disease, Counseling to Prevent
   Metabolic, Nutritional, and Endocrine Conditions
        Diet, Behavioral Counseling in Primary Care to Promote a Healthy
        Hemochromatosis, Screening
        Hormone Therapy for the Prevention of Chronic Conditions in Postmenopausal Women
        Iron Deficiency Anemia, Screening
        Obesity in Adults, Screening
        Physical Activity, Behavioral Counseling in Primary Care to Promote
        Thyroid Disease, Screening
        ^*Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Adults, Screening
   Musculoskeletal Conditions
        Low Back Pain in Adults, Primary Care Interventions to Prevent
        Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women, Screening
   Obstetric and Gynecologic Conditions
        Bacterial Vaginosis in Pregnancy, Screening
        ^*Breastfeeding, Behavioral Interventions to Promote
        ^*Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Screening
        Rh (D) Incompatibility, Screening
   Vision Disorders
        Glaucoma, Screening
Section 3. Recommendations for Children and Adolescents
        Blood Lead Levels in Children and Pregnant Women, Screening
        ^*Congenital Hypothyroidism, Screening
        Dental Caries in Preschool Children, Prevention
        Hip Dysplasia, Screening
        Idiopathic Scoliosis in Adolescents, Screening
        Lipid Disorders in Children, Screening
        ^*Major Depressive Disorder in Children and Adolescents, Screening
        ^*Newborn Hearing Screening
        Overweight in Children and Adolescents, Screening and Interventions
        ^*Phenylketonuria, Screening
        Sickle Cell Disease, Screening
        Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children, Screening
        Visual Impairment in Children Younger Than Age 5 Years, Screening
Appendixes
        Appendix A. How the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Grades Its Recommendations
        Appendix B. Members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force 2002-2009
        Appendix C. Acknowledgments
        Appendix D. ACIP Recommended Immunization Schedules

*New recommendations March 2008 to March 2009.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is an independent panel of experts in primary care and prevention that systematically reviews the evidence of effectiveness and develops recommendations for clinical preventive services. Sponsored since 1998 by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Task Force is the leading independent panel of private-sector experts in prevention and primary care.

The pocket guide covers all USPSTF recommendations from 2002 through March 2009. Up-to-date recommendations are available through the A-Z Topic Index.

Recommendations are organized for quick reference and easy searching. One section matches recommended preventive services to patients—men, women, pregnant women, and children.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's (USPSTF) Electronic Preventive Services Selector for PDAs, and its companion Web-based tool, is updated frequently with new USPSTF recommendations. Users can search recommendations by patient age, sex, and pregnancy status. To download, subscribe, or search, go to http://www.epss.ahrq.gov.

Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. Government. They should not be construed as an official position of AHRQ or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

AHRQ Publication No. 09-IP006
Current as of August 2009

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Internet Citation:

Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2009: Recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. AHRQ Publication No. 09-IP006, August 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/pocketgd09/

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