New Releases in Preventive Services

USPSTF Recommendations for STI Screening (3/14/08)

Screening for Phenylketonuria (3/10/08)
    Recommendation Statement (PDF File, 45 KB; PDF Help)
    Clinical Summary (PDF File, 50 KB; PDF Help)
    Supporting Article (PDF File, 600 KB; PDF Help)

Screening for Congenital Hypothyroidism (3/10/08)
    Recommendation Statement (PDF File, 40 KB; PDF Help)
    Clinical Summary (PDF File, 55 KB; PDF Help)
    Supporting Article (PDF File, 45 KB; PDF Help)

Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using Spirometry (3/3/08)
   Recommendation Statement (PDF File, 215 KB; PDF Help)
   Clinical Summary (PDF File, 50 KB; PDF Help)
   Supporting Article (PDF File, 320 KB; PDF Help)
   Evidence Synthesis (PDF File, 600 KB; PDF Help)

Screening for Bacterial Vaginosis in Pregnancy (2/5/08)
   Recommendation Statement (PDF File, 205 KB; PDF Help)
   Clinical Summary (PDF File, 60 KB; PDF Help)
   Update Review (PDF File, 1 MB; PDF Help)
   Evidence Synthesis (PDF File, 1 MB; PDF Help)

Screening for Illicit Drug Use (1/18/08)
   Recommendation Statement (PDF File, 75 KB; PDF Help)
   Systematic Review (PDF File, 2 MB; PDF Help)
   Supplemental Evidence Update (PDF File, 230 KB; PDF Help)

Update on the Methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Estimating Certainty and Magnitude of Net Benefit (12/18/07)

Screening for Carotid Artery Stenosis (12/18/07)
   Recommendation Statement (PDF File, 330 KB; PDF Help)
   Supporting Article (PDF File, 285 KB; PDF Help)
   Clinical Summary (PDF File, 240 KB; PDF Help)
   Report of the Evidence (PDF File, 700 KB; PDF Help)

Screening for High Blood Pressure (12/4/07)
   Recommendation Statement (PDF File, 62 KB; PDF Help)
   Supporting Article (PDF File, 100 KB; PDF Help)
   Clinical Summary (PDF File, 62 KB; PDF Help)
   Evidence Syntheses (PDF File, 270 KB; PDF Help)

 

Current Recommendation Statements by Clinical Category

Current as of March 2008

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Internet Citation:

New Releases in Preventive Services. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/prevnew.htm

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