Tag: Screening
USPSTF: Not Enough Evidence to Recommend Screening for Food Insecurity
Current evidence is insufficient for assessing balance of benefits and harms of screening on health outcomes
NT-proBNP, IL-1RL Can Identify High-Risk Congenital Heart Disease in Neonates
Combining NT-proBNP and IL-1 RL1 tests performed well, enabling additional identification of asymptomatic babies
Overall Prevalence of Being Up-to-Date With Lung Cancer Screening Is Low
Increase in UTD-LCS prevalence seen with age and number of comorbidities; relatively lower levels seen in Southern states
Surveillance IDs New Tumors in Children With Cancer Predisposition
Standardized surveillance of children with cancer predisposition syndromes has high sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV
Mailed HIV Self-Tests Can Improve Access to Testing in Priority Audiences
24.1 and 24.8 percent who completed postorder questionnaire had never received testing, had not been tested in past year
AI Screens Patients for Clinical Trials With Greater Accuracy Than Staff
In addition to enhanced performance, automated screening cuts costs
The 5-Cog Paradigm Improves Diagnosis, Management of Dementia
Threefold improvement seen in dementia care actions with 5-Cog paradigm, a culturally adept, cognitive detection tool
USPSTF Recommends Osteoporosis Screening for Women Aged 65 Years and Older
Screening also recommended for postmenopausal women aged younger than 65 years with one or more risk factors
Lung Cancer Screening Increases Earlier-Stage Diagnoses, Improves Survival
Uptake of lung cancer screening was low, but overall and lung cancer-specific survival improved with screening
Lowering FIT Positivity Thresholds Improves Sensitivity, Specificity
Lowering FIT positivity threshold yields levels of sensitivity, specificity comparable to those reported for multitarget stool RNA testing
