Tag: Screening
Most At-Risk Opt Out of Genetic Testing for Huntington Disease
Lack of cure, inability to 'undo knowledge' primary reasons for not going through with testing
Cancer Screening Less Likely Among Current Smokers
Findings based on guideline-based screening for breast, prostate, colorectal cancer
Recs Updated for TB Screening, Treatment in Health Care Workers
Guidelines include preplacement TB risk assessment, postexposure symptom evaluation and testing
Some Cervical Cancer Screening Strategies More Cost-Effective
Most lifetime QALYs seen with cytologic testing every three years, repeated for ASC-US
T2Bacteria Panel Accurately IDs Bloodstream Infections
Mean time to species identification 3.61 to 7.70 hours, depending on number of samples tested
New Recommendations Developed for Breast Cancer Screening
Guideline based on individual breast cancer risk profile, with specific screening strategies
Rate of Ordering Cancer Screening Tests Decreases During Clinic Day
Rate of patient completion of cancer screening tests also decreases with appointment later in the day
Oral Aspirin Does Not Up FIT Test Sensitivity for ID’ing CRC
Sensitivity not significantly increased in aspirin versus placebo group at two cutoffs
Serum Free Fatty Acid Level Verifies Fasting State in Children
Free fatty acid level consistent with nonfasting in 9.7 percent of outpatients and 1.6 percent of inpatients
Improvement Needed in Doctor-Patient Lung Cancer Screening Discussions
Crude estimated rates of physician-patient discussion dropped from 6.7 to 4.3 percent in 2012 to 2017
