USPSTF Recommendations Flashcards
AAA screening
B recommendations: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm:
Screening: men aged 65 to 75 years
who have ever smoked
Anxiety screening adults 18-64?
B recommendation: The USPSTF recommends screening for anxiety
disorders in adults, including pregnant and postpartum
persons.
Anxiety screening children 8-18?
B recommendation: The USPSTF recommends screening for anxiety in
children and adolescents aged 8 to 18 years.
Preeclampsia prevention?
B: The USPSTF recommends the use of low-dose aspirin
(81 mg/day) as preventive medication after 12 weeks of
gestation in persons who are at high risk for
preeclampsia. See the Practice Considerations section
for information on high risk and aspirin dose.
Asymptomatic bacteriuria screening in adults?
B: The USPSTF recommends screening for asymptomatic
bacteriuria using urine culture in pregnant persons.
BRCA related cancer screening?
B: The USPSTF recommends that primary care clinicians
assess women with a personal or family history of
breast, ovarian, tubal, or peritoneal cancer or who have
an ancestry associated with breast cancer susceptibility
1 and 2 (BRCA1/2) gene mutations with an appropriate
brief familial risk assessment tool. Women with a
positive result on the risk assessment tool should
receive genetic counseling and, if indicated after
counseling, genetic testing.
Recommendations for women with increased risk of cancer?
B: The USPSTF recommends that clinicians offer to
prescribe risk-reducing medications, such as tamoxifen,
raloxifene, or aromatase inhibitors, to women who are
at increased risk (>35) for breast cancer and at low risk for
adverse medication effects.
Cervical cancer screening recommendation
A: The USPSTF recommends screening for cervical cancer
every 3 years with cervical cytology alone in women
aged 21 to 29 years. For women aged 30 to 65 years, the
USPSTF recommends screening every 3 years with
cervical cytology alone, every 5 years with high-risk
human papillomavirus (hrHPV) testing alone, or every 5
years with hrHPV testing in combination with cytology
(cotesting). See the Clinical Considerations section for
the relative benefits and harms of alternative screening
strategies for women 21 years or older.
STI screening recommendations?
B: Sexually active women and pregnant women, The USPSTF recommends screening for chlamydia and gonorrhea in all sexually active women 24 years or younger and in women 25 years or older who are at increased risk for infection.
Colon cancer screening?
B: The USPSTF recommends screening for colorectal
cancer in adults aged 45 to 49 years. See the “Practice
Considerations” section and Table 1 for details about
screening strategies.
A: The USPSTF recommends screening for colorectal
cancer in all adults aged 50 to 75 years. See the
“Practice Considerations” section and Table 1 for details
about screening strategies.
Depression screening?
B: Screen for MDD ages 12-18 and adult population including pregnant and postpartum, and older adults
Folic Acid recommendations?
A:The USPSTF recommends that all persons planning to
or who could become pregnant take a daily
supplement containing 0.4 to 0.8 mg (400 to 800 mcg)
of folic acid.
Gestational Diabetes screening?
B: Screen in asymptomatic people at 24 wks or after
HepB screening in pregnancy?
A: at first prenatal visit
HepC screening?
B: 18-79 yo
