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... that prevention strategies can have major health care benefits, implementation of these services is challenging because of competing demands on physician and patient time and because of gaps ... years and women >50 years 235 Chemoprevention of breast cancer in women at high risk 65 STDs and HIV prevention 124, 182 Physical activity Sun exposure 57 Injury prev...

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... approach, which is associated with high cost and a substantial risk of false-positive results. This chapter will review the basic principles of screening and prevention in the primary care setting. ... introduced to new screening tests, often in advance of complete evaluation. For example, the use of whole-body CT imaging has been advocated as a means to screen for a...

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... relative and absolute impact on numbers of lives saved. Note: PSA, prostate-specific antigen. 3. The cost per year of life saved is used to assess the effectiveness of many screening and prevention ... absorptiometry (DEXA) and then treated appropriately to prevent one hip fracture from osteoporosis. 2. The absolute and relative impact of screening on disease...

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... Every 3 years 338 Pap smear b Within 3 years of onset of sexual Every 1– 3 years 78 Chapter 004. Screening and Prevention of Disease (Kỳ 3) The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force ... disorders pending the development of further evidence. Three examples are screening for diabetes (using fasting blood glucose), domestic violence, and coronary artery di...

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... ri se and fall of menopausal hormone therapy. Chapter 004. Screening and Prevention of Disease (Kỳ 5) A number of techniques can assist the physician with the growing number of recommended ... routine screening. Systems that provide nurses and other staff with standing orders are effective for smoking prevention and immunizations. The Agency for Healthc...

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... eating more fruits and vegetables, consuming more whole-grain cereals, selecting leaner cuts of meat and skimmed dairy products, reducing fried foods and other added fats and oils, and drinking ... limiting cholesterol to <300 mg/d; and keeping total fat between 20 and 35% of daily calories and saturated fats to <10% of daily calories. Application of these gu...

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... Kushner RF: Roadmaps for clinical practice: Case studies in disease prevention and health promotion— assessment and management of adult obesity: A primer for physicians. Chicago, American ... National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, North American Association for the Study of Obesity: Practical guide: Identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesi...

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... (http://www.who.int) and the World Bank/WHO Global Burden of Disease Study (http://www. who.int/topics/global_burden _of_ disease) , and countryspe-  and Prevention ... underrecognition and underdi-  extent of the underreporting varies across countries and depen...

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... are offered TB screening following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines [ 1]. Upon commencement of employment, all workers are examined to exclude active TB disease and ... compari- son of TST and IGRA is possible. Furt hermore, more than three years have passed since the introduction of IGRA screening at the hospital and the predictive value...

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