Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2012

The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services includes U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on screening, counseling, and preventive medication topics and includes clinical recommendations for each topic. This new pocket guide provides family physicians, internists, pediatricians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other clinicians with an authoritative source for making decisions about preventive services.

Contents

Foreword
Preface
Section 1. Preventive Services Recommended by the USPSTF
Section 2. Recommendations for Adults (alphabetical list)

• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Screening
• Alcohol Misuse, Screening and Behavioral Counseling
• Aspirin for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Preventive Medication
• Aspirin or NSAIDS for Prevention of Colorectal Cancer, Preventive Medication
• Bacteriuria, Screening
• ^*Bladder Cancer, Screening
• Breast and Ovarian Cancer, BRCA Testing, Screening
• Breast Cancer, Screening, (Part 1)
• Breast Cancer, Screening, (Part 2)
• Breastfeeding, Counseling
• Carotid Artery Stenosis, Screening
• ^*Cervical Cancer, Screening
• Chlamydial Infection, Screening
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Screening
• Colorectal Cancer, Screening
• Coronary Heart Disease (Risk Assessment, Nontraditional Risk Factors), Screening
• Depression in Adults, Screening
• Diabetes Mellitus, Screening
• Folic Acid Supplementation, Preventive Medication
• Genital Herpes Simplex, Screening
• Gestational Diabetes, Screening
• Glaucoma, Screening
• Gonorrhea, Screening
• Hemochromatosis, Screening
• Hepatitis B Virus Infection, Screening
• Hepatitis B Virus Infection (Pregnant Women), Screening
• Hepatitis C Virus Infection, Screening
• High Blood Pressure in Adults, Screening
• HIV Infection, Screening
• Hormone Replacement Therapy, Preventive Medication
• Illicit Drug Use, Screening
• Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults, Screening
• Lipid Disorders in Adults, Screening
• Lung Cancer Screening
• Motor Vehicle Occupant Restraints, Counseling
• Oral Cancer, Screening
• *Osteoporosis, Screening
• Ovarian Cancer, Screening
• Pancreatic Cancer, Screening
• Peripheral Arterial Disease, Screening
• Rh (D) Incompatibility, Screening
• Sexually Transmitted Infections, Counseling
• Skin Cancer, Screening
• Suicide Risk, Screening
• Syphilis Infection, Screening
• Syphilis (Pregnant Women), Screening
• *Testicular Cancer, Screening
• Thyroid Disease, Screening
• Tobacco Use in Adults, Counseling and Intervention

Section 3. Recommendations for Children and Adolescents (alphabetical list)

• Blood Lead Levels in Children and Pregnancy, Screening
• Congenital Hypothyroidism, Screening
• Development Dysplasia of the Hip, Screening
• ^*Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Preventive Medication
• Hearing Loss (Newborn), Screening
• Hyperbilirubinemia in Infants, Screening
• Iron Deficiency Anemia, Screening (Pts. 1 and 2)
• Lipid Disorders in Children, Screening
• Major Depressive Disorder in Children and Adolescents, Screening
• Obesity in Children and Adolescents, Screening
• Phenylketonuria, Screening
• Scoliosis in Adolescents (Idiopathic), Screening
• Sickle Cell Disease, Screening
• Speech and Language Delay, Screening
• ^*Visual Impairment in Children Ages 1-5, Screening

Section 4. Immunizations
Section 5. Topics in Progress

Appendixes
Appendix A. How the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Grades Its Recommendations
Appendix B. Members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force 2002-2012
Appendix C: Acknowledgments
Appendix D. About the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Appendix E. More Resources
Appendix F: Screening for Breast Cancer

*New recommendations released March 2010 to March 2012.

The clinical summaries in this Guide are abridged versions of recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). To view the full recommendation statements, supporting evidence, or recommendations published after March 2012, go to http://www.USPreventiveServicesTaskForce.org.

The USPSTF Electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS) allows users to download the USPSTF recommendations to PDA, mobile, or tablet devices, receive notifications of updates, and search and browse recommendations online. Users can search the ePSS for recommendations by patient age, sex, and pregnancy status. To download, subscribe, or search, go to http://www.epss.ahrq.gov.

Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. Government. They should not be construed as an official position of AHRQ or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.