... 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...
... 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...
... 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...
...
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...
... 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...
... 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...
...
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...
... (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...
... 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...