U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)-Related Articles, April 3, 2015

American Family Physician
Garrison A. Screening, diagnosis, and management of gestational diabetes mellitus. Am Fam Physician 2015 Apr 1; 91(7):460-7. [Uses AHRQ evidence reports and USPSTF recommendations as data sources; cites AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Screening and Diagnosing Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, 2012; cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for gestational diabetes mellitus (Ann Intern Med, 2014) and USPSTF-sponsored systematic review by Hartling et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2013) on the benefits and harms of treating gestational diabetes mellitus.] Select to access the abstract.

American Journal of Public Health
Haley SJ, Kreek MJ. A window of opportunity: maximizing the effectiveness of new HCV regimens in the United States with the expansion of the Affordable Care Act. Am J Public Health 2015 Mar; 105(3):457-63. [Cites USPSTF recommendation statement, Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adults.] Select to access the abstract.

Starr RR. Too little, too late: ineffective regulation of dietary supplements in the United States. Am J Public Health 2015 Mar; 105(3):478-85. [Mentions USPSTF recommendations on vitamin and mineral supplementation for prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer or prevention of fractures.] Select to access the abstract.

Chambers EC, Wong BC, Riley RW, et al. Combining clinical and population-level data to understand the health of neighborhoods. Am J Public Health 2015 Mar; 105(3):510-2. [Cites USPSTF publication, Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2012.] Select to access the abstract.

Biomed Research International
Tedaldi EM, Minniti NL, Fischer T. HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders: the relationship of HIV infection with physical and social comorbidities. Biomed Res Int. 2015; 2015:641913. [Cites AHRQ evidence synthesis, Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: An Evidence Update for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, 2013.] Select to access the abstract.

Families, Systems & Health
Fuchs CH, Haradhvala N, Hubley S, et al. Physician actions following a positive PHQ-2: implications for the implementation of depression screening in family medicine practice. Fam Syst Health 2015 Mar; 33(1):18-27. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for depression (Ann Intern Med, 2002).] Select to access the abstract.

JAMA Internal Medicine
Burke LG, Jha AK. Patients' functional status and hospital readmissions: remembering what matters. JAMA Intern Med 2015 Apr; 175(4):565-6. [Discusses findings from USPSTF-sponsored systematic review of multifactorial interventions to prevent functional decline in older adults by Lin et al. (J Am Geriatr Soc, 2012).] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Family Practice
Menchola M, Weiss BD. Addressing Alzheimer's: a pragmatic approach. J Fam Pract 2015 Jan; 64(1):10-8. [Cites USPSTF recommendation statement, Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Adults.] Select to access the abstract.

Kirchner JT. HIV: 3 cases that hid in plain sight. J Fam Pract 2015 Jan; 64(1):20-6. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for HIV (Ann Intern Med, 2013).] Select to access the abstract.

Gold E, Guthmann R, Plonka C. Clinical inquiry: do annual pelvic exams benefit asymptomatic women who receive regular Pap smears? J Fam Pract 2015 Jan; 64(1):51-2, 65. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for gonorrhea (Ann Intern Med, 2005), screening for chlamydial infection (Ann Intern Med, 2007), and screening for ovarian cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2004).]

Speer L, Mushkbar S. "Doctor, I'm so tired!" Refining your work-up for chronic fatigue. J Fam Pract 2015 Feb; 64(2):84-91. [Cites USPSTF recommendation statement, Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Screening.] Select to access the abstract.

Wootten M, Stulberg DB, Prasad S, et al. PURLs: skip this step when checking lipid levels. J Fam Pract 2015 Feb; 64(2):113-5. [Cites USPSTF final recommendation statement, Lipid Disorders in Adults (Cholesterol, Dyslipidemia): Screening, 2015.]

MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Seth P, Walker T, Hollis N, et al. HIV testing and service delivery among Blacks or African Americans—61 health department jurisdictions, United States, 2013. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2015 Feb 6; 64(4):87-90. [Cites USPSTF recommendation summary Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening.] Select to access the abstract.

Petrosky E, Bocchini JA Jr, Hariri S, et al. Use of 9-valent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine: updated HPV vaccination recommendations of the advisory committee on immunization practices. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2015 Mar 27; 64(11):300-4. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for ovarian cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2012).] Select to access the abstract.

Thomas CC, Richards TB, Plescia M, et al. CDC Grand Rounds: the future of cancer screening.  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2015 Apr 3; 64(12):324-7. [Summarizes USPSTF recommendations on screening for breast, cervical, lung, and colorectal cancer in Table 1, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Grade A and B Cancer Screening Recommendations, 2014, citing USPSTF publication, Recommendations for Primary Care Practice, 2014.] Select to access the abstract.

Pediatric Nursing
Blair F, McFarlane J, Nava A, et al. Child witness to domestic abuse: baseline data analysis for a seven-year prospective study. Pediatr Nurs 2015 Jan-Feb; 41(1):23-9. [Cites USPSTF recommendation statement, Screening Women for Interpersonal Violence, as published on the USPSTF Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Prepared Foods
Sano M.  Supporting women's health.  Prepared Foods 2015 Mar; online. [Briefly mentions USPSTF recommendations on calcium and vitamin D supplementation for postmenopausal women.]

Preventive Medicine
Jiang M, Hughes DR, Appleton CM, et al. Recent trends in adherence to continuous screening for breast cancer among Medicare beneficiaries. Prev Med 2015 Apr; 73:47-52. [Uses screening criteria from USPSTF recommendations on screening for breast cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2009 and 2002).] Select to access the abstract.

South African Medical Journal
Sofianos C, Zinn RJ, Geoffreys DA, et al. Pathological findings in reduction mammoplasty specimens: A South African perspective. S Afr Med J 2015 Apr; 105(4):308-11. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for breast cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2009).] Select to access the abstract.

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing
FitzGerald LZ, Rorie A, Salem BE. Improving secondary prevention screening in clinical encounters using mHealth among prelicensure master's entry clinical nursing students. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs 2015 Apr; 12(2):79-87. [Uses the USPSTF Electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS) for PDA, 2012.] Select to access the abstract.