screening guidelines summary

[chitown82]

does anyone know of website that has a summary of the US preventive services task force's screening guidelines? i gotta shelf coming up soon and it would be nice to have all the screening recommendations in one place!

 

[avacado]

Here is most of them:
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/pocketgd07/index.html

 

[avacado]

But this is not really a summary.

 

[Blade28]

Did you do a Google search?

I used the keywords "US preventive services task force screening guidelines" and the first link was:

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

 

[chitown82]

i should have been clearer...i found the UTPSTF site awhile ago but clearly the document is not a summary. its 256 pages. was looking for something a little more compact.

 

[bjackrian]

I'm not sure of a shorter version, but for quick reference, their website has a PDA program that has you enter the age, sex, smoking, and sexual activity status of your patient and will then pop up a list of recommended screenings.

 

[Blade28]

i should have been clearer...i found the UTPSTF site awhile ago but clearly the document is not a summary. its 256 pages. was looking for something a little more compact.

Well it's going to be tough since there are quite a few diseases listed there, and the recomendations vary depending on patient (age vs. risk factor vs. genetics, etc.).