AHRQ Innovations Exchange | Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2009: Recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2009: Recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Description
This 25th anniversary (1984-2009) pocket guide, based on the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations, helps clinicians provide clinical preventive care to their patients.

This tool addresses the following topics:

.Preventive services recommended by the USPSTF
..Recommendations for adults
...Cancer
....Heart and vascular diseases
.....Infectious diseases
......Injury and violence
.......Mental health conditions and substance abuse
........Metabolic, nutritional, and endocrine conditions
.........Musculoskeletal conditions
..........Obstetric and gynecologic conditions
...........Vision disorders
............Recommendations for children

The guide notes new recommendations from March 2008 to March 2009:

-Colorectal cancer, screening
--Skin cancer, screening
---Aspirin for the prevention of cardiovascular disease
----Asymptomatic bacteriuria, screening
-----Sexually transmitted infections, counseling
------Type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults, screening
-------Breastfeeding, primary care interventions to promote
--------Gestational diabetes mellitus, screening
---------Congenital hypothyroidism, screening
----------Major depressive disorder in children and adolescents, screening
-----------Newborn hearing screening
------------Phenylketonuria, screening

abrir aquí para acceder al documento AHRQ en pdf de 284 páginas:
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/pocketgd09/pocketgd09.pdf