U-Z: Recommendations for Clinical Preventive Services
Vaginal Cancer
The AAFP recommends against screening for vaginal cancer with the use of pap smears in women who have had hysterectomies for reasons other than cancer.
Visual Difficulties, Adults
The AAFP concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefit and harms of screening for visual acuity for the improvement of outcomes in older adults.
(Grade I recommendation)
(Grade Definition: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/grades.htm#pre)
Clinical Considerations: www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf09/visualscr/viseldrs.htm#clinical
(Grade I recommendation)
(Grade Definition: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/grades.htm#pre)
Clinical Considerations: www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf09/visualscr/viseldrs.htm#clinical
Visual Impairment, Children
The AAFP recommends screening to detect amblyopia, strabismus, and defects in visual acuity in children younger than age 5 years.
(Grade: B recommendation)
(Grade Definition: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/grades.htm#pre)
Clinical Considerations: www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspsvsch.htm
(Grade: B recommendation)
(Grade Definition: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/grades.htm#pre)
Clinical Considerations: www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspsvsch.htm
Vitamin Supplementation, Cancer and Heart Disease
The AAFP concludes that the evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against the use of supplements of vitamins A, C, or E; multivitamins with folic acid; or antioxidant combinations for the prevention of cancer or cardiovascular disease.
(Grade: I recommendation)
(Grade Definition: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/grades.htm#pre)
Clinical Considerations: www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspsvita.htm
(Grade: I recommendation)
(Grade Definition: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/grades.htm#pre)
Clinical Considerations: www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspsvita.htm
Vitamin Supplementation, for Cancer and Heart Disease
The AAFP recommends against the use of beta-carotene supplements, either alone or in combination, for the prevention of cancer or cardiovascular disease.
(Grade: D recommendation)
(Grade Definition: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/grades.htm#pre)
Clinical Considerations: www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspsvita.htm
(Grade: D recommendation)
(Grade Definition: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/grades.htm#pre)
Clinical Considerations: www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspsvita.htm
Clinical Preventive Services
AAFP Summary of Recommendations for Clinical Preventive Services Tool
U-Z
Clinical Preventive Services (*PDF file)
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