Author: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilki
Keywords: preventive, services, clinical, guide, uspstf, force, recommendations, task
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2006-12-01
List price: $42.95
ISBN-10: 0781763991
ISBN-13: 9780781763998

This compact, portable quick-reference handbook from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force offers evidence-based recommendations on the use of clinical preventive services in adult and pediatric patient care. It provides specific guidelines for counseling, testing, and interventions based on age, gender, and risk factors for disease. A letter-grading system is used to indicate which preventive services are strongly recommended, recommended, not recommended, or not supported by sufficient evidence. Topics covered include cancer screening, heart and vascular diseases, infectious diseases, inju