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We recommend an intervention asking children and youth or their parents about tobacco use and offering brief* information and advice to treat tobacco smoking for children and youth (5-18 years) who ...
The Canadian Task Force for Preventive Health Care Guidelines
The Canadian Task Force for Preventive Health Care Guidelines
* Contact time with primary care clinician of up to 5 minutes. Advice may include verbal communication about patient attitudes and beliefs, risks of smoking, and/or strategies for dealing with the influence of peers, sharing of printed or electronic material. **Appropriate primary care visits include scheduled health supervision visits, visits for immunizations or medication renewal, episodic care or acute illness, and other visits where the primary care practitioner deems it appropriate, ...
ver más ... 2017We recommend against screening for HCV in adults who are not at elevated risk.
The Canadian Task Force for Preventive Health Care Guidelines
Public Health Agency of Canada, PHAC
This recommendation applies to asymptomatic adults who are not at elevated risk for hepatitis C.
ver más ... 2017We recommend not screening women for abdominal aortic aneurysm.
The Canadian Task Force for Preventive Health Care Guidelines
Public Health Agency of Canada, PHAC
Pooled analyses from four population-based randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with men 65 to 80 years of age indicate that one-time screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) with ultrasound reduces the risk of AAA-related mortality, rupture and emergency repair. On the other hand, screening can also lead to identification of AAAs that would never rupture and increases the number of elective repairs which are conducted. The prevalence of AAA in screened populations has declined since these ...
ver más ... 2017We recommend not screening men older than 80 years of age for abdominal aortic aneurysm.
The Canadian Task Force for Preventive Health Care Guidelines
Public Health Agency of Canada, PHAC
Pooled analyses from four population-based randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with men 65 to 80 years of age indicate that one-time screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) with ultrasound reduces the risk of AAA-related mortality, rupture and emergency repair. On the other hand, screening can also lead to identification of AAAs that would never rupture and increases the number of elective repairs which are conducted. The prevalence of AAA in screened populations has declined since these ...
ver más ... 2017We recommend one-time screening with ultrasound for abdominal aortic aneurysm for men aged 65 to 80.
The Canadian Task Force for Preventive Health Care Guidelines
Public Health Agency of Canada, PHAC
Pooled analyses from four population-based randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with men 65 to 80 years of age indicate that one-time screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) with ultrasound reduces the risk of AAA-related mortality, rupture and emergency repair. On the other hand, screening can also lead to identification of AAAs that would never rupture and increases the number of elective repairs which are conducted. The prevalence of AAA in screened populations has declined since these ...
ver más ... 2017