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National Guideline Clearinghouse | Screening for hepatitis B virus infection in nonpregnant adolescents and adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement.



U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Guideline Title

Screening for hepatitis B virus infection in nonpregnant adolescents and adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement.

Bibliographic Source(s)

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for hepatitis B virus infection in nonpregnant adolescents and adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med. 2014 Jul 1;161(1):58-66. [29 references] PubMed

Guideline Status

This is the current release of the guideline.

This guideline updates a previous version: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). Screening for hepatitis B virus infection: recommendation statement. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ); 2004 Feb. 4 p. [3 references]

This guideline meets NGC's 2013 (revised) inclusion criteria.

Screening for hepatitis B virus infection in ... [Ann Intern Med. 2014] - PubMed - NCBI

Ann Intern Med. 2014 Jul 1;161(1):58-66. doi: 10.7326/M14-1018.

Screening for hepatitis B virus infection in nonpregnant adolescents and adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement.

LeFevre ML; U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

Collaborators (16)

Abstract

DESCRIPTION:

Update of the 2004 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation on screening for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.

METHODS:

The USPSTF reviewed the evidence on the benefits and harms of antiviral treatment, the benefits of education or behavior change counseling, and the association between improvements in intermediate and clinical outcomes after antiviral therapy.

POPULATION:

This recommendation applies to asymptomatic, nonpregnant adolescents and adults at high risk for HBV infection (including those at high risk who were vaccinated before being screened for HBV infection).

RECOMMENDATION:

The USPSTF concludes that persons at high risk for infection should be screened for HBV infection. (B recommendation).

Comment in

• Screening for hepatitis B virus infection: a public health imperative. [Ann Intern Med. 2014]

Summary for patients in

• Ann Intern Med. 2014 Jul 1;161(1):I-28.

PMID:

 

24863637

 

[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]