RT Book, Section
A1 Kasper, Dennis L.
A1 Fauci, Anthony S.
A1 Hauser, Stephen L.
A1 Longo, Dan L.
A1 Jameson, J. Larry
A1 Loscalzo, Joseph
SR Print(0)
ID 1128788622
T1 Routine Disease Screening
T2 Harrison's Manual of Medicine, 19e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071828529
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1128788622
RD 2024/04/24
AB A  primary  goal  of  health  care  is  to  prevent  disease  or  to  detect  it  early  enough  that  interventions  will  be  more  effective.  In  general,  screening  is  most  effective  when  applied  to  relatively  common  disorders  that  carry  a  large  disease  burden  and  have  a  long  latency  period.  Early  detection  of  disease  has  the  potential  to  reduce  both  morbidity  and  mortality;  however,  screening  asymptomatic  individuals  carries  some  risk.  False-positive  results  can  lead  to  unnecessary  laboratory  tests  and  invasive  procedures  and  can  increase  pt  anxiety.  Several  measurements  have  been  derived  to  better  assess  the  potential  gain  from  screening  and  prevention  interventions: