RT Book, Section
A1 Fenick, ADA M.
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 6721929
T1 Chapter 12. Screening
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6721929
RD 2024/04/19
AB Much  of  the  history  and  physical  examination  obtained  at  each  health  supervision  visit  is  directed  toward  the  identification  of  undetected  problems  or  their  risk  factors  in  an  effort  at  secondary  prevention  of  undesirable  outcomes.  Screening  for  these  conditions  implies  the  presumptive  identification  of  disease  in  an  asymptomatic  individual  before  it  becomes  clinically  evident.  Screening  is  not  diagnostic;  a  patient  with  a  positive  screening  test  must  undergo  further  evaluation  for  definitive  diagnosis.1  Pediatricians  must  be  aware  not  only  of  current  recommendations  regarding  screening  and  the  specific  tests  available  but  also  of  the  basic  principles  and  concepts  behind  screening  in  order  to  evaluate  whether  a  given  program  does  more  good  than  harm  for  their  particular  patients  and  community.