PMID- 25635626
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150925
LR  - 20150131
IS  - 1424-3997 (Electronic)
IS  - 0036-7672 (Linking)
VI  - 145
DP  - 2015
TI  - Check-up examination: recommendations in adults.
PG  - w14075
LID - 10.4414/smw.2015.14075 [doi]
AB  - Check-up examinations, or periodic health examinations (PHEs), have gained in 
      importance during the last decades and are nowadays among the most common reasons 
      for consultations in primary care settings. The aim of PHEs is to identify risk 
      factors and early signs of disease, but also to prevent future illness by early 
      intervention. Therefore, each PHE should include counselling, immunisation and 
      physical examination according to the patient's age and gender. However, deciding 
      whether to screen a patient and choosing the most appropriate screening method 
      can be challenging for general practitioners. The U.S. Preventive Service Task 
      Force (USPSTF) provides updated recommendations on different existing preventive 
      care measures based on relevant literature review. The aim of this review is to 
      provide an updated statement of recommendations regarding preventive care 
      measures based mostly on the guidelines derived from the USPSTF and the Swiss 
      Medical Board. Among the major updates, there is no recommendation anymore to 
      routinely screen for breast cancer and prostate cancer in asymptomatic adults. 
      Since 2013, however, the USPSTF recommends annual screening for lung cancer with 
      low-dose CT in patients aged 55 to 80 years with a smoking history of >/=30 pack 
      years. During PHEs, the physician should be alert to the patients' hidden 
      agendas, which are the reason for one third of all consultations in primary care.
FAU - Virgini, Vanessa
AU  - Virgini V
AD  - Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland.
FAU - Meindl-Fridez, Claudine
AU  - Meindl-Fridez C
AD  - Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland.
FAU - Battegay, Edouard
AU  - Battegay E
AD  - Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland.
FAU - Zimmerli, Lukas U
AU  - Zimmerli LU
AD  - Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
DEP - 20150130
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Swiss Med Wkly
JT  - Swiss medical weekly
JID - 100970884
SB  - IM
CIN - Swiss Med Wkly. 2015;145:w14170. PMID: 26151181
CIN - Swiss Med Wkly. 2015;145:w14174. PMID: 26151302
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Chronic Disease/*prevention & control
MH  - Depression/diagnosis
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Physical Examination
MH  - Practice Guidelines as Topic
MH  - Preventive Medicine/*methods
MH  - Primary Health Care/*methods
MH  - Primary Prevention/*methods
MH  - Smoking/adverse effects
MH  - Switzerland
MH  - United States
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2015/01/31 06:00
MHDA- 2015/09/26 06:00
CRDT- 2015/01/31 06:00
PHST- 2015/01/31 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/01/31 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/09/26 06:00 [medline]
AID - smw-14075 [pii]
AID - 10.4414/smw.2015.14075 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Swiss Med Wkly. 2015 Jan 30;145:w14075. doi: 10.4414/smw.2015.14075. eCollection 
      2015.