deck 9 Flashcards
(26 cards)
most screening is what type of prevention
secondary (patients asymptomatic or have preclinical disease)
when to screen for DM2
asymptomatic adults with sustained blood pressure greater than 135/80
when to screen for dyslipidemia
men older than 35 and woman over 20 with cardiovascular RFs
USPSTF mammogram recommendation
every 2 year for all women aged 50-74
Pap testing USPSTF recommendation
at least every 3 years in women aged 21-65
Pap testing with HPV testing USPSTF recommendation
every 5 y in women aged 30-65
bone mineral density testing USPSFT rec
women older than 65 and at risk women younger
AAA screening rec USPSTF
once for men 65-75 who have ever smoked
options for CRC screening
- yearly FOBT
- sigmoidoscopy q5 years w/ FOBTs q 3 years
- colonoscopy q10 years
overweight defined as BMI over
25
STI screening guideline
- all sexually active women aged less than or equal to 24 should be screened for chlamydial and gonorrhea infection
- anyone with RFs –> chlamydia, syphilis, gonorrhea
Hep C screening
all adults born between 1945-1965
influenza vaccination recommendation
annual for everyone older than 6 months
live vaccines
MMR
varicella
rotavirus
yellow fever
HPV vaccine recommendations
females 11-26
males 11-26
zoster vaccination recommendations
all adults over 60 (regardless of history of shingles, can get shingles twice)
meningococcal vaccine rec
- single dose recommended for young adults, particularly living in dorms
involuntary weight loss definition
5% or more over 6 months
10% over 1 year
sarcopenia
age-related muscle loss
cachezia
weight loss associated with an underlying inflammatory condition
abnormal labs in cancer patients
ESR increased
albumin decreased
alk phos elevated
antiviral therapy indications for influenza
- hospitalized patients and those with severe, complicated, or progressive illness
treatment of upper airway cough syndrome
- non sedating antihistamines + decongestant
hallmark syndrome of chronic bronchitis
cough with sputum
