Preventative Medicine Flashcards by Sonya Patel

What are the 2 types of influenza vaccine?

What is the age group recommendations?

Influenza - trivalent inactivated influenza
vaccine and nasal live attenuated influenza
vaccine (FluMist)
recommended to all people >6m
Test - N/A for immunity test

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Who gets FluMist?

Flumist avail to all healthy, nonpreg, <50 yo

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What are the contraindications for influenza vaccine?

Contra - in people anaphylaxsis to eggs or

vaccine components, used in preg

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What are the 2 types of pneumococcal vaccines?

Pneumococcus - 2 available vaccines
PPSVS23 and PCV13
polyvalent polysach inactivated vaccine
against 23 & 13 for s. pneumo

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Who gets which pneumococcal vaccine?

PCV13 recommended for adults 65yo w high risk condition
chronic pulm disease, smokers, DM, nursing
home or long term care facility

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What is the schedule for giving pneumococcal vaccine?

Schedule - >65yo w/o hx of vaccination give
PPSV23 - only one vaccination after 65 yo
- single re-vaccination after 5 years in people who are immunocompromised or if 1st injection was before 65

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What is the contraindication to pneumococcal vaccine?

Contra - allergic rxn,
severe acute illness,
avoid in chemo/radiation,
pregnancy

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What is Zoster vaccine? recommendations? how many doses?

Zoster - live attenuated vaccine, Zostava
decreases herpes zoster reactivation infection
shingles, reduces incidence of post herpetic
neuralgia
Recommended for adults >60 regardless of
previous zoster history
Schedule 1 dose after 60

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What is the contraindications of Zoster vaccine?

Contra - preg, planned preg within 4 weeks,
immunocomp individual (high dose steriods,
leukemia, HIV<200, anaphylaxsis rxn to gelatin
or neomycin

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What is the vaccination for Hep A? Schedule of doses? How to check for immunity? Contraindications to this vaccine?

Hep A - in combo w Hep B called Twinrix
Schedule - 0 & 6m (2 doses)
Immunity - check IgG Ab
Contra - preg, severely ill pts

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Who gets Hep A vaccine?

Recommended for pts w increase risk for
liver complications or existing liver disease, 
men who have sex w men, pts who work,
travel in endemics areas
close family contacts

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Who gets Hep B vaccine? Scheduling doses? Immunity testing?

Hep B - given to all children, majority of
unvaccinated people are adults
Recommended for ERRD, HIV, IVD use,
heath care workers, sexual active
Schedule - 3 doses, at 0m, 1-2m, 4-6m
Testing - screen vaccination status w HbsAb/
HBVab, if chemo add HBcAb

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What is the contraindications of Hep B vaccines?

Contra - in pts w yeast allergy or previous

rxn to dose

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What is recommendations of tetanus vaccine? Scheduling? How do you test for immunity?

Tetanus/Diptheria/acellular pertussi
Td or combo Tdap prevents tetanus
Recommended - for everyone 
Tdap @ Om
Td @ 1m
Td @ 7-12m
Tdap booster 1x
Td booster every 10 years
Test immunity- NA

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Who routinely gets Tdap?

Preg women on every pregnancy

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What is the contraindications for tetanus vaccine?

History of encephalopathy,
caution w GBS,
Hx of Arthus rxn to tetanus toxoid <10 yrs

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Wound management for person who has had all 3 primary doses if they have minor (clean) infection? major infection?

People who received 3 doses and the cut is a clean or minor cut then if its been > 10 years since last dose then give Td
if the wound is dirty or major and its been > 5 years since last dose then give Td

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Wound management of person who had less 3 doses or who has unknown immunity against tetanus? Clean wound and dirty wound management?

Clean wound
just give the vaccine Td
Dirty wound
give the vaccine Td and TIG (immunoglobulin)

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What is the available vaccines for meningococcal? Who do you give it to?

polysach inactivated vaccine (MPSV4) 56 yo
Asplenia
Terminal complement deficiency
Military recruits
Residents of college dormitories
Travelers to Mecca or Medina in Saudi Arabia for the Hajj (pilgrimage)

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What is the scheduling vaccine meningococcal doses? Contraindications?

2 doses of MCV4 @ 2m apart
re-vaccinating every 5 yrs in pt w/ increase risk
asplenic/complement def
contra - acute fibrile illness (>100; 37.8),
pregnancy

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Varicella vaccine is given to who? What type of vaccine is it? Doses? Immunity test?

Varciella -live attenuated
Recommended - to all kids >12m + adults w/o
immunity to varciella
Schedule - 2 doses (0 & 1-2m)
Test - documentation, birth before 1980, VZVIgG
hx of varciella/HZ

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What are the contraindications to varicella vaccine?

Contra - preg - give after birth or delivery,
anaphylaxsis to neomycin/gelatin, immunocomp
HIV <200 CD4

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What is the HPV vaccines? 2 types? Who are the recommended for?

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HPV vaccine - Gardasil (HPV4) against 6, 11,
16, 18 Cervarix - against 16 & 18
HPV vaccine can be given to patients w hX of
genital warts, abnormal paps, + HPV DNA

Recommended for women 11-12yo and 13-21
if not vaccinated ; The quadrivalent (Gardasil) HPV vaccine is recommended for routine use in boys ages 13 to 21 years (who have not initiated or completed the 3-dose series), as well as men ages 22 to 26 years.

What is scheduling of HPV vaccines? immunity test?

Contraindications for the vaccine?

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schedule - 3 doses 0,2m, 6m
test - N/A
contra - allergic to previous dose (Gardasil) or
latex allergy (Cervarix) acute fever >100F, preg

What are the MMR vaccine recommendations? immunity testing? Live or not?

MMR - 3 live attenuated vaccines Recommended - adult born during or after 1957 w/o evidence of incidence of immunity 2nd dose of MMR is recommended for adults w/ recent disease esp/ healthcare workers schedule - 1 dose or 2 dose > 28 day apart if international travelers test - MMR titer

What are the contraindications for MMR vaccine?

contra - preg women or planned w/in 4 wks ok w BR feeding, contra in anaphylaxsis to neomycin, severly inmunocomp

When do you screen for colon cancer? How do you screen?

- In the patient with no significant family history of colon cancer, screening should begin at age 50 - The choices are annual fecal occult blood testing or sigmoidoscopy with barium enema every 5 years. The preferred screening modality for colon cancer is colonoscopy every 10 years.

What about screening colon cancer in person who has family history of colon cancer?

In the patient with a single first-degree relative diagnosed with colorectal cancer before age 60 or multiple first-degree relatives with colon cancer at any age, colonoscopy should begin at age 40 or 10 years before the age at which the youngest affected relative was diagnosed, whichever age occurs earlier.

When do you stop screening for colon cancer?

no routine screening in patients age >75.

When do you start screening for breast cancer?

screen btw 50-74 and recommended every 1-2 yrs

If patient has BRCA family history - what drugs can you give prophylactically?

consider giving tamoxifen or raloxifene prophylactically in patients that have >1 family member with BRCA

What screening method lowers mortality?

Mammography

What age do women start getting pap smears?

21 regardless of onset of sexual activity

When do you stop doing pap smears on women?

65 yrs of age - you should do a pap smear every 3 years

What can women do to lengthen the time in between pap smears?

They can do Pap and HPV every 5 years

When is chlamydia screen done in women?

15-25 yo

What vaccines are you considering if you are traveling?

``` Hep A Hep B Malaria Rabies Typhoid Polio ```

Hepatitis A - how it contracted? how does the immunization work for Hep A? no booster or booster?

fecal contamination of food or drinking water - if patient is leaving within 2 weeks of being seen both vaccine and immune globulin are recommended - booster shot given 6 months after initial vaccination confers immunity for 10 yrs

Hep B - are given to people who travel for how long?

if they are going to be abroad for >6 months

Malaria - what do you give prophylaxsis?

mefloquine - alt is doxycycline

What do you give pregnant women for malaria prophylaxsis?

chloroquine

What do you give chloroquine resistant malaria?

atovaquone

When do you give rabies vaccine?

people traveling to India, Asia, Mexico

What do you have to be careful when giving rabies vaccine and malaria prophylaxsis?

chloroquine blocks response to intradermal form of rabies vaccine there for patients who require rabies vaccine then give intramuscular form

How do you get typhoid?

prolonged exposure to contaminated food and water

What are the two forms of typhoid vaccine? preferred?

oral live attenuated and capsular polysach vaccine (IM) | polysach vaccine preferred and its save in HIV pts

What is the side effects of typhoid vaccine?

irritation at the injection site, headache and fever are rare

If you're traveling, how many doses of inactivated polio vaccine should you get?

3 doses, if you previously vaccinated give 1x booster shot

Who should get the meningococcal vaccine - if they are traveling?

people going to sub sahara Africa, northern India, nepal, mecca travelers asplenia routinely given at 11 yo

How do you treat travelers with travelers diarrhea?

tx w fluroquinolone or azithromycin

When do you screen for osteoporosis? how?

women > 65 , do DEXA scan

When do you screen for AAA?

men >65 who have ever smoked, no screen for nonsmokers

When do you screen cholesterol without RFs? repeat?

at 35 yo w/o RFs if CAD RFs start at 20 repeat every 5 years in low risk patients

When do you screen for DM?

in patients with HTN > 135/80

How do you Dx DM? 3 ways?

>125 2 FBG measurements HbA1C >6.5 random glucose >200 w/ symptoms of DM

When do you start screening for HTN?

18 yo

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