Weight / Obesity

Question 1

t/f the greater the amount weight loss in obesity, the greater the pain reduction from knee OA

Answer 1

true

Question 2

what percentage of weight loss results in clinically significant improvement in pain and disability in patients with overweight and obesity and knee OA?

Answer 2

5.1%

Question 3

what two medications are most effective for weight loss?

Answer 3

Qysmia (phentermine-topiramate) and GLP1 agonists

Question 4

which medication class is recommended to reduce CV death in older adults who are frail with type 2 DM and HF?

Answer 4

SGLT2

Question 5

for a mallet finger bony avulsion, what percentage of the articular surface must be affected to consider surgery?

Answer 5

> 1/3 of the articular surface of distal phalanx