Clinical Skills II

Question 1

What are the 7 major adult illnesses

Answer 1

1. Diabetes
2. Hypertension
3. MI
4. Stroke
5. Asthma
6. Tuberculosis
7. Hepatitis

Question 2

List the 9 major childhood illnesses

Answer 2

1. Measles
2. Mumps
3. Rubella
4. Whooping cough
5. Chickenpox
6. Acute rheumatic fever
7. Scarlet fever
8. Diphtheria
9. Poliomyelitis

Question 3

13 Immunizations

Answer 3

1. Polio
2. DPT; diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus toxoid
3. MMR
4. Influenza
5. Varicella
6. Hep B
7. Haemophilus influenza type B
8. Pneumococcus
9. Hep A
10. Human papillomavirus
11. Bacille Calmette-Guerin; BCG
12. Meningococcus
13. Travel-related = typhoid, cholera, yellow fever

Question 4

Screening tests; 10

Answer 4

1. PPD
2. Cholesterol
3. Pap smear
4. Mammogram
5. Stool test for occult blood
6. Colonoscopy
7. Prostate specific Ag
8. X-rays
9. CT scan
10. MRI