Exam and Health screening overview Flashcards
Leik book ch. 1 and 2
Disease that causes the most deaths overall
heart disease
Cancer with the highest mortality
Lung cancer
cancer with the highest mortality in males
lung cancer
cancer with the highest mortality in females
lung cancer
most common cause of death in adolescents
MVC
Most common cancer in females
breast cancer
most common cancer in males
prostate cancer
most common cancer overall (males/females)
skin cancer
most common type of skin cancer
basal cell cancer
skin cancer with the highest mortality
melanoma
most common gynecological cancer
uterine/endometrial cancer
second most common gynecological cancer
ovarian cancer
USPSTF Screening Guidelines: Breast Cancer
baseline mammogram at age 50
screen every 2 years until age 75 (biennial)
USPSTF Screening Guidelines: Cervical cancer
baseline pap smear/cytology age 21
screen every 3 years until age 65
do not screen women younger than 21 even if sexually active
USPSTF Screening Guidelines: lung cancer
aged 50-80 with 20 pack per year hx of smoking or quit smoking up to 15 years previously
annual screening with LDCT
USPSTF Screening Guidelines: hysterectomy (no cervix)
do not screen (if no hx of pre-cancer or cervical cancer)
USPSTF Screening Guidelines: Prostate CA
routine screening is not recommended
USPSTF Screening Guidelines: testicular cancer
routine screening is not recommended
USPSTF Screening Guidelines: colon cancer
Baseline screening at age 50
use high-sensitivity fecal occult blood test (yearly) or sigmoidoscopy (every 5 years) or colonoscopy (every 10 years) from age 50-75
USPSTF Screening Guidelines: skin cancer
aged 10-24 years
educate fair-skinned persons to avoid sunlight from 10a-3p and use sunblock >SPF 15
USPSTF Screening Guidelines: Tobacco Smoking
ask all adolescents and adults about tobacco use, advice them to stop smoking, and provide behavioral interventions/smoking cessation
USPSTF Screening Guidelines: Fall Prevention in community-dwelling older adults
ages 65+, exercise and Vitamin D dose is from 600 to 800 IU; ask about falls, balance or gait problems
USPSTF Screening Guidelines: Ovarian cancer
routine screening is not recommended; High risk (BRCA mutation, family hx breast or ovarian cancer) are screened by specialist; refer for genetic counseling
USPSTF Screening Guidelines: Abdominal aortic aneurysm
1-time screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) with ultrasonography in men aged 65 to 75 years who have ever smoked.
Another name for: Degenerative joint disease
osteoarthritis
Another name for: Atopic dermatitis
eczema
Another name for: senile arcus
arcus senilis
Another name for: lupus
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
Another name for: Otitis media with effusion (OME)
middle ear effusion (MEE)
Another name for: Group A Beta Streptococcus
Streptococcus pyogenes
Another name for: tinea corporis
ringworm
Another name for: enterobiasis
pinworms
Another name for: vitamin B12
cobalamin, or cyanocobalamin
Another name for: vitamin b1
thiamine
Another name for: scarlet fever
scarlatina
Another name for: otitis exerterna
swimmer’s ear
Another name for: condyloma acuminata
genital warts
Another name for: tic douloureus
trigeminal neuralgia
Another name for: tinea cruris
jock itch
Another name for: Thalassemia Minor
thalasemia trait (either alpha or beta)
Another name for: giant cell arteritis
temporal arteritis
Another name for: psoas sign
iliopsoas muscle sign
Another name for: tinea capitis
ringworm of the scalp
Another name for: light reflex
Hirschberg (corneal reflex) test
Another name for: sentinel nodes
Virchow’s nodes
Another name for: Mantoux test
TB skin test (TST)
Another name for: erythema migrans
early Lyme disease
Another name for: sinusitis
rhinosinusitis
Another name for: major depression
unipolar depression
Second highest cause of mortality in adolescents and young adults
suicide
