Family Medicine Review Flashcards

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What two medications should be used for prophylaxis for migraines?

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Beta blockers or verapamil (calcium channel blocker)

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What’s the treatment for pertussis?

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5-day course of azithromycin

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A patient presenting with a swollen uvula and anterior cervical adenopathy is indicative of what condition?

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Group A beta-hemolytic strep

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Generally speaking, anterior cervical adenopathy is indicative of what?

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A viral or bacterial pharyngitis

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A patient who presents with posterior cervical adenopathy should be worked up for what condition?

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Mononucleosis

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What is the treatment for group A beta-hemolytic strep?

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Amoxicillin

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What is first-line therapy for symptomatic relief of peripheral vestibular disorder?

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Antihistamines

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What medication should be used for prophylactic management of cluster headaches?

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Nifedipine (calcium channel blocker)

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What is the treatment for Rosacea?

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Oral antibiotics

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What’s the treatment for a patient who presents with persistent cough after acute bronchitis (a.k.a. hyper responsive airways, “post bronchitic cough”)?

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An oral steroid taper

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At what age should a woman begin getting routine mammographies?

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50 years old

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At what age should a young girl begin getting Pap smears and how often should she get them until what age?

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Start at 21 years of age, continue for every three years until the age of 30.

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For a young girl who was receiving continuous Pap smears, what changes at 30 years of age?

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A physician can add HPV testing, and if negative, the patient would only have to receive Pap smears every 5 years

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For a woman with a history of normal Pap smears, at what age should Pap smear screening stop?

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65 years old

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When should a patient start colon cancer screening with colonoscopies?

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At 50 years old, repeated every 10 years

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When should a patient get screened for colon cancer if they have a family history of colon cancer in a first degree relative?

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Start at age 40 or 10 years after the age at which the relative was diagnosed, whichever comes first

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If a patient is found to have familial adenomatous polyposis, what type of screening should be given, at what age, and at what interval thereafter?

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Sigmoidoscopies should begin at age 12, repeat every year

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When should prostate cancer screening be done? How effective is it?

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Patients should not be screened for prostate cancer; there is no test that reduces mortality

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What’s an interesting nuance to prostate cancer screening?

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A patient may ask for a PSA to be measured, which should spark a conversation with the physician. If a patient asks…they can receive this testing, but the physician should make it aware that there is no true benefit to getting the test done

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When should a patient be screened for lung cancer?

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Patients should not be screened for lung cancer

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At what age should lipid screening begin in men and women?

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Men: 35 years old; women: 45 years old

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What is the treatment goal for HDL?

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> 40

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For a patient with 0-1 risk factors, what should be the treatment goal for LDL through diet and medication, respectively?

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Diet: LDL < 160
Drugs: LDL < 190

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For a patient with two or more risk factors, what should be the LDL treatment goal via diet and drugs, respectively?

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Diet: LDL <160

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For a patient with coronary artery disease and equivalents, what should be the LDL treatment goal with combined diet and drug therapy?

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LDL <100 with diet and drugs

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What should be the LDL treatment goal for patients with coronary artery disease and diabetes?

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LDL <70

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When should screening for hypertension begin and at what interval thereafter?

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> 18 years old; at least every two years after that

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Diabetes can be diagnosed at a fasting blood glucose level greater than or equal to what number?

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126 mg/dL

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Diabetes can be diagnosed with an oral glucose tolerance test that exhibits a level greater than or equal to what number?

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200 mg/dL

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What is the most sensitive test for the diagnosis of diabetes?

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Oral glucose tolerance test

30
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Diabetes can be diagnosed at a hemoglobin A1C level greater than or equal to what percentage?

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6.5%

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Who and at what interval should the general population receive the influenza vaccine?

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Everybody, every year!

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Chronic steroid users, asplenic patients, the chronically ill, and the elderly 65 years of age and older should receive what vaccine?

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Pneumococcal vaccine

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For patients who are chronic steroid users, asplenic, and chronically ill, what should be the interval of re-vaccination?

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Every 5 years; the elderly who are 65 years and older do not have to be revaccinated

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The varicella zoster vaccine should be given to patients at what age?

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60 years of age and older

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When should an adult receive the chickenpox vaccine?

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If he or she is seronegative (did not have the chickenpox as a child)

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What specific population of patients should have the hepatitis A and hepatitis B vaccine?

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Men who have sex with men

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Should a patient diagnosed with diabetes receive a hepatitis vaccine? If so which one…

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Yes; the hepatitis B vaccine

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At what interval should patients receive the tetanus vaccine? What specific vaccine should be amongst these series of shots?

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Every 10 years; the Tdap vaccine should be one of them

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At what age should the meningococcal vaccine be given?

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11 years old

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What 3 specific adult populations should be given the meningococcal vaccine?

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Patients who are asplenic, military recruits, and college students

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What antibiotic is the first-line agent for malaria prophylaxis for travelers going to the Caribbean, Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Paraguay, and Argentina?

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Chloroquine

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What antibiotic combination is recommended for malaria prophylaxis in all malaria-endemic areas of the world, except for Chloroquine-sensitive endemic areas?

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Atovaquone/proguanil

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What two antibiotics are considered an alternative to atovaquone/proguanil?

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Mefloquine and doxycycline

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All sexually active women under the age of 25 should be offered what type of routine screening? What is the gold standard for this type of screening?

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Routine screening for gonorrhea, chlamydia, and HIV; the gold standard is polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of endocervical specimen or urine for gonorrhea and chlamydia