Family Medicine Review Flashcards
What two medications should be used for prophylaxis for migraines?
Beta blockers or verapamil (calcium channel blocker)
What’s the treatment for pertussis?
5-day course of azithromycin
A patient presenting with a swollen uvula and anterior cervical adenopathy is indicative of what condition?
Group A beta-hemolytic strep
Generally speaking, anterior cervical adenopathy is indicative of what?
A viral or bacterial pharyngitis
A patient who presents with posterior cervical adenopathy should be worked up for what condition?
Mononucleosis
What is the treatment for group A beta-hemolytic strep?
Amoxicillin
What is first-line therapy for symptomatic relief of peripheral vestibular disorder?
Antihistamines
What medication should be used for prophylactic management of cluster headaches?
Nifedipine (calcium channel blocker)
What is the treatment for Rosacea?
Oral antibiotics
What’s the treatment for a patient who presents with persistent cough after acute bronchitis (a.k.a. hyper responsive airways, “post bronchitic cough”)?
An oral steroid taper
At what age should a woman begin getting routine mammographies?
50 years old
At what age should a young girl begin getting Pap smears and how often should she get them until what age?
Start at 21 years of age, continue for every three years until the age of 30.
For a young girl who was receiving continuous Pap smears, what changes at 30 years of age?
A physician can add HPV testing, and if negative, the patient would only have to receive Pap smears every 5 years
For a woman with a history of normal Pap smears, at what age should Pap smear screening stop?
65 years old
When should a patient start colon cancer screening with colonoscopies?
At 50 years old, repeated every 10 years
When should a patient get screened for colon cancer if they have a family history of colon cancer in a first degree relative?
Start at age 40 or 10 years after the age at which the relative was diagnosed, whichever comes first
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?
Sigmoidoscopies should begin at age 12, repeat every year
When should prostate cancer screening be done? How effective is it?
Patients should not be screened for prostate cancer; there is no test that reduces mortality