Health Screening Flashcards
Top 3 leading causes of cancer deaths in men:
1) Lung
2) Prostate
3) Colorectal
Top 3 leading causes of cancer deaths in women:
1) Lung
2) Breast
3) Colorectal
Top 3 leading causes of death in all ages/genders:
1) Heart disease
2) Cancer
3) Chronic lower respiratory diseases (COPD)
Primary prevention (provide example)
What the healthy individual does ie. exercise, eat nutritious food
Secondary prevention (provide example)
Early detection of disease ie. screening (testing person w/ RF)
Tertiary prevention (provide example)
Preventing disease progression
Rehab
Support groups
Education/Equipment
Age ____ to ____ with equal or more than ___% risk initiate low dose ASA for primary prevention of CVA
50-59 years
10% (10- year risk of CV disease)
Breast cancer screening:
- when to start and stop
- how frequent
- 50-74 ** start at 40 years if at increased risk
- Q 2 years
Cervical cancer screening
21-65 years:
30-65 years:
21-65 years: Q 3 years
30-65 years: cytology + HPV Q5 years
Colorectal cancer screening ages:
50-75
When all of the following are met:
- age 40-74
- one or more CVD risk factors
- calculated 10 year risk of >/= 10%
Start low to moderate dose statin
When to start and D/C lung cancer screening (ages)
-screening for persons who smoke ____ pack years or have quit within the past ___ years
55-80 w/ low dose CT ** ANNUALLY** (different than Canada)
30 pack-years or have quit in the past 15 years
AAA screening, one time US for men ages ____ to ____ who have smoked
65-75
All of the following are risk factors for what cancer:
- early menarche
- late menopause
- nulliparity
- obesity
Breast cancer
What tetanus to use if < 7 years?
Dtap
