Health Screening Flashcards
Disease causing OVERALL the most deaths?
Heart Disease
Cancer with HIGHEST mortality rate (m & f)
Lung cancer
Most common cause of death in adolescents?
Motor vehicle accident
Most common cancer in females?
Breast cancer
Most common cancer in males?
Prostate cancer
Most common type of cancer OVERALL
Skin cancer (basal cell most common)
Highest mortality with what type of skin cancer?
Melanoma
Gynecological cancer that is most common?
Uterine/ endometrial (ovarian is 2nd most common)
Breast cancer screening guidelines
Baseline mammo @ 50yrs, every 2 years until 74yrs (earlier if known history or concern)
Cervical Cancer Screening guidelines
Pap begins at 21 yrs/ screen every 3 yrs until 65yrs
DO NOT SCREEN UNDER 21 yrs even when sexually active
Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines
Aged 55-80 with 30 pack year history of smoking or quit smoking up to 15 years previously
ANNUAL SCREENING LDCT (for the above criteria)
Hysterectomy (no cervix) Screening Guidelines
Do not screen
Prostate cancer Screening Guidelines
Routine screening is not recommended
Testicular cancer screening guidelines
Routine screening is not recommended
Colon Cancer screening guidelines
Baseline @ 50 yrs
*Use high-sensitivity fecal occult blood test (yearly)
OR sigmoidoscopy every 5 years
OR colonscopy (every 10 years) from age 50-75
Skin Cancer screening guidelines
ages 10-24 yrs
Educate fair-skinned person to avoid sunlight 10am-3pm) use sunblock >15 spf
Tobacco Smoking screening guidelines
Ask all adolescents and adults about tobacco use, advise them to stop, provide behavioral interventions/ smoking cessation
Fall prevention in community-dwelling older adults
Aged 65 +, exercise and vitamin D dose (600-800)
Ask about falls, balance or gait problems
Ovarian Cancer screening guidelines
Routing screening is not recommended
High-risk (BRCA mutation, fam hx of breast or ovarian) screened by specialist; refer for genetic counseling
Abdominal aortic aneurysm
one-time screening men (65-75) for cigarette smokers or those who have quit but have smoked previously
-screening test is ULTRASOUND
CAGE screening tool
Used for alcoholism
C- do you need to Cut down?
A- are you Annoyed when friends comment on your drinking?
G- do you feel Guilty about drinking?
E- do you need to drink Early in the morning?
Positive test = 2 or more positive answers = alcoholism
Screening for depression in adolescents:
2nd most common mortality in adolescents
Signs: falling grades, acting out, avoiding socializing, moodiness.
