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Health Screening in the General population Flashcards

1
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What is primordial prevention?

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Prevent penetration of risk factors in a population

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What is primary prevention?

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Limit the incidence of disease by controlling the causes/risk factors

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What is secondary prevention?

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Interrupting the disease before it becomes symptomatic

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What is tertiary prevention?

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Limit the physical and social consequences of symptomatic disease

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What is health screening?

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identifying apparently healthy individuals who may be at increased risk of a disease or condition; looks for diseases before symptoms appear

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6
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What are the criteria for an appropriate screening test (3)?

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  • Common
  • Morbidity/mortality risk high
  • Must be able to treat (better than reactionary)
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What is a surrogate marker?

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Lab measurement or physical sign that is used in therapeutic trials as a substitute for a clinically meaningful endpoint

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What are guidelines?

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Safest route of addressing an issue

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What is prevalence?

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Proportion of people in a population who have a given disease or atribute

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What is sensitivity?

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It is measured as the proportion of those with the condition, who have a positive test result. It is the same as the detection rate.

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What is specificity?

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It is measured as the proportion without the condition, who have a negative test result

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What is positive predictive value?

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the probability that a patient with a positive (abnormal) test result actually has the disease.

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What is negative predictive value?

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probability that a person with a negative (normal) test result is truly free of disease.

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14
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What is the equation for positive predictive value?

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True positives/total positives

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What is the equation for negative predictive value?

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True negatives / total negatives

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What does it mean for a credible guideline to be broad-based?

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Should go beyond effectiveness to look at harm, cost, and other clinically relevant factors

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What does it mean for a credible guideline to have receny?

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Not out of date

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What does it mean for a credible guideline to have imprimatur?

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Guidelines are respoected by professional organizations

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19
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What grade of the USPSTF is recommended against doing something?

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C or lower

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20
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What are the guidelines for

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140/90

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What are the guidelines for >60 for HTN?

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150/90

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What are the guidelines for DM/CKD pts with HTN?

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140/90

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What is the recommendation for screening children for HTN?

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No clear benefit

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What is the recommendation for screening elderly for HTN?

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Consider checking standing readings after one and three minutes to screen for postural hypotension, especially in the elderly.

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What is the recommendation for screening blacks for HTN?

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Same BP, but put on thiazide/Ca channel blockers

26
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What percent should you treat with statins, after using the calculator?

27
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What is part of the risk determination for CVD: HDL, LDL, or total cholesterol?

A

HDL and total,

28
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What is the gold standard for colon cancer screening?

A

Colonoscopy q 10 years

29
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How often do you get a flexible sigmoidoscopy with FOBT?

30
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When should you stop screening for CVD?

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No set time of stopping

31
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What is the age range for colonoscopy?

32
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What is the grade for colon cancer screening for ages 75+? 85+?

33
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When should children have their first eye exam?

34
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Blacks have a higher risk for what eye disease?

35
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What are the advantages of hearing screening?

36
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What is the grade for assessing coronary Ca levels?

37
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True or false: there is no benefit from eye screening for the elderly

38
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What are the guidelines for aortic aneurysm screening?

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after age 65, male, 100+ packs of cigarettes

39
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True or false: ankle-brachial index is a good screening procedure for PVD

40
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What are the guidelines for screening for lung CA (age, risk factors)?

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55-80 yo, 30 pack year, currently smoking, or quit within past 15 years

41
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PSA screening in men under what age is not recommended?

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40 or low risk until 54

42
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PSA screening at what age should be weighed against potential dangers?

43
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What age range is testicular CA most common?

44
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What is the screening guidelines for testicular cancer?

45
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The USPSTF recommends against screening for testicular cancer in adolescent or adult males. What grade?

46
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What is the grade for mammography?

47
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What are the age range for biennial mammography?

48
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What is the USPSTF guidelines for starting mammography prior to 50 yo?

49
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What is the grade for teaching self breast exam?

50
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What is the grade for clinical breast exam prior to 40?

51
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What is the grade for using MRIs instead of mammograms?

52
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What is the age range for cholesterol screening?

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assess every 4-6 years ages 20-79

53
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What are good HDL values? What about if they have CVD?

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> 35 mg/dl

> 45 mg/dl

54
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What is the level of LDL that indicates when patient should start statins?

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> 190 mg/dl

55
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What is the level of LDL that indicates when patient with DM should start statins?

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70-189 mg/dl

56
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What is the benefit of coronary artery Ca scoring?

57
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When should annual CT screening of lungs be stopped in smokers?

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after 15 years of not smoking, or if some other disease limits benefit

58
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When is PSA testing absolutley contraindicated?

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70 or with less than 10-15 life expectancy

59
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What are the three major STIs that pregnant women should receive?

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Hep B
HIV
Syphilus

60
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How often are pap smears done? What age do they start at?

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q 3 years, after sexual activity

61
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When should BP checks start How often?

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18 years of age, q2 years

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