Health Screening Recommendations

Question 0

What are the health screening recommendations for a woman between 40-49?

Answer 0

Mammogram

Diabetes check with blood glucose of HBA1C at 45 yo q 3 years

Question 1

What are the health screening recommendations for a woman between 19-39?

Answer 1

BP check q 2 years
Cholesterol screening at 20
PAP starting at 21 q 3 years
Chlamydia testing yearly if younger than 24
HIV test once

Question 2

What are the health screening recommendations for a woman between 50-64

Answer 2

Discuss BMD
Colonoscopy at 50
FOBT yearly
Flex sig q 5

Question 3

How often should women over 50 have a mammogram?

Answer 3

Every year

Question 4

How often should a fasting lipid panel be done on someone without risk factors?

Answer 4

Every 5 years

Question 5

Who should be screened for lung cancer?

Answer 5

Patients ages 55-80 with greater than 30 pack year smoking history who currently smoke or quit within the last 15 years

Question 6

What is the screening test for lung cancer?

Answer 6

CT scan annually

Question 7

When should screening for diabetes start?

Answer 7

Age 45 in patients with no risk factors with HbA1C

Question 8

How often should patients be screening for diabetes?

Answer 8

Every 3 years if no additional risk factors arise

Question 9

When should UC patients have a colonoscopy?

Answer 9

Yearly starting 8-10 years after diagnosis

Question 10

Who should get the pneumococcal vaccine?

Answer 10

Over 65

Under 65 with chronic disease (COPD, asthma, CV, diabetes, alcoholism, liver disease, cochlear implants, HIV, a splenic,

Question 11

When should children be screened for vision?

Answer 11

0-5 years old

Question 12

When should the meningococcal vaccine be given?

Answer 12

11-12 years old

Question 13

When should the rotavirus vaccine be given?

Answer 13

Between 2-8 months
1st dose between 6 weeks and 14 weeks
Do NOT give to infants over 15 months
Don’t give last dose past 8 months

Question 14

Which STIs need to be screened for in a pregnant woman regardless of the risk factors?

Answer 14

Syphilis, HIV and hep B

Question 15

When should pregnant women be screened for chlamydia/gonorrhea?

Answer 15

Under 25 and those at increased risk

Question 16

What is the screening test for abdominal aortic aneurysm?

Answer 16

Abdominal US

Question 17

Who should be screen for an aortic aneurysm?

Answer 17

Men 65-75 who smoked cigarettes

Question 18

When should children receive their TDAP vaccines and how many times?

Answer 18

Between 6 weeks and 6 years old, 5 doses

Question 19

How often should a woman get a mammogram?

Answer 19

Every 2 years starting at age 50

Question 20

When does lipid screening begin?

Answer 20

35 in men
45 in women
20 if have diabetes, family hx of premature CAD, familial hyperlipidemia, numerous RFs

Question 21

What vaccinations are people required to get when going to North Africa (Egypt)?

Answer 21

Hep A, hep B, typhoid and polio booster

Question 22

When should a person be vaccinated against yellow fever?

Answer 22

Sub-Saharan Africa

South America

Question 23

When is meningococcal vaccine required?

Answer 23

For people who are traveling to Asian countries and sub Saharan Africa