Health Screening Recommendations Flashcards
What are the health screening recommendations for a woman between 40-49?
Mammogram
Diabetes check with blood glucose of HBA1C at 45 yo q 3 years
What are the health screening recommendations for a woman between 19-39?
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
What are the health screening recommendations for a woman between 50-64
Discuss BMD
Colonoscopy at 50
FOBT yearly
Flex sig q 5
How often should women over 50 have a mammogram?
Every year
How often should a fasting lipid panel be done on someone without risk factors?
Every 5 years
Who should be screened for lung cancer?
Patients ages 55-80 with greater than 30 pack year smoking history who currently smoke or quit within the last 15 years
What is the screening test for lung cancer?
CT scan annually
When should screening for diabetes start?
Age 45 in patients with no risk factors with HbA1C
How often should patients be screening for diabetes?
Every 3 years if no additional risk factors arise
When should UC patients have a colonoscopy?
Yearly starting 8-10 years after diagnosis
Who should get the pneumococcal vaccine?
Over 65
Under 65 with chronic disease (COPD, asthma, CV, diabetes, alcoholism, liver disease, cochlear implants, HIV, a splenic,
When should children be screened for vision?
0-5 years old
When should the meningococcal vaccine be given?
11-12 years old
When should the rotavirus vaccine be given?
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
Which STIs need to be screened for in a pregnant woman regardless of the risk factors?
Syphilis, HIV and hep B
When should pregnant women be screened for chlamydia/gonorrhea?
Under 25 and those at increased risk
What is the screening test for abdominal aortic aneurysm?
Abdominal US
Who should be screen for an aortic aneurysm?
Men 65-75 who smoked cigarettes
When should children receive their TDAP vaccines and how many times?
Between 6 weeks and 6 years old, 5 doses
How often should a woman get a mammogram?
Every 2 years starting at age 50
When does lipid screening begin?
35 in men
45 in women
20 if have diabetes, family hx of premature CAD, familial hyperlipidemia, numerous RFs
What vaccinations are people required to get when going to North Africa (Egypt)?
Hep A, hep B, typhoid and polio booster
When should a person be vaccinated against yellow fever?
Sub-Saharan Africa
South America
When is meningococcal vaccine required?
For people who are traveling to Asian countries and sub Saharan Africa
