Preventive Medicine Flashcards
Lung/Breast/Cancer Screening ages
breast 40-75colon 50-75Lung 55-80
Lung Cancer Screening
age 55-8030 pack year, smoking in last 15 years
Influenza Vaccine, who needs higher dose?
adults older than 65
Influenza and egg allergy
if mild (rash) can still givecannot give liverecombinant for those with allergies
Pneumococcal Vaccines for healthy ppl over age 65
PCV 13. Wait one year.PPSV23.
Pneumococcal vaccine for someone age 65 who already received PPSV23 after the age of 65
wait at least one year and give PCV13
Pneumococcal vaccine for 65+ who received PPSV23 before 65
Wait one year and give PCV13. Wait one year and give PPSV23 with total of 5 years in between two PPSV23s
Pneumococcal vaccines if less than 65 - schedule
PCV13. Wait 8 weeks. PPSV23. Revaccinate in 5 years and age 65.
Do not give PCV13 with…
zoster (decreases zoster immunogenicity)
Tetanus, give with wound if
last shot more than 5 years ago
Use Tdap for…
single dose for adultseach pregnancy (3rd trimester)close contacts of infants less than 12m and healthcare peeps
Meningococcal Vaccine Indications
College, Military, TravelAspleenia, HIV, Complement Def
Meningococcal Vaccine serogroups
A, C, Y, Wno B
Dosing for Meningococcal Vaccines
health issues, 2 doses 2 months apart, q5 yearsotherwise q5y as long as risk persists
Zoster - who to vaccinate
60+ and not immunosuppressed
MMR - who NOT to vaccinate
adults before 1957pregnant womencancer ptshigh doses of steroids (20mg+ prednisone)
AAP Toothpaste
Smear of toothpaste until 3, then pea sized
When to treat subclinical hyperthyroidism
over 65under 65 w heart disease, osteoporosis, symptoms
Risk of subclinical hyperthyroidism
A fibbone loss
When to treat subclinical hypothyroidism
TSH 10+positive TPOsymptoms, HF, risk factors for CVD (chol 240+)
a1c to glucose
subtract 2, multiple by 30
BP in kids under 12, systolic =
70 + 2*age
Prostate Cancer, ACS screening for average risk
age 50-75 + 10 year life expectacny
Prostate Cancer: ACS screening for very high risk
relative diagnosed at early ageage 40-75
Cervical Cancer Screening
age 21-65
Breast Cancer Risk Factors
AGE!!nulliparity, early menarche, late menopauseovarian or endometrial cancer
Colon Cancer screening in IBD
8 yr after pancoloitis12-15y after left sided colitis
Colon Cancer Screening
age 50-75
Colon Cancer Screening, increased risk
first degree relative, less than 60 or 2 1st degree relatives —>age 40 or 10 years before, q5yor age 40 for 1st degree relative 60+ OR two or more 2nd degree
Breast Cancer Screening
ages 50-74, biennial vs annualconsider in 40-49
Abdominal Aorta Aneurysm Screening
men 65-75 who have smoked
ASA for CVD and CRC risk
50-59 w/ 10-year risk of 10% or moreage 60-69 individual risk
HPV two dose regimen
adolescents 9-140 and 6-12 months
HPV three dose regimen
ages 15-26