USPSTF guidelines/statistic review Flashcards
What is the leading cause of death in all ages/genders? what is the 2nd cause of death?
- Heart disease
- Cancer
what are the three top leading cancer deaths?
- Lung Cancer
- Colorectal cancer
- Pancreas
what is the most common cause of death in adolescents?
- unintentional injuries (MVCs)
what is the second most common cause of death in adolescents?
Suicide
watch signs for depression, such as talking about sauna, saying goodbye to friends and family, social isolation, social media updates about death etc.
what is the leading cause of death in birth to 12 months?
Congenital malformations
what is the leading cause of death in age 1 to 44 years?
unintentional injuries
what is the leading cause of death in age 45 to 64?
Cancer
what is the leading cause of aged 65 and older?
heart disease
what is the average life expectancy for female in the US?
81 years
what is the average life expectancy for males in the US?
76 years
what is the most common type of cancer?
skin cancer
what is the most common type of skin cancer?
basal cell carcinoma
what skin cancer causes the majority of skin cancer deaths?
melanoma
what is the most common prevalent cancer in men?
prostate cancer
what race is at higher risk for prostate cancer for cancer?
African American men and Caribbean men.
what is the most common type of cancer in women?
breast cancer
what is the most common type of cancer in children?
ALL
Acute lymphocytic leukemia
sensitivity tests do what?
they rule in
specificity tests do what?
they rule out
True or False:
People aged 50 to 59 years with greater than 10% CVD risk: initiate low dose aspirin use for primary prevention of cardiovascular and colorectal cancer in patients who are not at increased risk for bleeding with life expectancy of at least 10 years and who are willing to take low-dose aspirin daily for at least 10 years.
True
what is the baseline age to start a mammogram? what is the frequency?
start at 50 years, repeat every 2 years until age 74 yrs.
For women with familial breast cancer, what is the recommendation to start screening?
in their 40s
The American cancer society recommends that women at highest risk of breast cancer (BRCA gene) should obtain both breast MRI and mammogram every year, starting at what age?
30
what is the cervical cancer USPSTF recommendation for women aged 20 and younger?
Do not screen (even if sexually active with multiple partners); cervical cancer is rare before age 21 yrs.
what is the cervical cancer USPSTF recommendation for women aged 21 to 29?
Every 3 years with cervical cytology alone
what is the cervical cancer USPSTF recommendation for women aged 30 to 65?
Every 3 years with cervical cytology alone, every 5 yrs with high-risk (hrHPV) testing alone, or every 5 years with hrHPV testing in combination with cytology
what is the cervical cancer USPSTF recommendation for women with a prior hysterectomy with removal of cervix?
If hysterectomy with cervical removal was not due to cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN grade 2) or cervical cancer, stop screening
what is the cervical cancer USPSTF recommendation for women aged older than 65 with adequate prior screening?
Do not screen if there is history of adequate prior screening and is otherwise not at high risk for cervical cancer.
what is the USPSTF recommendation for colorectal cancer?
start at age 45 to 75 years.
what is the USPSTF recommendation for colon cancer screenings with colonoscopies? FOBT? Flexible sigmoidoscopy ? Stool DNA?
Colonoscopy every 10 years.
Flex Sigmoidoscopy or CT colonography every 5 yrs.
FOBT/FIT test every year
Stool DNA every 1 to 3 yrs.
what is the USPSTF recommendation age for a total lipid profile after a 9 hour minimum fast?
40 to 75
True or false:
The USPSTF recommends the use of low to moderate dose statin for adults with no history of CVD (primary prevention) when all the following are met:
-age 40 to 75
-the pt has one or more CVD risk factors (dyslipidemia, DM, HTN, Smoking)
-the pt has a calculated 10 yr risk of CV event greater than 10%
-aged greater than 76 yrs without hx of heart attack or stroke
True