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1. What is the schedule for varicella vaccine?
Total cholesterol - FOBT
Adults > 60
One dose at 12-15 mod - Booster at least 4-weeks after
Patients > 75 - Patients 70 - 74 who are on psychoactive or cardiac meds - who are on > 4 meds and who have impaired cognition - strength - balance and vision
2. Some contraindications for aspirin
To get IgA protection
PUD - bleeding disorders - liver disease - kidney disease - ASA allergy - uncontrolled HTN - diabetic retinopathy
BP - Height - Weight
2mo - 4 mo - 6mo and 12-15 mo
3. When is area of induration > 5mm considered TB positive?
HIV positive patients - Recents contact with TB case - Persons with fibrotic changes on CXR consistent with old healed TB - Patients with organ transplant - Immunocompromised patients
Starts at age 21 regardless of age becoming sexually active and repeats every 3 years - For W > 30 - can extend the interval to every 5 years with HPV testing - Stop at 65 yo (USPSTF)
HISTORY
Children up to 7 yo and < 5' should be placed in a booster seat.
4. How much vit D should adults > 50 take?
> 2 yo and less than 40 lbs
Exercise - Environmental hazard reduction - Close monitoring of medication
1000 IU/day
HISTORY
5. What is the schedule for rotavirus vaccine?
2mo - 4 mo and 6mo - Do not give 1st dose after 15 weeks of age - Do not give past 8mo of age
800 IU/ day
HISTORY
One dose at 12-15 mod - Booster at least 4-weeks after
6. Measurement of which anatomic structure is best predictor for hip fracture?
Femoral neck
1300 mg/day
Start at 20 for all M and W regardless of RFs
Children up to 7 yo and < 5' should be placed in a booster seat.
7. What 3 things should always be done in an office visit?
Starts at age 50 for normal risk - age 40 for increased risk - FOBT every year - OR - Sigmodoiscopy every 3-5 years - OR - Colonoscopy every 10 years
BP - Height - Weight
2mo - 4 mo and 6mo - Do not give 1st dose after 15 weeks of age - Do not give past 8mo of age
Exercise - Environmental hazard reduction - Close monitoring of medication
8. What is the schedule for Hep A vaccine?
6 mos - 3 yrs : none - 3 yrs - 6 yrs: 0.25 mg/day - 6 yrs - 16 yrs : 0.5 mg/day
12 - 23 mo - 2 doses are to be given 6 mo apart
Subq (inactivated - Salk) - The oral kind (Sabin - is a live vaccine and can induced polio)
11 - 12 yo - Unvaccinated adolescents at high school entry - Unvaccinated college freshman
9. If traveling to endemic areas - Why should one get a dose of live vaccine?
To get IgA protection
12 - 23 mo - 2 doses are to be given 6 mo apart
65 (earlier if have increased risk factors)
One dose at 12-15 mod - Booster at least 4-weeks after
10. What are the guidelines for pap smear?
Starts at age 21 regardless of age becoming sexually active and repeats every 3 years - For W > 30 - can extend the interval to every 5 years with HPV testing - Stop at 65 yo (USPSTF)
2mo - 4mo - 6-18 mo and 4-6 yrs
In all W < 24 who are sexually active - In W > 24 with increased risk
1000 IU/day
11. What kind of polio vaccine is preferred?
HISTORY
Subq (inactivated - Salk) - The oral kind (Sabin - is a live vaccine and can induced polio)
Patients > 75 - Patients 70 - 74 who are on psychoactive or cardiac meds - who are on > 4 meds and who have impaired cognition - strength - balance and vision
In adults with sustained BP > 135/80 mmHg
12. What can decrease fall in the elderly?
Exercise - Environmental hazard reduction - Close monitoring of medication
Stroke and DVT
65 (earlier if have increased risk factors)
Children 6 mos - 18 yrs - Adults > 50 yo - Chronic cardiopulmonary diseases - Metabolic disease - Immunocompromised - Household contacts of people with increased risks
13. How much calcium should women > 50 take?
1200 mg/day
Starts at age 21 regardless of age becoming sexually active and repeats every 3 years - For W > 30 - can extend the interval to every 5 years with HPV testing - Stop at 65 yo (USPSTF)
Exercise or physical therapy and vit D for patients > 65
Starts at age 50 for normal risk - age 40 for increased risk - FOBT every year - OR - Sigmodoiscopy every 3-5 years - OR - Colonoscopy every 10 years
14. When is area of induration > 15 mm considered TB positive?
Starts at 20 for both M and W
2mo - 4mo - 6-18 mo and 4-6 yrs
Persons with no known risk factors
In overweight M and W > 45 - In overweight M and W < 45 with 1 or more RFs
15. How much vit D should adults < 50 take?
Men starting at 35 yo to 65 - Women starting at 45 yo to 65 - Every 5 years
To get IgA protection
800 IU/ day
First degree relative with DMT2 - GDM or baby > 9 lbs - Physical inactivity - Ethnicity (AA - Hawaiian - Native) - HTN - PCOS - Prediabetics ( HbA1C 5.7 - 6.4)
16. In which group of patients should aspirin be given as primary prevention for MI?
Men 45 - 79 yo
Total cholesterol - FOBT
2mo - 4mo - 6-18 mo and 4-6 yrs
Every 5 years
17. What are the risks of combination HRT?
In overweight M and W > 45 - In overweight M and W < 45 with 1 or more RFs
11 - 12 yo - Unvaccinated adolescents at high school entry - Unvaccinated college freshman
Breast CA - thromboembolic event - stroke and CAD
Start at 20 for all M and W regardless of RFs
18. What are 2 conditions that have been proven to be beneficial to screened for?
Smoking - Alcoholism
Diabetes - non-coronary atherosclerosis - Family History of premature cardiac death ( M < 50 and W < 60) - Smokers - HTN - Obesity
HISTORY
6 mos - 3 yrs : none - 3 yrs - 6 yrs: 0.25 mg/day - 6 yrs - 16 yrs : 0.5 mg/day
19. When can children sit in a booster seat?
20. How much fluoride should military children in HI be given?
Diabetes - non-coronary atherosclerosis - Family History of premature cardiac death ( M < 50 and W < 60) - Smokers - HTN - Obesity
6 mos - 3 yrs : none - 3 yrs - 6 yrs: 0.25 mg/day - 6 yrs - 16 yrs : 0.5 mg/day
Men 45 - 79 yo
800 IU/ day
21. What is the USPSTF guideline for fall prevention in the elderly?
Exercise or physical therapy and vit D for patients > 65
To get IgA protection
During 2nd - 3rd trimester
2mo - 4 mo and 6mo - Do not give 1st dose after 15 weeks of age - Do not give past 8mo of age
22. What is the schedule for Hep B vaccine?
0.4 mg/day
Persons with no known risk factors
First dose at birth - Second dose at 1-2 mo - Third dose at 6 mo
800 IU/ day
23. What is HI law for booster seat?
24. What is the schedule for DTap vaccine?
1000 IU/day
Children < 7 yo - 2 mo - 4 mo - 6 mo - 15-18 mo and 4-5 yrs
Start at 20 for all M and W regardless of RFs
2mo - 4mo - 6-18 mo and 4-6 yrs
25. Who are at increased risk for adverse effect catching a flu?
12 - 23 mo - 2 doses are to be given 6 mo apart
Children 6 mos - 18 yrs - Adults > 50 yo - Chronic cardiopulmonary diseases - Metabolic disease - Immunocompromised - Household contacts of people with increased risks
During 2nd - 3rd trimester
Children up to 7 yo and < 5' should be placed in a booster seat.
26. When should chest X-ray be used for screening?
Total cholesterol - FOBT
Men 45 - 79 yo
2mo - 4 mo and 6mo - Do not give 1st dose after 15 weeks of age - Do not give past 8mo of age
NEVER
27. Who should get Tdap vaccine and how often?
9 - 26 yo - To prevent cervical cancer in W and anal cancer in M and genital warts - Protect against HPV type 11 - 16 and 18
Adults - every 10 years - If sustain deep or contaminated wound - every 5 years - Best to give first dose 11-18 yo - then followed by Td booster
When they are > 40 lbs and still less then 5'
1200 mg/day
28. How much calcium should adolescents (9 -18) take?
Every 5 years
Adults - every 10 years - If sustain deep or contaminated wound - every 5 years - Best to give first dose 11-18 yo - then followed by Td booster
1300 mg/day
Diabetes - non-coronary atherosclerosis - Family History of premature cardiac death ( M < 50 and W < 60) - Smokers - HTN - Obesity
29. What is the schedule for Hib vaccine?
2mo - 4 mo - 6mo and 12-15 mo
During 2nd - 3rd trimester
Persons with no known risk factors
HISTORY
30. In which group of patients should aspirin be given as primary prevention for stroke?
12-15 mos and 4-6 yrs - MMR is live and contraindicated in pregnant women and immunocompromised patients
> 2 yo and less than 40 lbs
Women 55 - 79 yo
Smoking - Alcoholism
31. What are the guidelines for colon cancer screening?
Starts at age 50 for normal risk - age 40 for increased risk - FOBT every year - OR - Sigmodoiscopy every 3-5 years - OR - Colonoscopy every 10 years
BP - Height - Weight
Preschool children : 3-4 yo - Elderly patients: > 65 yo
More than 15
32. How much folate and for How long should a woman take for planned pregnancy?
0.4 - 0.8 mg/day for 1 month prior to conception
2mo - 4 mo and 6mo - Do not give 1st dose after 15 weeks of age - Do not give past 8mo of age
Children up to 7 yo and < 5' should be placed in a booster seat.
For incompletely vaccinated patients (did not receive first three shots in series) with deep or contaminated wound
33. What is the most important way to screen for CAD in an asymptomatic patients?
HISTORY
4 mg/day
Breast CA - thromboembolic event - stroke and CAD
Diabetes - non-coronary atherosclerosis - Family History of premature cardiac death ( M < 50 and W < 60) - Smokers - HTN - Obesity
34. What are the USPSTF guidelines for cholesterol screening in people with normal risks?
Patients > 75 - Patients 70 - 74 who are on psychoactive or cardiac meds - who are on > 4 meds and who have impaired cognition - strength - balance and vision
2mo - 4 mo and 6mo - Do not give 1st dose after 15 weeks of age - Do not give past 8mo of age
Men starting at 35 yo to 65 - Women starting at 45 yo to 65 - Every 5 years
In adults with sustained BP > 135/80 mmHg
35. What are the USPSTF guidelines for cholesterol screening in people with increased risks?
Smoking - Alcoholism
Starts at 20 for both M and W
NEVER
Meningitis and Epiglottitis
36. When should pregnant women get a flu shot?
Total cholesterol - FOBT
Smoking - Alcoholism
During 2nd - 3rd trimester
When they are > 40 lbs and still less then 5'
37. What is the ADA guideline for DMT2 screening?
In overweight M and W > 45 - In overweight M and W < 45 with 1 or more RFs
> 2 yo and less than 40 lbs
Smoking - Alcoholism
Children 6 mos - 18 yrs - Adults > 50 yo - Chronic cardiopulmonary diseases - Metabolic disease - Immunocompromised - Household contacts of people with increased risks
38. Which children should use a semi-upright/forward facing carseat?
One dose at 12-15 mod - Booster at least 4-weeks after
Children 6 mos - 18 yrs - Adults > 50 yo - Chronic cardiopulmonary diseases - Metabolic disease - Immunocompromised - Household contacts of people with increased risks
HISTORY
> 2 yo and less than 40 lbs
39. What are some safety issues you should counsel parents with young children?
12 - 23 mo - 2 doses are to be given 6 mo apart
Fires: install smoke detectors - flame-resistant nightwears - Burns: set hot water to 110-120 F. - Poisoning: keep the number for poison control 800-222-1222. Do not use IPECAC. - Helmets - knee/elbow pads...
4 mg/day
Rear facing
40. What are the USPSTF guidelines for mammogram?
Starts at 50 (recommends against starting at 40) and every 2 years
Femoral neck
Children up to 7 yo and < 5' should be placed in a booster seat.
0.4 mg/day
41. Unopposed estrogen increases risks for what conditions?
Stroke and DVT
BP - Height - Weight
1) Children < 2yo 2) All adults smokers 3) Adults and children > 2 yo with high risk: cardiopulmonary disease - asplenic - Hodgkin's disease - multiple myeloma - chronic liver disease - alcoholism - renal failure - immunocompromised 4) Healthy adults
2mo - 4 mo - 6mo and 12-15 mo
42. Measurement of which anatomic structure is best predictor for fractures elsewhere beside hip fracture?
Forearm
Starts at 50 (recommends against starting at 40) and every 2 years
One dose at 12-15 mod - Booster at least 4-weeks after
Men 45 - 79 yo
43. How often do asplenic patients receive pneumococcal vaccine?
2nd dose 2 mo after 1st dose - 3rd dose 6 mo after 2nd dose
In all W < 24 who are sexually active - In W > 24 with increased risk
For incompletely vaccinated patients (did not receive first three shots in series) with deep or contaminated wound
Every 5 years
44. Who should get shingles vaccine?
Exercise - Environmental hazard reduction - Close monitoring of medication
Adults > 60
12-15 mos and 4-6 yrs - MMR is live and contraindicated in pregnant women and immunocompromised patients
Recent arrival (< 5 y) from high prevalence countries - IV drug users - Residents and employees of high risk settings: prison - nursing homes - hospitals - homeless shelters - and residential facilities for AIDS patients - Mycobacterial lab personnel
45. What is the USPSTF guideline for chlamydial screening?
In adults with sustained BP > 135/80 mmHg
In all W < 24 who are sexually active - In W > 24 with increased risk
1300 mg/day
Men starting at 35 yo to 65 - Women starting at 45 yo to 65 - Every 5 years
46. What kind of sunscreen SPF is recommended for sun protection?
2mo - 4mo - 6-18 mo and 4-6 yrs
More than 15
6 mos - 3 yrs : none - 3 yrs - 6 yrs: 0.25 mg/day - 6 yrs - 16 yrs : 0.5 mg/day
65 (earlier if have increased risk factors)
47. What tests are appropriate to order in an asymptomatic 57 yo male?
12 - 23 mo - 2 doses are to be given 6 mo apart
Fires: install smoke detectors - flame-resistant nightwears - Burns: set hot water to 110-120 F. - Poisoning: keep the number for poison control 800-222-1222. Do not use IPECAC. - Helmets - knee/elbow pads...
2mo - 4mo - 6-18 mo and 4-6 yrs
Total cholesterol - FOBT
48. When should tetanus immunoglobulin be given?
Subq (inactivated - Salk) - The oral kind (Sabin - is a live vaccine and can induced polio)
For incompletely vaccinated patients (did not receive first three shots in series) with deep or contaminated wound
Femoral neck
Rear facing
49. When is intensive individualized home-based intervention recommended?
0.4 - 0.8 mg/day for 1 month prior to conception
1000 mg/day
Patients > 75 - Patients 70 - 74 who are on psychoactive or cardiac meds - who are on > 4 meds and who have impaired cognition - strength - balance and vision
Rear facing
50. At what age should women have DEXA scan?
Children 6 mos - 18 yrs - Adults > 50 yo - Chronic cardiopulmonary diseases - Metabolic disease - Immunocompromised - Household contacts of people with increased risks
BP - Height - Weight
65 (earlier if have increased risk factors)
6 mos - 3 yrs : 0.25 mg/day - 3 yrs - 6 yrs: 0.5 mg/day - 6 yrs - 16 yrs : 1 mg/day