Screening guidelines — Flashcards

Flashcard 21: What imaging test is used to evaluate bright red blood per rectum in a patient > 50 years old or < 50 years old with risk factors for CRC? _____

Answer: Colonoscopy

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Flashcard 22: Interpretations of the PPD skin test for TB? - Positive for everyone → _____ - Homeless, prison, healthcare → _____ - Immunosuppressed, close contacts → _____

Answer: >15 mm

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Flashcard 23: (+) FOBT → _____

Answer: colonoscopy

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Flashcard 24: Screening for cervical trauma = _____

Answer: X-ray

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Flashcard 25: What is the best screening test for DIC? _____

Answer: Elevated D-dimer

Flashcard 26: What is the diagnostic cutoff for the 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test for a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus?_____

Answer: > 200 mg/dL

Flashcard 27: What *used to be* the rule out test for HIV?_____

Answer: ELISA

Flashcard 28: Which glucose test is preferred for general use?_____

Answer: Fasting glucose

Flashcard 29: One use of Mammography as a screening tool is to detect invasive carcinoma before it becomes _____

Answer: clinically palpable

Flashcard 30: Most notably, the serum tumor marker _____ is elevated in Prostate Cancer

Answer: PSA