Screening guidelines — Flashcards

Flashcard 21: What diagnostic test is used to evaluate bright red blood per rectum in a patient ≥ 45 years old or < 45 years old with risk factors for CRC? _____

Answer: Colonoscopy

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

Answer: ≥ 15 mm

Extra: https://onlinemeded.org/spa/infectious-disease/tb/acquire?ref=anki

Flashcard 23: (+) FOBT → _____

Answer: colonoscopy

Extra:  https://onlinemeded.org?ref=anki  

Flashcard 24: Preferred screening imaging for cervical spine trauma = _____

Answer: CT scan

Extra: The NEXUS criteria or Canadian C-spine rules are used to determine if imaging is necessary. If imaging is indicated, a CT of the cervical spine is the test of choice. https://onlinemeded.org/spa/surgery?ref=anki

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: Which glucose test is preferred for general use?_____

Answer: Fasting glucose

Flashcard 28: What *used to be* the rule out test for HIV?_____

Answer: ELISA

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