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Men in this age group who have ever smoked should get abdominal duplex ultrasonography screening.
What is 65-75 years old?
According to JNC-8 guidelines, this is the goal BP for patient > 60 years.
What is 150/90?
The vast majority of acute bronchitis cases are caused by this type of pathogen.
What are viruses?
This self-limited condition causes knee pain in active children due to repetitive traction of the patellar tendon on the tibial tubercle.
What is Osgood-Schlatter disease?
This condition is characterized by acute disturbance in cognition, awareness, and attention that fluctuates in severity and develops within hours to days.
What is delirium?
This statistical measure represents the number of patients that must be treated to result in one positive outcome and is one of the most intuitive concepts in explaining intervention power.
What is number needed to treat (NNT)?
Patient education materials should be written at this grade level to ensure universal health literacy.
What is 5th to 6th grade reading level?
The ACC/AHA recommends this many minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity weekly for cardiovascular protection.
What is 150 minutes?
Patients with community-acquired pneumonia and comorbidities should receive this antibiotic combination for outpatient treatment.
What is amoxicillin/clavulanate plus a macrolide?
Appropriate testing for all children with chronic cough lasting >8 weeks includes these tests.
What is X-ray and spirometry?
FDA-approved therapies for alcohol use disorder include these three medication options.
This systematic approach combines results from multiple studies to provide a more precise estimate of treatment effect.
What is a meta-analysis?
The AAP recommends checking hemoglobin levels at this visit to prevent iron deficiency anemia.
What is 12 months?
This class of diabetes medications has been shown to reduce heart failure-related hospitalizations even in patients without diabetes.
What are SGLT2 inhibitors?
In patients with community-acquired pneumonia, this severity scoring system helps determine the need for hospitalization versus outpatient treatment.
What is CURB-65?
This topical antibiotic should be used to treat bullous impetigo, which is caused by toxin-producing Staphylococcus aureus.
What is mupirocin?
This class of antipsychotics is preferred over haloperidol for delirium management because they have fewer side effects and faster onset of action.
What are second-generation antipsychotics? (olanzapine, risperidone, and quetiapine)
This statistical approach analyzes data according to the original treatment assignment regardless of whether patients actually received or completed the assigned treatment.
What is intention-to-treat analysis?
The USPSTF gives this age group their first "B" recommendation for depression screening.
What is 12 years old.
Patients who have been treated with a drug-eluting stent require dual antiplatelet therapy for this duration according to ACC/AHA guidelines.
What is 6-12 months?
According to 2012 IDSA guidelines, this antibiotic is now first-line for bacterial sinusitis due to emerging resistance.
What is amoxicillin/clavulanate?
The AAP recommends screening for maternal depression using validated tools at these four well-child visit intervals.
What are 1, 2, 4, and 6 month visits?
This drug-induced condition can be diagnosed using the Hunter Toxicity Criteria and presents with hyperthermia, clonus, tremor, and hyperreflexia.
What is drug-induced hyperthermia syndrome (serotonin syndrome)?
This statistical measure relates to variation and indicates the relationship of an outcome to chance, commonly expressed as a range around the point estimate.
What is a 95% confidence interval?
This age range gets the vision screening "green light" from USPSTF with a B recommendation.
What is 3-5 years old?
According to JNC-8, this combination therapy is most effective for lowering morbidity and mortality in patients with CKD and proteinuria.
What is ACE inhibitor (or ARB) plus thiazide diuretic or calcium channel blocker?
Febrile neutropenia requires empiric IV antibiotics within this timeframe to reduce mortality risk.
What is within one hour of presentation?
In sickle cell patients, this emergency condition presents with acute anemia, low platelets, and left upper quadrant pain requiring immediate RBC transfusion.
What is splenic sequestration?
SSRIs like citalopram significantly increase the risk of this type of bleeding according to meta-analysis studies.
What is upper gastrointestinal bleeding?
Blood pressure reduction and cholesterol lowering are examples of this one type of outcomes, while stroke prevention and mortality reduction are examples of the other type of outcome.
What are disease-oriented outcomes vs patient-oriented outcomes?