Risk Factors

Biggest risk factor for suicide?

Previous attempt

Biggest risk factor for A fib?

-mitral stenosis

Most common arrhythmia in hyperthyroidism?

A fib

Biggest risk factor for AAA?

Biggest risk factor for CAD?

Biggest risk factor for pancreatic cancer?

Smoking

Also smoking

Also smoking

Biggest risk factor for stroke and aortic dissection?

Hypertension

If a patient has iron-deficiency anemia and the culprit is H. pylori, what is the biggest risk factor?

PUD

Biggest risk factor for esophageal carcinoma?

Barrett’s esophagus

Most common cause of UTIs?

E. coli

Biggest risk factor for osteoporosis?

Low BMI

Does controlling blood glucose in diabetics help reduce the risk of stroke or MI?

NO!

Biggest risk factor that predisposes a AAA to rupturing?

The diameter of the aneurysm

Biggest risk factor for squamous cell carcinoma of the skin?

Continuous sun exposure

Biggest risk factor for ovarian cancer?

Family history of ovarian cancer

Biggest risk factor for prostate cancer?

Biggest risk factor for breast cancer?

Age

Also age

Biggest risk factor for bladder cancer?

Smoking

Most common cause of death in patients who have received a kidney transplant?

Most common cause of death in patients with CKD? Second most common cause of death?

Most common cause of death in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease?

Biggest risk factor for erectile dysfunction?

Cardiovascular disease

Also cardiovascular disease(particularly arrhythmias); infection

Also cardiovascular disease

Also cardiovascular disease

Most common cause of death in patients with acromegaly?

Heart failure

Biggest risk factor for obstructive sleep apnea?

Biggest risk factor for knee osteoarthritis?

Obesity

Also obesity

Most common cause of death in patients with lupus?

Ischemic heart disease(MI)

Most common pulmonary malignancy in patients with history of asbestos exposure?

Bronchogenic carcinoma

Most common cause of acute pancreatitis in the US?

Most common cause of chronic pancreatitis in the US?

Gallstones

Alcoholism

Biggest risk factor for papillary thyroid cancer?

Chest or neck radiation for a lymphoma

Screening for cervical cancer?

Over 30?

If hysterectomy?

Pap smear every 3 years between ages of 21-30

Pap smear plus HPV co-testing every 5 years until 65

Only stop screening if the hysterectomy was done for benign reasons

Screening for hyperlipidemia?

When would you screen before these ages?

Men starting at 35, women starting at 45, for every 5 years

High risk for CAD

Screening for colon cancer?

Screen with colonoscopy every 10 years between the ages of 50-75

When does colon cancer screening start in a patient with ulcerative colitis?

8 years after diagnosis of UC

With family history of colon cancer, when do you start screening?

40, or 10 years prior to the age when the family member was diagnosed

Family history of FAP(& HNPCC), start screening…

Specific to HNPCC?

Yearly starting at 10-15

Start screening before 21

For pregnant women, at first prenatal visit, you screen for?

Syphilis, HIV, and asymptomatic bacteriuria

Pregnant woman with pyrlonephritis, she must what?

Be on treatment for chronic UTIs the rest of the pregnancy

When is Rh immunoglobulin given?

At 28 weeks gestation and within 72 hours post-delivery

Most important factor of melanoma determining the likelihood of spread?

Depth of the lesion(Breslow depth)

Most important preventive measure in hepatocellular carcinoma?

Hep B vaccination

Biggest risk factor of cervical cancer?

Most common cause of death in patients with cervical cancer?

HPV exposure

Renal failure

Most important risk factor for endometritis?

Most important risk factor for placenta previa?

C-section delivery

Also C-section delivery

Most important risk factor for pre-eclampsia? Second?

Prior pre-eclampsia; nulliparity

Biggest risk factor for uterine inversion?

Prior inversion

Biggest risk factor for chorioamnionitis?

History of prolonged rupture of membranes

Biggest risk factor for pre-term labor?

Bacterial vaginosis

Biggest risk factor for endometrial cancer? Second?

Unopposed estrogen; endometrial hyperplasia

Biggest risk factor for ectopic pregnancy?

Prior ectopic pregnancy

Biggest risk factor for cervical incompetence?

LEEP procedure or cervical colonization procedure

Biggest risk factor for shoulder dystocia?

Biggest risk factor for macrosomia?

Macrosomia

Gestational diabetes of the mom

Biggest risk factor for fallopian pyrlonephritis in pregnancy?

Asymptomatic becteriuria and prior pyrlonephritis

What is avoided in smokers, or history of stroke, or migraines with aura, or thrombogenesis?

What else?

Avoid estrogen-containing OCPs

History of hepatic adenoma

What type of IUD is avoided in patients with Wilson’s disease?

Copper IUD

2 biggest risk factors for STRESS urinary incontinence?

Biggest risk factors for URGE urinary incontinence?

Biggest risk factors for OVERFLOW urinary incontinence?

Age and multiple vaginal deliveries

MS

Diabetes

Biggest risk factors for placental abruption?

Trauma

Biggest risk factor for Asherman’s syndrome?

History of uterine D&C