Adult Health Maintenance Screening
Aka: Adult Health Maintenance Screening, Health Maintenance in Adults, Well Woman Exam, Well Male Exam, Health Maintenance in Women, Health Maintenance in Men
Also see: Health Concerns in Elderly; Health Maintenance in Children and in Adolescents
Epidemiology
II. History
- Medical History
- Surgical History
- Medications
- Allergies
III. Epidemiology
- Preventive care visits for ages 15 to 65 years old (U.S.)
- Women: 44%
- Men: 15%
- Hsiao (2010) Natl Health Stat Report (27):1-32 [PubMed]
- Adults with primary care provider (U.S., 2000)
- Women: 80%
- Men: 66%
- Life Expectancy (U.S., 2015)
- Women: 82 years
- Men: 76 years
Prevention: Habitus and Lifestyle
IV. Prevention: Habitus and Lifestyle
- Precautions: High Risk Settings may direct additional screening
- STI Clinics
- Correctional facilities
- Homeless Shelters
- Tuberculosis Clinics
- Adolescent Health Clinics
- Obesity
- If BMI >30, refer to intensive behavioral counseling
- See Obesity Management
- USPTF Obesity Guidelines
- Physical Activity
- Dietary Intake
- See Nutrition Guidelines
- USPTF Dietary Guidelines
- Substance Abuse
- Tobacco abuse
- See Tobacco Cessation
- USPTF Tobacco guidelines
- Alcohol Abuse
- Drug Abuse
- See Substance Abuse Evaluation
- See Single-Question Drug Abuse Screening Test
- USPTF Drug use guidelines
- Tobacco abuse
- Sexually Transmitted Disease
- Prevention (Condom Use, limit sexual partners)
- STD Screening
- HIV Risk Factors and HIV Screening
- USPTF Sexually Transmitted Disease guidelines
- Major Depression
- Depression Screening Tools (e.g. PHQ2, PHQ9)
- Consider starting with PHQ2, and if positive, reflex to PHQ9
- USPTF Depression Screening
- Depression Screening Tools (e.g. PHQ2, PHQ9)
- Osteoporosis
Prevention: Cardiovascular
V. Prevention: Cardiovascular
- Coronary Artery Disease
- See Cardiovascular Risk Management
- ASCVD Risk Estimator
- USPTF Coronary Heart Disease Guidelines
- Hypertension
- Hyperlipidemia
- Indications
- Cardiovascular Risk Factors
- Start screening for men and women at age 20 years old
- No risk factors
- Men: Over age 40 years old
- Women: Over age 45 years old
- Cardiovascular Risk Factors
- Screen every 5 years
- Fasting lipid profile or
- Total Cholesterol and HDL Cholesterol
- USPTF Dysplipidemia guidelines
- Indications
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
- Screening with Ultrasound (Indications per USPTF)
- Indications
- Men aged 65 to 75 years with lifetime Tobacco use greater than 100 Cigarettes
- Women have no screening guidelines per USPTF
- See Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm for broader screening guidelines per Society Vascular Medicine
- USPTF AAA screening guidelines
- References
- Carotid Artery Stenosis Guidelines
Prevention: Cancer in Men and Women
VI. Prevention: Cancer in Men and Women
- Colorectal Cancer
- See Colorectal Cancer Screening
- Indications
- Start screening at age 50 years (and stop between 75 and 85 years old)
- See Colorectal Cancer Screening regarding indications to start screening earlier
- Options
- Colonoscopy: Every 10 years (preferred) or
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy: Every 5 years or
- Occult Blood in stool: Annually
- USPTF Colorectal Cancer Screening guidelines
- Lung Cancer
- Screening
- Indicated in age 55 to 80 years old with 30 py Tobacco use (ongoing or quit in last 15 years)
- Screen with annual low dose CT chest
- Advantages
- Number Needed to Screen in 5 years to prevent one death: 320
- All cause mortality Relative Risk Reduction: 6.7%
- Disadvantages
- Cummulative radiation and cost with annual screening will be substantial
- High False Positive Rate with screening (96%) will require significant resources to evaluate
- Despite USPTF recommendation for screening, other organizations (e.g. AAFP) do not recommend
- References
- Prevention
- Tobacco Cessation
- Consider Radon Gas testing in the home
- USPTF Lung Cancer screening guidelines
- Screening
- Skin Cancer
- See Self Skin Exam
- Insufficient evidence to recommend skin cancer screening (self screening, or that by a medical provider)
Prevention: Women
VII. Prevention: Women
- Family Planning
- Contraception Counseling
- Preconception Counseling
- Folic Acid 400-800 mcg orally daily
- Cervical Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Ovarian Cancer
- Routine screening not recommended (USPTF)
- USPTF Ovarian Cancer Screening
Prevention: Men
VIII. Prevention: Men
- Prostate Cancer
- Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA)
- See Prostate Cancer Prevention for an Informed Consent outline for PSA testing
- Discuss risks and benefits of test
- Not recommended by most organizations other than ACS and AUA
- Offer test annually between ages 55 to 69 years after discussion of test poor efficacy
- Previously indicated for ages 50 to 75 years
- USPTF Prostate Cancer Screening guidelines
- Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA)
- Testicular Cancer
- No routine screening recommended by USPTF or NCI
- USPTF Testicular Cancer screening
Prevention: Eye
IX. Prevention: Eye
- Glaucoma
- Medicare will cover an annual dilated Eye Exam and Glaucoma screening
- Consider baseline exam indications
- Age over 40 years
- Family History of Glaucoma related Vision Loss
- USPTF Glaucoma screening guidelines
- http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspsglau.htm
- USPTF does not recommend routine screening
- Vision
- USPTF Visual Acquity Guidelines (older adults)
Prevention: Immunizations
XI. Prevention: Immunizations
- Tetanus Vaccine
- Measles Vaccine
- Booster for 1 dose if born after 1956
- Rubella Vaccine
- Fertile woman without proof of immunity
- Influenza Vaccine
- Annual Vaccine recommended in all patients
- See Influenza Vaccine for indications
- Pneumococcus Vaccine
- One dose over age 65 years or Asplenic
- Tuberculin Skin Test (Purified Protein Derivative)
- Recommended for high risk patients for Tuberculosis
- Hepatitis B Screening and Immunization
- See Hepatitis B Vaccine for Immunization indications
- See Hepatitis B Serology for screening indications
- HPV Vaccine
- Included in Primary Series and indicated to age 26 (age 45 if high risk) in men and women
- Shingles
- One dose over age 60 years (consider for age over 50 years)
- CDC Immunization Schedules
Prevention: Miscellaneous
X. Prevention: Miscellaneous
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Diabetes Screening indications
- Treated or untreated Hypertension (BP >135/80)
- Overweight or obses adults 40 to 70 years old
- USPTF Diabetes Mellitus Guidelines
- Diabetes Screening indications
- COPD
- Routine screening with Spirometry not recommended (USPTF)
- USPTF COPD Guidelines
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis C Screening indications
- All patients born between 1945 and 1965
- Patients at high risk of Hepatitis C (e.g. IV Drug Abuse)
- CDC Hepatitis C Screening Guidelines
- Hepatitis C Screening indications
References
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