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Three main causes of hospitalization in < 1 year old
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Perinatal
Respiratory Congenital |
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Three main causes of hospitalization in 1-4 years old
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Respiratory
Digestive Infectious |
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Three main causes of hospitalization in 5-9 years old
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Respiratory
Unintentional harm Digestive |
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Three main causes of hospitalization in 10-14 years old
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Unintentional harm
Digestive Respiratory |
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Three main causes of hospitalization in 15-19 years old
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Mental
Unintentional harm Digestive |
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Three main causes of hospitalization in 20-24 years old
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Mental
Digestive Unintentional |
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Three main causes of hospitalization in 25-34 years old
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Mental
Digestive Unintentional |
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Three main causes of hospitalization in 35-44 years old
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Digestive
Mental GU |
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Three main causes of hospitalization in 45-54 years old
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Digestive
Cardiovascular Cancer |
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Three main causes of hospitalization in 55-64 years old
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Cardiovascular
Cancer Digestive |
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Three main causes of hospitalization in 65+
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Cardiovascular
Respiratory Digestive |
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Three main causes of hospitalization in Canada
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Cardiovascular
Digestive Respiratory |
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Main causes of mortality in Canada in < 1 year olds
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Perinatal
Congenital malformations SMSN?? |
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Main causes of mortality in Canada in 1-4 years old
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Unintentional harm
Congenital malformations Cancer |
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Main causes of mortality in Canada in 5-9 years old
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Unintentional harm
Cancer Neurologic |
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Main causes of mortality in Canada in 10-14 years old
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Unintentional harm
Cancer Suicide |
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Main causes of mortality in Canada in 15-19 years old
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Unintentional harm
Suicide Cancer |
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Main causes of mortality in Canada in 20-24 years old
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Unintentional harm
Suicide Cancer |
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Main causes of mortality in Canada in 25-34 years old
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Unintentional harm
Suicide Cancer |
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Main causes of mortality in Canada in 35-44 years old
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Cancer
Unintentional harm Suicide |
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Main causes of mortality in Canada in 45-54 years old
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Cancer
Cardiovascular Unintentional harm |
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Main causes of mortality in Canada in 55-64 years old
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Cancer
Cardiovascular Respiratory |
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Main causes of mortality in Canada in 65+
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Cardiovascular
Cancer Respiratory |
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Main causes of mortality in Canada overall
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Cardiovascular
Cancer Respiratory |
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Most common cancers in men
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Prostate
Lung Colorectal Bladder Lymphoma Melanoma Kidney ENT |
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Most mortal cancers in men
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Lung
Prostate Colorectal Pancreas Liver Leukemia Esophageal Bladder |
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Most common cancers in women
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Breast
Lung Colorectal Endomterial NH Lymphoma Thyroid Melanoma Ovarian |
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Most mortal cancers in women
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Lung
Breast Colorectal Pancreas Ovarian NH Lymphoma Leukemia Uterine |
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Peak incidence of cancer in children
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During first year of life
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Most common cancers in children
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Neuroblastoma
Leukemia CNS |
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HCV screening indications
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Risk factors
Transfusion prior to july 1992 Needle stick or mucosal exposure to HCV Children born to mothers with HCV |
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When should prostate examinations start?
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Annually after age 50
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Most common cause of bacterial diarrhea?
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Campylobacter
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Fluor supplementation
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Prevention of caries
Give to children from 6 months - 16 years if inadequate amount in city water. |
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Second leading cause of lung cancer in Canada?
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Radon
Risk is heightened by concomitant exposure to tobacco smoke. |
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Carispodol is contraindicated for muscle pain
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Muscle relaxants have a lot of side effects.
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Which age group is more vulnerable to lead poisoning?
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Children < 3 years old
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Viruses transmitted in the fecal oral route
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HAV
Hep E Norwalk Polio |
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Most common causes of viral meningitis and aseptic meningitis?
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Echoviruses
Coxsackie B |
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Use of Black cohosh
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Relief of menopausal symptoms
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Transmission of cholera
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Fecal Oral route
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Diabetes and driving licence?
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Insulin dependant diabetes even if well controlled disqualifies a driver from commercial interstate driving.
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Which dietary measure reduces incidence of sudden death in cardiovascular disease?
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Omega 3
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CAD risk factors compared between men and women?
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Up until age 85, more men die from CAD than women. Women as a group develop heart disease 10 to 20 years later than men and after undergoing cardiac catheterization, fewer women are found to have heart disease. Because of this women tend to be less aware about MI and CAD than men.
Men run a greater overall risk for developing high blood pressure than women do. |
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Prior to 1988, among canadian children less than 18 years of age, which group has the highest rate of individual with HIV?
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Male Hemophiliacs
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Major risk factors for prostate cancer
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Positive family history
Black race Age over 50 |
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Most necessary frequencies for the understanding of speech?
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400-5000 Hz
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Concordance rate of monozygous twins for schizophrenia?
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50%
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Aspartame contraindication
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Phenylketonuria
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Public health physician's responsibilities in the community
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Prevention of STDs
Preventive dental programs for children Infectious disease surveillance Health promotion activities |
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Recommendation for surgical treatment of obesity
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Any patient with a BMI > 40 or those with a BMI > 35 who have serious coexisting medical problems.
Coexisting medical problems such as : severe sleep apnea, Pickwickian syndrome, obesity related cardiomyopathy and severe diabetes mellitus. |
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First sign of opiates intoxication
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pin point pupils
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Use of opiates in terminally ill patients
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Relief of pain
Relief of dyspnea |
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Animals that can transmit salmonellosis
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Turtles
Iguanas and reptiles |
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Prevention of Cholera
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Human excrement must be properly disposed of and water supplies purified. Drinking water should be boiled or chlorinated and vegetables and fish cooked thoroughly.
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Recommendations for administration of intranasal influenza vaccine
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Between 2 and 50 years of age.
It should not be given to family members of immunocompromised patients. A history of egg allergy is a contraindication to its use. Allergic rhinitis is not a contraindication. |
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Definition of pandemic
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Epidemic or outbreak across a wide area, crossing international borders and affecting a large number of people.
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Definition of outbreak
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Occurrence of new cases in excess of baseline disease frequency in a population in a given period of time
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Definition of endemic
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The constant presence of a disease or infectious agent in a given area or population
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Definition of epidemic
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Synonymous with outbreak
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Definition of virulence
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Severity of disease produced by an organism in host
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Osteoporosis screening recommendations
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Start at age 65 for women.
or between 60-64 in women with major risk factors. |
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Patients most frequently want physicians to ask about their spiritual beliefs in which situations?
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When being treated for a potentially fatal illness
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Chlorine resistant organisms
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Cryptosporidium oocysts
Giardia cysts E. Histolytica Hepatitis A |
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Substances reported to cause false positive urine drug screens
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Selegiline
Vicks inhalers NSAIDs Oxaprozin Fluoroquinolones Rifampin Venlafaxine Dextromethorphan |
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Live vaccines
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Measles
Mumps Rubella TB (BCG) Yellow fever Oral typhoid |
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Facts about malpractice cases
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The vast majority of medically injured patients do not sue. The usual time to resolution of malpractice cases is 5 years, although many take 6 years or more to resolve. Obstetrician-gynecologists are the most frequently sued doctors. Malpractice claims typically involve severe injuries or death.
Plaintiffs win only one fifth of cases brought to court. |
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where to check for pulse in an unresponsive apneic infant under 1 year in age?
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Brachial artery
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Risk factors for osteoarthritis of the hip
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Obesity
High bone mass Old age Participation in weight bearing sports Hypothyroidism |
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How is larva migrans transmitted?
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Larva migrans is transmitted by skin contact with soil contaminated with hookworm larvae from dog and cat feces and subtropical areas.
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