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| A person with DM has what percent of 10 year risk factor for CHD? |
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| What kind of prevention refers to intervention in patients without detected CHD? |
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| What prevention refers to intervention in patients who manifest CHD or have a CHD equivalent ? |
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Reducing cholesterol levels REDUCES the risk of CHD (less MIs, less angina, less CABGs), proportionate to the reduction in LDL and the increase in HDL.
What kind of prevention is this? |
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| Routine testing for the USPSTF for dyslipidemias occurs at what age for men and women? |
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| Screening for the ATP III starts at what age? |
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| Total cholesterol and HDL |
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| What cholesterol tests do not need to be fasting? |
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| If a pt comes in with a tuberous xanthoma, what test would you order? |
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| perform a 10-yr risk assessment |
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| What should you do next for a pt with 2+ risk factors? |
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| What is considered high for a 10-yr risk of CAD event? |
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| Treating what is the primary target of therapy? |
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| Elevated what is an independent risk factor for CAD? |
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| What is the LDL goal for someone with CHD or CHD risk equivalents? |
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| What is the LDL goal for someone with 2+ risk factors? |
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| What is the LDL goal for someone with zero to one risk factors? |
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| For a TLC diet, what percentage should saturated fats make up of the diet? |
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| In a TLC diet, how much should dietary cholesterol be per day? |
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| What is the first line of drugs used to treat dyslipidemias? |
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| Myopathy and Myalgias are side effects of what class of drugs? |
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| What is the Drug of choice for elevated LDL cholesterol based on safety and efficacy? |
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| Statins competitively inhibit the ________ enzyme that catalyzes the rate-limiting step in cholesterol biosynthesis. |
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| What type of drugs reduce LDL and raise HDL and may raise TG, but not as good as Statins? |
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| What class of drugs Interrupt bild acid reabsorption requiring bile acid synthesis from cholesterol? |
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| Drug of choice to lower cholesterol in children, women of child bearing age. |
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| What type of drugs lower LDL and TG and also increase HDL? |
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| What drug has side effects that include flushing, hyperglycemia, hyperuricemia and hepatotoxicity? |
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| Which drugs may lower or raise LDL-C but also lower TG significantly? |
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| What drug Selectively inhibits intestinal absorption of cholesterol and related phytosterols? |
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| What drug reduces LDL, TG and Apolipoprotein B? |
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| What drug does not reduce Coronary events when given by itself? |
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