Question

A 55-year-old Aboriginal man with type 2 diabetes and CKD stage 3 attends for preventive health assessment in a remote clinic. According to the RACGP National Guide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, which additional screening is particularly important in this high-risk population?

Accepted Answer

Regular screening for chronic kidney disease and albuminuria

Answer

Routine whole-body CT scan

Answer

Annual transthoracic echocardiogram

Answer

No further screening beyond non-Indigenous recommendations

Answer

HIV screening only

Practice question

A 55-year-old Aboriginal man with type 2 diabetes and CKD stage 3 attends for preventive health assessment in a remote clinic. According to the RACGP National Guide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, which additional screening is particularly important in this high-risk population?