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Name 2 conditions caused by varicella.

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  1. Herpes zoster

2. Mumps/ measles

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What is the appendicitis test?

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Psoas sign

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What is associated history of an elderly patient with vision loss?

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Provocation by prolonged time in a dark room; nausea/ vomiting, eye hard on palp = acute closed-angle glaucoma (medical emergency)

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Asthma theories

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Exposure to TB, measles, hepatitis A infection ; younger siblings, exposure to daycare, exposure to animals in first 6 months

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What does it suggest if breathing difficulty improves slowly, when before even minimal activity left the patient breathless? The patient is a non-smoker.

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(Difficulty breathing without exertion = position related)

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Bulimia nervosa patient findings?

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Puffy cheeks, bruised knuckles, dental erosion

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Candida presentation?

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(Vaginal discharge) extreme puritis but w/ scant discharge

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Causes for chronic non-productive cough?

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  • Post-nasal drip -> relieved by sitting up/ propping head up by pillows
  • Cough-Variant Asthma-> cold, dry environment* (hyperactive airway disease)
  • Chronic bronchitis (smoker), GI reflux, bronchiectasis
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Causes of epigastric pain?

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  • Reflux esophagitis
  • Peptic ulcer
  • Pancreatitis
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Cells for endometriosis?

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Come from epithelium

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Chest with nitro?

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Angina

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Classes presentation of appendicitis?

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Anorexia & pain mid-abdomen; nausea/ vomiting

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How do you dx?

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Middle age, older female

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  • Severe abdominal pain associated w/ nausea & vomiting* ; occurred right after eating fatty meal, pain 12-18 hours and then resolves w/ little residual pain
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Classic presentation of ectopic pregnancy?

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Lower abdominal pain and missed “spotty” period

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Classic presentation of IBS?

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Early morning chronic, persistent constipation, non-bloody stool, and mucus found in stool

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COPD (airway disorder)

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  • obstruction due to mucus production
  • decrease in FEV1*
  • exhalation most affected
  • Increase in residual volume
  • Wheeze & cough
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Definitive dx of appendicitis

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Ultrasonography (US)

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Detrusor innervation

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Parasympathetic -> pudendal nerve S2-S4 -> constriction

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Diarrhea under stress

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Ulcerative Colitis (UC)

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Ear pain

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TMJ/ teeth, Csp, glasses, infection

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Ear pain and infection

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Primarily in babies, uncommon in adults

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Evaluation of ectopic pregnancy

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  • (+) pregnancy test (subunit B-hCG) w/
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Seeing “flashes of light” indicate?

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Vitro retinal traction

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What does gradual loss of CENTRAL VISION indicate?

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Red reflex = absent cataract

CATARACT, RETINAL DETACHMENT

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What does gradual loss of vision, but improved w/ looking through a PINHOLE indicate?
Refractive error (need contacts)
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What does seeing "halos" around light indicate?
Glaucoma
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What is the hiatal hernia test?
X-ray
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How does pancreatitis feel?
Pain radiates to back w/ "band like" pattern; fetal position to relieve pain
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How to determine if diarrhea is due to osmotic mechanism?
Fasting
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How would you describe non-cardiac pain?
(neurological/ musculoskeletal) *pain is brief-continuous pain in a specific location* Reproduced by movement dermatome along rib
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Lower leg swelling management for CHF
Reduction of salt
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M/C peptic ulcer?
duodenal ulcers; H. pylori infection
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Muscular non-cardiac pain presents?
- Strain/ trauma | - Deep breath hurts significatntly
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Obese patient w/ hx of dyspnea while recumbent - what do you examine for?
CHF (if suspected from hx)
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How does Otosclerosis present?
- Difficulty listening on the phone, BUT in crowded room, can hear quite well - No associated dizziness or tinnitus - Bilateral
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Patient claims chronic cough is worse while lying on his/ her back?
Unrelieved by sitting up & has early morning onset? = asthma Relieved by sitting up? =CHF/ pulmonary edema
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Patient claims that chronic cough is worse after a large meal?
GERD
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Patient w/ gall stones management?
Decrease fat intake, increase exercise, decrease coffee (stimulants)
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Patient has productive cough for 3 consecutive weeks- MOI?
Chronic bronchitis
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Patient has pain that radiates from back to groin, renal/ ureter problem?
Renal inflammatory pathology; costovertebral angle to the inguinal &/or testicular area
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Patient is losing weight, but still eating normal/ increased kcal intake- DDx?
- Hyperthyroidism | - Malignant cancer
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Patient states they feel "out of breath" with activity - ddx?
- CHF = chest x-ray - If patient in good physical shape? = EIBS -> perform warm up activity for ~1 hr prior to exercise, avoid intense exercise, shorter workouts
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Patient with weight loss, why do a chest x-ray?
*CHF* or -lung mass, infiltrate, adenopathy
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Peripheral loss of vision w/ halos around light suggests what?
Chronic open-angle glaucoma
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PID organisms?
Gonorrhea, Chlamydia
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What is a "Pink Puffer"?
(COPD-A) *Emphysema* - Paracinar -> destruction of distal alveoli - *Breathes through pursed lips, uses 2* respiration muscles to assist barrel-chest appearance* - Thin, frail, flushed appearance
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What helps preventing kidney stones?
Increase water intake
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What helps prevention of cholithiasis?
Exercises and 2-4+ cups of coffee/ day
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What can cause profuse nose bleeds other than trauma?
- Hypertension, anticoagulant drugs
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Prophylactic drug for asthma?
Corticosteroids
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Prostatitis (non-bacterial)
*Self-resolving*; obstructive bladder, antibiotics unsuccessful
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Psychogenic overlay w/ chest pain?
Depression/ stress, cardiac exam is normal
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Reflux esophagitis
Often older and overweight, epigastric pain after earring large meals and lying down
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Severe dizziness for 1 week, with gradual improvement, no hearing loss suggests what?
Vestibular neuritis
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Stress incontinence
Often d/t pelvic floor instability/ laxity; coughing, sneezing, laughing = small amounts of urine
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Sudden painless loss of vision in ONE eye; describes a "pulling a curtain" over the eye and recovers sign within a few minutes?
Amaurosis fugax
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Sudden painless loss of vision in ONE eye w/ temporal headache?
Temporal arteries (medical emergency)
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Testing for extrinsic asthma?
*Spirometry* w/ challenge allergy testing
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Trigeminal neuralgia
Facial pain that came on without warning and has recurred every time he lightly touches his cheek or attempts to shave. - Pain is severe, burning and stabbing lasting for less than a minute. - Pain pattern from cheek to corner of mouth
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UC presentation
Bouts of bloody diarrhea, joint pain associated with diarrhea attacks & induced by stress
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Vaginal bleeding for children (5 years)?
Suspect sexual abuse
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Vaginal bleeding with patient in reproductive years: not pregnant, not taking oral contraceptives; Bleeding usually not cyclic (irregular) & painless
*ANOVULATORY bleeding* = endocrine condition, physiologic (hormone imbalance)
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Vaginal bleeding w/ patient who is post menopausal (>60 yo)
Cancer
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What would you suspect if a patient says his heart races?
Supra ventricular tachycardia
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X-ray for rib fx
Oblique

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