MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT Flashcards
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A 32 Y/O FEMALE SAILOR REPORTS TO MEDICAL C/O DISCOMFORT IN HER L BREAST. UPON OBTAINING HPI SHE STATES THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING BEFORE HER PERIOD STARTS. SHE DRINKS 1/2 A BOTTLE A NIGHT OF RED WINE AND NOTICES A MASS EVERY NOW AND AGAIN THAT FLUCTUATES IN SIZE, WHICH AGAIN IS NOTED DURING PRE MENSES.
BREAST MASS
IN REGARDS TO A PATIENT WITH BREAST MASSES,
WHAT LABS WOULD YOU ORDER?
WHAT IMAGING WOULD YOU ORDER?
NO LABS ARE REQUIRED
FOR RADS WE WILL GET AND ULTRASOUND AND MAMMOGRAPHY.
IN REGARDS TO A SUSPECTED BREAST MASS,
WHAT MEDS WILL YOU GIVE AND WHAT EDUCATION WOULD YOU PROVIDE?
MEDS OF CHOICE WILL BE NSAIDS
EDUCATION WILL BE AROUND TELLING PATIENT TO:
- AVOID TRAUMA
- WEAR SUPPORTIVE BRA DAY AND NIGHT
- DECREASE FAT INTAKE WITH DIET.
- CONSIDER ELIMINATION OF CAFFEINE
- VITAMIN E SUPPLEMENTATION
- ENSURE MONTHLY BREAST SELF EXAMS ARE DONE
YOU HAVE A 36 Y/O BLACK FEMALE THAT REPORTS SHE NOTICED A LUMP ON HER BREAST A WEEK AGO. UPON EXAMINATION YOU FEEL A ROUND/OVOID MASS THAT IS RUBBERY, MOVABLE AND IS NON-TENDER. V/S UNREMARKABLE AND PATIENT ONLY REPORTS THAT SHE JUST WANTS TO GET THIS CHECKED AND IT DOESN’T HINDER HER LIFE AT ALL.
DX: FIBROADENOMA
ANCILLARY: ULTRASOUND
TX: SHOULD BE REFERRED TO GENERAL SURGERY FOR FURTHER EVALUATION AND WORK UP.
YOU HAVE A PATIENT WHO JUST UNDERWENT BREAST AUGMENTATION SURGERY AND COMES INTO MEDICAL BECAUSE SHE NOTICES A MASS ON HER BREAST. UPON EXAM YOU NOTICE SOME ECCHYMOSIS AND RETRACTION OF THE NIPPLE. WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THE PATIENT THIS LIKELY IS AND WHAT COURSE OF ACTION WOULD YOU WANT TO DO?
PATIENT IS HAVING FAT NECROSIS, AND SHOULD GET A BIOPSY TO RULE OUT MALIGNENT GROWTHS.
YOUR EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMES DOWN TO MEDICAL ONE DAY COMPLAINING THAT WHILE GETTING HERSELF READY FOR WORK SHE NOTICED A LUMP IN HER BREAST A WEEK AGO. SINCE THEN, SHE’S HAD SOME NIPPLE DISCHARGE AND HER NIPPLE HAS ENLARGED AND FEELS ITCHY. WHILE CONDUCTING YOUR EXAM YOU FELL A SINGLE, NON-TENDER MASS THAT IS HARD AND ILL DEFINED MARGINS. WHAT WOULD YOU SUSPECT THE XO HAS AND WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO DO FOR HER?
DX: BREAST CARCINOMA
TX PLAN: REFERRAL TO GENERAL SURGERY/ONCOLOGY FOR FURTHER WORK UP AND SURGICAL REMOVAL TO DETERMINE STAGE OF CANCER TO DETERMINE TREATMENT.
MEDEVAC
AFTER PRIMARY TREATMENT OF BREAST CARCINOMAS. A PATIENT SHOULD BE MONITORED AT WHAT TIME INTERVALS?
EVERY 6 MONTHS FOR THE FIRST 2 YEARS AND THEN ANNUALLY AFTER THAT.
HOW LONG DOES NORMAL MENSTRUAL BLEEDING LAST FOR?
5 DAYS NORMALLY
HOW MUCH BLOOD IS NORMALLY LOST DURING MENSTRATION FOR FEMALES?
MEAN BLOOD LOSS IS ABOUT 40 ML
MENORRHAGIA IS BLOOD LOSS OVER……
80ML
BLEEDING THAT OCCURS BETWEEN PERIODS?
METRORRHAGIA
POLYMENORRHEA
BLOOD FLOW OCCURS MORE OFTEN THAN EVERY 21 DAYS.
ACUTE UTERINE BLEEDING WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THIS TERM
DYSFUNCTIONAL UTERINE BLEEDING.
DUB
ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING IN WOMEN AGES 19-39 IS OFTEN A RESULT OF THESE FACTORS.
- PREGNANCY
- STRUCTURAL LESIONS
- ANOVULATORY CYCLE
- USING HORMONES
- ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA
ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING IN WOMEN AGES 19-39 IS OFTEN A RESULT OF THESE FACTORS.
- PREGNANCY
- STRUCTURAL LESIONS
- ANOVULATORY CYCLE
- USING HORMONES
- ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA
DIAGNOSIS OF ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING DEPENDS ON WHAT FACTORS DURING ASSESSMENT
HISTORY OF DURATION AND AMOUNT OF FLOW
- ASSOCIATED PAIN
- RELATION TO LAST MENSTRUAL PERIOD
WHEN SUSPECTING A PATIENT SUFFERING FROM ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING, WHAT ARE SOME LABS THAT WOULD BE USEFUL IN VALIDATING YOUR DIAGNOSIS?
CBC
HCG
TSH
CLOTTING STUDIES
IF BLEEDING,
GONORRHEA/ CHLAMYDIA
PAP SMEAR
ENDOMETRIAL SAMPLING
FOR FEMALES SUSPECTED OF ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING, WHAT IMAGING WOULD YOU WANT TO GET?
INTRAVAGINAL ULTRASOUND
- CHECKING FOR:
- MASSES
- ECTOPIC PREGNANCY
- THICKNESS OF THE ENDOMETRIUM
ALL AUB PATIENTS SUSPECTED OR DIAGNOSABLE SHOULD BE REFERRED TO:
OB-GYN
ALL POST MENOPAUSAL BLEEDING IS THIS UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE
CANCER
IN PATIENTS WITH AUB-O WHAT MEDS WILL HELP REDUCE BLEEDING ?
PROGESTIN AND NSAIDS
THIS CONDITION IS DEFINED AS:
VARIABLE CLUSTER OF TROUBLESOME SYMPTOMS THAT ARE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL IN NATURE AND TAKE PLACE 5 DAYS BEFORE MENSES AND RELIEVE ABOUT 4 DAYS AFTER MENSES OCCUR.
PREMENOPAUSAL SYNDROME
PMS
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF PRE-MENOPAUSAL WOMEN ARE AFFECTED BY PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME?
40 %
YOUR FEMALE CPO COMES TO MEDICAL AND IS THROWING A FIT OVER WORK AND SCREAMING AT EVERYONE. ONCE YOU GET HER INTO YOUR OFFICE AND SHE CALMS DOWN AFTER ALSO CRYING, SHE STARTS TO TELL YOU THAT SHE HAS BEEN FEELING BLOATED, FEELING LETHARGIC AND HER ANKLES HAVE BEEN SWOLLEN THE LAST 2 DAYS AND IT KILLS HER TO WALK AROUND SHIP. V/S ARE WNL. SHE SAYS THAT SHE NORMALLY GETS THIS WAY BEFORE HER WOMANLY CYCLE COMES BUT THIS TIME IT’S WAY DIFFERENT.
WHAT ARE YOU SUSPECTING?
WHAT IS THE WORK UP/ TX?
IS THIS A REFERRAL?
- PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER
- WORK UP IS MOSTLY EMOTIONAL AND SUPPORT BASED . GOOD TO TELL PATIENT TO KEEP AN EMOTION DIARY FOR DAILY RECORD.
- TX OF THIS INCLUDES:
- AEROBIC EXERCISE
- REDUCE CAFFEINE AND/OR SALTS
- INCREASE CALCIUM, VIT D AND MAGNESIUM
- INCREASE COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES