Most Common Causes

Question 1

Amenorrhea

Answer 1

Pregnancy

Question 2

Pancreatitis

Answer 2

Alcohol abuse

Question 3

Anemia

Answer 3

Iron def

Question 4

NephrOtic synd

Answer 4

kids: minimal change disease
adults: membranous glomerulonephritis

Question 5

Osteomyelitis

Answer 5

Staph Aureus
diabetics+sickle cell- Salmonella spp.
IV drug users- Serratia and Pseudomonas aeru

Question 6

Constipation

Answer 6

Dehydration

Question 7

Kidney stones

Answer 7

dehydration

Question 8

Pneumonia

Answer 8

Strep pneumo

Question 9

Ascites

Answer 9

Alcoholic cirrhosis

Question 10

Death

Answer 10

Heart disease (in US)

Question 11

Male Pseudohermaphrodism

Answer 11

testicular feminization

Question 12

female Pseudohermaphrodism

Answer 12

androgenital syndrome (congenital adrenal hyperplasia)

Question 13

Calf claudication

Answer 13

Peripheral vascular disease

Question 14

Left sided heart failure

Answer 14

coronary artery disease

Question 15

Atherosclerosis

Answer 15

elevated LDL cholesterol

Question 16

DVT

Answer 16

blood stasis (late preg, post surg)

Question 17

Wheezing

Answer 17

asthma

Question 18

Cold in the fall/winter

Answer 18

rhinovirus

Question 19

Cold in the spring/summer

Answer 19

adenovirus

Question 20

Bronchiectasis

Answer 20

Cystic fibrosis

Question 21

Pleural effusion

Answer 21

CHF

Question 22

Pulmonary edema

Answer 22

CHF

Question 23

Septic shock

Answer 23

Gram negative bacteria

Question 24

Poisoning (in US)

Answer 24

carbon monoxide

Question 25

Iron deficiency at >50yo

Answer 25

colon cancer

Question 26

Vomiting

Answer 26

viral infection

Question 27

hematemesis

Answer 27

duodenal ulcer

Question 28

hematochezia

Answer 28

diverticulosis

Question 29

melena

Answer 29

duodenal ulcer

Question 30

Acute RLQ pain

Answer 30

appendicitis

Question 31

Acute infectious diarrhea

Answer 31

norovirus

Question 32

small bowel obstruction

Answer 32

adhesions

Question 33

erectile dysfunction

Answer 33

diabetes

Question 34

Hyperthyroidism

Answer 34

Graves' disease

Question 35

Hypothyroidism

Answer 35

Hashimoto's disease

Question 36

Yellow CSF (xanthochromia)

Answer 36

bleed in the CNS

Question 37

Acute onset coma

Answer 37

poisoning or drug overdose

Question 38

Blindness in elderly

Answer 38

macular degeneration

Question 39

Tremor

Answer 39

essential tremor

Question 40

Dementia

Answer 40

Alzheimer's disease

Question 41

Psychosis

Answer 41

Depression

Question 42

HA

Answer 42

tension HA