2026 -2027 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
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How do you diagnose asthma? - ANSWERS-Peak Flow Testing
How is Peak Flow measured? - ANSWERS-Liters/Minute
In what quadrant is the appendix located? - ANSWERS-RLQ
In what quadrant is the gallbladder located? - ANSWERS-RUQ
In what quadrant is the diverticuli located? - ANSWERS-LLQ
What do you test to find out if person has pancreatitis? - ANSWERS-Lipase
,Weakness - ANSWERS-Peristesia
Co morbidity - ANSWERS-The presence of two or more chronic conditions
Etiology - ANSWERS-The cause of a disease
The relaxed phase of the heartbeat? - ANSWERS-Diastolic
Excessive Thirst? - ANSWERS-Polydipsia
Anticoagulant - ANSWERS-A drug that prevents blood clotting
How long must a patient have a disease for it to be considered chronic? -
ANSWERS-3 months
Explain why patients with comorbidities are complex and give an example? -
ANSWERS-The treatment of one disease may contradict the treatment of the
second, such as one medicine making their other illness worse.
Complex patients often bill to a HIGHER or LOWER level? - ANSWERS-Higher
100/70 BP reading. What is this? - ANSWERS-Normal
150/95 BP reading. What is this? - ANSWERS-Hypertensive
130/85 BP reading. What is this? - ANSWERS-Pre-Hypertensive
Patients with HTN often become symptomatic when the HTN is chronic and worsening.
Name two symptoms a patient with severe HTN may experience? -
ANSWERS-Vision Loss, Epistaxis
Give three examples of non-pharmacological HTN management - ANSWERS-
low sodium diet, decreased EtOH intake and exercise
,What is the abbreviation for hydrochlorothiazide - ANSWERS-HCTZ
The majority of diabetes patients have Type I or II diabetes? - ANSWERS-Type
II
What are three common symptoms of diabetes? - ANSWERS-Polyuria,
Polydipsia, Fatigue
Name one disease that can be caused by diabetes and explain how chronic
hyperglycemia contributes to it's etiology? - ANSWERS -Diabetic Retinopathy,
damage to the small vessels of the eyes can cause them to hemorrhage, leading to
blurred vision.
Both Type I and Type II diabetes can be treated with insulin. Which type can also be
treated with oral medication? - ANSWERS-Type II
Which mediation is preferred for someone with mild, new onset, type II DM: Metformin
or Humalog? Why? - ANSWERS-Metformin. Sometimes Type II diabetes can
be treated with just oral medication
Name 3 risk factors of HLD - ANSWERS-Obesity, physical inactivity, FHx
Why is HDL considered good cholesterol? - ANSWERS-It's able to remove
cholesterol from artery plaques and recycle it back to the liver.
CAD and MI can be caused the HLD due to atherosclerosis of the _________ arteries -
ANSWERS-coronary
TIA and CVA can be caused by HLD due to atherosclerosis of the __________ arteries
- ANSWERS-carotid
What is the name of the drug group used to treat HLD? What is one brand name? -
ANSWERS-Statin, Lipitor
What are five risk factors of CAD? - ANSWERS-HTN, HLD, DM, FHx, Smoking
, The study that diagnoses CAD is? - ANSWERS-Cardiac Catheterization
What are 2 non pharmacological treatments for CAD? - ANSWERS-Weight
Loss, Exercise
Order the following surgeries based on invasiveness:
Angioplasty
CABG
Cardiac Catheterization
Stent - ANSWERS-Cardiac Catheterization, Angioplasty, Stent, CABG
If a patient says, "I've had open heart surgery," what would you write in the past medical
history section? - ANSWERS-CABG, coronary artery bypass graft
HCTZ - ANSWERS-Hydrochlorothiazide
Asthma is diagnosed with a device called? - ANSWERS-Peak Flow Meter
What is a physician likely to ask any new patient with asthma? - ANSWERS -Do
you have a nebulizer? Have you been prescribed steroids recently? Have you been
previously hospitalized? Have you been previously intubated?
Name two asthma medications that can be inhaled? - ANSWERS-Albuterol,
Flovent
What is the difference between a nebulizer and an inhaler? - ANSWERS-A
nebulizer delivers a continuous aerosol mist, while an inhaler releases a puff of
medication for one time use.
SOAP - ANSWERS-subjective objective assessment and plan
subjective - ANSWERS-patient's feelings
Outpatient - ANSWERS-A patient who is seen and sent home on the same day
Baseline - ANSWERS-normal