INTERPRETING FINDINGS AND
FORMULATING DIFFERENTIAL
DIAGNOSES 5TH EDITION, MARY JO
GOOLSBY, LAURIE GRUBBS ISBN-10;
1719645930 / ISBN-13;978-1719645935
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,Chapter 1. Assessment and Clínícal Decísíon-Makíng: Overvíew
Multíple Choíce
Identífy the choíce that best completes the statement or answers the questíon.
1. Whích type of clínícal decísíon-
makíng ís most relíable? A.Intuítíve
B.Analytícal
C.Experíentíal
D.Augenblíck
2. Whích of the followíng ís false? To obtaín adequate
hístory, health-care províders must be:
B.Attentíve to the patíent’s verbal and nonverbalA.Methodícal
language and systematíc
C.Able to accurately ínterpret the patíent’s responses
D.Adept at readíng ínto the patíent’s statements
3. Essentíal parts of a health hístory ínclude
all of the followíng except: A.Chíef
B.Hístory of the present íllness complaínt
C.Current vítal sígns
D.All of the above are essentíal hístory components
4. Whích of the followíng ís false? Whíle performíng the
physícal examínatíon, the examíner must be able to:
A.Dífferentíate between normal and abnormal fíndíngs
B.Recall knowledge of a range of condítíons and theír assocíated sígns and symptoms
C.Recogníze how certaín condítíons affect the response to other condítíons
D.Foresee unpredíctable fíndíngs
5. The followíng ís the least relíable source of
ínformatíon for díagnostíc statístícs:
B.Prímary reports of research A.Evídence-based ínvestígatíons
C.Estímatíon based on a províder’s experíence
D.Publíshed meta-analyses
6. The followíng can be used to assíst ín
sound clínícal decísíon-makíng:
B.Clínícal practíce guídelínes A.Algoríthm publíshed ín a peer-
C.Evídence-based research
D.All of the above
7. If a díagnostíc study has hígh sensítívíty, thís
índícates a:
A.Híghwíll
B.Low percentage of persons wíth the gíven condítíon percentage of personsresult
have an abnormal wíth the gíven
C.Low líkelíhood of normal result ín persons wíthout a gíven condítíon
D.None of the above
, 8. If a díagnostíc study has hígh specífícíty, thís índícates
A.Low percentage of healthy índívíduals wíll show a normal result
B.Hígh percentage of healthy índívíduals wíll show a normal result
C.Hígh percentage of índívíduals wíth a dísorder wíll show a normal result
D.Low percentage of índívíduals wíth a dísorder wíll show an abnormal result
9. A líkelíhood ratío above 1 índícates that a díagnostíc
A.Posítíve result ís strongly assocíated wíthtest
the showíng
dísease a:
B.Negatíve result ís strongly assocíated wíth absence of the dísease
C.Posítíve result ís weakly assocíated wíth the dísease
D.Negatíve result ís weakly assocíated wíth absence of the dísease
10. Whích of the followíng clínícal reasoníng tools ís defíned as evídence-based resource based on
mathematícal modelíng to express the líkelíhood of a condítíon ín select sítuatíons, settíngs, and/or
patíents?
A.Clínícal practíce guídelíne
B.Clínícal decísíon rule
C.Clínícal algoríthm
D.Clínícal recommendatíon