Scribe America Final Outpatient Exam UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
HTN CC asymptomatic
HLD CC asymptomatic
DM CC polyuria, polydipsia
CAD CC CP or pressure
Asthma CC SOB, wheezing
How do you diagnose HTN? Check BP
How do you diagnose HLD? Check bloodwork
How do you diagnose DM? Fasting blood glucose, HA1C
How do you diagnose HLD? Check blood work for LDL levels
How do you diagnose CAD? Cardiac Catheterization by cardiologist
How do you diagnose asthma? Peak Flow Testing
How is Peak Flow measured? Liters/Minute
In what quadrant is the appendix located? RLQ
, In what quadrant is the gallbladder located? RUQ
In what quadrant is the diverticuli located? LLQ
What do you test to find out if person has pancreatitis? Lipase
Weakness Peristesia
Co morbidity The presence of two or more chronic conditions
Etiology The cause of a disease
The relaxed phase of the heartbeat? Diastolic
Excessive Thirst? Polydipsia
Anticoagulant A drug that prevents blood clotting
How long must a patient have a disease for it to be 3 months
considered chronic?
Explain why patients with comorbidities are complex and The treatment of one disease may contradict the treatment of the second, such as
give an example? one medicine making their other illness worse.
Complex patients often bill to a HIGHER or LOWER Higher
level?
100/70 BP reading. What is this? Normal
150/95 BP reading. What is this? Hypertensive
130/85 BP reading. What is this? Pre-Hypertensive
Patients with HTN often become symptomatic when the Vision Loss, Epistaxis
HTN is chronic and worsening. Name two symptoms a
patient with severe HTN may experience?
Give three examples of non-pharmacological HTN low sodium diet, decreased EtOH intake and exercise
management
What is the abbreviation for hydrochlorothiazide HCTZ
The majority of diabetes patients have Type I or II Type II
diabetes?
What are three common symptoms of diabetes? Polyuria, Polydipsia, Fatigue
CORRECT ANSWERS
HTN CC asymptomatic
HLD CC asymptomatic
DM CC polyuria, polydipsia
CAD CC CP or pressure
Asthma CC SOB, wheezing
How do you diagnose HTN? Check BP
How do you diagnose HLD? Check bloodwork
How do you diagnose DM? Fasting blood glucose, HA1C
How do you diagnose HLD? Check blood work for LDL levels
How do you diagnose CAD? Cardiac Catheterization by cardiologist
How do you diagnose asthma? Peak Flow Testing
How is Peak Flow measured? Liters/Minute
In what quadrant is the appendix located? RLQ
, In what quadrant is the gallbladder located? RUQ
In what quadrant is the diverticuli located? LLQ
What do you test to find out if person has pancreatitis? Lipase
Weakness Peristesia
Co morbidity The presence of two or more chronic conditions
Etiology The cause of a disease
The relaxed phase of the heartbeat? Diastolic
Excessive Thirst? Polydipsia
Anticoagulant A drug that prevents blood clotting
How long must a patient have a disease for it to be 3 months
considered chronic?
Explain why patients with comorbidities are complex and The treatment of one disease may contradict the treatment of the second, such as
give an example? one medicine making their other illness worse.
Complex patients often bill to a HIGHER or LOWER Higher
level?
100/70 BP reading. What is this? Normal
150/95 BP reading. What is this? Hypertensive
130/85 BP reading. What is this? Pre-Hypertensive
Patients with HTN often become symptomatic when the Vision Loss, Epistaxis
HTN is chronic and worsening. Name two symptoms a
patient with severe HTN may experience?
Give three examples of non-pharmacological HTN low sodium diet, decreased EtOH intake and exercise
management
What is the abbreviation for hydrochlorothiazide HCTZ
The majority of diabetes patients have Type I or II Type II
diabetes?
What are three common symptoms of diabetes? Polyuria, Polydipsia, Fatigue
