ABDSM FINAL EXAM REVIEW 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS WITH FULL SOLUTION
◉ HLD CC.
Answer: asymptomatic
◉ DM CC.
Answer: polyuria, polydipsia
◉ CAD CC.
Answer: CP or pressure
◉ Asthma CC.
Answer: SOB, wheezing
◉ How do you diagnose HTN?.
Answer: Check BP
◉ How do you diagnose HLD?.
Answer: Check bloodwork
,◉ How do you diagnose DM?.
Answer: Fasting blood glucose, HA1C
◉ How do you diagnose HLD?.
Answer: Check blood work for LDL levels
◉ How do you diagnose CAD?.
Answer: Cardiac Catheterization by cardiologist
◉ How do you diagnose asthma?.
Answer: Peak Flow Testing
◉ How is Peak Flow measured?.
Answer: Liters/Minute
◉ In what quadrant is the appendix located?.
Answer: RLQ
◉ In what quadrant is the gallbladder located?.
Answer: RUQ
◉ In what quadrant is the diverticuli located?.
,Answer: LLQ
◉ What do you test to find out if person has pancreatitis?.
Answer: Lipase
◉ Weakness.
Answer: Peristesia
◉ Co morbidity.
Answer: The presence of two or more chronic conditions
◉ Etiology.
Answer: The cause of a disease
◉ The relaxed phase of the heartbeat?.
Answer: Diastolic
◉ Excessive Thirst?.
Answer: Polydipsia
◉ Anticoagulant.
Answer: A drug that prevents blood clotting
, ◉ How long must a patient have a disease for it to be considered
chronic?.
Answer: 3 months
◉ Explain why patients with comorbidities are complex and give an
example?.
Answer: 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?.
Answer: Higher
◉ 100/70 BP reading. What is this?.
Answer: Normal
◉ 150/95 BP reading. What is this?.
Answer: Hypertensive
◉ 130/85 BP reading. What is this?.
Answer: Pre-Hypertensive
QUESTIONS WITH FULL SOLUTION
◉ HLD CC.
Answer: asymptomatic
◉ DM CC.
Answer: polyuria, polydipsia
◉ CAD CC.
Answer: CP or pressure
◉ Asthma CC.
Answer: SOB, wheezing
◉ How do you diagnose HTN?.
Answer: Check BP
◉ How do you diagnose HLD?.
Answer: Check bloodwork
,◉ How do you diagnose DM?.
Answer: Fasting blood glucose, HA1C
◉ How do you diagnose HLD?.
Answer: Check blood work for LDL levels
◉ How do you diagnose CAD?.
Answer: Cardiac Catheterization by cardiologist
◉ How do you diagnose asthma?.
Answer: Peak Flow Testing
◉ How is Peak Flow measured?.
Answer: Liters/Minute
◉ In what quadrant is the appendix located?.
Answer: RLQ
◉ In what quadrant is the gallbladder located?.
Answer: RUQ
◉ In what quadrant is the diverticuli located?.
,Answer: LLQ
◉ What do you test to find out if person has pancreatitis?.
Answer: Lipase
◉ Weakness.
Answer: Peristesia
◉ Co morbidity.
Answer: The presence of two or more chronic conditions
◉ Etiology.
Answer: The cause of a disease
◉ The relaxed phase of the heartbeat?.
Answer: Diastolic
◉ Excessive Thirst?.
Answer: Polydipsia
◉ Anticoagulant.
Answer: A drug that prevents blood clotting
, ◉ How long must a patient have a disease for it to be considered
chronic?.
Answer: 3 months
◉ Explain why patients with comorbidities are complex and give an
example?.
Answer: 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?.
Answer: Higher
◉ 100/70 BP reading. What is this?.
Answer: Normal
◉ 150/95 BP reading. What is this?.
Answer: Hypertensive
◉ 130/85 BP reading. What is this?.
Answer: Pre-Hypertensive
