Nurse Practitioners in Primary Care
II | Latest - Wilkes
Question:
What can cause microcytic anemia
Answer:
- IDA
- Thalassemia
- Chronic disease/Inflammation
- Lead toxicity
- zinc poisoning
Question:
What can cause macrocytic anemia?
Answer:
B12 Deficiency
Folate Deficiency
Hypothyroid
,Question:
What can cause normocytic anemia?
Answer:
-Blood loss (acute)
- kidney disease
- copper deficiency
Question:
Stages of IDA
Answer:
-INITIALLY - there is a depletion of iron stores w/ NO anemia
- THEN - anemia, with normal MCV (blood cells are a normal size still)
- Then - anemia w/ Microcytosis (low MCV) blood cells are small
Question:
The most common cause of headache
Answer:
Tension (migraines)
,Question:
Migraine HA red flag
Answer:
Worst HA of life, acute HA- Send to ER based on H and P and neuro
Question:
What causes arthritis?
Answer:
cartilage degeneration
Question:
OA goals
Answer:
decrease pn with NSAIDs, improve ROM
Question:
RA vs OA
Answer:
RA-Autoimmune- Bilateral pain, jt warm
OA- worse in AM, shorter duration can be untilateral
, Question:
OA most common joints
Answer:
knees/hips
Question:
Gout Dx
Answer:
not always high uric acid (pseudogout)
Question:
Gout r/f
Answer:
Obesity, male, EtOH, raw fish (diet), Renal disease, DM
Question:
Best test to Dx osteoporosis
Answer:
DEXA