Irene Gold Part 3 – Questions With Solutions
What is the most common reaction to an allergy ✔️Ans - itchy skin
What is pinpoint pain in the abdomen most likely caused by? ✔️Ans -
ulcer
what is pinpoint pain in the joint most likely? ✔️Ans - bursitis
What is the normal range for temperature? ✔️Ans - 96-99.5
What is the normal pulse rate for men? women? children? newborn? elderly?
✔️Ans - Men: 72
Women: 80
Children: 90-140
Newborn: 120-160
Elderly: 70-80
What is the normal respiratory range ✔️Ans - adult: 14-18 per minute
Newborn: 44 per minute
what is the normal range for blood pressure? ✔️Ans - 110-140/60-90
Blood pressure is normally higher in the extremities
When might you hear auculatory gaps? ✔️Ans - if the patient has
hypertension
what is pulse pressure ✔️Ans - difference between systole and diastole
what is the normal pulse pressure ✔️Ans - 30-40 mmHG
what are Korotkoff sounds? ✔️Ans - sounds heard with stethoscope while
taking blood pressure
what is Maignes test? ✔️Ans - Vertebro-basilar artery function maneuver
,patient actively turns and hyperextends head as far left as they can and holds
for 30 seconds. This checks the left vertebral artery
what are the 5Ds and 3Ns ✔️Ans - Dizziness
Drop attacks
Diploplia
dysarthria
dysphagia
Nausea
Numbness
Nystagmus
What is Wallenburgs syndrome? ✔️Ans - obstruction of vertebral artery
or posterior inferior cerebellar arteries
what is subclavian steal syndrome ✔️Ans - steals blood from vertebral
artery through retrograd flow
What are the laboratory findings for temporal arteritis ✔️Ans - ESR
increase
What are the laboratory findings for allergies ✔️Ans - eosinophils
IgE
What are the laboratory findings for myocardial infarct ✔️Ans - CPK (CK),
SGOT, AST, LDH
What are the laboratory findings for the cardiovascular system (hypertension,
atherosclerosis, arteriosclerosis) ✔️Ans - lipid profiles: HDL, LDL, VLDL,
cholesterol, trigylcerides, fasting blood sugar
What are the laboratory findings for hepatitis, alcoholism, liver cancer, biliary
duct obstruction ✔️Ans - SGPT, SGOT, GGT, LDH, A/G RATIO, BUN,
bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase
how is hepatitis A transmitted? B? C? ✔️Ans - A: food
B: drug use
C: blood transfusion
, What are the laboratory findings for pancreatitis? ✔️Ans - amylase and
lipase
What are the laboratory findings for diabetes mellitus? ✔️Ans - FBS,
glucose tolerance test (GTT), 2 hour post prandial glucose, glycosylated
hemoglobin
What are the laboratory findings for renal disease ✔️Ans - BUN, uric acid,
creatinine
What are the laboratory findings for hydatiform mole, choriocarcinoma,
normal pregnancy (Uterus) ✔️Ans - human chorionic gonadotropin
(HCG)
What are the laboratory findings for prostate cancer ✔️Ans - acid
phosphatase
What are the laboratory findings for muscular dystrophy ✔️Ans - CPK
increased, creatinine decreased
What are the laboratory findings for pagets ✔️Ans - alkaline phosphatase
what is the etiology for pagets ✔️Ans - unknown
what do spider angiomas on the stomach indicate ✔️Ans - long term
damage to liver from alcoholism
what lab finding should you use to check for jaundice ✔️Ans - direct
bilirubin (form duct obstruction)
What finding is common for vitamin A toxcitiy ✔️Ans - yellow skin
what is the most common primary cancer of the spine ✔️Ans - multiple
myeloma
What are the laboratory findings for multiple myeloma ✔️Ans - AG ratio
reversal (1:2), bence jones protein in urine, M spikes of IgG
What is the most common reaction to an allergy ✔️Ans - itchy skin
What is pinpoint pain in the abdomen most likely caused by? ✔️Ans -
ulcer
what is pinpoint pain in the joint most likely? ✔️Ans - bursitis
What is the normal range for temperature? ✔️Ans - 96-99.5
What is the normal pulse rate for men? women? children? newborn? elderly?
✔️Ans - Men: 72
Women: 80
Children: 90-140
Newborn: 120-160
Elderly: 70-80
What is the normal respiratory range ✔️Ans - adult: 14-18 per minute
Newborn: 44 per minute
what is the normal range for blood pressure? ✔️Ans - 110-140/60-90
Blood pressure is normally higher in the extremities
When might you hear auculatory gaps? ✔️Ans - if the patient has
hypertension
what is pulse pressure ✔️Ans - difference between systole and diastole
what is the normal pulse pressure ✔️Ans - 30-40 mmHG
what are Korotkoff sounds? ✔️Ans - sounds heard with stethoscope while
taking blood pressure
what is Maignes test? ✔️Ans - Vertebro-basilar artery function maneuver
,patient actively turns and hyperextends head as far left as they can and holds
for 30 seconds. This checks the left vertebral artery
what are the 5Ds and 3Ns ✔️Ans - Dizziness
Drop attacks
Diploplia
dysarthria
dysphagia
Nausea
Numbness
Nystagmus
What is Wallenburgs syndrome? ✔️Ans - obstruction of vertebral artery
or posterior inferior cerebellar arteries
what is subclavian steal syndrome ✔️Ans - steals blood from vertebral
artery through retrograd flow
What are the laboratory findings for temporal arteritis ✔️Ans - ESR
increase
What are the laboratory findings for allergies ✔️Ans - eosinophils
IgE
What are the laboratory findings for myocardial infarct ✔️Ans - CPK (CK),
SGOT, AST, LDH
What are the laboratory findings for the cardiovascular system (hypertension,
atherosclerosis, arteriosclerosis) ✔️Ans - lipid profiles: HDL, LDL, VLDL,
cholesterol, trigylcerides, fasting blood sugar
What are the laboratory findings for hepatitis, alcoholism, liver cancer, biliary
duct obstruction ✔️Ans - SGPT, SGOT, GGT, LDH, A/G RATIO, BUN,
bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase
how is hepatitis A transmitted? B? C? ✔️Ans - A: food
B: drug use
C: blood transfusion
, What are the laboratory findings for pancreatitis? ✔️Ans - amylase and
lipase
What are the laboratory findings for diabetes mellitus? ✔️Ans - FBS,
glucose tolerance test (GTT), 2 hour post prandial glucose, glycosylated
hemoglobin
What are the laboratory findings for renal disease ✔️Ans - BUN, uric acid,
creatinine
What are the laboratory findings for hydatiform mole, choriocarcinoma,
normal pregnancy (Uterus) ✔️Ans - human chorionic gonadotropin
(HCG)
What are the laboratory findings for prostate cancer ✔️Ans - acid
phosphatase
What are the laboratory findings for muscular dystrophy ✔️Ans - CPK
increased, creatinine decreased
What are the laboratory findings for pagets ✔️Ans - alkaline phosphatase
what is the etiology for pagets ✔️Ans - unknown
what do spider angiomas on the stomach indicate ✔️Ans - long term
damage to liver from alcoholism
what lab finding should you use to check for jaundice ✔️Ans - direct
bilirubin (form duct obstruction)
What finding is common for vitamin A toxcitiy ✔️Ans - yellow skin
what is the most common primary cancer of the spine ✔️Ans - multiple
myeloma
What are the laboratory findings for multiple myeloma ✔️Ans - AG ratio
reversal (1:2), bence jones protein in urine, M spikes of IgG
