FINAL Exam QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
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,The 56 year old man with chronic prostatitis should be
treated with trimethoprim 80mg-sulfamethoxazole 400
(TMP-SMX, Bactrim) for how long?
a. 3-7 days
b. 14-21 days
c. 3-6 weeks
d 6-12 weeks - CORRECT ANSWER-d 6-12 weeks
A 27 year old female presents with a chief complaint of
burning and pain on urination. She has no previous history of
urinary tract infection. what are some additional symptoms
consistant with a diagnosis of lower UTI?
a. back and abdominal pain
b. fever, chills, costovertebral angle (CVA) tenderness
c. blood in urine and frequency
d. foul-smelling discharge, perineal itch - CORRECT
ANSWER-c. blood in urine and frequency
A 63 year old man is seen in the clinic with a chief complaint
of nocturia. Which of the following should be included in the
differential diagnosis?
,a. Psychogenic nocturia
b. Urethral polyp
c. Irritative posterior urethral lesion
d. Benign prostatic hypertrophy - CORRECT ANSWER-d.
Benign prostatic hypertrophy
, Janet is a 30 year old woman who has been recently
diagnosed with a herniated disc at the level of L5-S1. She is
currently in the emergency room with suspician of cauda
equna compression. Which of the following is a sign or
symptom of cauda equina compression?
a. gastrocnemius weakness
b. reduced or absent ankle refles
c. numbness of the lateral foot
d. paresthesia of the perineum and buttocks - CORRECT
ANSWER-d. paresthesia of the perineum and buttocks
The patient has acute pancreatitis with 7 of the diagnostic
criteria from Ranson's Criteria. In order to plan care, the
clinician understands that this criteria score has which of
the following meanings?
a. a high mortality rate
b. an increased chance of recurrence
c. 7% chance of the disease becoming chronic
d. all of the above - CORRECT ANSWER-a. a high mortality
rate