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You are preforming muscle strength testing on a patient
presenting with musculoskeletal pain and find that the patient
has complete range of motion with gravity eliminated. Which
numeric grade of muscle strength would you give this patient?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4 - ANSWER -b. 2
The patient is diagnosed with overactive bladder (OAB). Which
of the following instructions should be given to this woman?
a. Limit the amount of water that you drink
b. eliminate caffeine from your diet
c. wear panty liners
d. all of the above - ANSWER -b. eliminate caffeine from your diet
A 28 year old patient is seen in the office with colicky abdominal
pain, particularly with meals. She has frequent constipation,
,flatulence and abdominal distention. Which of the data makes a
diagnosis of diverticulitis unlikely?
a. her age
b. frequent constipation
c. flatulence
d. colicky abdominal pain - ANSWER -a. her age
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 - 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 - ANSWER -a. a high mortality rate
Reuben, age 24, has HIV and just had a routine viral load test
done. The results show a falling viral load What does this
indicate
a. a favorable diagnostic trend
b. disease progression
c. the need to be more aggressive with Reuben's medications
d. the eradication of the HIV - ANSWER -a. a favorable diagnostic
trend
Which is the differentiating symptom mbetween labyrinthitis and
vestibular neuritis?
a. symptoms with vestibular neuritis are usually acute in
onset, whereas with labyrinthitis the onet is more gradual
b. hearing loss may be associated with vestibular neuritis,
but not with labyrinthitis
c. symptoms with labyrinthitis are usually acute in onset,
,whereas with vesticular neuritis the onset is more gradual
d. hearing loss may be associated with labyrinthitis ,but not
with vestibular neuritis. - ANSWER -d. hearing loss may be
associated with labyrinthitis ,but not with vestibular neuritis.
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 - ANSWER -c. blood in
urine and frequency
The patient is diagnosed with urge incontinence. Before
prescribing Detrol XL, the provider should question the patient
about which of these contraindications to this medication?
a. diarrhea
b. Parkinson's disease
c. closed-angle Glaucoma
d. Breast cancer - ANSWER -c. closed-angle Glaucoma
A patient is diagnosed with hypothyroidism. Which of the
following electrocardiogram (ECG) changes should the clinican
expect as a manifestation of the disease?
a. sinus bradycardia
b. atrial fibrillation
c. supraventricular tachycardia
d. U-waves - ANSWER -a. sinus bradycardia