AdvancedoAssessmentoInterpretingoFindingsoandoFormulatingo
DifferentialoDiagnoseso
5thoEditionoGoolsbyoChapters 1o-22o|oCompleteo
, TABLEoOFoCONTENTS
Chaptero1.oAssessmentoandoClinicaloDecisionoMaking:oAnoOverview
Chaptero2.oGenomicoAssessment:oInterpretingoFindingsoandoFormulatingoDifferentialoDiagnoses
Chaptero3.oSkin
Chaptero4.oHead,oFace,oandoNeck
Chaptero5.oTheoEye
Chaptero6.oEar,oNose,oMouth,oandoThroat
Chaptero7.oCardiacoandoPeripheraloVascularoSystems
Chaptero8.oRespiratoryoSystem
Chaptero9.oBreasts
Chaptero10.oAbdomen
Chaptero11.oGenitourinaryoSystem
Chaptero12.oMaleoReproductiveoSystem
Chaptero13.oFemaleoReproductiveoSystem
Chaptero14.oMusculoskeletaloSystem
Chaptero15.oNeurologicaloSystem
Chaptero16.oNonspecificoComplaints
Chaptero17.oPsychiatricoMentaloHealth
Chaptero18.oPediatricoPatients
Chaptero19.oPregnantoPatients
Chaptero20.oAssessmentoofotheoTransgenderooroGenderoDiverseoAdult
Chaptero21.oOlderoPatients
Chaptero22.oPersonsoWithoDisabilities
,ANSWERS IN THE END OF EACH CHAPTER
Chaptero1.oAssessmentoandoClinicaloDecisionoMaking:oAnoOverview
MultipleoChoice
Identifyotheochoiceothatobestocompletesotheostatementooroanswersotheoquestion.
o 1. Whichotypeoofoclinicalodecision-makingoisomostoreliable?
A. Intuitive
B. Analytic
al
C. Experien
tial
D. Augenbli
ck
o 2. Whichoofotheofollowingoisofalse?oTooobtainoadequateohistory,ohealth-careoprovidersomustobe:
A. Methodicaloandosystematic
B. Attentiveotootheopatient’soverbaloandon
onverbalolanguage
C. Ableotooaccuratelyointerpretotheopatien
t’soresponses
D. Adeptoatoreadingointootheopatient’sosta
tements
o 3. Essentialopartsoofoaohealthohistoryoincludeoalloofotheofollowingoexcept:
A. Chiefocomplaint
B. Historyoofotheopresentoillness
C. Currentovitalosigns
D. Alloofotheoaboveoareoessentialohis
toryocomponents
,o 4.
Whichoofotheofollowingoisofalse?oWhileoperformingotheophysicaloexamination,otheoexamineromustobeoable
oto:
A. Differentiateobetweenonormaloandoabnormalofindings
B. Recalloknowledgeoofoaorangeoofoconditionsoandotheiroasso
ciatedosignsoandosymptoms
C. Recognizeohowocertainoconditionsoaffectotheoresponseotoo
otheroconditions
D. Foreseeounpredictableofindings
o 5. Theofollowingoisotheoleastoreliableosourceoofoinformationoforodiagnosticostatistics:
A. Evidence-basedoinvestigations
B. Primaryoreportsooforesearch
C. Estimationobasedoonoaoprovide
r’soexperience
D. Publishedometa-analyses
o 6. Theofollowingocanobeousedotooassistoinosoundoclinicalodecision-making:
A. Algorithmopublishedoinoaopeer-
reviewedojournaloarticle
B. Clinicalopracticeoguidelines
C. Evidence-basedoresearch
D. Alloofotheoabove
o 7. Ifoaodiagnosticostudyohasohighosensitivity,othisoindicatesoa:
A. Highopercentageoofopersonsowithotheogivenoconditionowi
llohaveoanoabnormaloresult
B. Lowopercentageoofopersonsowithotheogivenoconditionowil
lohaveoanoabnormaloresult
C. Lowolikelihoodoofonormaloresultoinopersonsowithoutoaogi
venocondition
D. Noneoofotheoabove
o 8. Ifoaodiagnosticostudyohasohighospecificity,othisoindicatesoa:
, A. Lowopercentageoofohealthyoindividualsowilloshowoao
normaloresult
B. Highopercentageoofohealthyoindividualsowilloshowoao
normaloresult
C. Highopercentageoofoindividualsowithoaodisorderowillo
showoaonormaloresult
D. Lowopercentageoofoindividualsowithoaodisorderowillo
showoanoabnormaloresult
o 9. Aolikelihoodoratiooaboveo1oindicatesothatoaodiagnosticotestoshowingoa:
A. Positiveoresultoisostronglyoassociatedowithoth
eodisease
B. Negativeoresultoisostronglyoassociatedowithoa
bsenceoofotheodisease
C. Positiveoresultoisoweaklyoassociatedowithoth
eodisease
D. Negativeoresultoisoweaklyoassociatedowithoa
bsenceoofotheodisease
,o 10. Whichoofotheofollowingoclinicaloreasoningotoolsoisodefinedoasoevidence-
basedoresourceobasedoonomathematicalomodeling
tooexpressotheolikelihoodoofoaoconditionoinoselectosituations,osettings,oand/oropatients?
, A. Clinicalopracticeog
uideline
B. Clinicalodecisionor
ule
C. Clinicaloalgorithm
Chaptero1:oClinicaloreasoning,odifferentialodiagnosis,oevidence-basedopractice,oandosymptomoana
AnsweroSection
MULTIPLEoCHOICE
1. ANS: B
Croskerryo(2009)odescribesotwoomajorotypesoofoclinicalodiagnosticodecision-
making:ointuitiveoandoanalytical.oIntuitiveodecision-
omakingo(similarotooAugenblinkodecision-
making)oisobasedoonotheoexperienceoandointuitionoofotheoclinicianoandoisolessoreliableo
andopairedowithofairlyocommonoerrors.oInocontrast,oanalyticalodecision-
makingoisobasedoonocarefuloconsiderationoandohasogreateroreliabilityowithorareoerrors.
PTS: 1
2. ANS: D
Tooobtainoadequateohistory,oprovidersomustobeowelloorganized,oattentiveotootheopatient’
soverbaloandononverbalolanguage,oandoableotooaccuratelyointerpretotheopatient’sorespon
sesotooquestions.oRatherothanoreadingointootheopatient’sostatements,otheyoclarifyoanyo
areasoofouncertainty.
PTS: 1
,3. ANS: C
Vitalosignsoareopartoofotheophysicaloexaminationoportionoofopatientoassessment,onotopartoofotheohe
althohistory.
PTS: 1
4. ANS: D
Whileoperformingotheophysicaloexamination,otheoexamineromustobeoableotoodifferentiateo
betweenonormaloandoabnormalofindings,orecalloknowledgeoofoaorangeoofoconditions,oinclu
dingotheiroassociatedosignsoandosymptoms,orecognizeohowocertainoconditionsoaffectotheo
responseotoootheroconditions,oandodistinguishotheorelevanceoofovariedoabnormalofindings.
PTS: 1
5. ANS: C
Sourcesoforodiagnosticostatisticsoincludeotextbooks,oprimaryoreportsooforesearch,oandop
ublishedometa-
analyses.oAnotherosourceoofostatistics,otheooneothatohasobeenomostowidelyousedoandoav
ailableoforoapplicationotootheoreasoningoprocess,oisotheoestimationobasedoonoaoprovider’
soexperience,oalthoughotheseoareorarelyoaccurate.oOverotheopastodecade,otheoavailabili
tyoofoevidenceoonowhichotoobaseoclinicaloreasoningoisoimproving,oandothereoisoanoincre
asingoexpectationothatoclinicaloreasoningobeobasedoonoscientificoevidence.
Evidence-
basedostatisticsoareoalsooincreasinglyobeingousedotoodeveloporesourcesotoofacilitateoclinicalodecision
-making.
PTS: 1
6. ANS: D
Tooassistoinoclinicalodecision-making,oaonumberoofoevidence-
basedoresourcesohaveobeenodevelopedotooassistotheoclinician.oResources,osuchoas
oalgorithmsoandoclinicalopracticeoguidelines,oassistoinoclinicaloreasoningowhenopro
perlyoapplied.
PTS: 1
, 7. ANS: A
Theosensitivityoofoaodiagnosticostudyoisotheopercentageoofoindividualsowithotheotargetoco
nditionowhooshowoanoabnormal,ooropositive,oresult.oAohighosensitivityoindicatesothatoaogre
ateropercentageoofopersonsowithotheogivenoconditionowillohaveoanoabnormaloresult.
PTS: 1
8. ANS: B
Theospecificityoofoaodiagnosticostudyoisotheopercentageoofonormal,ohealthyoindividuals
owhoohaveoaonormaloresult.oTheogreaterotheospecificity,otheogreaterotheopercentageoof
oindividualsowhoowillohaveonegative,ooronormal,oresultsoifotheyodoonotohaveotheotarget
ocondition.
PTS: 1
9. ANS: A
Theolikelihoodoratiooisotheoprobabilityothatoaopositiveotestoresultowillobeoassociatedowit
hoaopersonowhoohasotheotargetoconditionoandoaonegativeoresultowillobeoassociatedowith
oaohealthyoperson.oAolikelihoodoratiooaboveo1oindicatesothatoaopositiveoresultoisoassocia
tedowithotheodisease;oaolikelihoodoratioolessothano1oindicatesothatoaonegativeoresultoiso
associatedowithoanoabsenceoofotheodisease.