Findings and Formulating Differential Diagnoses
4th Edition Goolsby Chapters 1 - 22 | Complete
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Chaptere1.eAssessmenteandeClinicaleDecisioneMaking:eAneOverview
Chaptere2.eGenomiceAssessment:eInterpretingeFindingseandeFormulatingeDifferentialeDiagnoses
Chaptere3.eSkin
Chaptere4.eHead,eFace,eandeNeck
Chaptere5.eTheeEye
Chaptere6.eEar,eNose,eMouth,eandeThroat
Chaptere7.eCardiaceandePeripheraleVasculareSystems
Chaptere8.eRespiratoryeSystem
Chaptere9.eBreasts
Chaptere10.eAbdomen
Chaptere11.eGenitourinaryeSystem
Chaptere12.eMaleeReproductiveeSystem
Chaptere13.eFemaleeReproductiveeSystem
Chaptere14.eMusculoskeletaleSystem
Chaptere15.eNeurologicaleSystem
Chaptere16.eNonspecificeComplaints
Chaptere17.ePsychiatriceMentaleHealth
Chaptere18.ePediatricePatients
Chaptere19.ePregnantePatients
Chaptere20.eAssessmenteofetheeTransgendereoreGendereDiverseeAdult
Chaptere21.eOlderePatients
Chaptere22.ePersonseWitheDisabilities
, Chaptere1.eAssessmenteandeClinicaleDecisioneMaking:eAneOverview
Multiplee Choice
Identifyetheechoiceethatebestecompletesetheestatementeoreanswersetheequestion.
e 1. Whichetypeeofeclinicaledecision-makingeisemostereliable?
A. Intuitive
B. Analytical
C. Experiential
D. Augenblick
e 2. Whicheofetheefollowingeisefalse?eToeobtaineadequateehistory,ehealth-careeprovidersemustebe:
A. Methodicaleandesystematic
B. Attentiveetoetheepatient’severbaleandenonverbalelanguag
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C. Ableetoeaccuratelyeinterpretetheepatient’seresponses
D. Adepteatereadingeintoetheepatient’sestatements
e 3. Essentialepartseofeaehealthehistoryeincludeealleofetheefollowingeexcept:
A. Chiefecomplaint
B. Historyeofetheepresenteillness
C. Currentevitalesigns
D. Alleofetheeaboveeareeessentialehistoryecomponent
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e 4. Whicheofetheefollowingeisefalse?eWhileeperformingetheephysicaleexamination,etheeexamineremustebeeableeto:
A. Differentiateebetweenenormaleandeabnormalefindings
B. Recalleknowledgeeofeaerangeeofeconditionseandetheireassociatedesignseandesymptom
s
C. Recognizeehowecertaineconditionseaffectetheeresponseetoeothereconditions
D. Foreseeeunpredictableefindings
e 5. Theefollowingeisetheeleastereliableesourceeofeinformationeforediagnosticestatistics:
A. Evidence-basedeinvestigations
B. Primaryereportseoferesearch
C. Estimationebasedeoneaeprovider’seexperience
D. Publishedemeta-analyses
e 6. Theefollowingecanebeeusedetoeassisteinesoundeclinicaledecision-making:
A. Algorithmepublishedeineaepeer-reviewedejournalearticle
B. Clinicalepracticeeguidelines
C. Evidence-basederesearch
D. Alleofetheeabove
e 7. Ifeaediagnosticestudyehasehighesensitivity,e thiseindicatesea:
A. Highepercentageeofepersonsewithetheegiveneconditionewillehaveeaneabnormaleresu
lt
B. Lowepercentageeofepersonsewithetheegiveneconditionewillehaveeaneabnormaleresul
t
C. Lowelikelihoodeofenormaleresulteinepersonsewithouteaegivenecondition
D. Noneeofetheeabove
e 8. Ifeaediagnosticestudyehasehighespecificity,e thiseindicatesea:
A. Lowepercentageeofehealthyeindividualsewilleshoweaenormaleresult
B. Highepercentageeofehealthyeindividualsewilleshoweaenormaleresult
C. Highepercentageeofeindividualsewitheaedisorderewilleshoweaenormaleresult
D. Lowepercentageeofeindividualsewitheaedisorderewilleshoweaneabnormaleresu
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e 9. Aelikelihooderatioeabovee1eindicatesethateaediagnosticetesteshowingea:
A. Positiveeresulteisestronglyeassociatedewithetheedisease
B. Negativeeresulteisestronglyeassociatedewitheabsenceeofetheediseas
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C. Positiveeresulteiseweaklyeassociatedewithetheedisease
D. Negativeeresulteiseweaklyeassociatedewitheabsenceeofetheedisease
, e 10. Whicheofetheefollowingeclinicalereasoningetoolseisedefinedeaseevidence-basederesourceebasedeonemathematicalemodeling
toeexpressetheelikelihoodeofeaeconditioneineselectesituations,esettings,eand/orepatients?