Questions and Answers correct
A case history includes - answerChief complaint
Present illness
Past History
Family,
occupational,
social,
review of systems
Answers given from a *chief complaint* should be.. - answerOwn words, open ended.
Temperature can be taken where? - answerAnal, oral, otic, axilary, vaginal, testicular
What is the difference in temperatures between *bacterial infection verses viral
infection*? - answerBacterial is sustained.
Viral has spikes, where they will have combination of *fevers and chills*.
What is the average blood pressure? - answer140/110 over 90/60 S/D
_____ is the *difference between the systolic and diastolic* readings. What is the
average? - answerPulse pressure. 30-40
Orthostatic hypotension that can cause *syncope* is a result of para or sympathetic
nervous system? - answerParasympathetic
What time of day are *bacterial fevers the worst*? - answerAt night
Medical term for *jaundice in eyes* - answerIcterus
Absent red light reflex, lens opacity worsens. - answerCataracts
Retinal detachment risks increase after surgery for? - answerCataracts
"Cats like to play w/ detached retinas"
*MC cause of vision loss* for people over 40 - answerCataracts
Optic disc swelling that causes increased intra*cranial* pressure - answerPapilledema
Blurred vision, with *halos around lights*, leading to increased intra*ocular* pressure -
answerGlaucoma
,*Insignificant* eye probem caused by *buildup of fat* around the deep edges of the
cornea - answerArcus senilis
*Waxy exudates* in the eye with *microaneurysms*. - answerDiabetic retinopathy
Flame hemorrhage, *cotton wool* spots in the eye, *copper wire* arterioles -
answerHypertension
"HTN- flame, copper wire and cotton wool eyes"
Yellow deposits under the retina, the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye (a
normal anomaly) - answerDrusen (normal)
a hole in one of the structures of the eye, such as the iris, retina, choroid, or optic disc.
(a normal anomaly) - answerColoboma (normal)
*Crusty discharge* of ear (2 names) - answerOtitis *externa*, swimmers ear
Bulging tympanium - answerOtitis *media*
*Retracted tympanum* can be caused by? - answerAltitude
*Redness* from *acute infection of ear* - answerMyRingitis
*Ear infections* can lead to this common complication - answerMeningitis
A rupture in the ear drum, causing a *perforation*, can have this appearance -
answerBlack appearance
What color is *normal for eardrum*? - answerPearly gray
Which ear should you perform rhinne on? - answerThe ear that Weber lateralize to (The
louder side)
What tuning fork do you use for hearing tests? - answer512 tuning fork.
Sensorineural hearing loss can be caused by (3) - answerPresbycusis
Neuroma
Meniere's
"Sensitive Neural Pretty Neu Men"
Conduction hearing loss can be caused by (3) - answerInfections, cerumen,
otosclerosis
A ___ nose is indicative of *acute rhinitis* - answerRed
,___ discharge from the nose can be caused by a foreign object - answerFoul
CSF discharge from the nose can be caused by ____ - answerviral infection
Non-mobile and non-tender lymph node - answerMalignant
Mobile and tender lymph node - answerBenign
Supraclavicular lymph node draining pattern. - answerRight supraclavicular drains
everything above the diaphragm on right.
Left supraclavicular drains everything else.
Pancreatitis can activate nociceptors in what level of spine? - answerT10, or epigastric
level.
People with pancreatitis may be found in this position - answerFetal position
Diabetes mellitus is caused by - answerPancreas failure to produce insulin
Diabetes mellitis in a juvenile who is thin and insulin dependent, may be what type? -
answerType I
Diabetes mellitus in an obese person from receptor site malfunctions - answerType II
Test that is positive for gall bladder dz - answerMurphy's sign
Risk factor for gallbladder - answerFemale, forty, flatulent, fat
Multiparous, distension, right scapular pain, jaundice and steatorrhea
Test to see if you are absorbing B12 properly - answerShillings
Pain from appendicitis occurs where? - answerPeriumbilical region, Mcburneys
Tests for appendicitis - answerBlumbergs, rovsings.
Rebound tenderness elicited doing blumberg can be either? - answerAppendicitis or
peritonitis
"rebound ten blumberg Appe/Peri"
Elderly person with outpouchings in their colon. High fiber diet helps. -
answerDiverticulosis
Skip lesions, string sign, rectal bleeding, fistulas - answerCrohn's
Stress, bloody diarrhea, megacolon, - answerUlcerative colitis
, Characteritics of acute hepatitis and chronic hepatitis. Difference? - answerBoth swollen
and boggy liver. Difference is acute is tender.
Resonant percussion in the lungs may indicate? - answerThis is normal, but there could
be viral pneumonia or laryngitis
Flat percussion in the lungs may indicate? - answerSolids, there could be atelectasis,
tumor, or pneumononiosis
Tympany percussed in the lungs may indicate? - answerGI or air, can be Meganblase
(gastric air bubble) or flatulence.
Fremitis in atelectasis, tumors, or pneumoconiusis causing a flat percussion, will have
what kind of fremitus? - answerDecreased
Dull percussion in the lungs may indicate? - answerFluid. Can be bacterial pneumonia,
Congestive heart failure, edema, massive pleural effusion.
MC location of bacterial pneumonia in lungs? - answerR middle lobe, then R lateral lobe
Low pitch auscultation - answerBronchitis
High pitch auscultation - answerWheeze, musical rales, crackles
Fluid in the lungs: 1) Brochophony 2) Egophony 3) Whispered pectoriloquey - answer1)
Spoken word louder
2) Sounds like eh
3) Louder
Auscultation of a friction rub - answerPleurisy
Auscultation of respiratory lag - answerPneumothorax
Prolonged expiration seen in - answerCOPD
No casts, no fever, nitrates seen, e. coli detected. First occurs in urethra and ascends
up to bladder. - answerCystitis
___ hemorrhoids are often symptom free unless deficating - answerExternal hemorrhois
___ hemorrhoids lead to bloody defication and are often painful - answerInternal
hemorrhoids
Strain producing a donut shaped anus - answerRectal prolapse