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Findings and Formulating Differential Diagnoses
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4th Edition Goolsby Chapters 1 - 22 | Complete
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, TABLE OF CONTENTS k k
Chapter 1. Assessment and Clinical Decision Making: An Overview
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Chapter 2. Genomic Assessment: Interpreting Findings and Formulating Differential Diagnoses
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Chapter 3. Skin
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Chapter 4. Head, Face, and Neck
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Chapter 5. The Eye
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Chapter 6. Ear, Nose, Mouth, and Throat
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Chapter 7. Cardiac and Peripheral Vascular Systems
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Chapter 8. Respiratory System
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Chapter 9. Breasts
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Chapter 10. Abdomen
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Chapter 11. Genitourinary System
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Chapter 12. Male Reproductive System
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Chapter 13. Female Reproductive System
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Chapter 14. Musculoskeletal System
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Chapter 15. Neurological System
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Chapter 16. Nonspecific Complaints
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Chapter 17. Psychiatric Mental Health
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Chapter 18. Pediatric Patients
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Chapter 19. Pregnant Patients
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Chapter 20. Assessment of the Transgender or Gender Diverse Adult
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Chapter 21. Older Patients
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Chapter 22. Persons With Disabilities
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, Chapter 1. Assessment and Clinical Decision Making: An Overview
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Multiple Choice
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Identify the choice that best completes the statement oranswers the question.
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k 1. Which type of clinical decision-makingis most reliable?
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A. Intuitive
B. Analytical
C. Experiential
D. Augenblick
k 2. Which of the following is false? To obtain adequate history, health-care providers must be:
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A. Methodical and systematic k k
B. Attentive to the patient’s verbal and nonverbal language
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C. Able to accuratelyinterpret the patient’s responses
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D. Adept at reading into the patient’s statements
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k 3. Essential parts of a health historyinclude all of the following except:
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A. Chief complaint k
B. Historyof the present illness k k k k
C. Current vital signs k k
D. All of the above are essential history components
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k 4. Which of the following is false? While performing the physical examination, the examiner must be able to:
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A. Differentiatebetween normal and abnormal findings k k k k k
B. Recall knowledge of a range of conditions and their associated signs and symptoms
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C. Recognize how certain conditions affect the response to other conditions
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D. Foreseeunpredictable findings k k
k 5. The followingis the least reliable source of information for diagnostic statistics:
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A. Evidence-based investigations k
B. Primaryreports of research k k k
C. Estimation based on a provider’s experience k k k k k
D. Published meta-analyses k
k 6. The following can be used to assist in sound clinical decision-making:
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A. Algorithmpublished in a peer-reviewed journal article k k k k k k
B. Clinical practice guidelines k k
C. Evidence-based research k
D. All of the above
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k 7. If a diagnostic studyhas high sensitivity, this indicates a:
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A. High percentage ofpersons with the given condition will have an abnormal result
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B. Lowpercentage of persons with the given condition will have an abnormal result
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C. Low likelihood ofnormal result in persons without a given condition
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D. None of the abovek k k
k 8. If a diagnosticstudyhas high specificity, this indicates a:
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A. Low percentage of healthyindividuals will show a normal result
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B. High percentage of healthyindividuals will show a normal result
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C. High percentage of individuals with a disorder will show a normal result
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D. Low percentage of individuals with a disorder will show an abnormal result
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k 9. Alikelihood ratio above 1 indicates that a diagnostic test showing a:
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A. Positive result is strongly associated with the disease
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B. Negativeresult is strongly associated with absence of the disease
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C. Positive result is weakly associated with the disease
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D. Negative result is weakly associated with absence of the disease
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, k 10. Which of thefollowing clinical reasoning tools is defined as evidence-based resource based on mathematical modeling
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to express the likelihood of a condition in select situations, settings, and/orpatients?
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