> 75% of coughs lasting 3 weeks with negative chest x-ray are due to
what 3 things Ans✓✓✓ GERD
Asthma
Postnasal drip
1 office test to dx PAD? Ans✓✓✓ ABI
2 best interventions for PAD? Ans✓✓✓ smoking cessation and exercise
2 biggest risk factors of PAD? Ans✓✓✓ smoking and DB
2 most common complication of GDM for baby Ans✓✓✓
Macrosome+birth trauma, hypoglycemia
3 classes of drugs to treat MRSA skin infx Ans✓✓✓ - Lincosamides
(Clindamycin)
- Sulfonamides (Trimethoprim-
sulfamethoxazole)
- Tetracyclines (Doxycycline,
Minocycline)
- Lipoglycopeptides (Vancomycin,
Telavancin)
,3 contraindications to cannabis rx Ans✓✓✓ <25 yrs
Hx psychosis
Hx cannabis, substance use disorder
Resp disease
Pregnant
CAD
3 labs to order for workup for MDD Ans✓✓✓ CBC, lytes, LFTs, glucose,
urea, creatinine, folate/ B12, TSH
Urinalysis, UDS
ECG
ETOH level
3 pharm treatment options for BPH Ans✓✓✓ alpha blockers eg
tamsulosin, doxazosin
5alpha reductase eg finasteride/dutasteride
combo - anticholinergic and alpha blocker
PDE5 inhibitors eg tadalafil
anticholinergic eg oxybutinin
3 physical exam findings suggestive of malignant thyroid nodule
Ans✓✓✓ dysphonia
,lymphadenopathy
fixation of nodule to surrounding
tissue
3 priorities to monitor when managing polypharmacy in elderly
Ans✓✓✓ - monitoring side effects.
- periodically reviewing medication (e.g., is the medication still
indicated, is the dosage appropriate).
- monitoring for interactions.
3 reasonable first line labs for pt with ?dementia Ans✓✓✓ CBC
B12
TSH
Lytes
Ca
Glc
3 risk factors dyspepsia? Ans✓✓✓ Meds eg ASA, NSAIDs
EtOH
Smoking
Emotional stress
, 50g glucose challenge screen diagnostic of GDM Ans✓✓✓ 11.1
50g OGTT value to send on to 75g Ans✓✓✓ 7.8
75g OGTT cutoff values at 1 and 2 hrs? Ans✓✓✓ 10.6
9
A commonly used and
feasible instrument to stage demential is ___________ Ans✓✓✓ the
Global Deterioration Scale
A CT scan or MRI should only be undertaken for ?dementia if _______
Ans✓✓✓ it would change clinical
management
Or any of these features:
<60 years
Rapid
Short duration of dementia
Trauma
Unexplained neurologic symptoms
History of cancer