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Common causes of GERD - Answer risk factors-
alcohol,
anticholinergic,
CCB, BB
chocolate peppermint, fatty, spicy, citrus foods,
hormones,
obesity,
pregnancy,
smoking,
theophylline
Chronic Bronchitis Treatment - Answer Smoking cessation
Pulmonary rehabilitation
Pharmacologic therapy
Supplemental oxygen
TB... PPD is positive if area of induration is: - Answer >5 mm in an immunocompromised
patient or close contact
,>10 mm in immigrant, health care workers, drug user
>15 mm in a patient who lives in an area where TB is very rare.
what condition would make you order Lateral X-ray of the neck. Options include: Drooling,
Unable to do ROM of the neck / stiff neck. - Answer Croup/Epiglottitis
AV nicking (Arterioles pressing on vein of the eye) - Answer HTN retinopathy
intraocular pressure (IOP) - Answer Fluid pressure inside the eye; measured with tonometry
Rovsing sign - Answer pain in the RLQ when the LLQ is palpated (indicative of appendicitis)
Pencil-like stools occur in an obstruction of what - Answer Sigmoid descending colon
It's a thin narrow stool and possible causes include colon cancer, diarrhea, IBS. Refer for GI
colonoscopy
headache after trauma - Answer SDH
migraine headache - Answer -paroxysmal (sudden, periodic) attacks of mostly unilateral
headache, often accompanied by disordered vision, nausea, or vomiting, lasting hours or days
and caused by dilation of arteries.
4-12 hours,
abortive triptans
prophylaxis propranolol, TCA amitriptyline, anticonvulsants topiramate
,Vitamin B12 - Answer Folate shares a close relationship with this other B Vitamin.
Vitamin B12 - Answer Cognitive deficits, glossitis, pernicious anemia,
Folate shares a close relationship with this other B Vitamin.
88/yr. old patient in for follow up secondary. She's been treated with Tylenol for Joint arthritis.
Her SED rate was checked after 6 weeks of treatment and it was 28. Normal range is from
something to 25. How would you treat the pt. - Answer be changed to NSAID, SED rate is a sign
of inflammation
Which medication causes low sperm count for a patient - Answer SSRI
3-months old infant with down syndrome, due to milk intolerance, mom started on goats milk;
now has pale conjunctiva but otherwise healthy. Low HCT. What additional test would you
order? - Answer Iron, TIBC
3 ways to assess cognitive function in patient with signs/symptoms of memory loss - Answer
Mini mental exam
4-months old with strabismus, mom is worried...... - Answer tell her it is normal.
4 months old won’t keep anything down, what is the main thing you look at? - Answer Growth
chart
6 months old closed anterior fontanel. - Answer XRAY
Abnormal cells on PAP, what do you do next? - Answer Refer for Colposcopy
CAGE ACRONYM - Answer Cut down
, Annoyed by criticism
Guilty about drinking
Eye opener drink
Causes of tachycardia - Answer Fever
Anemia
Hypotension
Cranial nerves responsible for extraocular eye movements - Answer CN 3,4,6
Definition of metabolic syndrome - Answer cluster of conditions that increase risk of heart
disease, stroke, diabetes.
diagnose trichomoniasis - Answer wet prep
Elderly presents with atrophic vaginitis, small uterus, palpable 4x5 ovary, what do you do next?
- Answer Pelvic US
Common causes of GERD - Answer risk factors- alcohol, anticholinergic, CCB, chocolate
peppermint, fatty, spicy, citrus foods, hormones, obesity, pregnancy, smoking, theophylline,
exacerbated by CCB verapamil
Common causes of GERD - Answer risk factors-
alcohol,
anticholinergic,
CCB, BB
chocolate peppermint, fatty, spicy, citrus foods,
hormones,