ADVANCED ASSESSMENT INTERPRETING
FINDINGS AND FORMULATING DIFFERENTIAL
DIAGNOSES 4TH EDITION GOOLSBY
COMPLETE CHAPTERS 18-42||WITH ANSWER
SECTION
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1. ASSESSMENT AND CLINICAL DECISION MAKING: AN
OVERVIEW .............................................................................................. 4
CHAPTER 2. EVIDENCE-BASED HEALTH SCREENING ................................ 9
CHAPTER 3. ABDOMEN ......................................................................... 18
CHAPTER 4: AFFECTIVE CHANGES ......................................................... 39
CHAPTER 5: AMENORRHEA ................................................................... 49
CHAPTER 6. BREASTS LUMPS AND NIPPLE DISCHARGE ......................... 51
CHAPTER 7. BREAST PAIN...................................................................... 56
CHAPTER 8: CHEST PAIN........................................................................ 58
CHAPTER 9. CONFUSION IN OLDER ADULTS .......................................... 62
CHAPTER 10: CONSTIPATION ................................................................ 67
CHAPTER 11: COUGH ............................................................................ 70
CHAPTER 12: DIARRHEA ........................................................................ 73
CHAPTER 13: DIZZINESS ........................................................................ 80
CHAPTER 14. DYSPNEA.......................................................................... 82
CHAPTER 15. EARACHE ......................................................................... 93
CHAPTER 16: FATIGUE .......................................................................... 98
CHAPTER 17. FEVER ............................................................................ 101
CHAPTER 18: MALE GENITOURINARY PROBLEMS ............................... 105
CHAPTER 19. HEADACHE ..................................................................... 121
CHAPTER 20: HEARTBURN AND INDIGESTION .................................... 129
CHAPTER 21. HOARSENESS ................................................................. 131
CHAPTER 22: LOWER EXTREMITY LIMB PAIN ...................................... 133
CHAPTER 23: UPPER EXTREMITY LIMB PAIN ....................................... 136
,CHAPTER 24: LOW BACK PAIN (ACUTE) ............................................... 137
CHAPTER 25.: NASAL SYMPTOMS AND SINUS CONGESTION............... 140
CHAPTER 26: PALPITATIONS ............................................................... 144
CHAPTER 27 PENILE DISCHARGE ......................................................... 147
CHAPTER 28 RASHES AND SKIN LESIONS ............................................. 158
CHAPTER 29: RECTAL PAIN, ITCHING, AND BLEEDING ........................ 168
CHAPTER 30. RED EYE ......................................................................... 170
CHAPER 31: SLEEP PROBLEMS............................................................. 179
CHAPTER 32. SORE THROAT ................................................................ 187
CHAPTER 33: SYNCOPE........................................................................ 190
CHAPTER 34 URINARY INCONTINENCE................................................ 192
CHAPTER 35 URINARY PROBLEMS IN FEMALES AND CHILDREN ......... 200
CHAPTER 36. VAGINAL BLEEDING ....................................................... 203
CHAPTER 37. VAGINAL DISCHARGE AND ITCHING .............................. 206
CHAPTER 38: VISION LOSS ................................................................... 222
CHAPTER 39: WEIGHT LOSS/GAIN(UNINTENTIONAL) ......................... 236
CHAPTER 40: THE ABDOMINAL X-RAY................................................. 242
CHAPTER 41: THE CHEST X-RAY ........................................................... 251
CHAPTER 42. THE TRANSGENDER PATIENT ......................................... 255
, CHAPTER 1. ASSESSMENT AND CLINICAL DECISION MAKING: AN
OVERVIEW
MULTIPLE CHOICE
IDENTIFY THE CHOICE THAT BEST COMPLETES THE STATEMENT OR
ANSWERS THE QUESTION.
1. WHICH TYPE OF CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING IS MOST RELIABLE?
A. INTUITIVE
B. ANALYTICAL
C. EXPERIENTIAL
D. AUGENBLICK
2. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS FALSE? TO OBTAIN ADEQUATE
HISTORY, HEALTH-CARE PROVIDERS MUST BE:
A. METHODICAL AND SYSTEMATIC
B. ATTENTIVE TO THE PATIENT’S VERBAL AND NONVERBAL
LANGUAGE
C. ABLE TO ACCURATELY INTERPRET THE PATIENT’S RESPONSES
D. ADEPT AT READING INTO THE PATIENT’S STATEMENTS
3. ESSENTIAL PARTS OF A HEALTH HISTORY INCLUDE ALL OF THE
FOLLOWING EXCEPT:
A. CHIEF COMPLAINT
B. HISTORY OF THE PRESENT ILLNESS
C. CURRENT VITAL SIGNS