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Chapter1:Clinical Reasoning,DifferentialDiagnosis,Evidence-BasedPractice,andSymptomAnalysis
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MultipleChoice
Identifythechoicethatbestcompletesthestatementoranswers thequestion.
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1. Whichtypeofclinicaldecision-makingismostreliable? v v v v
A. Intuitive
B. Analytical
C. Experiential
D. Augenblick
2. Which ofthefollowingisfalse?Toobtainadequatehistory, health-careprovidersmustbe:
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B. Attentive to thepatient‘s verbal and nonverbal language N v v N N
C. Ableto accuratelyinterpretthepatient‘sresponses
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D. Adeptatreading into thepatient‘s statements
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3. Essentialparts ofa healthhistoryincludeall ofthefollowingexcept: v N v N v v v v v
A. Chiefcomplaint v
B. Historyofthepresentillness v v v
C. Currentvitalsigns v v
D. All oftheabove areessential historycomponents
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4. Which of thefollowingis false?Whileperformingthephysical examination,the examiner mustbeableto:
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A. Differentiatebetweennormaland abnormal findings v N v
B. Recallknowledge ofarangeof conditions and theirassociated signs and symptoms v v v N N v N v N
C. Recognize howcertain conditionsaffect theresponseto other conditions v v v N v
D. Foreseeunpredictable findings v v
5. Thefollowingistheleast reliablesource of information for diagnosticstatistics: v v N v v
A. Evidence-based investigations v
B. Primaryreports ofresearch v
C. Estimationbasedonaprovider‘sexperience v v v v
D. Published meta-analyses v
6. Thefollowingcanbeused to assistinsound clinical decision-making:
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A. Algorithm published in a peer-reviewed journal article N N v N v v
B. Clinical practice guidelines N v
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7. Ifadiagnosticstudyhashigh sensitivity, thisindicatesa:
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A. Highpercentageof personswiththegivenconditionwillhaveanabnormalresult
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B. Lowpercentageof persons with thegivencondition willhaveanabnormal result v N v v v v v v v
C. Lowlikelihood of normalresultinpersonswithoutagiven condition
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8. Ifadiagnosticstudyhas highspecificity, this indicatesa:
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A. Lowpercentage ofhealthyindividuals willshowa normal result v v v v N
B. Highpercentage ofhealthyindividualswillshowa normalresult
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C. Highpercentage ofindividualswithadisorderwillshowanormalresult
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D. Lowpercentageofindividualswithadisorderwillshowan abnormalresult
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9. A likelihood ratio above 1indicatesthata diagnostictestshowing a:
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A. Positive resultisstronglyassociated withthedisease v v v v
B. Negativeresultis stronglyassociatedwithabsence of thedisease v N v v v N v
C. Positiveresultis weaklyassociated withthedisease v v N v v v
D. Negativeresultis weaklyassociated withabsence ofthedisease v v v v
10. Whichof thefollowingclinical reasoning toolsisdefinedasevidence-based resourcebased onmathematical modelingto
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express the likelihood of a condition in select situations, settings, and/or patients?
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A. Clinical practiceguideline N v
B. Clinical decisionrule N v
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1. ANS: B
Croskerry(2009)describestwo majortypesofclinicaldiagnosticdecision-making:intuitiveandanalytical.Intuitivedecision-
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making (similartoAugenblinkdecision-making)isbasedontheexperienceandintuitionoftheclinicianand islessreliableand paired
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with fairly common errors. In contrast, analytical decision-making is based on careful consideration and has greater reliability with
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rare errors.
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2. ANS: D
To obtain adequate history, providers must be well organized, attentive tothe patient‘s verbal and nonverbal language, and able to
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accurately interpret the patient‘s responses to questions. Rather than reading into the patient‘s statements, they clarify any areas of
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uncertainty.
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3. ANS: C
Vitalsigns arepart ofthephysical examination portionofpatientassessment,not part of thehealth history.
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4. ANS: D
While performing the physical examination, the examiner must be able to differentiate between normal and abnormal findings, recall
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knowledgeofarangeofconditions,includingtheirassociatedsignsandsymptoms,recognizehowcertainconditionsaffect the response to
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other conditions, and distinguish the relevance of varied abnormal findings.
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5. ANS: C
Sourcesfordiagnosticstatisticsincludetextbooks,primaryreportsofresearch,andpublishedmeta-analyses.Anothersourceof
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statistics,theonethathasbeen mostwidelyused and available forapplication tothereasoningprocess,istheestimationbasedon a
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provider‘s experience, although these are rarely accurate. Over the past decade, the availability of evidence on which to base clinical
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reasoning is improving, andthereis an increasing expectation that clinical reasoning be based on scientific evidence. Evidence-
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based statistics are alsoincreasinglybeingusedtodevelop resourcestofacilitate clinical decision-making.
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6. ANS: D
Toassistinclinicaldecision-making,anumberofevidence-basedresourceshavebeen developedtoassisttheclinician.Resources, such as
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algorithms and clinical practice guidelines, assist in clinical reasoning when properlyapplied.
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7. ANS: A
The sensitivityof a diagnostic studyis the percentage ofindividuals with the target condition who show an abnormal, or positive, result.
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Ahigh sensitivityindicates that a greater percentage of persons with the given condition will have an abnormal result.
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8. ANS: B
The specificityof a diagnostic studyis the percentage of normal, healthyindividuals who have a normal result. The greater the
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specificity,thegreater thepercentageofindividualswho willhavenegative,ornormal, resultsiftheydonothavethetarget condition.
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Thelikelihood ratio istheprobabilitythat apositivetest result willbe associated with aperson whohasthetarget condition and a negative
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resultwillbeassociated withahealthyperson.Alikelihoodratioabove1indicatesthatapositiveresultisassociated with the disease; a
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likelihood ratioless than 1 indicates that a negative result is associated with an absence of the disease.
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10. ANS: B
Clinicaldecision(orprediction)rulesprovideanothersupportforclinicalreasoning.Clinicaldecision rulesareevidence-based resources
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thatprovideprobabilisticstatementsregarding thelikelihoodthataconditionexistsifcertainvariablesaremet with regard to theprognosis
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ofpatientswith specific findings. Decision rulesuse mathematical models and arespecific to certain situations, settings, and/or patient
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