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1
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Preferring peer group activity over adult activities, conforming to group rules, using secret codes, desiring acceptance

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School age child

6-10 years

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2
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When does growth spurt occur in males

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2 years after girls
Usually ends in tanner stage 5
Deepening of voice occurs during growth spurt

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Reproductive changes in men as they age

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Slightly decreased sperm production, decreased semen volume, testicular softening, decreased testosterone levels

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Most common inherited cause of intellectual disability in children

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Fragile x SYNDROME

x-linked

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5
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Infant crosses legs when lifted from behind

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Cerebral Palsy

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Child can speak in short sentence, give full name, use plurals, know 2 or 3 prepositions and tell a story

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3 years old

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Older aging changes in cell mediated immunity

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Antibodies switch to auto antibodies

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8
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Annual weight gain for school age child

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5-7ib

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9
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When can a child remember and reverse a sequence of 6 numbers

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Adolescence

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10
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HEADSS assessment

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Use in adolescents

Home life, education, alcohol, drugs, sexual activity, suicide thoughts

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When should child be able to hop and jump rope

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hop: age 4

jump rope: age 5

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12
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Age of separation anxiety

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begins around 8-9 months and peaks at 14 months

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13
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By what age do children have a strong preference for one hand over the other

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End of preschool period: age 4-5

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14
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Skin changes in elderly

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Decreased number of melanocytes, decreased langergans cells

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15
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Successful aging paradigm

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Physical health, cognitive abilities, social involvement and engagement, productivity, life satisfaction are all major components of healthy aging process

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16
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Get up and go test

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Assesses functional mobility

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17
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Erikson stage for learning self-assertion, spontaneity, self-sufficiency, direction, and purpose

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Initiative vs guilt

3-5 years old

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18
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When is fragile X usually diagnosed

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After the toddler stage

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19
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When do children start to enjoy interaction with other children rather than parallel play

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Age 3

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20
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Child can fasten and unfasten buttons, draw stick figures with 3 parts, successfully use scissors, lace shoes

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Age 4

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21
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Marasmus

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Form of protein calorie malnutrition

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22
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Erikson’s last ego stage in older adults; results in adults feeling comfortable with their life choices and the knowledge that they would have done everything the same way again

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Integrity vs despair

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23
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When does menarche occur

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Typically 2 years after thelarche, at the end of tanner stage 3

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24
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Height growth during school age years

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3in annually

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25
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Being easily overwhelmed by stimuli, excessive chewing on clothes and frequent tantrums

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Fragile X

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26
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When does nocturnal emissions occur in males

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At about age 14; 1 year after penis begins to grow

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27
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Most common organism in endocarditis for drug abusers

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Staph aureus

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28
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Egg allergy in children

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Strict avoidance can cause children to outgrow

Most will outgrow it

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29
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Eluxadoline

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Mu-opioid receptor agonist and delta-opioid receptor antagonist
Tx for IBS with diarrha

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30
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Lubiprostone

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Enhances fluid secretion

Tx of IBS with constipation

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31
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TMJ

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Pain that is unilateral and radiates to the posterior neck, ear, jaw and temporal area
Face may show asymmetry on inspection

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32
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Acoustic neuroma

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Tumor within the ear that causes asymmetrical sensorineural hearing loss
MRI preferred dx tool

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33
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Trigeminal neuralgia

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Sudden intense lancinating electric shock pain

Tx: carbamazepine

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34
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GLP-1 agonists has a black box warning for

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Medullary thyroid cancer

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35
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Skin manifestations of hypothyroidism

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Dry, coarse, pale skin; coarse hair; periorbital edema

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Teenager with 2 month history of diffuse paresthesias and ataxic gait; loss of vibratory sense and proprioception

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Abusing NO

Changes B12 into inactive form, causing neurologic manifestations of deficiency to occur

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37
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WHat can occur if tetracyclines are given to children

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Deformity in bone structure or discoloration of teeth

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38
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Sacroiliitis and a bamboo spine caused by calcification of spinal ligaments

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Ankylosing spondylitis

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39
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What is the pathophysiologic mechanism causing paresthesias during anxiety attack

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Hyperventilation causes respiratory alkalosis, which in turn reduces ionized calcium concentration; leads to excitability of peripheral nerves causing the neurologic symptoms

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40
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Which hard disorder can cause hemoptysis

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Mitral stenosis

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41
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How can you tell that dyspnea is due to pulmonary rather than cardiac cause

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Pulmonary hypertension causes compensatory right ventricular hypertrophy and dilation that produces a lower sternal lift on chest palpation causing PMI at 4th intercostal space

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42
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Complication of biphosphanate therapy

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Osteonecrosis of the jaw

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43
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Marked fatigue + generalized pruritus that is worse at night for 3 weeks; elevated alkaline phosphatase and serum mitochondrial antibodies present

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Patient has primary biliary cirrhosis
Hyperpigmentation occurs
Primary disease of women

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Fever, maculopapular rash, eosinophilia, azotemia with pyuria

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Intersitital nephritis
Usually caused by NSAIDs, penicillins, sulfonamides, rifampin, allopurinol
Recovery takes weeks to months

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45
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What class of antibiotics are nephrotoxic

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Aminoglycosides

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46
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Number needed to treat

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Represents how many people must be treated with the drug to prevent one outcome

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47
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Dabigatran

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Direct thrombin inhibitor

Can be used for patients who have non-valvular A Fib or venous thromboembolism or pulmonary embolism

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48
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Primary mechanism by which ACEI reduces albuminuria

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Dilates efferent arteriole of glomerulus

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49
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Which mechanism is most likely to cause atelactasis

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Brochial obstruction

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50
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How can you dx mumps

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IgM antibody titer

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51
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Most effective interventions available to HCP for reducing incidence and severity of leading causes of disease and disablity

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Counselling interventions that address the personal health practices of clients

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52
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How to manage effects of scleroderma

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Avoid becoming chilled, maintain good skin care, perform physical therapy. wear loose and warm clothing, stop smoking

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53
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Exposures to pesticides, PCBs and dioxins has been linked to

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Endocrine disorders

54
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What might exacerbate MS symptoms

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Hot showers

55
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When counseling parents about accidental poisonings in children, instruct the parents to administer

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Ipecac syrup to induce vomiting

56
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Diet for athlete endurance

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High carbohydrate diet

Carb loading before a competition: high carb diet first 4 days of the week followed by moderate carbs the last 3 days

57
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Cheapest and easiest remedy for head lice

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Mayo to scalp and hair

58
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Effective interventions for someone with OA

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Encourage to rest frequently, apply heat to painful joints, apply splints to affected joints, use good body mechanics, lose weight if overweight

59
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What organization has jurisdiction over enforcement of ADA

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Equal employment opportunity commission

60
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Patient education for trigeminal neuralgia

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Always wear protective sunglasses or goggles when outside, working in dusty areas, mowing the lawn; use artificial tears and a patch at night; chew on unaffected side; avoiding eating or drinking hot foods or fluids; have regular dental exams;

61
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Notable signs of Vitamin C deficiency

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Bleeding gums and broken capillaries

62
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Best indicator of body fluid balance in elderly

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Body weight due to decrease in the amount of total body water

63
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Presence of what differentiates hyperthyroidism caused by Graves from hyperthyroidism caused by high dose of thyroid hormone

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High radioiodine uptake

64
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What is a patient at risk for when they have a congenital bicuspid aortic valve

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Developing severe aortic valve stenosis or aortic valve regurgitation
Classic triad of sx of aortic stenosis: angina, dypnea, effort syncope

65
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Frank starling law

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States that the greater the end-diastolic volume in the left ventricle, the greater the force of ventricular contraction and stroke volume (pre-load)

66
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Excessive diuresis in diastolic heart failure can cause which CV state

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Decreased filling of stiff left ventricle, followed by decrease in CO and hypotension

67
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Woman taking methotrexate should be counselled to do what

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Take folic acid supplement

-Methotrexate is a folic acid antagonist

68
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2 most common causes of microcytosis

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Iron deficiency and thalassemia

69
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When can you code a new patient visit for a patient who has been seen before

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If not been seen >3 years

70
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Preferred initial tx of tics in tourette syndrome

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Dopamine receptor blockers–fluphenazine or pimozide

71
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Bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome should cause clinician to suspect

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Hypothyroidism, acromegaly, amyloidosis, DM

72
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Most common disorder responsible for developmental delays in children

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FAS

73
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Thymectomy is performed in

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Myasthenia Gravis

Due to dysplasia of thymus gland; recommended to have thymectomy within 2 years of dx

74
Q

Move client’s head to the left and the eyes move to the right

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Doll’s eyes; normal response!

If damage to brainstem, then eyes do not move

75
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Initial drug choices for OCD in children

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SSRIs or clomipramine (TCA)

76
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Cardiac diseases related to increased risk of stroke

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Artificial cardiac valves, cardiac structural abnormalities, heart failure

77
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In the depressed client, antidepressants are most effective in alleviating

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Sleep and appetite disturbances

78
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MMSE score

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Total =30
20-25=early AD
10-19= Middle AD
<10=Late stage AD

79
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Most common cause of death for patients with AD

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Pneumonia

80
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Research has indicated an elevated frequency of what with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures

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Sexual abuse

81
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Classic findings of normal pressure hydrocephalus

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Wacky, wobbly, wet (confusion, ataxia, urinary incontinence)

82
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Marijuana tests positive in the urine for how long

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30 days

83
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In stroke victims, what is the body’s way to try and maintain perfusion

A

hypertension

84
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most common of the intracranial hematomas

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Subdural hematoma

Headache, drowsiness, agitation, slowed thinking, confusion

85
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Presentation of epidural hematoma

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Momentary loss of consciousness followed by 1-2 days of lucidity and then rapid deterioration

86
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Middle aged men who suffer from migraines are more likely to have what comorbiditiy

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MI

87
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Encopresis

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Repeated involuntary defecation into the clothing

Rule out neurological disorder affecting the lumbosacral spinal cord

88
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Effective tx of smoking cessation that does not increase risk of seizures

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Verenicline

89
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What should be avoided in patients with AD who have vascular risk factors

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Atypical antipsychotics

90
Q

Tx of MS

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Interferon B–Decreases frequency of exacerbations

Steroids for acute exacerbations

91
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TRAP

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For PD

Tremor, rigidity, akinesia, postural disturbances

92
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Most common cause of cerebellar disease

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Alcohol

93
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Stages of anticipatory grieving

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Shock, denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance

94
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Most common bacteria in adult meningitis

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Strep pneumoniae

95
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Where is herpes simplex encephalitis commonly located

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Temporal and frontal lobes
Caused by HSV-1
Presence of lymphocytes and increased protein and RBC in spinal fluid

96
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When do OCD sx usually occur first

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<15 years old

97
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Most common sx of MS

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Focal weakness, optic neuritis, focal numbness, cerebellar ataxia, diplopia, nystagmus, bowel/bladder changes

98
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Most sensitive diagnostic test for identifying alcoholic client

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y-glutamyltransferase (GGT)

99
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Predisposing conditions for furuncolosis

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DM, HIV, Injection drug use

100
Q

Dense, black, necrotic eschar gradually forming over initial lesion

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Anthrax

101
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Adverse effects of prolonged or high potency topical steroids

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Cutaneous atrophy, telangiectases, easy bruisability, systemic absorption (growth retardation, electrolyte disturbances, hyperglycemia, hypertension, increased infection)

102
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Acne rosacea, acne vulgaris, folliculitis, candidiasis and miliaria are all classified as

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Pustular lesions

103
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Warts, corns, kaposi sarcoma, basal cell carcinoma, scabies are classfieid as

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Papular lesions

104
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Herpes, varicella, herpes zoster are classified as

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Vesicular lesions

105
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Which guideline has a scale for malignant melanoma to show the thickness of the lesion

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Breslow’s guidelines

106
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MOA of silvadene

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Bactericidal agent that acts on the cell membrane and cell wall of susceptible bacteria and binds to cellular DNA
Effective against G+ and G-

107
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Acquired disorder of childhood characterized by complete loss of pigment of the skin

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Vitiligo

108
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Ecthyma

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Pruritic, tender, red vesicles or pustules surrounded by erythema that will eventually ulcerate
Deeper version of impetigo

109
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Acrochordon

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Skin tag–benign tumor that forms where skin creases form (neck and armpit)

110
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Differential of scarring alopecia

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Bacterial infection of the scalp

111
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Connection between the surface of the skin and underlying structure

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Sinus

112
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Depressed lesion in which the epidermis and part of the dermis have been lost

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Ulcer

113
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Moist, red, shiny, circumscribed lesion that lacks upper layer of skin

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Erosion

114
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Circumscribed collection of pus that involves the deeper layers of the skin

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Abscess

115
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Loss of all hair on all parts of the body

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Alopecia universalis

116
Q

Loss of all hair on the entire scalp

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Alopecia totalis

117
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The 5 p’s –purple, polygonal, planar, pruritic, papules–are present in

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lichen planus

118
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The majority of malignant melanomas are

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Superficially spreading

119
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Dark field examination is used to diagnose

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Syphilis cutaneously

120
Q

Who can use DEET

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Everyone 2 months and older, including pregnant women

121
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Herald patch (single, oval shaped scaly plaque from 2-5m on the patient’s chest) that progresses into numerous smaller lesions

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Pityriasis rosea

122
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Guttate psoriasis

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Multiple small lesions on the trunk with a thick scale; presents 2-3 weeks after associated streptococcal infection

123
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Cauliflower like wart on the anogenital region

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Condyloma acuminata

Due to HPV

124
Q

Who is acyclovir recommended for in tx varicella

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Anyone >2 years old

For children <2, cool baths and calamine lotion can be used

125
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Pastia lines

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Present in scarlet fever

126
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Anogenital pruritus is typically due to

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Constipation

127
Q

Vitamin A deficiency results in

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thickened skin that is dry or rough

128
Q

Stork’s beak mark

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Usually occurs on the nap of the neck and blanches with pressure

129
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Port wine stain

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Deep red to purple, does not blanch on pressure and does not fade with age

130
Q

Orf skin ulcer

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Results from parapoxvirus infection, which causes a common skin disease of sheep and goats

131
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Fingerlike flesh colored projections emanating from a narrow or broad base

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Filiform/digitate warts

132
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Dry, itchy skin in older adults results from

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Reduction of sweat and oil glands