DDX 1 Final v1 Flashcards

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Name 2 conditions caused by varicella.

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  1. Herpes zoster

2. Mumps/ measles

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What is the appendicitis test?

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Psoas sign

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What is associated history of an elderly patient with vision loss?

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Provocation by prolonged time in a dark room; nausea/ vomiting, eye hard on palp = acute closed-angle glaucoma (medical emergency)

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Asthma theories

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Exposure to TB, measles, hepatitis A infection ; younger siblings, exposure to daycare, exposure to animals in first 6 months

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What does it suggest if breathing difficulty improves slowly, when before even minimal activity left the patient breathless? The patient is a non-smoker.

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(Difficulty breathing without exertion = position related)

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Bulimia nervosa patient findings?

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Puffy cheeks, bruised knuckles, dental erosion

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7
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Candida presentation?

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(Vaginal discharge) extreme puritis but w/ scant discharge

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8
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Causes for chronic non-productive cough?

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  • Post-nasal drip -> relieved by sitting up/ propping head up by pillows
  • Cough-Variant Asthma-> cold, dry environment* (hyperactive airway disease)
  • Chronic bronchitis (smoker), GI reflux, bronchiectasis
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9
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Causes of epigastric pain?

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  • Reflux esophagitis
  • Peptic ulcer
  • Pancreatitis
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10
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Cells for endometriosis?

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Come from epithelium

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11
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Chest with nitro?

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Angina

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12
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Classes presentation of appendicitis?

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Anorexia & pain mid-abdomen; nausea/ vomiting

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13
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How do you dx?

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Middle age, older female

  • -
  • Severe abdominal pain associated w/ nausea & vomiting* ; occurred right after eating fatty meal, pain 12-18 hours and then resolves w/ little residual pain
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14
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Classic presentation of ectopic pregnancy?

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Lower abdominal pain and missed “spotty” period

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15
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Classic presentation of IBS?

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Early morning chronic, persistent constipation, non-bloody stool, and mucus found in stool

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COPD (airway disorder)

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  • obstruction due to mucus production
  • decrease in FEV1*
  • exhalation most affected
  • Increase in residual volume
  • Wheeze & cough
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17
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Definitive dx of appendicitis

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Ultrasonography (US)

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18
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Detrusor innervation

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Parasympathetic -> pudendal nerve S2-S4 -> constriction

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19
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Diarrhea under stress

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Ulcerative Colitis (UC)

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20
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Ear pain

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TMJ/ teeth, Csp, glasses, infection

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21
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Ear pain and infection

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Primarily in babies, uncommon in adults

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22
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Evaluation of ectopic pregnancy

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  • (+) pregnancy test (subunit B-hCG) w/
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23
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Seeing “flashes of light” indicate?

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Vitro retinal traction

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24
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What does gradual loss of CENTRAL VISION indicate?

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Red reflex = absent cataract

CATARACT, RETINAL DETACHMENT

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25
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What does gradual loss of vision, but improved w/ looking through a PINHOLE indicate?

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Refractive error (need contacts)

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26
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What does seeing “halos” around light indicate?

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Glaucoma

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27
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What is the hiatal hernia test?

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X-ray

28
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How does pancreatitis feel?

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Pain radiates to back w/ “band like” pattern; fetal position to relieve pain

29
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How to determine if diarrhea is due to osmotic mechanism?

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Fasting

30
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How would you describe non-cardiac pain?

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(neurological/ musculoskeletal)
pain is brief-continuous pain in a specific location
Reproduced by movement dermatome along rib

31
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Lower leg swelling management for CHF

A

Reduction of salt

32
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M/C peptic ulcer?

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duodenal ulcers; H. pylori infection

33
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Muscular non-cardiac pain presents?

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  • Strain/ trauma

- Deep breath hurts significatntly

34
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Obese patient w/ hx of dyspnea while recumbent - what do you examine for?

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CHF (if suspected from hx)

35
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How does Otosclerosis present?

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  • Difficulty listening on the phone, BUT in crowded room, can hear quite well
  • No associated dizziness or tinnitus
  • Bilateral
36
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Patient claims chronic cough is worse while lying on his/ her back?

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Unrelieved by sitting up & has early morning onset? = asthma

Relieved by sitting up? =CHF/ pulmonary edema

37
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Patient claims that chronic cough is worse after a large meal?

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GERD

38
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Patient w/ gall stones management?

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Decrease fat intake, increase exercise, decrease coffee (stimulants)

39
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Patient has productive cough for 3 consecutive weeks- MOI?

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Chronic bronchitis

40
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Patient has pain that radiates from back to groin, renal/ ureter problem?

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Renal inflammatory pathology; costovertebral angle to the inguinal &/or testicular area

41
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Patient is losing weight, but still eating normal/ increased kcal intake- DDx?

A
  • Hyperthyroidism

- Malignant cancer

42
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Patient states they feel “out of breath” with activity - ddx?

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  • CHF = chest x-ray
  • If patient in good physical shape? = EIBS -> perform warm up activity for ~1 hr prior to exercise, avoid intense exercise, shorter workouts
43
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Patient with weight loss, why do a chest x-ray?

A

CHF
or
-lung mass, infiltrate, adenopathy

44
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Peripheral loss of vision w/ halos around light suggests what?

A

Chronic open-angle glaucoma

45
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PID organisms?

A

Gonorrhea, Chlamydia

46
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What is a “Pink Puffer”?

A

(COPD-A) Emphysema

  • Paracinar -> destruction of distal alveoli
  • Breathes through pursed lips, uses 2 respiration muscles to assist barrel-chest appearance*
  • Thin, frail, flushed appearance
47
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What helps preventing kidney stones?

A

Increase water intake

48
Q

What helps prevention of cholithiasis?

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Exercises and 2-4+ cups of coffee/ day

49
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What can cause profuse nose bleeds other than trauma?

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  • Hypertension, anticoagulant drugs
50
Q

Prophylactic drug for asthma?

A

Corticosteroids

51
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Prostatitis (non-bacterial)

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Self-resolving; obstructive bladder, antibiotics unsuccessful

52
Q

Psychogenic overlay w/ chest pain?

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Depression/ stress, cardiac exam is normal

53
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Reflux esophagitis

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Often older and overweight, epigastric pain after earring large meals and lying down

54
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Severe dizziness for 1 week, with gradual improvement, no hearing loss suggests what?

A

Vestibular neuritis

55
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Stress incontinence

A

Often d/t pelvic floor instability/ laxity; coughing, sneezing, laughing = small amounts of urine

56
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Sudden painless loss of vision in ONE eye; describes a “pulling a curtain” over the eye and recovers sign within a few minutes?

A

Amaurosis fugax

57
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Sudden painless loss of vision in ONE eye w/ temporal headache?

A

Temporal arteries (medical emergency)

58
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Testing for extrinsic asthma?

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Spirometry w/ challenge allergy testing

59
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Trigeminal neuralgia

A

Facial pain that came on without warning and has recurred every time he lightly touches his cheek or attempts to shave.

  • Pain is severe, burning and stabbing lasting for less than a minute.
  • Pain pattern from cheek to corner of mouth
60
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UC presentation

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Bouts of bloody diarrhea, joint pain associated with diarrhea attacks & induced by stress

61
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Vaginal bleeding for children (5 years)?

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Suspect sexual abuse

62
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Vaginal bleeding with patient in reproductive years: not pregnant, not taking oral contraceptives; Bleeding usually not cyclic (irregular) & painless

A

ANOVULATORY bleeding = endocrine condition, physiologic (hormone imbalance)

63
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Vaginal bleeding w/ patient who is post menopausal (>60 yo)

A

Cancer

64
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What would you suspect if a patient says his heart races?

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Supra ventricular tachycardia

65
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X-ray for rib fx

A

Oblique