General Diagnosis Flashcards
Where’s the best place to get headache information from you patient during case history?
A) CC
B) present illness
C) ROS
D) HPI
B) present illness (siqorra / opqrst)
You get majority of your ddx info here
How many vital signs do you have?
A) 2
B) 4
C) 6
D) 8
What are they?
C) 6
T Pulse BP Heart rate Height Weight
Where do you find unrelated problems to the cc during history?
It’s mandatory to do if you are a portal of entry physician
ROS
What’s most accurate location for temperature?
What’s most common used locations? (2 options)
1) Anal
2) Otic & Oral
Unpredictable spikes of fever -> chills helps ddx what type of infection?
Sustained fever helps ddx what?
1) Viral infection
2) Bacterial infection
Blood pressure of 110/90 would be called _______, and pt is at risk of _______ due to standing up fast / poor diet
Orthostatic hypotension
Fainting / syncope
How do you find true systolic bp?
True diastolic bp?
palpating pulse disappearance
Listening all the way to 0
Auscultatory gaps may be present in hypertension and give false readings if you don’t go full range when doing bp
Icterus = ?
Jaundice
Absent red light reflex that’s appearing green ddx? (2)
1: cloudy appearance
2: Falling curtain / flashing lights
White reflex in babies eye ddx?
1: Cataracts
2: Retinal detachment
3: retinoblastoma
Enlarged disc cup due to intracranial pressure ddx? Pt usuall complains of HA
Intraoccular pressure ddx?
1: Papilledema
2: Glaucoma
developing cholesterol deposits around cornea/iris as a greyish/white ring + pupillary dialation under 30 yo ddx?
Over 30 yo?
Which one is significant?
1) corneal arcus (significant)
2) arcus senilis
Copper wire / cotton wool spots / flame hemorrhages are indicative of what over systemic issue occurring?
Hypertension
Scintillating scotomas identify a __________ problem. 2 Exs?
1) Neurovascular problem
Ex/ Ms or Migraines
Which way do you pull ear to straighten the tympanic canal in kids?
1) down & back
Adults = up & back
What causes a visibly retracted tympanum?
Blocked eustachian tube
Due to serous bubbly infections / high altitude
What causes a visibly bulged tympanic membrane?
Otitis media
Weber rest uses a _____ hz tuning fork?
Rhine is done on which ear?
512 hz tuning fork = screen
The ear sound lateralized to (hear louder)
“Rhine on the ear that can hear better”
When doing Rhinne test, you place tuninning fork ______ 1st, then move it to ______ 2nd.
Normal is _________________.
ddx of (conduction/sensorineural) on (tested/opposite) ear.
When doing Rhinne test, you place tuninning fork MASTOID 1st, then move it IN FRONT OF EAR 2nd.
Normal is AIR conduction TWICE as long as BONE conduction
ddx of SENSORINEURAL on OPPOSITE ear due to nerve problem (cn 8 - vestibule cochlear)
Pt comes in with ear infection in R ear. Weber would lateralize to which ear?
Rhinne would be (normal / abnormal)?
Pt has menieres in R ear. Weber would lateralize to which ear?
Rhinne would be (normal / abnormal)?
1) R
Abnormal
2) L
Normal
Cn 1-12 full names?
1) olfactory
2) optic
3) oculomotor
4) trochlear
5) trigeminal
6) abducens
7) facial
8) vestibulocochlear
9) glossopharyngeal
10) vagus
11) accessory
12) hypoglossal
Watery unilateral discharge from the nose ddx?
Cribriform plate fx
Epistaxis = ?
Nose bleed
Discharge:
Pale / blue / grey = ?
Green = ?
Foul = ?
1) allergies / chronic “itis”
2) infection
3) foreign object (usually in kids that don’t have any other signs/symptoms [ex fever] but have discharge for weeks)
Majority of your bodies lymphatic system drains to the ________ side of your body?
Left side
Right side is everything above diaphragm on r half of body
Palpating a firm hard enlarged nodule on the supraclavicular / sentinel lymph node known as a ______ is more dangerous on the (Right / Left) side of the body?
Virchows Node
Left
X-ray presents with a widening of the mediastinum. Ddx?
Lymphoma
When palpating a patients lymph nodes and you find a mobile, tender lump. What do you do?
Continue exam, it’s a normal finding.
Warning signs for Soft Tissue Cancers when palpating lymph nodes are ________ & _________ nodules when palpated
Non-mobile
Non-tender
4 signs of soft tissue cancers due to chronic irritation
How to dx it?
1) Proliferating cells (greedy) Firm / Rigid soft tissue (stubborn) Painless mass (heartless) Painless bleeding (bleeds you dry)
[Soft tissue Cancer = big business ceo]
2) biopsy
Where is the head of the pancreas located? Tail?
Epigastric region (retroperitoneal)
(below xyphoid with deudenum)
2)
Patient presents in slight postural flexion with epigastric pain below xyphoid straight back to T10 like a knife with posterior flank ecchymosis (painless), what’s your ddx?
What test do you order?
Pancreatitis / cancer
(HEAD of pancreas)
(bruising from bleeding leaking into flanks due to pancreas head located retroperitoneal)
2) amylase lipase
Distractor: kidneys / UA
(Kidneys = PAINFUL FLANKS)
(Pancreas = PAINLESS BRUISING OVER FLANKS, pain straight through like knife xyphoid -> t10)
Diabetes mellitus type ____ is insulin dependent
Type 1
Diabetes mellitus type ______ is a insulin receptor / insulin manufacturer malfunction due to excess consumption of _______ ________ sugars
TX: ?
Type 2
High glycemic sugars
Tx: Chromium Protein Essential fats Exercise Probiotics
Obese patient that is fatigued / short tempered / cranky always after eating.
Potentially heading towards what ddx?
Hypoglycemia aka hyperinsulinemia
(Diabetes mellitus type 2)
[non obese pt = not diabetes related]
Why does diabetes mellitus type 2 lead to “crud in the blood” (short answer)
What does this cause in patients?
What is the main test for dx?
1) Sugar can’t be stored in muscles, they begin to starve.
Liver pulls out fat to make ketones to compensate.
Causes ketoacidosis, fruity breathe & fat storage depletion which increases hunger drive (body thinks it’s starving)
Sugar attracts bacteria/fungus to blood.
Blood becomes full of sugar, bacteria, fungus, fat, ketones
Glycosylation: Sugar is sticky & coats everything leading to increase thirst. classic triad: Polydipsia / polyuria / polyphasia
2) hypertension / arteria disease / infections
(more so lower extremities)
3) A1C
Sugar combining with protein in the blood causing inflammation/ free radicals is known as _______?
Glycation
Classic triad due to glycosylation in Diabetes mellitus type 2 is?
Polydyspia
Polyuria
Polyphasia
What is the main test to dx type 2 diabetes mellitus?
A1C
Diabetes mellitus affects which part of the pancreas? Is there pain present with this?
Tail
No
What are the 4 f’s that relate to the gallbladder and what do they dx?
Female
Forty
Fat
Flatulence
Cholecystitis (infection) / Cholelithiasis (stones)
Patient presents with RUQ pain is known as ______ sign and identify problem of what organ?
Murphy’s sign
Gallbladder
Pt presents with RLQ pain, and has a rapid (acute: 2-3 days) increase of WBC (~17,500). Ddx?
What is this rapid increase of wbc called?
What is the point midway between umbilicus & ASIS known as.
Appendicitis
Schilling shift (medical emergency: er immediately)
McBurney’s point
Orthopedic tests to dx appendicitis?
5 options
Psoas test
Obturator test
Blumbergs rebound test (quick pressure test to each of 4 Quadrants)
- pain in all 4 = peritonitis
Rovsing llq pressure
Markle (pt goes on ball of foot and slams down on heels)
- pain location = infection at that location
Gastric / stomach cancer would present with a virchows node on (left/right) side
Left
Since stomach is in epigastric area below hemidiaphragm
Which peptic ulcer is more common from excess acid.
Which peptic ulcer is caused by h. Pylori?
1) Duodenal ulcers
(duodenum = basic area, gastric is more acidic so acid doesn’t cause ulcers there commonly)
2) Gastric ulcers
Chronic gastritis leads to __________ deficiencies.
What is the 3 layers of combined systems disease associated with this deficiency?
B12
Combined system disease:
Step 1) Chronic gastritis from diet / proton pump inhibitors / medications (nexus)
- causes parietal cell degradation, preventing b12 absorption
Step 2) pernicious anemia occurs causing fatigue/ pale skin
Step 3)posterolateral sclerosis occurs causing stocking/glove paresthesia
What vitamin does RBCs need to mature from a reticulocyte?
What type of anemia is this known as?
RBCs are born as (tiny/huge) reticulocytes and _______ vitamin helps them (grow/shrink) to mature
B12
Megaloblastic / pernicious anemia
RBCs are born as HUGE reticulocytes and B12 vitamin helps them SHRINK to mature
Cobalamin is responsible for what two things in the body?
RBC maturation
Nerve mylenation
(Cobalt = b12)
Glove / sock paraesthesia is common with b12 deficiencies because it affects __________ columns & _________ tracts.
How to test for this?
Posterior columns
Lateral tracts
(Aka posterolateral sclerosis)
2) Schilling test
How and where is cobalamin absorbed?
B12 is absorbed in small intestine (ilium)
HCL & intrinsic factor from parietal cells combines with extrinsic factor from animal products (cyanocobalamin)
What test do you use to make sure the patient is absorbing b12?
Is it good to find b12 in the urine?
How to treat this?
Shilling test: chronic gastritis
(Not shilling sign: appendicitis)
2) yes! B12 in urine means it was absorbed and unused is being excreted appropriately
B12 in stool means it isn’t being absorbed and just passing through
3) B12 injections
How long do RBCs live for?
What organ recycles them?
What portion of the RBC is saved when recycled?
120 days
Spleen
Heme
Outpouching of the colon due to weakening of the wall with age, mc in the descending portion.
Diverticulosis
Diverticulitis is inflammation when seeds/etc get stuck and body flushed with diarrhea
Bloody diarrhea + skip lesions/string sign = dx?
Stress induced Bloody diarrhea + megacolon = dx?
Crohns
Ulcerative colitis
You listen for
bowel sounds known as _______ for at least _______ minutes
Aborborygmi
5 minutes
Increased GGT = dx?
Liver Corrhosis
“GGT = gotta get tipsy”
(Gamma glutamine transaminase)
Pt comes in with caput medusa or varicose veins. What ddx and organ are we considering?
Portal hypertension
Liver
“Vein problem = liver”
Transmission method of:
Hep a?
Hep b?
Hep c?
A) Oral/fecal
B) blood / needle / sex
C) blood / needle / sex / pregnancy
Strep infections begin in the mouth, spread to the ________(dx______), and eventually reach the _________ (dx_________)
Mouth -> kidney (Glomerulonephritis) -> heart (Carditis / SBE)
Upper tract infections (descend/ascend)
Descend
H.E.P. Stands for _____, ______, _______
What organ/tract is being affected by this?
Hypertension
Edema
Proteinuria
Upper tract descending kidney infections of the nephrons (ex: Proteinuria / casts / stones / FEVER)
(always has “neph-“ in its name)
Pt with sedentary lifestyle, Colicky painful urination, not relieved in any position. Dx?
Kidney stones
F.U.B. Stands for ?
What organ/tract does this relate to?
Frequency
Urgency
Burning
Lower tract ascending kidney infection
(Ex: std / e-coli / nitrates / NO fever)
Pt has increased fremitus because of (air/fluid) filled lungs. Percussion would be (hyperresonant / dull)?
3 potential ddx?
Fluid
“Fremitus feels fluids”
Dull percussion
Bacterial pneumonia / CHF / pulmonary edema
(L ventricle failing)
Pt comes in with air filled lungs.
fremitus would be (increased/decreased)?
Percussion would be (dull/hyperresonant)?
3 potential ddx?
Decreased fremitus
Hyperresonant percussion
COPD / emphysema / pneumothorax
What is it called when the lung is surrounded by fluid but none inside?
Would fremitus be increased or decreased?
Pleural effusion
(massive amounts: minor won’t affect fremitus)
Decreased fremitus
What does “stridor” sound like?
Pt coughs, followed by a high pitch inspiratory noise/crowing.
Prolonged expiration is associated with what lung disease?
Percussion / fremitus would be?
COPD
Dull percussion
Decreased fremitus
(Air filled)
What causes a friction rub being heard in the abdomen?
Enlarged viscera due to infection
What are the 3 adventitious sounds and what does it mean if you hear them?
Bronchophony (clearer sounding)
Egophony (ee sounds like aa)
Whisper pectoriloquy (heard louder)
= fluid filled lungs (ex/ lobar pneumonia)