General Internal Medicine

Question 1

Fall prevention in the elderly?

Answer 1

Make sure to consider Vitamin D supplementation

Question 2

Chronic cough evaluation?

Answer 2

Do not forget to obtain a CXR

Question 3

Centor criteria

Answer 3

• Fever
• Absence of cough
• Tender anterior cervical lymphadenopathy
• Tonsillar exudate

Score of 0 or 1 no testing or treatment
Score with 2 or 3 test
Score of 4 treat without testing

Question 4

Pre-operative risk assessment, low risk surgeries?

Answer 4

Endoscopic surgery
Cataract surgery
Superficial surgery
Breast surgery
Ambulatory surgery