Midterm 2 - Lecture 10

Question 1

Three aspects of a clinical examination

Answer 1

1. the animal
2. the environment
3. the history

Question 2

Decision tree: to treat vs not to treat

Answer 2

Value as patient x percentage probability of survival with treatment - cost of treatment = net present worth

Question 3

3 acronyms that help the clinical examination

Answer 3

1. VINDICATE
2. KITTEN
3. DAMIT-V

Question 4

VINDICATE

Answer 4

V - vascular
I - Infectious
N - neoplasia
D - degenerate
I - inflammation/idiopathic
C - congenital
A - autoimmune
T - traumatic
E - endocrine/metabolic

Question 5

KITTEN

Answer 5

K - ‘K’ongenital
I - Infectious, inflammatory, idiopathic
T - trauma
T - tumor
E - endocrine/metabolic
N - neurodegenerative

Question 6

DAMIT-V

Answer 6

D - degenerative
A - autoimmune, abnormality
M - metabolic, endocrine
I - infectious, inflammatory, idiopathic
T- traumatic, tumor
V - vascular