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OB & GYN

LMP RTV CS PAP

A 
Last mestrual period
Menarchae
Period
Regularity
Tampoons(how many pads?)
Vaginal discharge
Cramps(dysmenorrhea)
Spotting
Pregnancy
Abortion
PAP
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HPI

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LIQORAAA (for pain)
DOCPAAA
OCD PSF

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ROS

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THEN FR CS PUB SAWEB
Temperature
headache
Edema
Nausea or neuro
Fever
Racing heart or rash
Chest pain, Cought, Care
Pain in joints
Urinary(FIINISH CUP)
Bowel
Sleep
Appetite
Weight
Exercise
Dizziness
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PMH

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PAM HUGS FOSS
PMH
Allergies
Medication
Hospitalization, illnes, trauma, surgery
Urinary
GI
Family history
OB & GYN( LMP RTV CS PAP)
Sexual(active, #, male or both?, protection, STD)
Social (WHARTED
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urinary nemonic

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FINISH CUP

Frequency
incontinence
Nocturia
Incomplete
Stream or stone
Hematuria or hesitancy
Color
Urgency
Pyuria or pain
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Hematuria HITTERS

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  • Hematologic
  • Infection
  • Tumor
  • Trauma
  • Exercise
  • Renal problems
  • Stones
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dementia WU

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  • CT - head
  • MRI- brain
  • SPECT
  • CBC, TSH, B12 level, RPR
  • Electrolytes,calcium,glucose, BUN/Cr
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psychosis WU

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  • mental status exam
  • Urine toxicology
  • TSH
  • Electrolytes
  • CBC
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Dizziness Ddx

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  • miniere´s disease
  • benign positional vertigo
  • Labyrinthitis( not hearing weel after URI)
  • Vestibular neuronitis( after URI)}
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Loss of consciousness DDX

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  • Generalized tonic-clonic seizure
  • Convulsive syncope
  • Hypoglycemia
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Loss of consciousness

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  • CBC
  • Electrolites,glucose
  • MRI-brain
  • EEG
  • Echocardiography
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cough DDX

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  • Asthma
  • Pneumonia
  • COPD
  • Bronchitis
  • GERD
  • URI-associated coug
  • postnasal drip
  • TB
  • CHF
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chest pain DDX

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  • MI
  • Angina
  • Aortic Dissection
  • Osteochondritis
  • Prericarditis
  • Pulmonary embolism
  • GERD
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PALPITATIONS DDX

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  • Cardia Arrhytmia
  • Hyperthyroidism
  • Panic attack
  • Hypoglycemia
  • Pheochromocytoma
  • Carcinoid Tumor
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weight loss DDx

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  • Hyperthyroidism
  • Cancer
  • HIV infection
  • Anorexia
  • Dieting/Diet drugs
  • Malabsorption
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Dysphagia DDX

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-Esophageal Cancer
-Achalasia
-Esophagitis
-Systemic Sclerosis
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17
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Neck mass differential

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  • Hodgkin´s/non- Hodgkin´s lymphoma
  • Tuberculosis
  • Thyroid nodule
  • Gastric carcinoma
18
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Diarrhea WU

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  • Stool for leukocytes and culture
  • Stool for ova and parasites
  • Stool for C difficile
  • CBC
  • Electrolytes
  • BUN/Cr
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Blood in Stool DDx

A
  • Colon cancer
  • Diverticulosis
  • Hemorrhoids
  • Anal Fisure
  • Ulcerative colitis
20
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Erectyle disfunction(ED) DDx

A
  • Medication
  • Atherosclerosis
  • Psychogenetic
21
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Amenorrhea Associated symptoms

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  • Headache
  • Decreased peripheral vision
  • galactorrhea
  • Hirstutism
  • Virilization
  • Hot Flashes
  • Vaginal Dryness
  • Thyroid syndromes
22
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Amenorrhea

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  • Pregnancy
  • PCOS
  • Hyperprolactinemia
  • Hypothyroidism
  • Hypothyroidism
  • Menopause
  • Sheehans syndrome
  • anorexia necrvosa
  • Anxiety induced amenorrhea
23
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Vaginal Bleeding in elderly woman

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  • Endometrial cancer
  • Endometrial cancer
  • Cervical cancer
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Vaginal Bleeding in 8w pregnancy

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  • spontaneous abortion
  • ectopic pregnancy
  • molar pregnancy
25
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JOINT/LIMB pain

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  • Trauma?
  • Infection?
  • Rheumathoid?
  • DVT
26
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Monoarticular pain DDX

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  • Oteoarthirtis
  • septic arthritis
  • Gout
  • Pseudogout
27
Q

Leg pain with walking–DDx

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  • Peripheral vascular disease
  • Lumbar spine stenosis
  • Leriche Syndrome
28
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Low back pain

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  • Disk Herniation
  • Lumbar Muscle Strain
  • Spina stenosis
  • Vertebral compression fracture
29
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Child with fever

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  • Sepsis
  • Meningitis
  • Pneumonia
  • Pyelonephritis
30
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child with behavioral problem

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  • ADHD
  • Oppositional Defiant
  • Adjustment disorder
  • Substance abuse
31
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Headache DDX

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  • Tension Headache
  • Migraine
  • Cluste Headache
  • Temporal arteritis
  • Sinusitis
  • Meningitis
32
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Confussion DDx

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  • Alzheimer´s Disease
  • Vascular dementia
  • Normal pressure Hydrocephalus
  • Depression
  • Hypothyroidism
  • vitamin B12 deficiency
  • Subdural Hematoma
  • neurosyphilis
33
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FATIGUE/SLEEPINESS DDx

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  • Hypothyroidism
  • Anemia
  • Depression
  • Obstructive Sleep apnea
  • Shift work sleep disorder
  • Diabetes mellitus
34
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weakness DDX

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  • Myastenia gravis
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome
  • Botulism
35
Q

skeletal Lession WU

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  • XR
  • MRI (if muscular)
  • DEXA( in old people)
36
Q

DIABETICS nemonic

A 
Duration
Insulin
A1c
Blurryvision
Extremities,exercise,eye
Tingling
Infections
Cardio
Sugar
37
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NIGHT SWEATS

A
  • TB
  • Lymphoma
  • Hyperthyroidism

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