NP FLASHCARD QUESTIONS - 1

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1
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HOW OFTEN IS INSULINE GLARGINE GIVEN

A

DAILY

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2
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NEWBORK WITH ONE EYE TURNED INWARD, WHAT IS NEXT STEP

A

PROMPT REFERRAL TO PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGIST

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COMPLICATED UTI IN MALE, UNCONTROLLED DM, PREGNANCY, ELDERLY WOMEN, IMMUNO COMPROMISED PATIENTS SHOULD BE TREATED WITH ANTIBIOTICS FOR HOW LONG

A

MINIMUM 7 DAYS

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4
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IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THYROID HORMONE THAT REGULATES GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND METABOLIC RATE IS

A

IODINE

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A PT WILL EXPERIENCE LETHARGY, WEIGHT GAIN, BRADYCARDIA AND GOITER IF DEFICIENT IN WHAT?

A

IODINE

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6
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THIS MINERAL IS ASSOCIATED WITH GROWTH AND BONE HEALTH

A

CALCIUM

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7
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THIS MINERAL IS ASSOCIATED WITH DENTAL DECAY AND SUBJECT TO OSTEOPOROSIS

A

FLORIDE

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8
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DEFICIENCY IN THIS MINERAL CAUSES RESTLESSNESS, IRRITABILITY, MUSCLE WEAKNESS, CRAMPS, AND POSSIBLE N/V

A

SODIUM

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9
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WHAT IS LEAST COMMON PATHOGEN FOUND IN COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNM

A

PSEDOMONAS AERUGINOSA

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WHAT IS MOST COMMON PATHOGEN FOUND IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS AND HOSPITALIZED PTS

A

PSEDOMONAS AERUGINOSA

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11
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2 EXAMPLES OF ANTIOBOTICS THAT CAN BE USED TO TREAT MILD CASE OF COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNM

A

CIPRO, LEVOFLXACIN (LEVAQUIN)

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12
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SPIRONOLACTONE IS AN EXAM OF WHAT TYPE OF DIURETIC

A

POTASSIUM SPARING

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13
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UMENTANIDE (BUMEX) AND FUROSEMIDE (LASIX) ARE 2 EXAMPLES OF WHAT TYPE OF DRUG

A

LOOP DIURETICS

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14
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HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE IS WHAT TYPE OF DIURETIC

A

THIAZIDE DIURETIC

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15
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LAB TEST FOR A PITUITARY TUMOR

A

PROLACTIN

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16
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PTU USED TO TREAT

A

HYPERTHROIDISM

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17
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DRUG USED TO TREATE SEVERE DEPRESSION IN ALZHEISMERS PT

A

MEMANTINE

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18
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WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR MEMANTINE

A

NAMENDA

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19
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BEST DX TOOL FOR RULING OUT ENDOMETRITIS CAUSED BY RETAINED PRODUCTS OF CONCEPTION, UTERINE ABSESSES, OR INFECTED HEMATOMA

A

ULTRASOUND

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20
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TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA THAT CUASES SHOCK LIKE FACIAL PAIN

A

TYPE 1 TIC DOULOREUX

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21
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TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA THAT IS DESCRIBED AS CONSTANT, ACHING, AND FACIAL PAIN LESS INTENSE

A

TYPE 2 TIC DOUBOUREUX

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22
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WHAT TEST CONFIRMS DIAGNOSIS OF TURNERS SYNDROME

A

KARYOTYPE

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23
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WHICH NODES ARE FOUND IN DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE

A

HERBERDENS

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24
Q

THICKENED SKIN DUE TO HYPOTHROIDISM IS CALLED WHAT

A

MYEXEDEMA

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25
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DRUG USED TO TX IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA

A

FERROUS SULFATE

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26
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SYMPTOMS PRESENTING WITH SUDDEN ONSET OF SEVERE, SHARP, EXCRUCIATING PAIN IN ABD, BACK OR FLANK AREA

A

DISSECTING ABD AORTIC ANEURYSM

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27
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4 YR OLD TODDLER - PUS AND SMALL AMOUNT OF BLOOD OOZING FROM EAR THAT SUDDENLY BECOMES NO LONGER PAINFUL - WHAT CONDX?

A

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA WITH RUPTURED TYPANIC MEMBRANE

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28
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ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA TX WITH WHAT 3 MEDS

A

OFLOXACIN EAR DROPS, AMOXICILLIN, AMOXICILLIN CLAULANATE

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29
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2 POSSIBLE SIXE EFECTS OF NIFEDIPINE (PROCARDIA XL)

A

EDEMA OF ANKLES, HEADACHE

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30
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NIFEDIPINE (PROCARDIA XL) IS A CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER - T/F?

A

TRUE

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31
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WOUND PRESENTS WITH RASH ON WRIST AND HAND AND RAPIDLY PROGRESS TO TRUNK

A

ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER

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32
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WOUND PRESENTS AS CIRCULAR RED RASH THAT SLOWLY EXPANDS AS TARGET OR BULLSEYE (ERYTHEMA MIGRANS) CAUSED BY

A

EARLY LYME DISEASE

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33
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YELLOW TRIANGULAR THICKENING OF THE CONJUNCTIVA THAT EXTENDS ACROSS THE CORNEA ON THE NASAL SIDE IS CALLED

A

PTEYGIUM

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34
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YELLOWISH RAISED GROWTH ON CONJUNCTIVA NEXT TO CORNEA

A

PINGUECULA

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35
Q

CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF THE MELBOMIAN GLAND

A

CHALAZION

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36
Q

STYE OR ABSCESS OF A HAIR FOLLICLE AND SEBACEOUS GLAND ON EYELID IS KNOWN AS?

A

HORDEOLUM

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37
Q

SQUAMOUS CELL CANCER OF EPIDERMIS THAT HAS NOT INVADED DERMIS YET IS WHAT DZ?

A

BOWENS DISEASE

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38
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HOW IS BOWENS DZ TREATED?

A

CURETTAGE AND ELECTRODESSICATION

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39
Q

METFORMIN IS WHAT CLASS DRUG?

A

BIGUANIDES

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40
Q

GLUCOPHAGE IS WHAT CLASS DRUG

A

BIGUANIDES

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41
Q

DIABETIC MED THAT STIMULATES BETA CELLS THAT HAS A LONG HALF LIFE AND RISK FOR HYPOGLYCEMIC EVENTS

A

SULFONYLUREAS

42
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MIRONASE, GLYBURIDE, GLUCOTROL, GLIPIZIDE ARE EXAMPLES OF WHAT CLASS OF DRUG

A

SULFONYLUREAS

43
Q

DIABETIC DRUG CLASS THAT SHOULD NOT BE USED IN PTS WITH HX OF BLADDER CANCER/HEART FAILURE

A

THIAZOLIDINEDIONES

44
Q

CLASS OF DIABETIC MED THAT STIMULATES PANCREATIC RELEASE OF INSULIN AND ARE INDICATED IN PTS WITH POSTPRANDIAL HYPERGLYCEMIA

A

MEGLITINIDES (DIABINESE, GLIPIZIDE, GLUCOTROL, DIABETA)

45
Q

CRANIAL NERVE ASSOCIATED WITH HERPES ZOSTER OPTHALMICUS

A

V

46
Q

CRANIAL NERVE ASSOCIATED WITH BELLS PALSY

A

VII

47
Q

CRANIAL NERVE ASSOCIATED WITH MUSCLE FUNCTION OF EYES AND PUPIL RESPONSE

A

CN III

48
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CRANIAL NERVE ASSOCIATED WITH CONTROL OF SUPERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE THAT PERMITS EYES TO MOVE UP/DOWN AND LATERAL MOVEMENT

A

CN IV

49
Q

ANTIOBIOTIC USED TO TREAT MYCOPLASMA PNEUMOIAE

A

AZITHROMYCIN X 5 DAYS

50
Q

DIAG TEST USED TO CONFIRM VAGINAL CANDIDA INFECTION

A

WET MOUNT

51
Q

TEST USED TO EVALUATE HERPETIC INFECTION

A

TZANCK SMEAR

52
Q

WHAT SHOULD NP DO FOR PT WITH FREQUENT/RECURRENT UTI (3 TREATMENT PLAN)

A
  1. RECHECK UA, 2. SEND URINE FOR C&S, REFER TO NEPHROLOGY
53
Q

LIKELY DIAG FOR UNDERWEIGHT RUNNER WITH PROGRESSIVE BILATERAL LEG PAIN X 5-6 WEEKS AND AMENORRHEA X 1 YEAR

A

MEDIAL TIBIAL STRESS SYNDROME

54
Q

WHAT IS PES PLANUS

A

FLAT FEET

55
Q

LAB MARKER FOR INFLAMMATION SIGNALED BY THE LIVER

A

C REACTIVE PROTEIN

56
Q

WHAT LAB ASSESS OVERALL PLATELET FUNCTION AND USED TO EVALUATE HOW LONG IT TAKES BLOOD TO CLOT

A

PROTHROMBIN TIME (PT)

57
Q

LIKELY DIAG FOR CHILD WITH WHEEZING, DIFFUSE CRACKLES, THROAT THAT IS ERYTHEMATOUS (WITHOUT PUS/EXUDATE), LOW GRADE TEMP, COUGH FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, AND DIFFUSE INTERSTITIAL INFILTRATES ON CXR

A

ATYPICAL PNM

58
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TX FOR FOR CHILD WITH WHEEZING, DIFFUSE CRACKLES, THROAT THAT IS ERYTHEMATOUS (WITHOUT PUS/EXUDATE), LOW GRADE TEMP, COUGH FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, AND DIFFUSE INTERSTITIAL INFILTRATES ON CXR

A

AZITHROMYCIN X 5 DAYS, INCREASE FLUIDS, AND ANTITUSSIVES PRN

59
Q

DIAG FOR PT WITH LUPUS WITH COLD HANDS/FEET. STATES FINGERTIPS BECOME NUMB, TURN BLUE IN COLOR, THEN EVENTUALLY DARK RED

A

RAYNAUDS PHENOMENON

60
Q

WHAT CAN TRIGGER RAYNAUDS PHENOMENON

A

STRESS OR COLD WEATHER

61
Q

WHAT LEVEL HEART MURMUR IS A THRILL PALPATED

A

GRADE IV

62
Q

COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING IN ADULTS BETWEEN WHAT AGES

A

45 TO 75

63
Q

COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING DISCONTINUED AT WHAT AGE

A

75

64
Q

HOW OFTEN IS THE FOBT DONE

A

ANNUALLY

65
Q

HOW OFTEN IS COLONOSCOPY DONE

A

EVERY 10 YEARS

66
Q

HOW OFTEN IS FLEX SIG/CT COLONOSCOPY DONE

A

EVERY 5 YEARS

67
Q

2 ANTIBIOTICS (QUINOLONES) SHOULD NOT BE PRESCRIBED TO CHILDREN UNDER 18

A

CIPRO AND LEVOFLOXACIN

68
Q

ANTIBIOTIC SHOULD NOT BE PRESCRIBED TO PT UNDER 9

A

DOXYCYCLINE

69
Q

PREMATURE TODDLER IS AT HIGH-RISK FOR HEARING LOSS IF NEWBORN ASSESSMENT REVEALS WHAT?

A

LOW APGAR SCORES <6

70
Q

MAMMOGRAMS SHOULD START AT AGE

A

50

71
Q

MAMMOGRAMS SHOULD BE REPEATED EVERY XX YEARS

A

TWO

72
Q

MAMMOGRAMS SHOULD BE DISCONTINUED AT WHAT AGE

A

74

73
Q

MAMMOGRAMS SHOULD START AT WHAT AGE IF HX OF GENETIC MUTATIONS, FAMILIAL BREAST CANCER, CHEST RADIATION AT YOUNG AGE, OR PREVIOUS DIAG WITH HIGH RISK BREAST LESION

A

40

74
Q

WHAT ARE PRIORITY TX FOR PT WITH ASTHMA EXACERBATION

A

NEBULIZER TREATMENT EVERY 20 MINS AS NEEDED ALONG WITH SHORT COURSE OF ORAL CORTICOSTERIOID

75
Q

ASTHMA PTS - WHAT 2 MEDICATION CHOICES

A

LOW DOSE INHALED CORTICOSTEROID OR SHORT ACTING BETA2 AGONIST (SABA)

76
Q

2 EXAMPLES OF LOW DOSE INHALED CORTICOSTEROID

A

FLOVENT, PULMICORT

77
Q

EXAMPLE OF SABA

A

ALBUTEROL

78
Q

IF THERE IS A > OR = ABSOLUTE DIFFERENCE IN O2 SAT BETWEEN UPPER AND LOWER EXTREMITIES, WHAT SHOULD NP DO NEXT BECAUSE IT MAY SUGGEST CONGENITAL HEART DZ

A

REPEAT O2 SAT IN ONE HOUR

79
Q

THIS IS VENTRAL SHORTENING AND CURVATURE OF PENIS, COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH A MORE PROXIMAL URETHRAL DEFECT SUCH AS PROXIMAL HYPOSPADIAS

A

CHORDEE

80
Q

CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DZ OF THE CHEEKS, CHIN, AND NOSE THAT IS DRY, WITH ACNE-LIKE PAPULES AND REDDENED AREAS.

A

ACNE ROSACEA

81
Q

AT WHAT BILIRUBIN LEVEL SHOULD PHOTOTHERAPY BE INITIATED ON AN INFANT

A

> OR = 15

82
Q

THIS AFFECTS ONE SIDE OF HEAD WITH SUDDEN VESICULAR LESIONS ON SCALP, NOSE, AND FOREHEAD. PT ALSO REPORTS PHOTOPHOBIA, EYE PAIN, AND BLURRED VISION

A

HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS

83
Q

WHAT CAUSES RASH WITH ABRUPT ONSET OF HIGH FEVER, CHILLS, SEVERE HEADACHE, PHOTOPHOBIA AND N/V

A

ROCKY MTN SPOTTED FEVER

84
Q

RASH STARTS ON WRIST, FOREARMS, AND FEET THEN MOVES UP TO TRUNK

A

PRETECHIAL RASH

85
Q

MOST LIKELY DX FOR CHILD PRESENT WITH EXTERNAL EAR PAIN, SWELLING, DECREASED HEARING

A

OTITIS EXTERNA

86
Q

OTITIS EXTERNA IS ALSO KNOWN AS

A

SWIMMERS EAR

87
Q

THIS TYPE OF MURMUR IS TYPICALLY MID SYSTOLIC, BEST HEAR OVER THE RIGHT SECOND INTERCOSTAL SPACE WITH RADIATION TO THE RIGHT NECK.

A

AORTIC STENOSIS SYSTOLIC MURMUR

88
Q

AORTIC STENOSIS SYSTOLIC MURMER PRESENTS WITH HARSH QUALITY SOUND AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH PALPABLE SLOW RISE OF THE CARTOID UPSTROKE. T/F

A

TRUE

89
Q

INITIAL TREATMENT FOR URINARY STRESS INCONTINENCE

A

KEGAL EXERCISE

90
Q

INITIAL TX FOR FUNCTIONAL INCONTINENCE

A

GAIT TRAINING & STRENGTHENING

91
Q

2 MEDS USED TO TX URGE INCONTINENCE

A

OXYBUTYNIN (DITROPAN) IMIPRAMINE

92
Q

MED USED TO TX BPH IN MEN

A

TERAZOSIN (HYTRIN)

93
Q

TERAZOSIN IS AKA

A

(HYTRIN)

94
Q

WHY IS PT PRECREIBED WARAFIN INSTRUCTED TO AVOID GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLES?

A

VIT K DECREASES INR BLEEDING TIME

95
Q

COPD (EMPHYSEMA, CHRONIC BRONCHITIS), ASTHMA, BRONCHIECTASIS, AND CYSTIC FIBROSIS ARE ALL CONSIDERED WHAT FORM OF LUNG DZ

A

OBSTRUCTIVE

96
Q

INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE (IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS), SARCOIDOSIS (AUTOIMMUNE DZ), OBESITY, SCOLIOSIS, AND NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES (MS, ALS) ARE CONSIDERED WHICH FORM OF LUNG DISEASE

A

RESTRICTIVE

97
Q

CHRONIC BRONCHITIS), ASTHMA, BRONCHIECTASIS, AND CYSTIC FIBROSIS ARE ALL CONSIDERED WHAT FORM OF LUNG DZ

A

OBSTRUCTIVE

98
Q

INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE (IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS), SARCOIDOSIS (AUTOIMMUNE DZ), ARE CONSIDERED WHAT FORM OF LUNG DZ

A

RESTRICTIVE

99
Q

RAISED HEMOGLOBIN A IS ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT HYPOCHROMIC DISORDER

A

THALASSEMIA MINOR

100
Q

LESION LARGER THAN 6MM (1/4 INCH) WITH ASYMMETRY, BORDER IRREGULARITY, COLOR VARIETY, AND ENGLARGEMENT OVER TIME IS SUSPECT FOR WHAT CONDX

A

MELANOMA

101
Q

PT WITH SERUM KETONES AND DERUM GLUCOSE LEVELS > 300MG/DL IS LIKELY EXPERIENCING

A

DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS