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1. What are the common causes for laryngitis?






2. What is the Nikolsky sign (elicted when a local skin separation occurs after minor pressure) suggest?






3. What is the caUse of benign positional vertigo?






4. What is the next best step if a patient has two or more positive dipstick tests?






5. What procedures should be performed on women with low-grade and high-grade intraepithelial lesion on pap smear?






6. Things that need to be included in history of shoulder pain






7. What are the consequences of diastolic dysfunction?






8. Name the skin lesion: small tumors of the skin that obscure normal skin lines - have a mosaic surface pattern - and may have thrombosed vessels appeairng as black dots on the surface






9. Oligomenorrhea






10. Name the diagnosis of heartburn: dysphagia - assoc. with ingestion






11. Chronic pain and shoulder stiffness with limited motion






12. A ___ ___ ____records the cardiac rhythm for 24 hours and can detect arrhythmia.






13. Name the type of headache: mild to moderate intensity; located in the bilateral occipital-frontal areas; dull or band-like; lasts for hours; often assoc. with stress.






14. What is HSV1 associated with? What is HSV 2 associated with? What are the two phases of HSV infections? Describe the rash?






15. name the 4 emergent causes of chest pain






16. Isolated - extra pounding beats






17. Which diuretic is best for HTN patients with renal impairment? What should be checked before administered?






18. Name the skin lesion: honey colored crusts






19. What are the features of nephrotic syndrome?






20. Name the type of headache: severe - unilateral - localized to the periorbital/ temporal area; usually accompanied by one of the following symptoms- lacrimation - rhinorrhea - ptosis - miosis - nasal congestion - and eyelid edema; attacks occur every






21. Predictors of cardiac etiology






22. What is the role of LH in the menstrual cycle






23. Name the diagnosis: a fertilized female mite burrow through the stratum corneum to being a 30 day life cycle of egg laying and deposition of fecal matter. After the eggs have hatched - the mites can migrate to other areas such as the finger webs - wr






24. How is constipation clinically defined?






25. Diagnostic Evaluation of Abnoraml vaginal bleeding






26. Regular bleeding at intervals of less than 21 days






27. Diarrhea is defined as an ____ in stool weight to more than ____g per day






28. MI - pericardial tamponade - PE - GI bleed - are...






29. Range of motion testing: How do you tell the difference between joint/ligament involvement vs. muscular and/or tendon involvement?






30. Irregular cycles with excessive flow - duration - or both






31. After treatment of dysplasia - women need Pap smears every...






32. Name the diagnosis of heartburn: gnawing epigastric pain - nausea - vomiting - bloating






33. Describe the Hx for a patient getting an abnormal vaginal bleeding work-up






34. What does the classic ring worm lesion have?






35. How does systolic vs. diastolic heart failure present on the echocardiogram?






36. Why is the pap smear one of the most effective cancer screening tools?






37. Pneumonia tx: suitable for healthy adults older than 60






38. Name the diagnosis of heartburn: severe constant mid abdominal pain






39. Clinical Manifestations of HTN






40. Pneumonia tx: suitable for healthy adults less than 60






41. What are the two common clinical presentations of acute diarrhea?






42. Menometrorrhagia






43. Name the diagnosis of heartburn: chest pressure - nausea - diaphoresis - palpitations






44. Initial treatment for Rhinosinusitis






45. Pain from inflammation or irritation is detected only by the parietal pleura - the parietal pleura is the source of...






46. Four muscles of rotator cuff






47. What is the Barany maneuver?






48. Describes what occurs during squamous metaplasia of the cervix.






49. Name the type of headache: The patient chronically uses analgesic or antimigraine drugs - esp. those with caffeine






50. How do you define persistent protein uria?