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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What is a markers of CNS vertigo?






2. Name the diagnosis of heartburn: regurgitation - dysphagia






3. What is the standard tool used for diagnosis of GERD?






4. What are the most common causes for the common cold?






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






6. What are the most common viral causes of diarrhea in kids and adults?






7. Diagnosis of HTN






8. What is most common form of abnormal vaginal bleeding? (give what causes it with answer)






9. Treatment for supraventricular tachycardias






10. In addition to cardiac disease - chest pain could be attributed to 4 other causes. Name them






11. When does the MB fraction of creatinine phosphokinase rise following myocardial injury or infarction?






12. What is the mechanism of action for stimulant agents in treating constipation?






13. Pneumothorax - sudden sharp chest pain - preceded by viral illness






14. How can GERD (or esophageal motility disorders) lead to chest pain?






15. Diarrhea from custard filled pastries






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






17. Define proteinuria






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






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






20. What are the indiciations for neuroimaging?






21. The degenerative process that results in bursitis - tendonitis - and shoulder impingement often begins in the _____ or ____ tendons - which have a poor blood supply and are often under stress.






22. What are the signs of malignant hypertension?






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. Patient presents with aching shoulder - which becomes acutely painful with overhead activity






25. What are the features of glomerular nephritis






26. Name the diagnosis: paroxysmal episodes that begin and resolve abruptly.






27. Metrorrhagia






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






29. Palpitations: Which patients warrant hospitalization - monitoring and aggressive eval?






30. Although urine dipstick test binds to albumin what - other important protein can it fail to detect?






31. What test done in PE measures instability of shoulder?






32. How are fungal infections diagnosed?






33. What microganism is causing this array of presentations: Mild - crampy - nonbloody diarrhea to life-threatening hemorrhagic colitis complicated by hemolytic uremic syndrome or thrombopenic purpura






34. What does the classic ring worm lesion have?






35. Name the diagnosis: epidermal warts; transferred by touch and occurs at sites of trauma






36. Describe the presentation of pneumonia






37. What type of drug is particularly beneficial for CHF and provide renal protection for those with diabetes?






38. Pain in shoulder when throwing - swimming - or serving a tennis ball






39. What are the 2 psych disorders most commonly associated with palpitations?






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






41. Describe the presentation of angina?






42. When should a patient get a stress test?






43. patients who present with an MI - unstable angina - or PE should be hospitalization of evaluation






44. When do degenerative changes in the rotator cuff begin and what anatomy does this process usually involve?






45. 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






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






47. Vaccines that should be updated before planned pregnancy






48. True or false: Migraine headaches require two of these four headache characteristics for diagnosis: unilateral location - pulsatile quality - moderate to severe intensity - or aggravation by movement. They must also be associated with one of the foll






49. What is the goal of CHF treatment? What drugs should be used?






50. What are the secondly causes of glomerular disease?