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1. Name the diagnosis: older patient with pain or palpation of the temporal artery? What is the definitive diagnosis?






2. Describe the presentation of myocardial pain?






3. What is the caUse of benign positional vertigo?






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






5. What are the three types of lice?






6. What is the role of FSH in one's menstrual cycle






7. What is the Barany maneuver?






8. What is the peripheral caUse of vertigo?






9. Describe the presentation of angina?






10. What is afterload?






11. Discomfort with abducting the arm past 90 degress






12. name the 4 emergent causes of chest pain






13. Clinical Manifestations of HTN






14. 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






15. Diagnostic Evaluation of Abnoraml vaginal bleeding






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






17. Who should have Xray testing for shoulder pain?






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. Name the diagnosis of heartburn: associated with signs of connective tissue disease - potential risk of stricture/ dysphagia






23. How to NSAIDs contribute to gastritis and ulcer formation?






24. At was quantity does urine dipstick test detect elevated protein?






25. What are the features of nephrotic syndrome?






26. SE Of Beta blockers?






27. Prenatal visit schedule for low-risk pregnancies






28. 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






29. Name the skin lesion: pustule in association with a hair follice






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






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






32. What are the four classes of medications that are most commonly used for 1st line agents in HTN?






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






34. What is the leading caUse of parasitic diarrhea that presents as foul - greasy - bulky stools with associated weight loss or neuropathy?






35. What is the 1st step in treatment for patients with normal renal function and nondiabetic patients with preHTN?






36. Hyperinsulinemia can increase vascular tone by what 4 mechanisms?






37. How do you know if heart palpitations are due to stimulant or medication use?






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






39. Name the diagnosis: live in the mouth - vaginal tract - and gut; produce budding spores - pseudohypahe (elongated cells) - or true hypae






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






41. Uterine bleeding between regular cycles






42. Chest pain can emanate from inflammation or injury to or around the thoracic cavity. Name 3 locations.






43. History and PE for Pneumonia






44. What diagnosis does the 'worse headache of my life' suggest?






45. Describe the presentation of pericardial pain






46. Why don't ACEi work well for the elderly and African Americans when treating HTN?






47. History for Acute bronchitis






48. What type of diuretic is the most widely used for HTN? What are some SE of this drug?






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






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