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






2. What is the difference between a Holter monitor or an event monitor?






3. What drugs do you use to treat H.pylori + PUD?






4. What are the medications used to treat labyrinthitis - vestibular neuronitis - and BPV?






5. Mainstay treatment for soft tissue inflammation (Shoulder)






6. What are signs of pulmonary congestion?






7. What is the peripheral caUse of vertigo?






8. What imaging is used to assess cardiac anatomy in patients with heart palpitations?






9. How do you define persistent protein uria?






10. What is the caUse of acute larbyrinthitis or vestibular neuronitis?






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






12. How are fungal infections diagnosed?






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






14. Describe the history and PE of patient presenting with common cold






15. Carcinoma in situ is generally referred to a gynecologist and requires ______






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






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






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






19. SE Of Beta blockers?






20. When does troponin rise following myocardial injury or infarction?






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






22. Difference between Pneumonia and Bronchitis






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






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






25. Shoulder pain with pain radiating to elbow






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






27. What does the classic ring worm lesion have?






28. An alternative method for stratifying risk for cervical cancer in women with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS)






29. _____ _____ _____ are high in fiber and increase stool volume by absorbing water given to patients with constipation.






30. What the consequences of decreased cardiac output?






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






32. When should a patient get a stress test?






33. Name 4 factors that predispose an individual to develop pneumonia.






34. When is a lumbar puncture contraindicated?






35. Name the microorganism: impetigo - erysipelas - cellulitis - lymphangitis






36. A woman with which medical conditions is at risk for complications for herself and fetus during pregnancy






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






38. Diagnosis of HTN






39. Name the diagnosis: transmitted by airborne droplets or vesicular fluid; patients are contagious from 2 days before onset of the rash until all lesions have crusted. The rash has a centripetal distribution - starting at the trunk and spreading to the






40. 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.






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






42. What occurs after ovulation






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






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. Who should have Xray testing for shoulder pain?






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






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






49. Name the diagnosis of heartburn: colicky right upper quadrant pain - with meals - radiation to scapular regions






50. What is considered normal blood loss during a menstrual cycle?