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






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






3. Uterine bleeding between regular cycles






4. When is a lumbar puncture contraindicated?






5. What is the Barany maneuver?






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






7. Metrorrhagia






8. Name the diagnosis of heartburn: regurgitation - dysphagia






9. Initial treatment for Rhinosinusitis






10. Name the skin lesion: honey colored crusts






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






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






13. History and PE for Pneumonia






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






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






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






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






18. What is a markers of CNS vertigo?






19. 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.






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






21. How do you define persistent protein uria?






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






23. Lab testing for heart palpitation






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






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






26. What are the physical exam signs of CHF?






27. What should preconception counseling include?






28. What are the indiciations for neuroimaging?






29. What is the caUse of benign positional vertigo?






30. 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






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






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






33. Whats the diagnosis: Severe abdominal pain in an elderly individual accompanied by acute diarrhea






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






35. What the consequences of decreased cardiac output?






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






37. What are the primary glomerular diseases?






38. When should invasive eletrophysiologic study should be considered?






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






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






41. Hyperthyroidism - pheochromocytoma - anemia - dehydration - hypovolemia are...






42. What does the classic ring worm lesion have?






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






44. 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






45. What are the secondly causes of glomerular disease?






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






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






48. How is constipation clinically defined?






49. Whats the diagnosis: Watery stools accompanied by a low-grade fever - headache - nausea or vomiting - and achiness






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







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