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Family Medicine Shelf

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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. Metrorrhagia






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






3. Name the diagnosis: isolated extra or pounding beats; often disappear with excertion






4. What is the preload?






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






6. 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






7. Name the diagnosis of heartburn: dysphagia - assoc. with immunocompromised condition






8. Describe the presentation of pericardial pain






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






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






11. What are the signs of acute sinusitis?






12. SE Of Beta blockers?






13. ______ infections cause approximately 95% of bronchitis cases in healthy adults.






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






15. What are the symptoms of palpitations?






16. How are fungal infections diagnosed?






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






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






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






20. Name the skin lesion: honey colored crusts






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






22. What type of imaging is need for chronic sinusitis?






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






24. Define proteinuria






25. 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






26. What is an acoustic neuroma?






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






28. Where does the development of abnormal cervical cells begin?






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






30. 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






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






32. Diarrhea from custard filled pastries






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






34. Define the patient population typically affected by orthostatic or postural proteinuria






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






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






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






38. Natural history of cervical cancer






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






40. Name the skin lesion: larger fluctuant erythematous lesions that also occur in association with hairy legions






41. Describe the presentation of angina?






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






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






44. What are the physical exam signs of CHF?






45. 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






46. Name the diagnosis: umbilicated skin lesion that is spread by autoinoculation - scratching - or touching a lesion. Discrete 2 to 5 mm slightly umbilicated flesh-colored - dome shaped papules occurring on the face - trunk - axillae - and extremities i






47. Tx of chronic or intermittent afibs






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






49. PE for a patient getting an abnormal vaginal bleeding work up






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