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






2. What is the Barany maneuver?






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






4. What are signs of pulmonary congestion?






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






6. Initial treatment for Rhinosinusitis






7. Metrorrhagia






8. What hypertension medications should be avoided in the 1st and 2nd trimesters of pregnancy?






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






10. What are the physical exam signs of CHF?






11. 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






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






13. What is a markers of CNS vertigo?






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






15. What should blood work include for suspected heart failure?






16. What occurs after ovulation






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. What is an acoustic neuroma?






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






27. 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






28. 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






29. What lab test is recommended as baseline for future evaluation of HTN in the event of medication induced neutropenia or agranulocytosis?






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






31. What is the peripheral caUse of vertigo?






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






33. How is constipation clinically defined?






34. Things that need to be included in history of shoulder pain






35. Treatment for supraventricular tachycardias






36. Define nephrotic range proteinuria






37. When should invasive eletrophysiologic study should be considered?






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






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






40. Diagnostic Evaluation of Abnoraml vaginal bleeding






41. What the consequences of decreased cardiac output?






42. Natural history of cervical cancer






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






44. Oligomenorrhea






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






46. Describes what occurs during squamous metaplasia of the cervix.






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






48. Who should have Xray testing for shoulder pain?






49. What is benign transient proteinuria?






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