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1. Natural history of cervical cancer






2. Name the skin lesion: erythema - warmth - edema - pain - fever






3. 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






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






5. What are signs of pulmonary congestion?






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






7. What is an acoustic neuroma?






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






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






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






11. name the 4 emergent causes of chest pain






12. Treatment of Rhinosinusitis for symptoms persisting longer than 7-10 days






13. How do you define persistent protein uria?






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






15. What should be considered in younger patients with menorrhagia






16. Four muscles of rotator cuff






17. When should a patient get a stress test?






18. What does the classic ring worm lesion have?






19. Name types of laxatives






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






21. What does orthostatic positional changes that bring on dizziness suggest?






22. Regular bleeding at intervals of less than 21 days






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






24. What lab tests are recommended for newly diagnosed hypertensive patients?






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






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






27. What microganism is causing this array of presentations: Mild - crampy - nonbloody diarrhea to life-threatening hemorrhagic colitis complicated by hemolytic uremic syndrome or thrombopenic purpura






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






29. What are the signs of acute sinusitis?






30. Cycle length variabilty is primarily due to what?






31. What is the preload?






32. What is benign transient proteinuria?






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






34. Diarrhea from custard filled pastries






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






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






37. Define proteinuria






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






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






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






41. Shoulder pain with pain radiating to elbow






42. Define nephrotic range proteinuria






43. Metrorrhagia






44. What are the signs of cerebral hemorrhage?






45. Oligomenorrhea






46. What are the 2 psych disorders most commonly associated with palpitations?






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






48. Name the diagnosis: a fertilized female mite burrow through the stratum corneum to being a 30 day life cycle of egg laying and deposition of fecal matter. After the eggs have hatched - the mites can migrate to other areas such as the finger webs - wr






49. HIgh risk pregnant patients should be evaluated for ____ and ____






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