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1. When should invasive eletrophysiologic study should be considered?






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






3. Define nephrotic range proteinuria






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






5. What does treatment for migrans include?






6. How is constipation clinically defined?






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






8. When does the MB fraction of creatinine phosphokinase rise following myocardial injury or infarction?






9. What is the caUse of Meniere disease? What are the cardinal symptoms?






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






11. Four muscles of rotator cuff






12. What medications can cause heart palpitations?






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






14. Predictors of cardiac etiology






15. How does CHF present on X-ray?






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






17. 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






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






19. Define proteinuria






20. Chronic pain and shoulder stiffness with limited motion






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






22. 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






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






24. Lab testing for heart palpitation






25. Initial treatment for Rhinosinusitis






26. Describe the presentation of pneumonia






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






28. Name the diagnosis of heartburn: chest pressure - nausea - diaphoresis - palpitations






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






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






31. Isolated - extra pounding beats






32. Pneumonia tx: suitable for healthy adults older than 60






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






34. Name the diagnosis: live in the mouth - vaginal tract - and gut; produce budding spores - pseudohypahe (elongated cells) - or true hypae






35. What is benign transient proteinuria?






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






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






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






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






40. What is the preload?






41. What are the signs of cerebral hemorrhage?






42. What are the primary glomerular diseases?






43. Diagnosis of HTN






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






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






46. What is a markers of CNS vertigo?






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






48. Pneumonia tx: suitable for healthy adults less than 60






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






50. Oligomenorrhea