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1. What is the Epley maneuver?






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






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






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






5. What are symptoms are CHF?






6. Name the diagnosis of heartburn: regurgitation - dysphagia






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






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






9. Who should have Xray testing for shoulder pain?






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






11. When does the American Cancer Society recommend obtaining Pap smear in low-risk women






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






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






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






15. Name types of laxatives






16. Isolated - extra pounding beats






17. Difference between Pneumonia and Bronchitis






18. What are the four classes of medications that are most commonly used for 1st line agents in HTN?






19. Clinical Manifestations of HTN






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






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






22. Patient presents with aching shoulder - which becomes acutely painful with overhead activity






23. Pain from inflammation or irritation is detected only by the parietal pleura - the parietal pleura is the source of...






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






25. What is the Barany maneuver?






26. What are the primary glomerular diseases?






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






28. What is the difference between a Holter monitor or an event monitor?






29. Chronic pain and shoulder stiffness with limited motion






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






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






32. What is a markers of CNS vertigo?






33. Name the diagnosis: a ringowrm fungi that infects and survives only on dead keratin (stratum corneum) - the hair and the nails






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






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






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






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






38. Describe the presentation of myocardial pain?






39. Diagnosis of HTN






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






41. Describe the presentation of pneumonia






42. Vaccines that should be updated before planned pregnancy






43. Abnormal Vaginal Bleeding: Women over the age of ____ require an endometrial biopsy that considers the possibility of endometrial cancer.






44. Name the diagnosis of heartburn: dysphagia - assoc. with ingestion






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






46. What is an acoustic neuroma?






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






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






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






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