Abdominal Pain Assessment — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: A score of

Answer: A score of

Flashcard 2: _____ is almost always secondary to another disease, which may be remembered with "STOP Making Thrombi" S: Sepsis, Snake bite (rattlesnake) T: Trauma O: Obstetric complications P: Acute pancreatitis Making: Malignancy Thrombi: Transfusion

Answer: Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)

Flashcard 3: If the Mentzer index is _____, the patient likely has iron deficiency anemia.

Answer: > 13

Flashcard 4: _____ disease is the abnormal curvature of the penis due to fibrous plaque within the tunica albuginea

Answer: Peyronie

Flashcard 5: In the **two-tier (Modified) Well's Criteria** for Pulmonary Embolism, a score of _____ points indicates that PE is **likely** or "probable".

Answer: > 4

Extra: The Modified (Two-tier) Well's Criteria is used to clinicaly assess the probability of Pulmonary Embolism (PE): - **Score > 4**: PE Likely (Directly proceed to imaging, typically CT Pulmonary Angiography). - **Score ≤ 4**: PE Unlikely (Proceed to high-sensitivity D-dimer testing to rule out PE).

Flashcard 6: McArdle disease is associated with painful _____ that occur with strenuous exercise

Answer: muscle cramps

Flashcard 7: Vitamin _____ deficiency is characterized by sideroblastic anemia and peripheral neuropathy

Answer: B6

Flashcard 8: Vitamin _____ deficiency (rare) presents with dermatitis, enteritis, alopecia, and adrenal insufficiency

Answer: B5

Flashcard 9: Goodpasture syndrome presents with _____ and hemoptysis

Answer: hematuria

Flashcard 10: _____ syndrome is iron deficiency anemia with esophageal webs and atrophic glossitis and cheliosis

Answer: Plummer-Vinson