Diagnostic thoroughness (Hickam's dictum) US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Diagnostic thoroughness (Hickam's dictum) Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: A _____ is typically used to diagnose spinal stenosis or other vertebral pathology (ex. osteomyelitis) in patients who cannot undergo MRI
Answer: CT Myelogram
Flashcard 2: Diagnosis of pneumonia is made by _____ and sputum & blood gram stain/culture
Answer: CXR
Flashcard 3: On a non-contrast head CT, acute bleeding appears as _____ lesions
Answer: hyperattenuated (bright)
Flashcard 4: What mnemonic is used to help in the diagnosis of measles (rubeola)?_____
Answer: 4 C's (cough, coryza, conjunctivitis, koplik spots)
Flashcard 5: Sleep apnea is diagnosed via _____, where a patient sleeps in a monitored setting and a number of related measurements are taken
Answer: polysomnography
Flashcard 6: tuberous sclerosis
Answer:
Extra: cutaneous angiofibromas (adenoma sebaceum), hypopigmented "ash leaf" spots, seizures, mental retardation, cortical and retinal hamartomas, renal cysts and angiomyolipomas, cardiac rhabdomyomas, astrocytomas
AD, but incomplete penetrance and variable expressivity TSC1/TSC2
Flashcard 7: What is the most common clinical application for an ELISA?
Answer: detection of antibodies in patient blood sample
Flashcard 8: accuracy (diagnostic testing)
Answer: the "trueness" of a test's results
Flashcard 9: precision (diagnostic testing)
Answer: consistency and reproducibility of a test's results
Flashcard 10: What is the next step in diagnosis for a patient with new-onset epigastric pain, nausea, hypotension, bradycardia and T-wave inversions in leads II, III, aVF?
_____
Answer: Right-sided precordial ECG
Extra:
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