Metacognition and diagnostic calibration — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: In Legg-Calve-Perthes, will you often observe pathology on the initial x-ray?_____

Answer: No

Flashcard 2: Aortic Area (Sitting; Bell):Identify:[sound:14 Aortic, Normal S1 S2, Sitting, Bell.mp3]_____

Answer: Normal S1 and S2

Flashcard 3: On a non-contrast head CT, acute bleeding appears as _____ lesions

Answer: hyperattenuated (bright)

Flashcard 4: _____ is used to confirm diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia

Answer: Bronchoalveolar lavage

Flashcard 5: What mnemonic is used to help in the diagnosis of measles (rubeola)?_____

Answer: 4 C's (cough, coryza, conjunctivitis, koplik spots)

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 expressivityTSC1/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

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