Clinical Reasoning — Flashcards

Flashcard 121: The next best test following a pulmonary nodule found on X-ray with possible growth is _____

Answer: Chest CT

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Flashcard 122: What is the likely diagnosis in an African-American male who presents with fever, jaundice, and dark urine?\n\n_____

Answer: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency

Flashcard 123: A postviral patient who develops RBC casts: _____

Answer: IgA nephropathy glomerulonephritis

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Flashcard 124: Ultrasound shows thin walled, dilated gallbladder is suggestive of _____

Answer: distal tumor

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Flashcard 125: A CXR showing cranial displacement of abdominal organs into the thorax, mediastinal shift, and compressive atelectasis is indicative of _____.

Answer: diaphragmatic rupture

Flashcard 126: What is the management in a patient with asymptomatic proteinuria? _____

Answer: First morning urine protein/creatinine ratio

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Flashcard 127: A loud P2 implies _____

Answer: pulmonary hypertension

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Flashcard 128: Scuba diver develops SOB, chest pain, hyperresonance to percussion and decrease in breath sounds is suggestive of _____

Answer: pneumothorax

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Flashcard 129: Rule out fracture = _____

Answer: X-ray (at least 2 views perpendicular to each other)

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Flashcard 130: Multiple small pustules localized to hair follicles on any body surface? _____

Answer: Folliculitis

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