Clinical Reasoning — Flashcards

Heavy lifting → lightning pain shooting down leg (sciatica) and positive straight leg test is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

What is the best test for the diagnosis of central cord syndrome? _____

What is the ankle brachial index for diagnosis of moderate/severe peripheral artery disease? _____

Pain reproducible with isometric quadriceps contraction = _____

Hint: diagnosis?

ST elevation is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

What is the likely diagnosis in a patient with a pituitary mass and the laboratory values below? Prolactin: 250 ng/mL (normal, < 15) LH: low TSH: normal _____

Nephrolithiasis = _____ Nephrolithiasis and pregnancy = _____

Hint: imaging

What to do for a patient with suspected asthma with a normal FEV1/FVC? _____

What is the most reliable sign for vertebral osteomyelitis? _____

The initial diagnostic workup of a first-time seizure in an adult should include laboratory tests to evaluate for _____ and toxic causes