Clinical Reasoning — Flashcards

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

What is the next step in diagnosis for a middle-aged woman that presents with "night sweats", insomnia, and irregular menses? Pregnancy test is negative. _____

What is the most reliable sign for vertebral osteomyelitis? _____

_____ is defined as 1 of the following 3 criteria: - Symptoms persisting for >10 days without improvement - Symptoms severe in onset (fever >39 C [102.2 F] and drainage) for >3 days - Symptoms worsening following initial improvement

Acute otitis media, mastoid swelling and anteriorly rotated ear is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

How do you dx colon cancer? _____

Pain upon isometric contraction of the quadriceps (_____ test) is indicative of patellofemoral pain syndrome

What is Murphy's sign dx of? _____

Painless blurring of bilateral vision and halos around lights is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

Tenderness at the inferior patella seen in athletes is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis