Clinical Reasoning — Flashcards

**Rapidly increasing head circumference and bulging fontanelles** are symptoms of _____ and should be followed with _____

What is the best diagnostic test for nephrolithiasis? _____

What test/imaging study is used to diagnose esophageal cancer? _____

What is the diagnostic test of choice for Ogilvie syndrome (colonic pseudo-obstruction)? _____

What is the likely diagnosis in a patient that emigrated from Southeast Asia and presents with a well-circumscribed, hypopigmented patch on the arm with no sensation to pinprick? The ulnar nerve on ipsilateral arm is thickened and tender. _____

Neutrophils filled with staph aureus is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

"tearing" pain during defecation and blood on toilet paper is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

A sudden loss of consciousness, usually without warning and lasting for a few seconds, due to an abnormal heart rhythm (especially complete atrioventricular block) is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

Imaging for chronic pancreatitis or pancreatic cancer = _____ or ultrasound

Brain abscess = CT/MRI showing _____