Clinical Reasoning — Flashcards

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

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

Hint: diagnosis

Neutrophils filled with staph aureus is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

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. _____

Imaging for chronic pancreatitis or pancreatic cancer = _____ or ultrasound

What is the ankle brachial index for diagnosis of critical limb ischemia? _____

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

Brain abscess = CT/MRI showing _____

How do you dx SBO? _____