Clinical Reasoning — Flashcards

What does a thin-walled distended GB free of inflammation on U/S indicate when working up jaundice? _____

_____ is used to diagnose aortic rupture

Hint: angiography/aortography

What is the preferred imaging modality for diagnosis of acute appendicitis during pregnancy? _____

What does a thick-walled rigid (porcelain) GB indicate in US? _____

Low pelvic pain, urinary freq/urgency. A(n) _____ should be performed to look for a(n) _____

Hint: test

V/Q scan to help diagnose PE requires normal _____ to begin with

Hint: factor

What is the likely diagnosis in an immunocompromised patient with fever, pleuritic chest pain, hemoptysis and pulmonary nodules with ground-glass opacities (halo sign) on CT? _____

When elevated intracranial pressure is suspected, _____ should precede _____ because of the risk of cerebral herniation

Diagnosis? _____

What imaging study is used to confirm the diagnosis of a colovesical fistula? _____