Clinical Reasoning — Flashcards

Strenuous activity on a hot day, nausea/vomiting, headache and temperature increased but not greater than 40°C (104 F) is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

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Hint: Diagnosis

What lab do you order to determine what type of AKI is present if patient is on diuretic? _____

Early Lyme disease is diagnosed through _____

Hint: clinical signs or ELISA/Western blot

Patient presents with streak ovaries, congenital heart disease, horseshoe kidney, cystic hygroma at birth, short statue, webbed neck, and lymphedema is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

What is the initial step in evaluation of a newly discovered thyroid nodule? _____

What is the next best step in diagnosing/treating a thyroid nodule that has low TSH? _____

Obese woman, painful lumps in skin folds, fistulas w/ scarring, and drainage of malodorous, purulent fluid _____

Hint: Diagnosis?

What is the ultrasound description of a mature cystic teratoma? _____

What is the best diagnostic test for asthma? _____