Clinical Reasoning — Flashcards

Systolic, < 2/6, soft, vibratory and musical, heard best @ lower mid-sternum: _____

Hint: Diagnosis?

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

Early Lyme disease is diagnosed through _____

Hint: clinical signs or ELISA/Western blot

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

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? _____

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

Hint: Diagnosis?

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

What is the best diagnostic test for asthma? _____

Pneumothorax may be associated with a(n) _____ sign on supine chest radiograph due to subpulmonic accumulation of gas outlining costophrenic angle