Clinical Reasoning — Flashcards

Pancreatic cancer = _____ or _____

Hint: imaging for head tumors

What is the diagnostic method for obstructive jaundice secondary to inflammation from choledocholithiasis/cholangitis? _____

Dysphagia to solids/liquids= _____ → manometry

Hint: test

What is the first step in working up a pt. w/ pulmonary disease (e.g. smoker, COPD, fibrotic lung, asthmatic)? _____

What is the best diagnostic test for Boerhaave syndrome in an unstable patient? _____

Diagnosis of ovarian torsion is best done with _____

What is the first test/imaging study that should be ordered to diagnose pancreatitis in a patient with acute epigastric abdominal pain that radiates to the back? _____

Patient with diabetes presents with pain around the waist that feels like a "burning belt" along the T12 distribution is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

What is done 1st in workup of esophageal cancer to identify location of lesions/safety of EGD? _____

Imaging for renal trauma = _____