Clinical Reasoning — Flashcards

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 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? _____

Is 1+ proteinuria considered trace proteinuria? _____

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

Imaging for renal trauma = _____

What imaging modalities are preferred for detecting kidney stones? _____

Hint: 2 modalities

Loud pop in the heel → sudden pain and inability to plantarflex the foot:\n_____

Hint: diagnosis

Bruising, petechiae, bleeding, non-tender lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

Young patient with recent flu, hemoptysis and multilobar cavitary infiltrates is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

What test is used to establish the diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis? _____