Pattern recognition in clinical reasoning US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Pattern recognition in clinical reasoning Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: Diagnosis of pneumonia is made by _____ and sputum & blood gram stain/culture
Answer: CXR
Flashcard 2: CMV can result in _____-megaly on head CT scans
Answer: ventriculo
Flashcard 3: The gold standard for diagnosis of cystitis is culture showing > _____ colony forming units
Answer: 100,000
Flashcard 4: What mnemonic is used to help in the diagnosis of measles (rubeola)?_____
Answer: 4 C's (cough, coryza, conjunctivitis, koplik spots)
Flashcard 5: Sleep apnea is diagnosed via _____, where a patient sleeps in a monitored setting and a number of related measurements are taken
Answer: polysomnography
Flashcard 6: What are the clinical manifestations and genetic basis of Tuberous Sclerosis?
Answer: Clinical features: Cutaneous angiofibromas (adenoma sebaceum), hypomelanotic macules (ash-leaf spots), Shagreen patches, seizures, intellectual disability, retinal hamartomas, cortical tubers, subependymal giant cell astrocytomas (SEGA), renal angiomyolipomas, and cardiac rhabdomyomas.::List the clinical features and genetics of Tuberous Sclerosis.
Extra: Genetics: Autosomal Dominant (AD) with variable expressivity; mutations in TSC1 (hamartin) or TSC2 (tuberin) genes.
Flashcard 7: What is the most common clinical application for an ELISA?
Answer: detection of antibodies in patient blood sample
Flashcard 8: accuracy (diagnostic testing)
Answer: the "trueness" of a test's results
Flashcard 9: precision (diagnostic testing)
Answer: consistency and reproducibility of a test's results
Flashcard 10: What is the next step in diagnosis for a patient with new-onset epigastric pain, nausea, hypotension, bradycardia and T-wave inversions in leads II, III, aVF?
_____
Answer: Right-sided precordial ECG
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