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Kid with normal temp comes to your office with a chronic runny nose. What is it? What should you do?
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What is the patient like who has a foreign body stuck in his nose? You can get it out with bayonet forceps.
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15 yo female with cc of fatigue for 6 mos. Sexually inactive. Frequent nausea. What are the tests?
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Monospot test and urine dipstick should be ordered on what type of patient? You suspect sugar.
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Who MUST be present during a female pelvic exam?
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A female nurse or medical assistant MUST be present when?
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The gown goes with the opening in the ____ during a female pelvic exam.
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The gown should be worn with the opening in the back during what exam?
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Yellowish white asymptomatic papules may be seen over the inner labia minora and sometimes the shaft of the penis. What are they?
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Describe the normal finding of Fordyce's spots that represent ectopic sebaceous glands.
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Normally, you cannot see or feel these glands of the labia. What are they?
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Bartholin's glands should be checked for swelling, tenderness, and pus. Why?
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What is the proper starting position of the speculum?
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This instrument is inserted at an angle, then turned and spread. What was the starting position?
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Where is the physician standing for the female bimanual exam?
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The physician stands to the supine patient's side during which exam?
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The tip of the Q-tip in a PAP smear should be moistened for what reason?
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In order to pick up enough endocervical cells, the tip of the Q-tip in a PAP smear should be what?
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What do you check for while inspecting the urethral opening of the male?
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Inflammation, discharge, lesions, tears, and strictures are checked for during inspection of what part of the male anatomy?
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When palpating the testicles of a male between 15-35 yo, you discover a nontender mass/nodule. What do you suspect?
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What finding in a male is cancer until proven otherwise?
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Undescended testicles have a high risk of developing what condition?
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The risk of developing cancer is higher in males with what abnormality?
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You find swelling in the scrotum other than the testicles. What should you do?
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Transilluminate the testicles upon what observation?
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A red glow of transillumination can indicate what conditions?
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Hydroceles or serous fluid manifest as what quality on transillumination?
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A lack of the red glow on transillumination can indicate what conditions?
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Solid masses, such as hernias, testicles, blood, or tissue will manifest as what quality on transillumination?
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Condyloma Accuminatum are otherwise known as what?
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Genital warts are known by what other name?
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An indirect hernia travels where?
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What type of hernia travels through the inguinal canal?
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A direct hernia travels where?
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What type of hernia travels lateral to the vasculature?
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What is a hernia?
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What are loops of bowel that force their way through weak areas of the inguinal canal?
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What is Peyronie's disease?
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What is the condition of having a fibrous band in the tunica albuginea/corpus cavernosum that results in deviation of the penis during erection?
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Your patient jumps up upon palpation of the perineum. He said the pain radiated to the low back, groin, and leg. He says he has had some irritation while voiding. What is the problem?
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Inflammation of the prostate presents with what major features?
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Pain in the flaccid penis has what causes?
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Inflammation from STD's or paraphimosis can cause what type of pain?
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What is paraphimosis?
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Uncircumsised males can sometimes get their foreskin caught behind the glans penis. This results in vascular conjestion and painful swelling. What is the name of this condition?
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Pain in the erect penis has what causes?
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Peyronie's disease or priapism can cause what type of pain?
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What is priaprism?
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A prolonged (>4hrs) painful erection is also known as what?
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Acute pain within the scrotum with radiation to the ipsilateral groin is due to what type of conditions?
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Trauma (landing on a bike), torsion, or epididymo-orchitis cause what type of pain?
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Chronic "heaviness" of the testicles without radiation may be due to what conditions?
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Varicocele or hydrocele can cause what type of pain?
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What disorders may cause referred pain to the testes?
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Disorders of the kidney, retroperitoneal structures, or inguinal canal may result in what type of pain?
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What can cause false positives on a fecal occult test?
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Turnips, iron or vit C supplements, red meat, aspirin, or beets can cause what result on a fecal occult test?
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What is the most important part of blood tests?
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Patient identification is the most important part of what?
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Insert needle at what angle?
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What should be done at a 15 degree angle?
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How do you anchor the vein?
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Grab, stretch, and pull down with the thumb only is known as what in phlebotomy?
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What is the order of the end of drawing blood?
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Remove tube (invert immediately if necessary)
Release tourniquet Remove needle Is this the proper order? |
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Never label tubes when?
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Never do what prior to a draw?
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How is the lancet placed?
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Place the ____ perpendicular to the lines of the finger.
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On infants, where is skin puncture performed?
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On infants, what procedure is performed on the heel?
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What do you do with the first drop of blood on the fingerstick?
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You will need to wipe off the first drop of blood during which test?
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What can cause a blood specimen to be rejected?
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Collection at the wrong time or inadequate/innacurate specimen identification can cause what event?
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Multiple sites are drawn to rule out contamination from the skin during what tests?
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During blood cultures, multiple sites are drawn to rule out what?
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What is antimicrobial removal device (ARD)?
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Name a resin that removes antimicrobials from the blood.
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What is the treatment for polycythemia?
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Removal of a unit of blood is the treatment for which patients that overproduce RBC's?
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What is Fastidious Antimicrobial Neutralization (FAN)?
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What is the name for activated charcoal which neutralizes antibiotic?
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How should a specimen sent for ABG be handled?
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Chilling a specimen to slow down the metabolic processes of RBC's is necessary for what test?
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Cold Agglutinin tests need to be kept at ______.
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Keep what test at body temperature?
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What specimens are light sensitive?
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Bilirubin or vit B12 specimens should be wrapped or kept in darkened containers because why?
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What does a right shift look like on a CBC?
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Elevated lymphs and decreased segs are seen when?
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What suggests a viral infection on CBC?
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Right shift on CBC suggests what?
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Unresponsive female brought to the ER- what is the first thing you do?
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Establish ABC's is the first priority in what type of patient?
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What’s the FIRST test you would order in a 15 yo male with abd pain, fever, nausea?
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Order a CBC first in what type of patient?
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What is a left shift?
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Increase in immature neutrophils (bands/stabs) would appear as what on a CBC?
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