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Head ache, visual field defects, vomiting think
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Mass effect of pituitary tumor
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Shingles on tip of nose known as
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Hutchinson’s sign
be sure to check? |
Eyes
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Palpable pre auricular nodes with eye symptoms think
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Viral conjunctivitis
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Nasty terrible purulent drainage from eyes
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Gonococcal
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Pulmonary test to do before neb treatment
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Peak expiratory flow
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Pulmonary function studies are used for
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Evaluate chronic illnesses
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Preserved EF is hallmark of
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Diastolic heart failure
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Preg w/ cystitis Tx
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Nitrofurantoin (macrobid)
do not use |
cipro or Doxy
no bactrim in 3rd trimester |
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Dx study for gallbladder
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US
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Dusky swollen leg think
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DVT
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Pallor with leg elevation and dependant rubor think
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Peripheral artery disease
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Tell subacute thyroiditis from Hashimotos’
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Thyroiditis is painful
both can cause what symptoms? |
Hypothyroid symptoms
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Common lab finding of bulimia nervosa
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Hypokalemia possibly life threatening
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First test for cortisol levels
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AM serum cortisol after 6-8 hrs sleep
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Pneumonia with single shaking rigor
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S. pneumonia
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Secondary complicating pneumonia with abscess or empyema
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Staph
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More common pneumonia in immunocomp host and cystic fibrosis
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Pseudomonas
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Hyper dynamic enlarged ventricle think?
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Aortic regurge (insufficiency)
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Delayed or diminished carotid pulses
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Severe aortic stenosis
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Non smoker, HA, dyspnea, malaise, very elevated HGN/HCT and platelets, splenomegalia, palmer erythema, plethoric facies, ruddy complexion
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Polycythemia vera
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Stem of question says “mass”
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Think more sinister (more aggressive)
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Stem of question says nodule then
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Base direction on rest of info
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Criteria for tubes in ears
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Progressive conductive hearing loss
Severely retracted membrane Persistent mid ear effusion Language delay |
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Contra to dobutamine stress testing
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Symptomatic aortic stenosis
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Not contraindicated for dobutamine stress echo
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Hypotention, asthma, paroxy tachycardia, CHF
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