Western Medicine Final Exam

Front 1

SOAP stands for?

Back 1

Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan

Front 2

OPQRST stands for?

Back 2

Onset, provoking factors, quality, radiation, severity (1-10) or site, and time

Front 3

VINDICATE stands for?

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Vascular, inflammation/infection, neoplastic, degenerative, iatrogenic/idiopathic, congenital, allergies/autoimmune, trauma, endocrine/metabolic

Front 4

Clearance of which substance is used to determine glomular filtration rate?

Back 4

creatinine

Front 5

What is used to evaluate tubular ability to concentrate urine?

Back 5

specific gravity

Front 6

Very low (panic) value of calcium can lead to?

Back 6

tentany

Front 7

Moderately increased levels of magnesium can lead to

Back 7

retarded neuro-muscular condition

Front 8

Which electrolyte is monitored in patients treated with diuretics?

Back 8

K

Front 9

The most abundant extracellular cation is?

Back 9

Na

Front 10

What is the most common cause of decreased blood levels of chloride?

Back 10

severe vomiting

Front 11

Name the three most common tests to evaluate glycemia:

Back 11

Fasting glucose test
Oral Glucose Test
2 hour post prandial test

Front 12

Give one cause of hyperprotienanemia:

Back 12

dehydration

Front 13

Give two causes of hypoproteienanemia:

Back 13

malnutritian
malobsorption

Front 14

Fruity sweet odor of urine indicates the presence of:

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ketones

Front 15

Name one reason for persistent proteinuria:

Back 15

renal disease

Front 16

Glycosuria is a symptom of which serious metabolic disease?

Back 16

diabetes mellitus

Front 17

What are other two reasons for MILD glycosuria?

Back 17

heavy meal
emotional distress

Front 18

Name two causes of hematuria

Back 18

muscular injury
kidney disease

Front 19

Which blood test is used to detect liver and bone disease?

Back 19

Alkaline phosphatase

Front 20

Which blood test is used to detect tissue necrosis?

Back 20

Aspartate transaminase

Front 21

Which blood test is used to monitor the treatment of hepatitis?

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Alanine transaminase

Front 22

Which enzyme is high in 75% of people who regularly drink alcohol?

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Gamma glutamyltransferase

Front 23

Which enzyme is used to detect and monitor acute pancreatitis?

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Amylase

Front 24

The antibodies against syphilis appear in the blood how many weeks after infection?

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4-6 weeks

Front 25

The antibodies against Lyme disease appear in the blood how many weeks after infection?

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3-4

Front 26

Which medical imaging is used to show fine details of soft tissues?

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Front 27

Computer tomography is a form of which imaging technique

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X-ray

Front 28

Sonogram is the image produced by

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ultrasound

Front 29

What is the name for visual examination of hollow organs and cavities?

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Endoscopy

Front 30

The acronym ESR stands for

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Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

Front 31

The blood test where each of the five types of leukocytes is counted is called

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Differential White Blood Cell Count

Front 32

Name two types of hemoglobin

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HbA1, HbF

Front 33

The diminished oxygen carrying capacity of blood is called?

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Anemia

Front 34

The bone marrow cancer with overproduction of erythrocytes is called?

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Polycythemia

Front 35

Which blood test is used to evaluate the risk of coronary heart disease?

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Serum Total Cholestoerol

Front 36

Stage 1 hypertension is defines as

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140 – 159/90 – 99

Front 37

Waist circumference is a known risk factor for metabolic syndrome. The abdominal obesity for men is defined as?

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>102cm

Front 38

The abdominal obesity for women is defined as

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>88cm

Front 39

The inappropriate discharge of milk from a breast is called

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Galactorrhea

Front 40

Name three types of abdominal pain

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Visceral
Parietal
Referred

Front 41

Name four risk factors for breast cancer in women:

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First degree family member
Pervious history of cancer
Age over 50
Jewish

Front 42

What condition is indicated by involuntary rigidity of adnominal muscles and rebound tenderness?

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Peratonitis

Front 43

Name one drug that can cause constipation

Back 43

Anti-cholinergic

Front 44

Name two spots (arteries) where western physicians examine pulse on the arms:

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Brachial pulse
Radial pulse

Front 45

Name the three spots (arteries) where western physicicians examine pulse on the leg:

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Femoral pulse
Dorsal Pedis pulse
Poplitial pulse

Front 46

Name two peripheral venous disorders:

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Vericous veins
Compartment disorder

Front 47

What is the percentage of patients with idiopathic low back pain?

Back 47

85%

Front 48

Severe joint pain of rapid onset with redness and swelling can indicate two conditions. What are they?

Back 48

Gout
Infectious arthiritis

Front 49

Name three types of joints

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Synovial
Chartaligous
Fibrous

Front 50

Nocturnal back pain unrelieved indicates:

Back 50

Melignancy

Front 51

Weakness, paralysis, diplopia, ataxia are sypmtoms of what two conditions?

Back 51

Neuropathy
Transient ischemic attack

Front 52

Name two conditions that can cause loss of smell:

Back 52

Smoking
Cocaine use

Front 53

Name three most common causes of night sweats

Back 53

Perimenapausal
TB
Malignancy