SCRIBEAMERICA FINAL EXAM ED QUESTIONS WITH
VERIRIED ACCURATE ANSWERS
High blood pressure layman's - Answers -Hypertension
Hypertension (abbv) - Answers -HTN
High cholesterol layman's - Answers -Hyperlipidemia
Hyperlipidemia (abbv) - Answers -HLD
Diabetes layman's - Answers -Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes mellitus (abbv) - Answers -DM
"I only take pills for my diabetes" - Answers -NIDDM (Type 2)
"I take insulin for my diabetes" - Answers -IDDM (Type 1)
Heart disease layman's - Answers -Usually coronary artery disease
Coronary artery disease (abbv) - Answers -CAD
Heart failure layman's - Answers -Congestive heart failure
Congestive heart failure (abbv) - Answers -CHF
Irregular heartbeat layman's - Answers -Atrial fibrillation (A-fib)
Murmur layman's - Answers -Heart murmur
Episodes of abnormally fast/racing heartbeat - Answers -Supraventricular tachycardia
Supraventricular tachycardia (abbv) - Answers -SVT
Emphysema or chronic bronchitis layman's - Answers -Chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD)
Blood clot in lung layman's - Answers -Pulmonary embolism (PE)
Pneumonia (abbv) - Answers -PNA
Reflux layman's - Answers -Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
,Gastroesophageal reflux disease (abbv) - Answers -GERD
Ulcer layman's - Answers -Gastric ulcer or Peptic ulcer disease
Crohn's or UC layman's - Answers -Crohn's disease or Ulcerative colitis
Irritable bowel layman's - Answers -Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
Irritable bowel syndrome (abbv) - Answers -IBS
Bladder infection layman's - Answers -Urinary tract infection (UTI)
Kidney infection layman's - Answers -Pyelonephritis (Pyelo)
Kidney stones layman's - Answers -Renal calculi
"I'm on dialysis" - Answers -Chronic renal failure (CRF) or End stage renal disease
(ESRD) on dialysis
Enlarged prostate layman's - Answers -Benign prostate hypertrophy (BPH)
Document GPA for a pt who is currently pregnant, has been pregnant 3 times in the
past, and has 2 kids at home. - Answers -G: 4 P:2 A:1
Stroke layman's - Answers -Ischemic cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
"Mini-stroke" layman's - Answers -Transient ischemic attack (TIA)
Seizures layman's - Answers -Seizure disorder / Epilepsy
Brain bleed layman's - Answers -Hemorrhagic CVA
Bipolar layman's - Answers -Bipolar disorder
Schizophrenia layman's - Answers -Schizophrenia
"I drink a lot" - Answers -EtOH abuse or Alcoholism
"I do drugs" - Answers -Substance abuse
"Blood clot in my leg" - Answers -Lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
"Bulge in my aorta" or "Triple A" - Answers -Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
"Bad blood flow to my legs" - Answers -Peripheral vascular disease (PVD)
, "Numbness in my legs" - Answers -Peripheral neuropathy (caused by DM)
"Low back pain" - Answers -Chronic lower back pain
"Bulging/herniated disc" - Answers -Degenerative disc disease (DDD)
Osteoarthritis (abbv) - Answers -(OA)
Rheumatoid arthritis (abbv) - Answers -RA
"Chronic joint pain" - Answers -Degenerative joint disease (DJD)
"Weak/fragile bones" - Answers -Osteoporosis (usually)
"Cancer" - Answers -Cancer or carcinoma (CA) and specify which (brain, breast, lung,
colon, skin...)
"Spread to my..." - Answers -With metastases to the...
"Chemo" - Answers -Chemotherapy
"Radiation" - Answers -Radiation therapy
"They cut it out" - Answers -Status-post (s/p) surgical resection
"The cancer is gone" - Answers -In remission
Tonsils removed - Answers -Tonsillectomy
Adenoids removed - Answers -Adenoidectomy
"Ear tubes" - Answers -Pressure equalizer (PE) tubes
"Heart bypass" - Answers -Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) (also PMHx CAD)
"Stents" - Answers -Coronary stents (also PMHx CAD)
"Heart cath" - Answers -Cardiac catheterization
"Balloon" - Answers -Angioplasty (also PMHx CAD)
"Pacer" - Answers -Pacemaker
"Breast removal" - Answers -Mastectomy
"Hole in my neck" - Answers -Tracheostomy ("trach")
VERIRIED ACCURATE ANSWERS
High blood pressure layman's - Answers -Hypertension
Hypertension (abbv) - Answers -HTN
High cholesterol layman's - Answers -Hyperlipidemia
Hyperlipidemia (abbv) - Answers -HLD
Diabetes layman's - Answers -Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes mellitus (abbv) - Answers -DM
"I only take pills for my diabetes" - Answers -NIDDM (Type 2)
"I take insulin for my diabetes" - Answers -IDDM (Type 1)
Heart disease layman's - Answers -Usually coronary artery disease
Coronary artery disease (abbv) - Answers -CAD
Heart failure layman's - Answers -Congestive heart failure
Congestive heart failure (abbv) - Answers -CHF
Irregular heartbeat layman's - Answers -Atrial fibrillation (A-fib)
Murmur layman's - Answers -Heart murmur
Episodes of abnormally fast/racing heartbeat - Answers -Supraventricular tachycardia
Supraventricular tachycardia (abbv) - Answers -SVT
Emphysema or chronic bronchitis layman's - Answers -Chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD)
Blood clot in lung layman's - Answers -Pulmonary embolism (PE)
Pneumonia (abbv) - Answers -PNA
Reflux layman's - Answers -Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
,Gastroesophageal reflux disease (abbv) - Answers -GERD
Ulcer layman's - Answers -Gastric ulcer or Peptic ulcer disease
Crohn's or UC layman's - Answers -Crohn's disease or Ulcerative colitis
Irritable bowel layman's - Answers -Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
Irritable bowel syndrome (abbv) - Answers -IBS
Bladder infection layman's - Answers -Urinary tract infection (UTI)
Kidney infection layman's - Answers -Pyelonephritis (Pyelo)
Kidney stones layman's - Answers -Renal calculi
"I'm on dialysis" - Answers -Chronic renal failure (CRF) or End stage renal disease
(ESRD) on dialysis
Enlarged prostate layman's - Answers -Benign prostate hypertrophy (BPH)
Document GPA for a pt who is currently pregnant, has been pregnant 3 times in the
past, and has 2 kids at home. - Answers -G: 4 P:2 A:1
Stroke layman's - Answers -Ischemic cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
"Mini-stroke" layman's - Answers -Transient ischemic attack (TIA)
Seizures layman's - Answers -Seizure disorder / Epilepsy
Brain bleed layman's - Answers -Hemorrhagic CVA
Bipolar layman's - Answers -Bipolar disorder
Schizophrenia layman's - Answers -Schizophrenia
"I drink a lot" - Answers -EtOH abuse or Alcoholism
"I do drugs" - Answers -Substance abuse
"Blood clot in my leg" - Answers -Lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
"Bulge in my aorta" or "Triple A" - Answers -Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
"Bad blood flow to my legs" - Answers -Peripheral vascular disease (PVD)
, "Numbness in my legs" - Answers -Peripheral neuropathy (caused by DM)
"Low back pain" - Answers -Chronic lower back pain
"Bulging/herniated disc" - Answers -Degenerative disc disease (DDD)
Osteoarthritis (abbv) - Answers -(OA)
Rheumatoid arthritis (abbv) - Answers -RA
"Chronic joint pain" - Answers -Degenerative joint disease (DJD)
"Weak/fragile bones" - Answers -Osteoporosis (usually)
"Cancer" - Answers -Cancer or carcinoma (CA) and specify which (brain, breast, lung,
colon, skin...)
"Spread to my..." - Answers -With metastases to the...
"Chemo" - Answers -Chemotherapy
"Radiation" - Answers -Radiation therapy
"They cut it out" - Answers -Status-post (s/p) surgical resection
"The cancer is gone" - Answers -In remission
Tonsils removed - Answers -Tonsillectomy
Adenoids removed - Answers -Adenoidectomy
"Ear tubes" - Answers -Pressure equalizer (PE) tubes
"Heart bypass" - Answers -Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) (also PMHx CAD)
"Stents" - Answers -Coronary stents (also PMHx CAD)
"Heart cath" - Answers -Cardiac catheterization
"Balloon" - Answers -Angioplasty (also PMHx CAD)
"Pacer" - Answers -Pacemaker
"Breast removal" - Answers -Mastectomy
"Hole in my neck" - Answers -Tracheostomy ("trach")
