Patient is erratic, telling you all kinds of personal informa-
Summarize what the patient is there for to clarify her needs
tion, what should you do during her appointment?
patient c/o SOB and coughing at night. Upon examine you
Asthma
hear wheezing upon expiration, what is your DDX?
Patient presents with blood around his eye, he denies
pain, trauma, started this morning, nothing makes it bet-
Subconjunctival hemorrhage
ter or worse, hasn't taken anything for it. He states that he
coughed all night long, what would your DDX be?
Avoid Spicy, fatty, catteine, sweets, and Acidic foods
Elevate HOB, including entire chest
Avoid recumbence until 2 hours after meals
Reduce meal size
Your patient has just been diagnosed with GERD, what
Smoking cessation
education would you provide?
reduce alcohol consumption
weight loss if indicate
avoid bending, stooping, bending after meals
avoid tight clothing after meals
consolidated pneumonia
Dull long sounds on percussion can indicate what? can be unilateral or bilateral depending on location of
pneumonia
what is normal physiological change in the vision of the
presbyopia, near sited
elderly?
Your patient c/o being sick, upon your physical exam you
find nodules just behind the sternocleidomastoid, which posterior cervical lymph nodes
lymph nodes do you suspect are inflamed?
Female patient age 34 c/o tired, fatigued, and her body
has been hurting for the last two months, what DDX would Depression
you suspect?
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Patient c/o double vision out of one eye, which CN is
CN3
attected?
Patient c/o elbow pain that runs along the medial epi-
condylitis and the pain increases as he extends his wrist, Golfer's elbow
what would you consider as a DDX/
pain at the lateral epicondyle, refers to what DDX? Tennis Elbow
You do an I&D on a lump found on the back of your patient.
Cheesy substances leaks out as you cut an incision, what Sebaceous Cyst
type of derma logical issue would you consider as a DDX?
What is a normal cup to disc ratio? 1:3
If your patient has a cup to disc ratio of 1:2, what DDX
Glaucoma
would you consider?
Patient c/o chest pain, sharp, intermittent, pain increases
with breathing, Tylenol does not relieve the pain, tightness
Angina
that does not radiate. Patient is a smoker, what is your
DDX?
Patient c/o painless loss of vision in one eye, what is your
Retinal detachment
DDX?
Patient c/o painful loss of vision in one eye, what is your open angled glaucoma
DDX? optic neuritis
Patient c/o recent trauma to right hand. Upon assess- Snutt Box, Scaphoid FX
ment patient has pain in the triangular depression on the
dorsum of the hand at the base of the thumb, and x-ray
indicates a fracture, what is this area called?
left 5th intercoastal space located 7 to 9 cm lateral to the
Locate the PMI?
sternum
TMJD