PRACTICE TEST PAPER PATIENT ENCOUNTER
CHARTING REVIEW SHEET FULL SOLUTIONS
◉ HLD CC. Answer: asymptomatic
◉ DM CC. Answer: polyuria, polydipsia
◉ CAD CC. Answer: CP or pressure
◉ Asthma CC. Answer: SOB, wheezing
◉ How do you diagnose HTN?. Answer: Check BP
◉ How do you diagnose HLD?. Answer: Check bloodwork
◉ How do you diagnose DM?. Answer: Fasting blood glucose, HA1C
◉ How do you diagnose HLD?. Answer: Check blood work for LDL
levels
,◉ How do you diagnose CAD?. Answer: Cardiac Catheterization by
cardiologist
◉ How do you diagnose asthma?. Answer: Peak Flow Testing
◉ How is Peak Flow measured?. Answer: Liters/Minute
◉ In what quadrant is the appendix located?. Answer: RLQ
◉ In what quadrant is the gallbladder located?. Answer: RUQ
◉ In what quadrant is the diverticuli located?. Answer: LLQ
◉ What do you test to find out if person has pancreatitis?. Answer:
Lipase
◉ Weakness. Answer: Peristesia
◉ Co morbidity. Answer: The presence of two or more chronic
conditions
◉ Etiology. Answer: The cause of a disease
, ◉ The relaxed phase of the heartbeat?. Answer: Diastolic
◉ Excessive Thirst?. Answer: Polydipsia
◉ Anticoagulant. Answer: A drug that prevents blood clotting
◉ How long must a patient have a disease for it to be considered
chronic?. Answer: 3 months
◉ Explain why patients with comorbidities are complex and give an
example?. Answer: The treatment of one disease may contradict the
treatment of the second, such as one medicine making their other
illness worse.
◉ Complex patients often bill to a HIGHER or LOWER level?.
Answer: Higher
◉ 100/70 BP reading. What is this?. Answer: Normal
◉ 150/95 BP reading. What is this?. Answer: Hypertensive
◉ 130/85 BP reading. What is this?. Answer: Pre-Hypertensive