SCRIBEAMERICA ED EVALUATION LATEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Kidney infection layman's - ✔✔Pyelonephritis (Pyelo)
✔✔Kidney stones layman's - ✔✔Renal calculi
✔✔"I'm on dialysis" - ✔✔Chronic renal failure (CRF) or End stage renal disease (ESRD)
on dialysis
✔✔Enlarged prostate layman's - ✔✔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. - ✔✔G: 4 P:2 A:1
✔✔Stroke layman's - ✔✔Ischemic cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
✔✔"Mini-stroke" layman's - ✔✔Transient ischemic attack (TIA)
✔✔Seizures layman's - ✔✔Seizure disorder / Epilepsy
✔✔Brain bleed layman's - ✔✔Hemorrhagic CVA
✔✔Bipolar layman's - ✔✔Bipolar disorder
✔✔Schizophrenia layman's - ✔✔Schizophrenia
✔✔"I drink a lot" - ✔✔EtOH abuse or Alcoholism
✔✔"I do drugs" - ✔✔Substance abuse
✔✔"Blood clot in my leg" - ✔✔Lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
✔✔"Bulge in my aorta" or "Triple A" - ✔✔Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
✔✔"Bad blood flow to my legs" - ✔✔Peripheral vascular disease (PVD)
✔✔"Numbness in my legs" - ✔✔Peripheral neuropathy (caused by DM)
✔✔"Low back pain" - ✔✔Chronic lower back pain
✔✔"Bulging/herniated disc" - ✔✔Degenerative disc disease (DDD)
,✔✔Osteoarthritis (abbv) - ✔✔(OA)
✔✔Rheumatoid arthritis (abbv) - ✔✔RA
✔✔"Chronic joint pain" - ✔✔Degenerative joint disease (DJD)
✔✔"Weak/fragile bones" - ✔✔Osteoporosis (usually)
✔✔"Cancer" - ✔✔Cancer or carcinoma (CA) and specify which (brain, breast, lung,
colon, skin...)
✔✔"Spread to my..." - ✔✔With metastases to the...
✔✔"Chemo" - ✔✔Chemotherapy
✔✔"Radiation" - ✔✔Radiation therapy
✔✔"They cut it out" - ✔✔Status-post (s/p) surgical resection
✔✔"The cancer is gone" - ✔✔In remission
✔✔Tonsils removed - ✔✔Tonsillectomy
✔✔Adenoids removed - ✔✔Adenoidectomy
✔✔"Ear tubes" - ✔✔Pressure equalizer (PE) tubes
✔✔"Heart bypass" - ✔✔Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) (also PMHx CAD)
✔✔"Stents" - ✔✔Coronary stents (also PMHx CAD)
✔✔"Heart cath" - ✔✔Cardiac catheterization
✔✔"Balloon" - ✔✔Angioplasty (also PMHx CAD)
✔✔"Pacer" - ✔✔Pacemaker
✔✔"Breast removal" - ✔✔Mastectomy
✔✔"Hole in my neck" - ✔✔Tracheostomy ("trach")
✔✔"Part of my lung removed" - ✔✔Partial lobectomy
, ✔✔Gallbladder removed - ✔✔Cholecystectomy
✔✔"Part of my colon removed" - ✔✔Partial colectomy
✔✔Spleen removed - ✔✔Splenectomy
✔✔"Stomach stapled" - ✔✔Gastric bypass
✔✔What's in the RUQ? - ✔✔Gallbladder
✔✔What's in the RLQ? - ✔✔Appendix
✔✔What's in the LUQ? - ✔✔Pancreas
✔✔What's in the LLQ? - ✔✔Large intestines
✔✔Kidney removed - ✔✔Nephrectomy
✔✔Uterus removed - ✔✔Hysterectomy (partial vs. total)
✔✔Ovary removed - ✔✔Oophorectomy
✔✔Ovary and fallopian tubes removed - ✔✔Salpingo-oophorectomy
✔✔"Tubes tied" - ✔✔Tubal ligation (female) or Vasectomy (male)
✔✔"C-section" - ✔✔Cesarean section
✔✔Prostate removed - ✔✔Prostatectomy
✔✔Uterine product removed (Abortion) - ✔✔Dilation and curettage (D&C)
✔✔"Neck artery cleaned" - ✔✔Carotid endarterectomy
✔✔"Brain surgery" - ✔✔Craniotomy (brain bleed vs. brain CA)
✔✔"Shunt" (hydrocephalus) - ✔✔Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt
✔✔"Dialysis fistula" - ✔✔AV (arteriovenous) fistula
✔✔"Dialysis graft" - ✔✔AV (arteriovenous) graft
✔✔"PICC line" - ✔✔Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Kidney infection layman's - ✔✔Pyelonephritis (Pyelo)
✔✔Kidney stones layman's - ✔✔Renal calculi
✔✔"I'm on dialysis" - ✔✔Chronic renal failure (CRF) or End stage renal disease (ESRD)
on dialysis
✔✔Enlarged prostate layman's - ✔✔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. - ✔✔G: 4 P:2 A:1
✔✔Stroke layman's - ✔✔Ischemic cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
✔✔"Mini-stroke" layman's - ✔✔Transient ischemic attack (TIA)
✔✔Seizures layman's - ✔✔Seizure disorder / Epilepsy
✔✔Brain bleed layman's - ✔✔Hemorrhagic CVA
✔✔Bipolar layman's - ✔✔Bipolar disorder
✔✔Schizophrenia layman's - ✔✔Schizophrenia
✔✔"I drink a lot" - ✔✔EtOH abuse or Alcoholism
✔✔"I do drugs" - ✔✔Substance abuse
✔✔"Blood clot in my leg" - ✔✔Lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
✔✔"Bulge in my aorta" or "Triple A" - ✔✔Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
✔✔"Bad blood flow to my legs" - ✔✔Peripheral vascular disease (PVD)
✔✔"Numbness in my legs" - ✔✔Peripheral neuropathy (caused by DM)
✔✔"Low back pain" - ✔✔Chronic lower back pain
✔✔"Bulging/herniated disc" - ✔✔Degenerative disc disease (DDD)
,✔✔Osteoarthritis (abbv) - ✔✔(OA)
✔✔Rheumatoid arthritis (abbv) - ✔✔RA
✔✔"Chronic joint pain" - ✔✔Degenerative joint disease (DJD)
✔✔"Weak/fragile bones" - ✔✔Osteoporosis (usually)
✔✔"Cancer" - ✔✔Cancer or carcinoma (CA) and specify which (brain, breast, lung,
colon, skin...)
✔✔"Spread to my..." - ✔✔With metastases to the...
✔✔"Chemo" - ✔✔Chemotherapy
✔✔"Radiation" - ✔✔Radiation therapy
✔✔"They cut it out" - ✔✔Status-post (s/p) surgical resection
✔✔"The cancer is gone" - ✔✔In remission
✔✔Tonsils removed - ✔✔Tonsillectomy
✔✔Adenoids removed - ✔✔Adenoidectomy
✔✔"Ear tubes" - ✔✔Pressure equalizer (PE) tubes
✔✔"Heart bypass" - ✔✔Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) (also PMHx CAD)
✔✔"Stents" - ✔✔Coronary stents (also PMHx CAD)
✔✔"Heart cath" - ✔✔Cardiac catheterization
✔✔"Balloon" - ✔✔Angioplasty (also PMHx CAD)
✔✔"Pacer" - ✔✔Pacemaker
✔✔"Breast removal" - ✔✔Mastectomy
✔✔"Hole in my neck" - ✔✔Tracheostomy ("trach")
✔✔"Part of my lung removed" - ✔✔Partial lobectomy
, ✔✔Gallbladder removed - ✔✔Cholecystectomy
✔✔"Part of my colon removed" - ✔✔Partial colectomy
✔✔Spleen removed - ✔✔Splenectomy
✔✔"Stomach stapled" - ✔✔Gastric bypass
✔✔What's in the RUQ? - ✔✔Gallbladder
✔✔What's in the RLQ? - ✔✔Appendix
✔✔What's in the LUQ? - ✔✔Pancreas
✔✔What's in the LLQ? - ✔✔Large intestines
✔✔Kidney removed - ✔✔Nephrectomy
✔✔Uterus removed - ✔✔Hysterectomy (partial vs. total)
✔✔Ovary removed - ✔✔Oophorectomy
✔✔Ovary and fallopian tubes removed - ✔✔Salpingo-oophorectomy
✔✔"Tubes tied" - ✔✔Tubal ligation (female) or Vasectomy (male)
✔✔"C-section" - ✔✔Cesarean section
✔✔Prostate removed - ✔✔Prostatectomy
✔✔Uterine product removed (Abortion) - ✔✔Dilation and curettage (D&C)
✔✔"Neck artery cleaned" - ✔✔Carotid endarterectomy
✔✔"Brain surgery" - ✔✔Craniotomy (brain bleed vs. brain CA)
✔✔"Shunt" (hydrocephalus) - ✔✔Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt
✔✔"Dialysis fistula" - ✔✔AV (arteriovenous) fistula
✔✔"Dialysis graft" - ✔✔AV (arteriovenous) graft
✔✔"PICC line" - ✔✔Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)
