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The following information is recorded in the health history: "Patient denies chest pain,
palpitations, orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea."
Which category does it belong to?
A. Present illness
B. Chief complaint
C. Personal and social history
D. Review of systems - ✔✔review of systems
The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient has had three cesarean sections."
A. Adult illness
B. Surgeries
C. Obstetric/gynecology
D. Psychiatric - ✔✔Surgeries
The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient had a stent placed in the left anterior descending artery (LAD) in 1999."
A. Adult illness
B. Surgeries
C. Obstetric/gynecology
D. Psychiatric - ✔✔Adult illness
The following information is best placed in which category?
, "The patient was treated for an asthma exacerbation in the hospital last year; the patient has
never been intubated."
A. Adult illness
B. Surgeries
C. Obstetric/gynecology
D. Psychiatric - ✔✔Adult illness
A 37-year-old nurse comes for evaluation of colicky right upper quadrant abdominal pain. The
pain is associated with nausea and vomiting and occurs 1 to 2 hours after eating greasy foods.
Which one of the following physical examination descriptions would be most consistent with
the diagnosis of cholecystitis? - ✔✔Abdomen is soft and tender to palpation in the right
upper quadrant with inspiration, to the point of stopping inspiration, and there is no rebound
or guarding.
In cholecystitis, the pain, which originates from the gallbladder, is located in the right upper
quadrant. Severity of pain with inspiration that is sufficient to stop further inhalation is also
known as Murphy's sign, which, if present, is further indicative of inflammation of the
gallbladder.
A 55-year-old data entry operator comes to the clinic to establish care. She has the following
symptoms: headache, neck pain, sinus congestion, sore throat, ringing in ears, sharp brief chest
pains at rest, burning abdominal pain with spicy foods, constipation, urinary frequency that is
worse with coughing and sneezing, and swelling in legs. This cluster of symptoms is explained
by: one or more than one disease process? - ✔✔More than one disease process
A 62-year-old teacher presents to the clinic for evaluation of the following symptoms: fever,
headache, sinus congestion, sore throat, green nasal discharge, and cough. This cluster of
symptoms is best explained by: one or more than one disease process? - ✔✔One disease
process.
You are seeing an elderly man with multiple complaints. He has chronic arthritis, pain from an
old war injury, and headaches. Today he complains of these pains, as well as dull chest pain
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The following information is recorded in the health history: "Patient denies chest pain,
palpitations, orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea."
Which category does it belong to?
A. Present illness
B. Chief complaint
C. Personal and social history
D. Review of systems - ✔✔review of systems
The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient has had three cesarean sections."
A. Adult illness
B. Surgeries
C. Obstetric/gynecology
D. Psychiatric - ✔✔Surgeries
The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient had a stent placed in the left anterior descending artery (LAD) in 1999."
A. Adult illness
B. Surgeries
C. Obstetric/gynecology
D. Psychiatric - ✔✔Adult illness
The following information is best placed in which category?
, "The patient was treated for an asthma exacerbation in the hospital last year; the patient has
never been intubated."
A. Adult illness
B. Surgeries
C. Obstetric/gynecology
D. Psychiatric - ✔✔Adult illness
A 37-year-old nurse comes for evaluation of colicky right upper quadrant abdominal pain. The
pain is associated with nausea and vomiting and occurs 1 to 2 hours after eating greasy foods.
Which one of the following physical examination descriptions would be most consistent with
the diagnosis of cholecystitis? - ✔✔Abdomen is soft and tender to palpation in the right
upper quadrant with inspiration, to the point of stopping inspiration, and there is no rebound
or guarding.
In cholecystitis, the pain, which originates from the gallbladder, is located in the right upper
quadrant. Severity of pain with inspiration that is sufficient to stop further inhalation is also
known as Murphy's sign, which, if present, is further indicative of inflammation of the
gallbladder.
A 55-year-old data entry operator comes to the clinic to establish care. She has the following
symptoms: headache, neck pain, sinus congestion, sore throat, ringing in ears, sharp brief chest
pains at rest, burning abdominal pain with spicy foods, constipation, urinary frequency that is
worse with coughing and sneezing, and swelling in legs. This cluster of symptoms is explained
by: one or more than one disease process? - ✔✔More than one disease process
A 62-year-old teacher presents to the clinic for evaluation of the following symptoms: fever,
headache, sinus congestion, sore throat, green nasal discharge, and cough. This cluster of
symptoms is best explained by: one or more than one disease process? - ✔✔One disease
process.
You are seeing an elderly man with multiple complaints. He has chronic arthritis, pain from an
old war injury, and headaches. Today he complains of these pains, as well as dull chest pain
