Subjective Data
So Sensitive
Inspection, Percussion, Assessment
Bit of a mix
All about the transmitters
100

List five subjective data history questions for the abdomen

What is appetitive, dysphagia, food intolerance, abdominal pain, nausea/vomiting, bowel habits, past abdominal history, medications and nutritional assessment?

100

Name 5 somatosensory modalities

What is light, touch, pressure, pain, temperature, vibration, proprioception?

100

Name four things you inspect of the abdomen

What is
• Contour of abdomen
• Round, flat, protuberant, scaphoid
• Scars and/or striae
• Engorged veins
• Visible peristalsis
• Visible pulsation
• Hair Distribution
• Evidence of hernia

100

Name two possible differential diagnosis when pt c/o dysphagia and/or difficult swallowing solid foods

What is esophageal stricture, webbing or narrowing (Schantzki ring) and neoplasm?

100

Name three major neurotransmitters

What is  

• Acetylcholine
• Glutamate
• Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
• Serotonin
• Dopamine
• Norepinephrine 

200

List two subjective follow up questions for a patient regarding their appetite

What is recent weight loss, an increase or decrease, and eating the same amount?

200

Name 5 parts of a medical workup for mood disorders

What is 

• Thyroid profile, especially TSH and free T4

• B12, Folate (nutritional deficiencies)

• CBC (anemia)

• Complete metabolic panel: electrolytes, Renal/ LFT; glucose

• UA in elderly (UTI causing symptoms)

• UDS (drugs mimic depression)

• RPR, may be useful if risks of syphilis in history

• EKG, may be useful, especially if considering certain medications or if strong family history of cardiovascular problems.

200


What is striae?

200

Name two possible differential diagnosis for a pt c/o abd pain located suprapubic

What is Bladder infection, Constipation, Bladder cancer and Prostatitis?

200

Impacts mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and other disorders

What is GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID (GABA)?

300

List three subjective follow up questions for a patient complaining of dysphagia

What is

How long has this been occurring?

Does this occur with a certain type of food?

Have you had this in the past?

If you had in the past, did anything help it?

How does it feel?

300

Damage to this can lead to hyperphagia, obesity, anorexia

What is hypothalamus?

300

Name two specific types of hernias

What are ventral hernias (defects in abdominal wall), prior surgery (incisional), and spontaneously (epigastric, umbilical, femoral and inguinal)

300

Type of inhibitors used to treat myasthenia gravis

What are cholinesterase inhibitors

400

List three subjective follow up questions for a patient complaining of abdominal pain

What is where does it hurt, how long, describe the pain (burning, stabbing, cramping), does it keep you awake or awaken you from sleep, severity?

400

Damage to this can cause the patient to have a decreased ability to determine fear from anger, recognize happiness or sadness

What is amygdala?

400

Exam performed when pt presents with RUQ pain suspicious for acute cholecystitis but does not have any tenderness on palpation in the RUQ and describe how to perform

What is Murphy sign and hook your fingers of your right hand under the costal margin, ask patient to take a deep breath and tenderness with a sudden stop in inspiratory effort is a positive sign?

400

Pt presents with jaundice, name 1 extraheptic and 1 intraheptic possible differential diagnosis

What is 

Extrahepatic

• Biliary obstruction

 Intrahepatic

• Viral hepatitis

• Alcoholic hepatitis

• Drugs

• Sepsis

• Malignancy

• Sickle Cell

400

Decrease of this neurotransmitter can result in muscular rigidity or Parkinson's

What is dopamine?

500

List one subjective follow up questions for a patient for food intolerance and possible diagnosis

What is does this worsen with certain foods, after eating dairy running to bathroom (lactose intolerant), RUQ pain after fried foods (gallstones), and regurgitation with spicy foods (acid reflux/GERD)?

500

Name the 4 lobes of the brain and their function

What is frontal lobe (responsible for thinking, reasoning, planning and problem solving), parietal lobes (receives and identifies sensory information, sensory taste, touch, movements from body/awareness, reading, calculation), occipital lobes (interprets visual images, association, memories, involved with language formation), and temporal lobe (language comprehension, memory, connects w limbic to allow expressions of emotions, perception and interpretation of sound)

500

Name the exam being performed and if enlarged cause of enlargement


What is palpating spleen and portal hypertension, hematologic malignancies, HIV infection, infiltrative diseases like amyloidosis, and splenic infarct or hematoma?

500

Possible diagnosis for pt presents with severe peri umbilical pain migrating to RLQ and one exam you would perform

What is acute appendicitis and testing for McBurney's Point, psoas, obturator, rovsing?

500

SSRIs block uptake of this to treat depression

What is serotonin?

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