What a pain!
Morning stiffness lasting more than 1 hour in the morning
Answer: What is Rheumatoid arthritis
Two types of dementia that appear very similar at the end stage of the disease process
Answer: What is Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinson’s Dementia
Pallor, tachypnea, heart murmur, fatigue, melena
Answer: What is anemia, mostly like GI bleed
This tremor is usually absent at rest.
Answer: What is Essential Tremor?
This test may be mistaken as a college party game.
Answer: what is the Empty Can Test
Impingement of nerve compression L4-S1 and positive SLR (straight leg raise)
Answer: What is Sciatica
An easy office test to check for mobility and fall risk
Answer: What is the “Get Up and Go Test”
Anemia associated with genetic disorder in people from Mediterranean descent
Answer: What is Thalassemia
24 hour history of Acute onset of vertigo accompanied by nausea and vomiting with nystagmus that ceases after 10 seconds with Dix Hallpike maneuver.
Answer: Peripheral Vertigo or Acute Labrynthisits.
Tightening gun laws won’t keep this tendon sheath issue from occurring.
Answer: Trigger Finger
Medical term for “bow leg” in pt with Rickets disease (Vit D deficiency)
Answer: What is genu varum
Sounds like an alcoholic drink but is a resource for medication risks for prescribing for th elderly
Answer: What is the Beer’s List (Criteria)
A fifth of vodka a day for years, hgb 9, MCV >100. Plt 60
Answer: What is Anemia associated with liver disease/alcoholism
Bradykinesia, flexed posture, mask-like facies, drooling, dysphonia.
Answer: Parkinsonian symptoms
These medications can reduce symptoms by blocking sensory receptors and inhibiting the response of the Vagal nerve.
Answer: What are H1 receptor antagonists (antihistamines) including: meclizine, promethazine, diphenhydramine?
Patient s/p twisting injury to knee with positive anterior drawer.
Answer: What is anterior cruciate ligament injury
Altered mental status which occurs acutely with sensory disruption
Answer: What is delirium
Loss of intrinsic factor, altered mental status, glove/stocking polyneuropathy
Answer: What is Vit B12 def. (Pernicious anemia)
Atrial fibrillation, Carotid disease, Patent Foramen Ovale.
Answer: What are Vascular Etiologies of stroke.
Sensory disturbances or motor deficits in an otherwise healthy adult, associated with Inflammatory assault and demyelination on axon.
Answer: What is Multiple Sclerosis.
Names of rotator cuff muscle injury in pt with abnormal lift off test
Answer: What is SITS; supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, subscapularis
A standardized scale to help measure ability to perform activities of daily living
Answer: What is the Palliative Performance Scale (PPS) or Karnofsky
Performance Scale (KPS)
Platelet count 5,000; jaundice, altered mental status, palpable splenomegaly, Creatinine 3.1
Answer: What is Thrombotic Thrombycytopenic Purpura (TTP)
Adequate rest, balanced diet, headache diary and avoiding excess caffeine, sulfates, MSG and artificial sweeteners.
Answer: What is migraine self-care.
Patients with this acute illness may present with fever, anemia and bone.
What is Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia?