PA Profession
What school did the first class of Physician Assistants graduate from?
What is Duke University
A multi-layered membrane that protects and holds the organs in place within the abdominal cavity.
What is the peritoneum.
Which neurotransmitter is affected in parkinson disease?
What is dopamine
Tenderness in McBurney's point can be indicative of which condition?
What is appendicitis
The tapering of the trachea seen on a frontal chest x-ray (Steeple sign) is indicative of what diagnosis?
What is croup
Who is the founder of the PA profession?
Who is Eugene A. Stead
How many bones are there in the human body?
What is 206.
Deficiency of this causes pernicious anemia
What is intrinsic factor
A positive Chvostek sign on exam indicates which condition?
What is hypocalcemia
The “coffee bean sign” is indicative of which condition?
What is volvulus
What area of medicine do the highest amount of PA's specialize in?
What is primary care.
This is responsible for setting the normal cardiac rate of the heart.
What is the SA node
What condition is characterized by stunted growth, bowed legs, and bone pain, secondary to calcium and vitamin d deficiency?
What is Ricket’s Disease
What is the likely diagnosis in a patient with visual disturbances and gives a history of the appearance of a "curtain closing"?
Retinal detachment
What electrolyte abnormality is associated with tall, peaked T waves on EKG?
What is Hyperkalemia
In what year did the first PA class graduate?
What is 1968
Damage to what structure leads to “Saturday Night Palsy”?
What is the Radial Nerve
What are the most common organisms involved in endocarditis of IVDA?
What is Staph aureus
An olive-shaped mass in the right upper quadrant of an infant's abdomen is suggestive of what diagnosis?
What is pyloric stenosis
The “pooping duck” sign is indicative of what type of condition?
What is a triquetral fracture
In what year did the American Medical Association recognize the PA profession?
What is 1971.
What structure responsible for most of the body's parasympathetic functions originates in the medulla oblongata, passes through the thoracic cavity, and terminates in the large intestine?
What is the vagus nerve
Which condition causes acute inflammation of small vessels with perivascular fibrosis, leading to painful ischemic limbs that can progress to gangrene? (hint: common in smokers)
Buerger's Disease
What is the likely diagnosis in a patient with tearing/ripping chest pain, often associated with neurologic deficits and BP differences between arms?
Aortic Dissection
Which condition is associated with the following EKG changes: slurred upstroke to the QRS (delta wave) and a broad QRS?
What is Wolf-Parkinson-White Syndrome