Irritation of this nerve is often blamed for severe pain down the leg.
What is sacral?
100
The patient has hypertension and you are ordered to take B/P's lying and standing. You tell the patient this is for _________________.
What is orthostatic hypertension?
100
-rrhagia:
What is abnormal or excessive discharge (menorrhagia)?
200
ESR
What is erythrocyte sedimentation rate?
200
This controls and regulates the autonomic nervous system:
What is hypothalamus?
200
A loud bruit over the abdomen is indicative of this:
What is AAA (abdominal aortic aneurysm)?
200
Your post-op patient complains of severe shortness of breath and chest pain, and is tachycardiac, hypoxic, and anxious. You suspect _____________.
What is pulmonary embolus?
200
-tomy:
What is surgical removal (appendectomy)?
300
EGD
What is esophagogastroduodenoscopy?
300
Name the tube from the throat to the middle ear:
What is eustachian?
300
Name three significant symptoms of liver disease:
What is jaudice, portal hypertension, esophagel varicies, ascites, nutritional deficiencies, hepatic encephalopathy, abnormal bleeding tendencies?
300
What is a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary, rapid, sudden movements or vocalizations that occur repeatedly in the same way?
What is Tourette's syndrome?
300
-algia:
What is pain in a certain part (neuroalgia)?
400
ERCP
What is endoscopic retrograde cholangiopanreatography?
400
Name three organs having both an artery and a vein:
What is heart, lungs, kidney, liver, and brain?
400
Your elderly patient has developed a rapid respiratory rate after eating and you suspect this may be:
What is aspiration pneumonia?
400
A patient goes to their PCP with complaints of palpitations, fatigue, heat intolerance, weight loss, tachcardia, and exophthalamos. You suspect _________.
What is Grave's disease?
400
-logy:
What is study of (histology)?
500
PPD
What is purified protein derivative?
500
Name the three layers of the heart wall:
What is pericardium, myocardium, enocardium?
500
Your patient's ABG results are: pH 7.32, pCO2 54, HCO4 34. You know your patient is in this state:
What is respiratory acidosis?
500
A 26 y.o. man comes to the ER two days after starting training for an Ultimate Fighting Championship match saying that his urine is very dark and he has acute myalgia. You suspect ____________.