Take my breath away
This is the smallest and most terminal cavity of the lungs
What is the Alveoli
Olive Shaped Mass
Pyloric Stenosis
Although your documentation should not include "female, fat, forty, female, and fair", a patient with RUQ pain may have this problem.
What is cholecystitis (cholelithiasis)?
JFK's appearance suggested that he spent more time in the tanning bed than Trump spends golfing, but was actually due to this disease.
What is Addison's disease?
If you've been bitten by a neighbor's Pit Bull, Daisy, the Emergency Room PA should prescribe this antibiotic.
What is Augmentin (Amoxicillin/Clavulanic Acid)?
This is the term given to a patient displaying rapid breathing
Tachypnea
Chandelier Sign
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
A patient on dialysis presents a day after missing his dialysis appointment. On CMP, you find a potassium of 6.4. You notice this EKG change that is concerning for impending cardiac arrhythmia.
What are peaked T waves?
Kim Kardasian and her mother suffer from an autoimmune disorder with several thick scaly, well defined erythematous plagues, silver in color.
What is psoriasis?
This tick-borne illness may present with headaches, fever, myalgia, and a rash commonly starting at the wrists and ankles.
What is Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?
A patient who is experiencing heart failure from rapid atrial fibrillation may display this gallop on exam
What is an S3
Bamboo Spine
Ankylosing Spondylitis
In the ER, you treat a patient complaining of altered mental status after working for a lawn service all day in the middle of the Arkansan summer. Along with your standard orders, this muscle enzyme should be added.
What is Creatine Kinase?
Selena Gomez required a kidney transplant due to a debilitating case of this illness.
What is Systemic Lupus Erythematosus?
After drinking from a stream while camping one weekend, your patient contracted this parasitic infection.
What is Giardiasis? (Giardia Lamblia)
A Pulmonary Embolism does not often display this on EKG, but if present, there is high suspicion that a PE is present.
What is an S1Q3T3 sign
Reed Sternberg Cells
Hodgkin's Lymphoma
A "cobblestone" appearance of the colon wall is noted on colonoscopy, concerning for this diagnoses.
What is Crohn's disease?
Venus Williams was diagnosed with this autoimmune disorder causing xeropthalmia, xerostomia, and parotid glad enlargement.
What is Sjogren's syndrome?
If your patient urine hCG test is positive, she can walk the dog for the next nine months, but should avoid this other pet-related chore.
What is cleaning a litter box?
When there is a concern a patient with dyspnea may have signs of constrictive pericarditis on an echocardiogram, a PA needs to rule out this disorder as well as it is the most likely to present similarly.
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
Hilar Lymphadenopathy
Sarcoidosis
Diabetes Insipidus comes from this latin word
Tasteless
Nick Jonas was diagnosed with a Juvenile illness after he complained of weakness and excessive thirst. Now he requires this daily medication.
What is Insulin?
After examining a patient with strange nodules on his fingers and hands, you've turned to Dr. Google in confusion. Thankfully, your nurse took a better social history. Your patient may have contracted this infection while cleaning the aquariums at a pet store.
What is Mycobacterium Marinum?