Endocrine
A condition that occurs when insulin is either no longer produced or ineffective
What is Diabetes Mellitus?
Pain at McBurney's point or a positive Rovsing sign indicates this condition
What is appendicitis?
The cell type responsible for bone growth
What is osteoblast?
This condition is a temporary, fast-onset, often curable change in LOC or A&O status
What is delirium?
The 4 P's of gallstones
What is Female, Fat, Forty, Fertile?
A lab that correlates with blood glucose over the last 90 days
What is HbA1C?
Hepatitis C infection and chronic alcohol abuse are the most frequent causes of this disease
What is cirrhosis?
The name for an injury to ligament
What is a sprain?
This posture indicates brainstem and midbrain damage, making it the worse of the two
Eye opening, verbal response, and motor response are the three criteria for this tool
What is Glasgow Coma Scale?
This condition has hallmark symptoms such as weight gain, thin skin, easy bruising, striae, fatigue, and hypertension
What is Cushing's Syndrome?
This condition is often confused for a heart attack, having a similar presentation
What is GERD?
The most significant lab for gout
This type of CVA cannot be treated with thrombolytics
What is hemorrhagic stroke?
This intervention is indicated for the emergent treatment of compartment syndrome
What is a a fasciotomy?
The most common cause of this disease is autoimmune and was named after Dr. Hakaru Hashimoto in 1912
Hypothyroidism
This condition features "cobblestone" or "skip" lesions
What is Crohn's disease?
The most common malignant bone-forming tumor
Stiff neck, severe headache, fever, n/v, and muscle spasms are classic symptoms of this disease
What is meningitis?
This condition is diagnosed by the ruling-out of every other possible condition
This hormone works opposite of PTH and is commonly made from salmon
Barry Marshall won a nobel prize in 2005 for proving that H. pylori causes this condition commonly associated with NSAID overuse
What is peptic ulcer disease?
The 6 P's of Compartment Syndrome
What is Pain, Pallor, Paresthesia, Paralysis, Pulselessness, Poikilothermia?
This movement is the hallmark sign of Parkinson's
This finger deformity is a sign of osteoarthritis
What are Bouchard's nodes?