Eyes and Ears
This test indicates what a "normal" eye sees at 20 feet versus what the patients' eye sees
What is the Snellen Test
Patients taking metronidazole are educated to avoid drinking this type of beverage
What is alcohol?
To diagnose depression, the patient's depressive symptoms need to be present for this period of time
What is at least 2 weeks?
Drinking from fresh water streams is a risk factor for contracting this GI infection
What is Giardiasis?
ST-elevation on a EKG is found in which disorder?
Acute Myocardial Infarction (MI)
A fleshy growth of tissue on the eye's conjunctiva that is encroaching over the cornea
What is a Pterygium?
Patients with acute musculoskeletal sprains/strains are instructed to apply ice to the injury for this period of time
What is 48 hours?
Fluoxetine is a member of this class of medications
What are Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors (SSRI)
Patients with this endocrine disorder have a significantly increased cardiac disease risk
What is Diabetes Mellitus
A positive Murphy's sign is found in this disorder
What is acute cholecystitis?
This procedure will help diagnose a corneal abrasion
What is fluorescein staining?
Patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus are instructed to see these two (2) specialists annually
What are Opthalmologists and Podiatrists?
This is the most commonly occurring class of mental disorders
What are Anxiety Disorders?
Men and Women are at equal risk for developing this painful condition due to an incompetent cardiac sphincter
What is Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)?
A unilateral absence of breath sounds is found in this disorder
What is a pneumothorax?
What is recurrent acute otitis media infections?
Patients are educated to begin colon cancer screenings via colonoscopy at this age
What is 45?
This medication used to treat depression has less sexual dysfunction than medications in the SSRI and SNRI class
What is the tetracylic antidepressant, Mirtazapine
These are the "four F's" that help to identify people at risk for cholelithiasis
What are Fair, Female, Fat, & Forty?
Janeway lesions and Osler nodes may be present in this condition
What is infective endocarditis?
The first line treatment for acute otitis media (medication/dose/length)
Amoxicillin 500mg TID x 7-10 days
Patients diagnosed with diverticulosis are instructed to ensure a fiber intake of this many grams per day
What is 20-40 grams per day?
(WHO- 27-40); (ADA 20-35)
The acronym AMPS, used to identify four quick screening questions for mental illness, stands for this
What is Anxiety, Mood, Psychotic and Substance Abuse
Male gender, diabetes, alcohol intake, thiazides, niacin, aspirin, and cyclosporine increase the risk of developing this painful condition
What is gout?
These three components are found in Charcot's Triad of acute cholecystitis
What are RUQ abd pain, fever, and jaundice?