Clinical Reasoning — Flashcards

Flashcard 121: What does the drop arm test test for? _____

Answer: Rotator cuff tears (particularly the supraspinatus tendon)

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Flashcard 122: A postviral patient who develops RBC casts: _____

Answer: IgA nephropathy glomerulonephritis

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Flashcard 123: A CXR showing cranial displacement of abdominal organs into the thorax, mediastinal shift, and compressive atelectasis is indicative of _____.

Answer: diaphragmatic rupture

Flashcard 124: What is the most accurate test of ejection fraction? _____

Answer: Nuclear ventriculography; multiple-gated acquisition scan (MUGA)

Extra: Note: Cardiac MRI is technically the current gold standard for EF and volume assessment, but MUGA (Nuclear Ventriculography) is the classic board answer for the 'most accurate' test, particularly for monitoring cardiotoxicity. Reference: https://onlinemeded.org/spa/surgery

Flashcard 125: A loud P2 implies _____

Answer: pulmonary hypertension

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Flashcard 126: Scuba diver develops SOB, chest pain, hyperresonance to percussion and decrease in breath sounds is suggestive of _____

Answer: pneumothorax

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Flashcard 127: What is the management in a patient with asymptomatic proteinuria? _____

Answer: First morning urine protein/creatinine ratio

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Flashcard 128: Multiple small pustules localized to hair follicles on any body surface? _____

Answer: Folliculitis

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Flashcard 129: Rule out fracture = _____

Answer: X-ray (at least 2 views perpendicular to each other)

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Flashcard 130: What is the likely diagnosis in an African-American male who presents with fever, jaundice, and dark urine?\n\n_____

Answer: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency