Clinical Reasoning — Flashcards

What is the next best step in diagnosing/treating a thyroid nodule that has low TSH? _____

Early Lyme disease is diagnosed through _____

Hint: clinical signs or ELISA/Western blot

What lab do you order to determine what type of AKI is present if patient is on diuretic? _____

Patient presents with streak ovaries, congenital heart disease, horseshoe kidney, cystic hygroma at birth, short statue, webbed neck, and lymphedema is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

Obese woman, painful lumps in skin folds, fistulas w/ scarring, and drainage of malodorous, purulent fluid _____

Hint: Diagnosis?

What is the initial step in evaluation of a newly discovered thyroid nodule? _____

What is the best diagnostic test for asthma? _____

What is the likely diagnosis in a patient with increasing polyuria/polydipsia with hypernatremia, high serum osmolality, and low urine osmolality? _____

How do sx gallstones typically present? _____

What is the diagnosis if patient presents with dysphagia progressing from solids to liquids and weight loss? _____