Clinical Reasoning — Flashcards

An ABI of _____ is considered diagnostic of occlusive peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in symptomatic patients

What is the best initial test in a patient found to have a cervical lymph node with metastatic squamous cell carcinoma? _____

Are iron studies or hemoglobin electrophoresis done first in someone suspicious for iron deficiency anemia and thalassemia? _____

What is the preferred imaging modality for diagnosis of developmental dysplasia of the hip in infants > 4 months old? _____

What is the likely diagnosis in a patient with an aortic dissection that develops hypotension, JVD, and pulsus paradoxus? _____

What hip movement worsens the pain associated with a psoas abscess? _____

Hint: flexion or extension

Herniation-like lightning pain and older male is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

A nonhealing tonsillar ulcer in an older male smoker is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

What is the likely diagnosis for a patient with an acute, massive increase in AST/ALT in the setting of hypotension? _____

Unconjugated bilirubin with high reticulocyte count = _____

Hint: cause