Diagnostic Testing
Diagnostic Testing OVERVIEW OF LABORATORY AND DIAGNOSTIC TESTING Healthcare delivery is a complex system that involves many different disciplines and specialties, with care provided in a variety of settings. Consequently,…
General Facts
General Facts 1. Define sensitivity. The percent of test results that are truly positive. True positives divided by the total number of positive results. 2. Define specificity. The percent of…
Geriatrics
Geriatrics 1. Urge incontinence (sudden onset of desire to urinate that results in incontinence before getting to restroom) results from which anatomic dysfunction? Detrusor instability 2. What classes of medications…
Surgery/Emergency Care
Surgery/Emergency Care 1. What medication is used following hip or knee surgery to prevent deep venous thrombosis (DVT)? Low molecular weight heparin 2. A 60-year-old woman presents with sudden, painless…
Psychiatry
Psychiatry 1. Use of clozapine is associated with what blood abnormality? Agranulocytosis; patients on clozapine should have serial CBCs. 2. What condition is associated with recurrent episodes of quickly eating…
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Obstetrics and Gynecology 1. What anticoagulant medication is generally avoided during pregnancy? Warfarin (Coumadin)—warfarin is a teratogen and can cross the placenta to cause fetal bleeding and hemorrhagic death of…
Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine 1. What condition presents with hypertension, hypernatremia, and hypokalemia? Hyperaldosteronism from adrenal tumors (Cushing disease) will cause sodium retention and potassium excretion. 2. According to the United States…
Pediatrics
Pediatrics 1. Phototherapy for hyperbilirubinemia should be initiated in a newborn at 35 or more weeks of gestation when total serum bilirubin (TSB) is 29-48 hours (2 days) at >15…
Gestational Trophoblastic Disease
Gestational Trophoblastic Disease 8.1 NONMOLAR HYDROPIC ABORTUS VS. PARTIAL HYDATIDIFORM MOLE Nonmolar Hydropic Abortus Partial Hydatidiform Mole Age Reproductive years (15-46 years) Reproductive years (13-45 years) Location Uterus; occasionally ectopic…
Fallopian Tube and Paratubal Region
Fallopian Tube and Paratubal Region 7.1 PAPILLARY TUBAL HYPERPLASIA VS. NORMAL TUBAL MUCOSA Papillary Tubal Hyperplasia Normal Tubal Mucosa Age 42 years (mean) Any age Location Fallopian tube lumen and…
