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EENT Physical Exam
Boards 3 - EENT Physical exam by regions
Question | Answer |
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Red and swollen nasal mucosa indicates? | Viral Rhinitis (common cold) |
Pale, blue or red indicates? | Allergic rhinitis |
Atrophy, sclerosis, crust formation, foul odor of the nasal mucosa indicates? | Atrophic rhinitis |
Polyps of the nasal mucosa indicates | Middle meatus problem |
Another name for Hyperthyroidism | Graves |
Hyperthyroidism signs | Goiter, tachycardia and atrial fibrillation, widened pulse pressure, warm, fine, weight loss, moist skin, fine tremors, exopthalmosis |
Hyperthyroidism symptoms | Nervous, increased appetite with weight loss, insomnia, increased sweating |
Hyperthyroidism Laboratory Values | T3 increases most, T4, I^131 uptake normal, decreased TSH |
Hypothyroidism also known as | Myxedema |
Graves | Toxic, diffuse goiter |
Primary cause of hypothyroidism | probably autoimmune, following Hashimoto's |
Secondary cause of hypothyroidism | failure of pituitary to secrete TSH or hypo-thalamus o serete TRH |
Primary labs used for hypothyroidism | Increased TSH (high), Decreased T3, T4, Increased Cholesterol |
Secondary Labs used for hypothyroidism | Decreased TSH; Decreased TRH; Decreased T3, T4; Decreased cholesterol |
Skin/Hair for primary hypothyroidism? | Coarse, dry, scaly no pigmentation |
Skin/Hair for secondary hypothyroidism? | Dr, but NOT coarse depigmentation |
Tongue for primary hypothyroidism | Macroglossia |
Eyes appearance for primary hypothyroidism? | Periorbital swelling; dropping eyelids; loss of lateral 1/3 eyebrow |
Breast Appearance in primary hypothyroidism? | Normal |
Breast Appearance in secondary hypothyroidism? | Atrophic |
Menstruation in primary hypothyroidism? | Menorrhagia |
Mensturation in secondary hypothyroidism? | Ammenorrhea |
Blue skin color of the thorax indicates? | cyanosis |
clubbing of the fingernails indicates? | Chronic Lung pathology |
Centered trachea indicates? | normal |
Lateral displacement of trachea away from lesion indicates? | pleural effusion; pneumothorax |
Lateral displacement toward the lesion indicates? | atelectasis |
Symmetry of the chest indicates? | Normal |
Asymmetrical chest findings indicate? | Scoliosis |
Barrel Chest findings indicate? | Emphysema |
Duration of vesicular breath sounds? | Inspiratory longer than expiratory |
Location of vesicular breath sounds? | Most of lung especially the base |
Duration of Bronchovesicular breath sounds? | Inspiratory equals expiratory |
Location of Bronchovesicular breath sounds? | Anterior: 1st and 2nd interspace; Posterior: Between scapula at the lung apex |
Duration of Bronchial breath sounds? | expiratory longer than inspiratory |
Location of Bronchial breath sounds? | over manubrium |
Duration of Tracheal breath sounds? | Inspiratory equals expiratory |
location of tracheal breath sounds? | over trachea in neck |
Asthma breath sound? | wheezing |
asthma percussive note? | Resonant |
Atelectasis breath sound? | absent |
atelectasis percussive note? | flat/dull |
Bronciectasis breath sound? | Rales |
Bronchitis breath sound? | Rhonchi |
Bronchitis percussive note? | Resonant |
Emphysema breath sound? | Wheezing |
Emphysema percussive note? | Hyperresonant |
Pleurisy breath sound? | Crackles (friction rub) |
Pleurisy percussive note? | Resonant |
Pneumonia Breath Sound? | Egophony, bronchophony, whispered pectoriloquy |
Pneumonia percussive note? | dull |
Pneumococcal (Lobar) Pneumonia cough/sputum findings? | Productive/Rusty |
Pneumococcal (Lobar Pneumonia Organism? | Strep. pneumonia |
Friedlander's Pneumonia cough/sputum findings? | Productive/current jelly (red) |
Friedlander's Pneumonia organism? | klebsiella Pneumonia |
Hemophilus Broncho-pneumonia cough/sputum findings? | Productive/gram neg. coccobacilli |
Hemophilus Broncho-pneumonia organism? | hemophilus influenza (usually in children) |
Primary Atypical Pneumonia cough/sputum findings? | Dry/mucoid or mucopurulent |
Primary atypical pneumonia organism? | mycoplasma pneumonia (most common lung infection 5-35 yr. old |
Viral pneumonia cough/sputum findings? | Dry/mucopurulent |
Viral pneumonia organism? | Adenovirus; parainfluenze (failure to find bacteria) |
Viral pneumonia accompanied by? | headache, fever, myalgia, and cough |
Pneumocystis carinii organism? | Protozoan (AIDS patients) |
Cytomegalovirus organism | CMV (AIDS patients) |
S1 Heart Sound | AV values closing (mitral and tricuspid) |
S2 Heart Sound | Semilunar Valves closing (pulmonary and aortic) |
S3 Heart Sound | Venticular Gallop/Protodiastolic gallop |
S4 heart Sound | Presystolic gallop/Atrial gallop |
When the venticles contract it is called? | Systole |
When the ventricles rest (the smaller atria contract) the ventricles are filling, this is called? | Diastole |
From the Body (deoxygenated blood) travels from? | The Right atrium -> Right Ventricle -> To the Lungs |
From the Lungs (oxygenated blood) travels from? | The Left Atrium -> Left Ventricle -> To the Body |
Stenosis murmurs pitch | Low |
Listen to Stenosis murmurs with? | Bell of Stethescope |
Description of Stenosis murmur | Valve has trouble opening. Blood swirls through a narrow opening. |
Regurgitation aka | Insufficiency |
Description of Regurgitation murur | Valve is insufficient. Blood seeps or squirts back into chamber. |
Regurgitation pitch | high |
Listen to regurgitation murmur with? | Diaphragm of stethescope |
The mnemonic for heart murmurs ARMS occurs in? | Aortic, Regurgitation, Mitral, Stenosis occurs in Diastole |
The mnemonic for heart murmurs PRTS occurs in? | Puilmonic, Regurgitation, Tricuspid, Stenosis occurs in Systole. |
Laboratory values with Myocardial Infarction | CPK, SGOT, LDH |
CPK appears and returns to bormal by when? | appears 3-6 hours, returns to nornmal by 3rd day. |
SGOT appears and returns to normal by when? | appears 6-8 hours, returns to normal by 4-6 days |
LDH appears and returns to normal by when? | 10-12 hours, returns to normal after 14 days |
Which sided heart failure occurs with Pulmonary edema? | Left sided |
Which sided heart failure occurs with Nocturnal dyspnea? | left sided |
Which sided heart failure occurs with Exertional dyspnea? | Left sided |
Which sided heart failure occurs with Tachycardia? | Left sided |
Which sided heart failure occurs with systemic hypertension? | Left sided |
Which sided heart failure occurs with Orthopnea and coughing? | Left sided |
Which sided heart failure occurs with Rales heard at the lung bases? | Left sided |
Which sided heart failure occurs with pitting edema | Right sided |
Which sided heart failure occurs with ascites? | Right sided |
Which sided heart failure occurs with cor pulmonale | Right sided |
Which sided heart failure occurs with hepatomegaly with portal hypertension? | Right sided |
Which sided heart failure occurs with jugular venous distention? | Right sided |
Which sided heart failure occurs with esophageal varices? | Right sided |
Which sided heart failure occurs with Right ventricular hypertrophy? | Right sided |
Which sided heart failure occurs with Esohageal varices? | Right sided |
Which sided heart failure occurs with hemorrhoids? | Right sided |
Which sided heart failure occurs with testicular varicosities? | Right sided |
P wave results | atrial depolarization |
QRS complex results | Ventricular depolarization |
T wave results | Ventricular varicosities |
Prinzmetal angina (angina pectoris at rest) and pistol shot pulse produce? | Aortic regurgitation |
Triphasic color change of a localized area due to an arterial spasm. First the area turns white, then blue, and finally the spasm relaxes and the area is red. | Raynaud's Phenomenon |
Primary Condition seen in the upper extremities of females | Raynauds's Phenomenon |
Buerger's aka Thromboangitis obliterans age/sex and associated with? | 20-40 year old males, excess tobacco smoking |
Buerger's aka Thromboangitis obliterans signs/symptoms and orthopedic tests | Intermittent claudication, small arteries of feet and hands, non-healing ulcers and gangren. Orthopedic tests: claudication time, buerger's test |
Raynauds age/sex and associated with? | >15 yr. females, associated with Buerger's, collagen disease, scleroderma |
Raynauds signs/symptoms and orthopedic tests? | Arterial spasms; triphasic color change in fingers: white-blue-red. Finger tip ulcers and gangrene. Cold sensitive. Orthopedic tests: Allen's test |
Aneurysm associated with? | Heart disease cardiovascular disease |
Aneurysm signs and symptoms | Abnormal widening that involves all 3 layers (defect in elastic-media tissues) DX: ultrasound (size and thickness) |
Dissecting Aneurysm associated with? | abrupt onset epigastic pain |
Dissecting Aneurysm signs and symptoms | interruption of the intima allowing blood into the vessel wall with immediate "tearing" pain DX: aortography |
Dissecting aneurysm of the ascending aorta associated with? | Marfan's |
Dissecting aneurysm of the descending aorta associated with? | Hypertension, arteriosclerosis |
Commencement of pain while walking and disappearance of pain after rest. | Intermittent claudication |
2 causes of Intermittent claudication | neurogenic and vascular |
Neurogenic claudication pattern | not predictable |
what relieves neurogenic claudication? | position related (lying down with knees bent) |
what is the common cause of neurogenic claudication? | Degenerative joint disease central canal stenosis |
Vascular claudication pattern | predictably reproducible |
What relieves vascular claudication | always with rest |
What is the common cause of vascular claudication? | arteriosclerosis or Buerger's disease |
Venous disorders are diagnosed by? | Doppler |
Signs and symptoms of varicose veins | Incompetent valves, dilated tortuous channels (visible-bluish) Ortho: Homan's |
Signs and symptoms of deep vein thrombosis | tenderness, edema, pain Ortho: Homan's |
Homan's orthopedic test indicates? | deep vein thrombosis |
homan's procedure and postive test? | Patient leg extended, examiner dorsiflexes foot. Positive test is pain in calf. |
Perthe's aka tourniquet test orthopedic test indicates? | Deep vein obstruction, common veins are incompetent. |
Claudication procedure and postive test? | Walk at rate of 120 teps/min for 60 secs. Positive test is pain in calves. |
Bicycle orthopedic test indicates? | + vascular, - neuro |
Bicycle test procedure and positive | Pedal fast until painful, rest until painless, repeat. Positive test: pain in calves |
Stoop orthopedic test indicates? | + Neuro, - Vascular |
Stoop test procedure and postive | Walking causes pain, stooping or flexing forward relieves it, positive test: pain in calves. |
RBC increased | Polycythemia vera |
RBC decreased | anemia |
WBC increased | acute infection, inflammation, leukemia |
WBC decreased | overwhelming infection, viral conditions |
RBC aka | erythrocyte |
WBC aka | leukocyte |
Hgb aka | hemoglobin |
Hct aka | hematocrit |
Platelets aka | thrombocytes |
Hgb increased | dehydration, polycythemia vera |
Hgb decreased | Anemia |
Hct increased | dehydration, polycythemia vera |
Hct decreased | Microcytic Anemia |
Platelets increased | Polycythemia, trauma, blood loss |
Platelets decreased | Anemia, extensive or severe burns, thrombocytopenia |
neutrophils associated with? | bacteria; acute infection |
Lymphocytes associated with? | virus; chronic infection |
Monocytes associated with? | chronic infection |
Eosinophils associated with | allergies or parasites |
Basophils associated with | heparin production |
neutrophils increased in | bacterial infection; pneumonia |
Lymphocytes increased in | Mononucleosis; lymphocytic leukemia |
Monocytes increased in | Hodgkin's |
Eosinophils increased in | Asthma; worm infections |
Basophils increased in | Myeloid leukemia |
Band cells | immature neutraphils (form of wbc) |
Segs cells | mature cells |
Shilling shift to the left | increase in band cells and a reduction in segs seen in fulminating infections and acute appendicitis. |
Acid phos indicates | prostrate carcinoma |
A/G ratio indicates | Reversal - multiple myeloma, RA |
Albumin indicates | increased: dehydration; decreased: Nephrosis |
Alk. Phos | Increased: osteoblastic lesions (bone), Hepatic disease (liver) |
Amylase/Lipase | Increased: Acute Pancreatitis |
Ana (FANA) | Collagen disease (SLE, Scleroderma) |
ASO Titre | Increased: Pheumatic Fever, Acute Glomerulopnephritis |
Increased direct bilirubin | hepatic disease, duct obstruction |
increased indirect bilirubin | hemolytic disease, drugs, spleen |
Increased unconjugated (indirect bilirubin) in the blood causes | increased urobilinogen in the urine |
Increased conjugated (direct bilirubin) in the blood causes | increased bilirubin the in the urine |
In normal urine there is a trace of urobilinogen but no | bilirubin |
BUN increased | kidney disease |
BUN decreased | liver disease |
CA increased | (muscle weakness) hypothyroidism, hyperparathyroidism, icnreased vitamin D, metastatic bone disease |
CA decreased | (muscle tetany) opposite of above |
Coombs indicates | hemolytic disease |
CPK (Creatine) increased: | muscle necrosis (skeletal, heart, brain) |
C-reactive protein increased | tissue necrosis |
Creatinine increased | kidney disease |
creatinine decreased | MD |
Downey Cell indicates | Mono (atypical lymphocyte) |
ESR increased: | Infection |
ESR decreased: | Sickle Cell, polycythemia |
glucose (blood) increased | DM, Cusings, emotional |
glucose (blood) decreased | overdose, insulin, addison's |
glucose (CSF) decreased: | meningitis (bacterial) |
heterophile (paul bunnel) | Mono |
HCG (pregnancy only) increased | hydatidiform node, choriocarcinoma, seminoma, multiple pregnancy |
HCG (pregnancy only) decreased | ectopic pregnancies |
Cholesterol | heart disease |
ketones (fat metabolism) | diabetic acidosis/starvation |
LDH increased: | MI, muscular dystrophy |
Lipids Atherosclerosis increased | Early starvation, DM |
Lipids Atherosclerosis decreased | Late starvation, Liver disease |
LE Prep | SLE (most specific test) |
Mono Test | MONO |
Phosphorus increased | acromegaly, kidney, hyper D |
Phosphorus decreased | Rickets, hypo D, hyperparathyroidism |
Potassium increased: | Addison's, kidney failure |
Potassium decreased: | Renal disease, insulin,duretics |
Protein (CSF) increased | meningitis (viral) |
Protein Increased | MM/diabetiscs acidosis |
Protein Decreased | Liver disease/Kidney syndromes |
RA latex increased | In RA, may be absent in Still's |
RA Latex negative | sero negative arthrities, includes Psoriatic, AS enteropathic, Reiters |
SGOT (AST) increased: | MI Liver |
SGPT (ALT) increased: | Liver |
T3/T4 increased: | hyperthyroidism |
T3/T4 decreased: | hypothyroidism |
uric acid increased | Gout/kidney |
Type and most common cause of iron deficiency | Hypochromic Microcytic, chronic blood loss and pregnancy |
Appearance of iron deficiency | spoon nails |
Type and most common cause of acute post -hemorrhagic | Normocytic, rapid massive hemorrhage |
Type and most common cause of chronic post-hemorrhagic | hypochromic microcytic, iron deficiency |
Type and most common cause of aplastic | Normochromic Normocytic, panhypoplasia of bone marrow; drugs/radiation |
aplastic associated with | leukopenia and thrombocytopenia |
Type and Most common cause of Megaloblastic | macrocytic normochromic, defective DNA synthesis, B12 and Folic acid deficiency |
Most common cause of B12 deficiency | Lack of IF due to atrophic gastic mucosa; Dx: shilling test (24 hour urine) tx: B12 shots |
Most common cause of folic acid deficiency | Chronic alcohol abuse; pregnancy; malabsorption |
Cell type and cause of sickle cell | Howell Jolly bodies, caused by Hgb S |
Cell type and cause of Thalassemia ("Cooley's Anemia") | Microcytic Target cells caused by decreased synthesis of beta chains |
Cause of Erythro-blastosis Fetalis | Rh+ father, Rh- mother, Rh+ baby, Fetus neonate |
Stomach diseases | Ulcer, Gastritis, Chronic Gastritis, Carcinoma |
Stomach disease laboratory values | Serum: CBC, Iron; Urine: Shilling Test; Stool: Guaiac (occult blood in the stool); X-Ray: Upper GI series |
Laboratory values for Hodgkins | Reed Sternberg Cell |
Lab values for Mononucleosis | Monospot Test, Atypical lymphocytes (downey cells), Paul Bunnel = Heterophile agglutination test |
Lab values for Leukemia | CBC, Bone Marrow aspiration |
lab values for AIDS | Elisa, Western Blot |
Lab values for Hemolytic Anemia of the spleen | CBC, Indirect Bilirubin |
Lab Values for ruptured spleen | CBC |
Laboratory values of Liver hepatitis viral type A, B, Non A-NonB | Liver enzymes: SGPT, SGOT, GGT, LDH, A/G ration, BUN, bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase |
Laboratory values of Liver Cancer | Alpha fetoprotein, liver biopsy |
Lab value of cholecystitis | Murphy's sign |
Lab value of cholelithiasis | cholecystogram |
Lab values of Pancreatitis (usually alcohol related) | amylase/lipase |
Pancreatic Cancer usually where? | Head of Pancreas |
Lab values for diabetes mellitus | FBS2 hr. post prandial glucoseGTTGlycosylated HgbUA (glucosuria) |
Lab value for duodenal ulcer | Upper GI series, CBCStool: Guaiac |
Lab value for Regional ileitis (chrohn's , men 15-30) | General: Lower GI seriesGI series: skip lesionsStool: diarrhea |
Lab values for ulverative colitis (fever) | Stool: bloody diarrhea |
lab values for irritable Bowel Syndrome | Stool: alternating diarrhea and constipation |
lab values for appendicitis | CBC, Shilling shift to the left |
Lab values for Diverticulitis | GI series:outpocketings in descending colon |
lab values for Carcinoma (most common recto-sigmoid) | Stool: frank blood (painless) |
lab values for hemorrhoids | Stool: frank blood (painful) |
Lab values for Cushings (hyper-Adrenalism) | buffalo hump, moon face, hirtsuism |
Lab values for addison's (hypo-adrenalism) | bronze skin, electrolyte imbalance, confusion |
Lab values for pheochromocytoma (medulla) | hypertensive crisis, sweating |
Hyaline casts in urine indicates | Normal |
RBC casts in urine indicates | Glomerulonephritis |
WBC casts in urine indicates | pyelonephritis |
Waxy fatty oval bodies casts in urine indicates | nephrotic syndrome |
Straw urine color indicates? | Normal |
Red urine color caused by blood, food pigments indicates what? | Infection, cancer, foods |
Green urine color caused by Biliverdin indicates? | Biliary duct obstruction |
Blue urine color indicates? | Diuretic therapy |
Brown urine color caused by bile pigments, blood indicates? | Biliary duct obstruction, occult blood |
Black or bownish-black urine color caused by homogenistic acid, urobilin indicates? | ochronosis, hemolysis, bacteria |