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Term | Definition |
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Condylomata Acuminate | Genital warts- Cauliflower appearance, painless, genitals, STD, cause by HPV virus, treated with topical Podophyllotoxin 0.5% solution and 0.15% cream or removal |
Syphilis | |
Atopic Dermatitis | |
Lichen Chronicus | |
Bornholm disease | also known as pleurodynia viral myalgia defined by the sudden occurrence of lancinating chest pain or abdominal pain, commonly associated with fever, malaise, and headaches. |
bacterial endocarditis | Osler’s nodes, roth’s spots, and splinter hemorrhages,Painful, red-purple lesions on the hands and feets are osler’s nodes. Retinal hemorrhages with a white center are roth’s spots. Red-brown lines underneath the fingernails is splitter hemorrhage. |
which of the following bacterias leads to the most overall deaths in patients with community acquired pneumonia | Streptococcus pneumoniae |
raised and have a silvery-white appearance. When assessing the area, a small piece falls off, and some bleeding is noted | Auspitz Sign, classic clinical finding in plaque psoriasis |
Actinic keratosis | a pink, yellow, or tan rough and scaly lesion) can lead to squamous cell carcinoma if it is not treated and removed. If it were to turn to squamous cell carcinoma, the lesion would be red and ulcerated and bleed easily |
hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) | painful, erythematous pustules on the skin, axillae, groin, buttox, or mammary regions, warm, damp areas underarms and the groin area. forms under the skin, with pustules growing and potentially opening at the surface, draining a purulent discharge |
folliculitis | Folliculitis tends to be more superficial and does not typically have purulent discharge associated with it |
burns to the front and back of her bilateral arms. What percentage of her body surface area has been affected by these burns? | The front of the arm constitutes 4.5%, and the back of the arm constitutes an additional 4.5%. As both the fronts and the backs of the arms are affected, this would equal a total of 18% of her body surface area. |
fibroadenoma, a common benign breast tumor | rubbery, mobile, well circumscribed mass |
Prehn’s sign | reduction in pain when the scrotum is manually lifted. |
presumptive signs | breast tenderness, nausea and vomiting, kicking, amenorrhea and quickening. |
Probable signs | include a positive urine pregnancy test along with Chadwick and Hegar’s sign |
positive pregnancy signs | cardiac activity and use of doppler to detect fetal heart rate. Later, the provider palpating the fetus is also a positive sign. |
milky discharge from both breasts what tests needed? | Prolactin, This is because in rarer cases, the milky discharge can be due to a prolactinoma, and this patient will need referra |
combined oral contraceptive side effects | breast swelling, bleeding between periods, and melasma. Melasma is an overproduction of melanin in the skin |
12 weeks fundal height | fundal height at the symphysis pubis |
20 weeks fundal height | at umbalicus |
when does placental abruption happen usually how many weeks? | 20 weeks and greater |
Brudzinski sign | passively flexing a patient’s neck to observe for involuntary hip flexion, you are assessing Brudzinski’s sign. If the hips involuntarily flex, it indicates a positive sign and is suggestive for meningitis |
most sensitive diagnostic tool to diagnose an anterior crucial ligament (ACL), | Lachman test, supine position, place one hand behind the tibia and the other hand on the lower thigh. While stabilizing the thigh, bend the knee to a 20 degree angle then pull the leg forward. Excess activity is indicative of an ACL injury |
McMurray’s test | used to assess an injury of the medial meniscus |
valgus stress test | medial collateral ligament (MCL) |
Allopurinol labs needed | black box warning for potential bone marrow suppression so a complete blood count needs to be monitored while the patient takes the medication. In addition, this medication is known to have potential renal and hepatic repercussions |
Gout attack likley lab changes | WBCs, ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate), and CRP (C-reactive protein) are all elevated in an acute attack |
An angle of metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint is deviated inwards and greater than 15 degrees on x-ray is indicative of what deformity of the foot | hallux valgus |
Waddell’s signs | eight clinical signs that were developed to evaluate lumbar back pain developed to evaluate lumbar back pain specifically |
incredibly difficult to straighten out her thumb after bending it, and she feels as if her thumb is “stuck in place.” The nurse practitioner suspects a possible diagnosis of De Quervain’s tenosynovitis | finkelstein test, The nurse practitioner grabs the patient’s thumb and performs ulnar deviation of the hand |