Session One Chapters 11 -15 8 16 05 According

Session One Chapters 11 -15 8/16/05

According to the AHA, under what condition is ordering an exercise stress test without nuclear or echocardiographic imaging appropriate?

You’re being called by the Supreme Court to act as medical advisor on this case; A 78 year-old female with recent onset of unilateral legal blindness is suing your former co-resident. The evidence suggests she went to your colleague’s office complaining of a unilateral headache that had bothered her for approximately a week. She also had some trouble chewing her food and felt “just plain not herself lately” with asthenia, achy joints and some nonquantified weight loss. Initially the pain was tolerable, however, the day she visited the office it had explosively increased to a very severe level and felt like someone was jabbing pins over her

Your colleague suggested she should see her psychiatrist; he felt she was starting to have somatic findings due to the recent passing of her husband. She didn’t see the psychiatrist and progressively lost her vision over the following 3 weeks. Which of the following is true regarding this lady’s condition? A: Most common age of appearance is mid-40’s. B: ESR is invariably elevated. C: Her condition definitely required immediate psychiatric evaluation. D: Prompt initiation of glucocorticoids would have avoided her blindness.

Chapter 11 - B Lucio Minces Chapter 12. 1 - C Howard Blank 12. 2 - C Howard Blank Chapter 13 - D Ilonka Molano Chapter 14. 1 - C Leandro Perez 14. 2 - D Leandro Perez D Howard Blank Chapter 15 -