Pulsus paradoxus greater than 20 mm Hg, tachycardia greater than 130 beats/min, and increasing dyspnea are signs of:

Mrs. Jones is a 44-year-old patient who presents for a routine physical examination. The patient is unable to shrug her shoulders against the examiner’s hands during the examination. The cranial nerve involved with successful shoulder shrugging is CN __.

When palpating joints, crepitus may occur when:

The patient with rheumatoid arthritis will complain of pain:

The family history of a patient with diarrhea and abdominal pain should include inquiry about cystic fibrosis because it is:

To hear diastolic heart sounds, you should ask patients to:

Ms. Rudman, age 74 years, has no known health problems or diseases. You are doing a preventive healthcare history and examination. Which symptom is associated with intrathoracic infection?

You have gone by ambulance to a construction site where an adult male is lying on the street. The only information you have is that he fell three stories. His neck is immobilized with sacks of concrete mix on either side. Your first action should be to determine:

Mr. Robins is a 45-year-old man who presents to the emergency department with a complaint of constipation. During auscultation, you note borborygmi sounds. This is associated with:

An apical PMI palpated beyond the fifth intercostal space may indicate”