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A 37 year old female presents to the office for evaluation….

A 37 year old female presents to the office for evaluation. She reports feelings of hopelesness, depressed mood, decreased appetite and sleep. Her employer indicated that she needed to get help because she is not completing her tasks at work and has been calling in sick too much. She feels fatigued and has trouble concentrating. She reports that she has been feeling this way for the last 4 weeks. She did not seek help because 2 months ago she was feeling great. She went out gambling with her friends, participated in a group cocaine party and staying up all night. What is her likely diagnosis and treatment plan?

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A 19 year old female presents to the office for complaints o…

A 19 year old female presents to the office for complaints of shortness of breath and wheezing. She indicates that she ishavign daily symptoms has awoken 3 times in the last week due to coughing.  She denies smoking and allergy symptoms. She has missed several days of work because she has not been feeling well. In the office she has wheezing and coughing, but otherwise everything else is normal on exam. She has normal vital signs and denies congestion, runny nose, fever/chills. What medication is the preferred choice for her?

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A 23 year old female presents to the office complaining of v…

A 23 year old female presents to the office complaining of vaginal discharge. She reports that she is sexually active with 1 partner for the past 2 years and uses condoms sometimes. She also takes a combination birth control pill. Based on your exam, you suspect she is infected with bacteria gardnerella vaginitis. All of the following are true for this condition except:

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A 31 year old male presents to your office for a follow-up v…

A 31 year old male presents to your office for a follow-up visit. He was seen 2 weeks ago for fatigue and a sore throat. He indicates that he has not gotten better since that time . He still has a fever and the fatigue has gotten worse. He has been gargling with salt water and using cepachol lozenges. You checked a rapid strep test and it was negative. He indicates that he is sexually active with men and has oral and anal sex. What additional testing(s) would be most appropriate for him at this time?

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A 23 year old male presents to the office complaining of blo…

A 23 year old male presents to the office complaining of bloody stool. He reports that symptoms started about 1 week ago. He has crampy abdominal pain throughout the day. He denies fever, chills, nausea or vomiting. He reports that this is the 3rd time he has had these symptoms in the past 6 months. He denies constipation. He has not seen any relationship with his diarrhea to the food that he eats. He is sexually active with females only and has never had anal sex. On DRE you note occult blood and diffuse tenderness in the lower abdomen. You have completed baseline labs with CBC/CMP, ESR and CRP. You suspect that he has inflammatory bowel disease, what are your next steps in evaluation?

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A 28 year old male presents to the office for complaints of…

A 28 year old male presents to the office for complaints of a rash on the palms of his hands and the soles of his feet. He reports it started about 1 week ago and he has used hydrocortisone on it without any resolution. He reports that he has felt tired and weak and has had a fever of 101.4 on and off for the past week. He denies headaches, chills, neck pain, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. He denies smoking, etoh and drugs. He is sexually active with 2 other male partners in the past 1 month and 6 in the past year. He notes that he did have a lesion on his penis a 3-4 weeks ago which has resolved. On exam, you note some tender adenopathy in the inguinal nodes as well as bilateral supraclavicular nodes. He appears tired and in the office he has a temperature of 100.2. He has negative Brudinski and Kernig signs. What is his likely diagnosis and treatment plan?

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A 28 year old female is diagnosed with a urinary tract infec…

A 28 year old female is diagnosed with a urinary tract infection that is most likely caused by a gram-negative organism. Which finding on UA would support this diagnosis?

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A 20 year old female presents to your office complaining of…

A 20 year old female presents to your office complaining of headaches that she has had for the past several years. She indicates the headaches last all day and are associated with nausea and vomiting. Many times she gets a warning that the headache is about to start because she begins to see flashes of light and then black dots. What medication should she avoid in the future? 

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If the faculty member does not say specifically that you can…

If the faculty member does not say specifically that you cannot use the internet during an exam or homework, it is okay to use it?

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Cheating on a 10-point quiz is not as serious as cheating on…

Cheating on a 10-point quiz is not as serious as cheating on a 100-point quiz and you should not be given an honor code violation. 

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