Joe Coffee presents with a cough for the past 3 months. He denies sputum production and fever, but reports the cough wakes him up at night. Which of the following would be first on your list of differential diagnoses? 

Your patient with recurrent abdominal pain has an abdominal X-ray series completed. The results report, “skip lesions” & “string signs”. You interpret this as:  

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According to Greene, what is the descriptive trolley problem?

The most common differential diagnoses for chronic cough includes all of the following except: 

A nurse is providing teaching to the parent of a child who has a new prescription for liquid PO iron supplements.  Which of the following statements by the parent indicates an understanding of the teaching?

All smokers should be counseled on the benefits of smoking cessation because by the time symptoms develop, the patient’s FEV1 will have reduced by approximately 50%.  

Haidt (R11) discusses a conversation with a taxi driver in which the driver says “We will return to Jordan because I never want to hear my son say ‘f*** you’ to me.”  According to Haidt, the driver’s concern deals with which moral foundation?

A tall, thin 21-year-old male has sudden sharp pain in the chest and dyspnea. What differential diagnosis is most likely? 

A 64 year old woman presents with a 3-month history of upper abdominal pain. She describes the discomfort as an intermittent, centrally located “burning feeling” in the upper abdomen, most often occurs with meals and accompanied by mild nausea. Use of an over the counter antacid provides partial symptom relief. She also uses naproxen sodium on a regular basis for the control of osteoarthritis pain. Her clinical presentation is consistent with: