O.M. is a 28-year-old male who works as a painter. He comes to see you for the first time in clinic today with complaints of persistent headaches. He states that he has had persistent headaches for 5 months, almost on a daily basis. He states that they are dull in nature and vice like around […]

Kerry was successfully intubated with ketamine and arrived at the emergency department of the hospital you work in. He was assessed as a trauma patient. Upon arrival to the trauma bay Kerry was placed on a ventilator and the trauma surgeons performed their rapid head-to-toe evaluation of Kerry’s injuries. At the end of the trauma […]

JP is a 17-year-old male who complains of redness, tenderness and warmth of his left lower leg which has been spreading for the past 3 days. From your questioning, you discover JP has a recent spider bite in the same area but it never seemed to heal. You suspect that JP has an uncomplicated cellulitis […]

An eight-year-old girl has been recently diagnosed with childhood asthma. Her mother wants to learn more about her daughters condition. Which of the following would not be a teaching point you would tell the mother? “Using a β2 agonist inhaler will help open the airways during an asthmatic attack.” “Research has been shown that viruses […]

Kerry’s family has arrived at the hospital. His wife was brought back to the trauma bay. The trauma surgeon and the neurosurgeon arrive at the bedside to have a conversation with her. They tell her that Kerry needs surgery to manage the bleeding in his brain. What is the name of the procedure that they […]

a 68-year-old man with a history of diabetes mellitus hyperlipidemia and active smoking presents to his primary care provider office for management of poorly controlled hypertension he has started on lisinopril the following week has serum creatinine is noted to be 2.5% from a baseline of 1.0 which of the following is most likely responsible […]

An eight-year-old girl has been recently diagnosed with childhood asthma. Her mother wants to learn more about her daughters condition. Which of the following would not be a teaching point you would tell the mother? * “Using a 32 agonist inhaler will help open the airways during an asthmatic attack.” * “Research has been shown […]

An eight-year-old girl has been recently diagnosed with childhood asthma. Her mother wants to learn more about her daughters condition. Which of the following would not be a teaching point you would tell the mother? * “Using a beta-2 agonist inhaler will help open the airways during an asthmatic attack.” * “Research has been shown […]

A 45 year old man’s lipid profile results are sent to the nurse practitioner they are as follows total cholesterol = 287 mmol?L; high density lipoproteins = 30 mg/dl; low density protein = 165 mg/dl; triglycerides = 138 mg/dl. The nurse practitioner interprets these results as: A. abnormal; the elevated triglyceride level is of the […]

A 41-year-old woman comes to the physician complaining of excessive fatigue for the last 2 weeks. She states that 1 month ago, she had experienced episodes of palpitations and diarrhea, but those symptoms have now resolved. Past medical history is significant for type I diabetes mellitus, which is treated with insulin. She also has been […]