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8/28/24, 4:26 AMD118: Study Guide Unit 5 OA
Jeremiah
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Viral infection
Viral infection is the most common cause of myocarditis
Choose matching term
A previously healthy patient develops myocarditis and presents with sudden onset of dyspnea,
1 fatigue, and orthopnea. A family history is negative. The primary care provider suspects myocarditis.
What is the most likely etiology for this patient?
An adult develops chronic cough with episodes of wheezing and shortness of breath. The primary
care provider performs chest radiography and other tests and rules out infection, upper respiratory,
2 and gastroesophageal causes.
Which test will the provider order initially to evaluate the possibility of asthma as the cause of these
symptoms?
An advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) in primary care notes that an adult patient has a loud,
harsh crescendo-decrescendo murmur that is loudest at the right second intercostal space. This is a
3
new finding for this patient.
Which condition should the APRN suspect?
A 55-year-old patient has a blood pressure of 138/85 on three occasions. The patient denies
4 headaches, palpitations, snoring, muscle weakness, and nocturia, and does not take any medications.
What will the primary care provider do next to evaluate this patient?
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An adult develops chronic cough with Spirometry
episodes of wheezing and shortness of
breath. The primary care provider performs Recommended at the time of initial assessment to confirm the diagnosis of asthma
chest radiography and other tests and rules
out infection, upper respiratory, and
gastroesophageal causes.
Which test will the provider order initially to
evaluate the possibility of asthma as the
cause of these symptoms?
Spirometry for FVC and FEV1
Which test is most diagnostic for chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)? Spirometry testing is the gold standard for diagnosis and assessment of COPD because
it is reproducible and objective
What is the recommended treatment for a Serial US surveillance of the aneurysm
70-year-old male patient with an aortic
aneurysm measuring 5.0 cm, poorly- Patient's aneurysm is less than 5.5cm, so repair is not necessary at this time
controlled hypertension, and
decompensated heart failure? Serial US of the aneurysm is necessary to continue to evaluate its size
An adult patient reports frequent episodes evaluate the patient's orthostatis VS
of syncope and lightheadedness. The
primary care provider notes a heart rate of Orthostatic VS are helpful to exclude orthostatic hypotension as a cause of syncope
70 beats per minute. and is easily performed in the clinic
What will the provider do next?
A 55-year-old patient has a blood pressure Order urinalysis, CBC, BUN, and creatine
of 138/85 on three occasions. The patient
denies headaches, palpitations, snoring, Patient has preHTN levels and should be evaluated
muscle weakness, and nocturia, and does
not take any medications. UA, CBC, BUN, and creatinine help to evaluate renal function and are in the initial
What will the primary care provider do next workup
to evaluate this patient?
A previously healthy patient develops Viral infection
myocarditis and presents with sudden onset
of dyspnea, fatigue, and orthopnea. A family Viral infection is the most common cause of myocarditis
history is negative. The primary care provider
suspects myocarditis.
What is the most likely etiology for this
patient?
A patient is diagnosed with peripheral Walking to the point of pain each day
arterial disease (PAD) and elects not to have
angioplasty after an angiogram reveals Studies have demonstrated than an exercise program involving walking to the point of
partial obstruction in the patient's lower pain is as effective as angioplasty
extremity arteries.
What will the primary care provider
recommend to help with relief of symptoms
in this patient?
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