NR511 Midterm diff diagnosis Questions With Complete
Solutions
_____________ should be used with all acne medication
wash face _________ daily with antibacterial soap Correct
Answer sunscreen
twice
1-2mm red papules interdigital web staples, wrists, axillary
folds, and periumbilical? Correct Answer scabies
2 types of meds that can relieve pressure from barotrauma
Correct Answer nasal steroids or oral decongestants
3 risk factors for developing fungal skin infection Correct
Answer hot, moist areas, immunocompromised pts, pts on abx
7 categories of third party payer for reimbursements Correct
Answer medicare, medicaid, indemnity insurance companies,
managed care organization, workers compensation, veterans
administration, auto libility
A female bartender presents with yellow fingernails for months.
She denies any pain or itching at site.
What is the diagnosis Correct Answer subungual candida
a male who works as a dishwasher in Olive Garden presents
with a painful abscess on the 1st finger of the right hand which
looks red, hot, swollen?
what is it? Correct Answer candidal paronychia
,ability of a test to correctly identify pt has disease
true positives divided by # of people who have disease Correct
Answer sensitivity
acoustic reflectometry, tympanometry, acoustic reflex
measurement are used to detect? Correct Answer middle ear
fluid in patients with tinnitus
Actinic keratosis: refer or treat?
what can it develop into? Correct Answer refer to prevent
progression
precancerous can develop into squamous cell carcinoma
An obese female with red, itchy, weepy rash with maceration in
the perianal, groin and interdigital areas Correct Answer
intertriginous candidiasis
annual lesions with scaly borders and central clearing, ring
shaped, on trunk Correct Answer tinea corporis
Antibiotic choice for group A beta hemolytic streptococcal
pharyngitis?
1st line, kids?
allergies to PCN? Correct Answer 1st line - penicillin 250mg
TID or 500mg *10d BID, amoxicillin for children
allergies to PCN- erythromycin PO *10d, azithromycin for
children
Benign subcutaneous fat tumors that are round, soft & mobile,
made of adipose tissue Correct Answer lipoma
, bright red blood in sharply defined area of eye surrounded by
normal appearing conjunctiva indicates? Correct Answer
subconjunctival hemorrhage
bump present for months, asymptomatic unless on plantar
region, no skin lines crossing surface, centrally located
capillaries that bleeding with paring, dome shaped, gray brown
hyperkeratotic masses with black dots
diagnose. Correct Answer wart
burning itching of eyes, associated w/ Sjogren's syndrome, can
lead to blindness d/t keratinization of cornea and conjunctiva
Correct Answer keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS)
causes of conductive hearing loss Correct Answer cerumen
impaction, otitis media/externa, perforated tympanic membrane,
otosclerosis
causes of folliculitis Correct Answer friction, gram + bacteria,
immunocompromised, poor hygeine, exposure to chemicals
causes of sensorineural hearing loss Correct Answer meniere's
disease, presbycusis, medications, tumors
chalazion lasts >4 weeks without any improve... what should
you do? Correct Answer refer to ophth for I/D, bx and
glucocorticoid injections
Characteristics and treatment of acute otitis media Correct
Answer bulging, red tympanic membrane, diminished hearing,
inflammed eustachian tube