Board Review: Internal Medicine
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A 43 year old woman with a history of metastatic breast cancer treated with radiation and chemotherapy presents to the emergency department with complaints of productive cough, blo
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Board Review: Cardiology
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A 17 year-old male presents to the Emergency Department with palpitations and shortness of breath that started suddenly one hour ago while driving with his friends. No prior medical/surgical history. Patient denies any drugs, alcohol, tobacco use. On your exam, he appears short of breath. Heart rate is regular and tachycardic.
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Board Review: Cardiology
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A 90 y/o female with a history of osteoarthritis and recent loss of her daughter presented to the ED for nausea, vomiting, left-sided chest pain, and difficulty breathing.
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Board Review: Cardiology
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50 year old male with PMHx HTN, DM, CAD with multiple prior stents presenting with SOB and fatigue.
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Board Review: Cardiology
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A 72 year old female presents to the Emergency Department with shortness of breath for the past two days. She has a past medical history of HTN and hypothyroidism.
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Board Review: Neuro/Psych
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A 42 year old female presents to the ED with lower abdominal cramping. She tells you that she went to her primary yesterday and “they did absolutely nothing for me”.
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Board Review: Neuro/Psych
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A 36 year old male presents to your ED with headache and vomiting. He has a VP shunt in place. What on physical exam would suggest distal obstruction of the VP shunt?
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Board Review: Neuro/Psych
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A 45 year old male presents to your Emergency Department with altered mental status. His medical history is unknown. He was found on the street by EMS.
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Board Review: Potpourri
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63 year old male presents to the Emergency Department with one day of generalized abdominal pain. Reports nausea and multiple episodes of non-bloody, non-bilious vomiting. No recent antibiotics or travel.
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