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A 29-year-old man is brought to the ER by a policeman. He was driving his car under the influence of alcohol. The policeman asks the ER physician to get a sample of this patient’s gastric contents for analysis. The physician explains the procedure to him but the patient refuses to go through it. What is … Read more
A 78- year-old-man who is recently diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor visits his physician with his wife to discuss his treatment options with radiotherapy and chemotherapy. When the physician explains the benefits and risks of each option, he notices that the patient does not understand everything he is saying. Meanwhile, his wife understands and … Read more
A 43-year-old man presents to your clinic for a follow up after colon biopsy taken last week. He has a history of constipation and blood in stools for 6 months. Biopsy reveals colon cancer. After you told him the bad news, he looked down and told you that constipation was not that bad. He seeks … Read more
A 57-year-old man with a history of bleeding per rectum visits his physician to discuss the results of his recent CT colpography test. The test was positive for the presence of a colorectal polyp. The sensitivity and specificity of this test to detect a colorectal polyp is 75% and 90% respectively. What is the probability … Read more
While you were conducting the morning round in internal medicine department, one of the patients told you that the nurses are insensitive and irresponsible. You asked him for the reason. He said: “they are not good as doctors”. All doctors I’d seen here are sensitive and responsible. Which of these is the most likely defense … Read more
A 12-year old child is brought to his psychiatrist for an evaluation of abnormal behavior. His teachers contacted his parents several times because he always cheats and lies at school. He also shoots family dog with his BB gun although he gets in trouble doing that. He has no remorse on hitting other kids and … Read more