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A 73-year-old man with a history of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) presents to the emergency room complaining of repeated falls. His wife admits that during the past 3 weeks he has had unsteady gait, urinary incontinence and memory disturbances. His medical, surgical and family histories are unremarkable. He has never smoked or taken any recreational … 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
A 43-year old cashier visits her physician with a complaint of severe pain for 3 months and a new onset of itching in her right leg. Examination reveals multiple varicosities on the medial side the right thigh and leg and an erythematous patch on the medial side of the knee. What is the most common … Read more
A 53-year-old man visits his physician with a complaint of erectile dysfunction. He is married for 20 years and they have two kids. He had never complained of his sexual performance until last month when he found out that he could not induce a full erection. He has no major health conditions and does not … 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 40-year-old man with a long history of intravenous drug addiction presents to the emergency room complaining of fever, anorexia, malaise, shortness of breath, cough and chest pain for 2 days. On physical examination, temperature is 102.7 F, Pulse is 110/min. and blood pressure is 110/66. Irregular erythematous nodules are seen on his hands and … Read more