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Q- A 65-year-old farmer presents to your clinic complaining of shortness of breath for 6 months. Last 2 weeks he noticed that he must get up several times during the night to be able to breathe. He proudly tells you that he had never visited a doctor before although he smokes and drinks every night. … Read more
A 76-year-old woman comes to your office for a consultation. Yesterday, she had left hemiparesis for 30 minutes. She thought it was a stroke but now she is completely asymptomatic. She has a history of atrial fibrillation, angina and hypertension. She takes aspirin 81 mg and propranolol 80 mg. What is your appropriate initial management … Read more
A 27-year-old man presents with a 3-month history of heartburn and epigastric discomfort. His symptoms are exaggerated after meals, especially if he eats spicy food. He takes no medications, doesn’t smoke or drink alcohol. He exercises regularly and has an active lifestyle. On physical examination, he has slight epigastric tenderness. His routine lab tests are … Read more
A 30-year-old woman with a history of Grave’s disease presents to her physician for a routine evaluation. She was treated 2 years ago with radioactive iodine. Three months later, she was prescribed levothyroxine 0.125 mg. On her last evaluation, six months ago, her doctor lowered her dose to 0.088 mg due to decrease of TSH … Read more
A 39-year-old man presents to the ER by his wife. They were watching TV when she noticed that her husband was confused and stumbling. He is not usually at home at this time but he did not feel good all day. He used to drink every night with his friends at the bar but he … Read more
A 23-year-old woman presents to the emergency room with severe lower right abdominal pain for the last six hours. She had intermittent lower abdominal pain for three days but never been severe like this time. Her last menstrual period was three months ago and before that she had regular 28-day periods. On physical examination, her … Read more