A 24 year old patient suffers from hyperemesis gravidarum (excessive vomiting during pregnancy). Which electrolyte disturbance would you expect to see?
A head-on collision results in a 47 year old female being pi…
A head-on collision results in a 47 year old female being pinned in a car. This crush injury results in multiple vertebral column fractures and spinal cord swelling. As a result of the spinal cord swelling, which structure is compressed between the dura and the vertebral bodies?
A 36 year old female presents to the emergency department wi…
A 36 year old female presents to the emergency department with severe left flank pain. A urinalysis demonstrates hematuria, but no leukocytosis. What is the most likely diagnosis?
A 19 year old male was brought to the emergency department a…
A 19 year old male was brought to the emergency department after an MVA. His angiogram demonstrated bleeding from the vein that is accompanied by the posterior interventricular artery. Which vein most likely ruptured?
A 56 year old male, with a history of osteoarthritis, presen…
A 56 year old male, with a history of osteoarthritis, presents to the emergency department after vomiting up blood. An EGD (esophagogastroduodenoscopy or scope of the esophagus, stomach and part of the duodenum) demonstrates a bleeding ulcer at the greater curvature of the stomach. Of the following, which artery was most likely involved?
A 56 year old patient recently suffered an MI at the apex of…
A 56 year old patient recently suffered an MI at the apex of the heart. Where was the arterial occlusion?
A 67 year old male complains of a painful, itchy rash on his…
A 67 year old male complains of a painful, itchy rash on his right chest. Exam reveals vesicles (fluid-filled, raised lesions) in a line extending from just lateral to the nipple to the mid-clavicular line. If this man has Shingles, which dermatome has been affected?
Which organ produces albumin, the main protein responsible f…
Which organ produces albumin, the main protein responsible for maintaining oncotic pressure?
Where in the nephron is the filtrate at its highest concentr…
Where in the nephron is the filtrate at its highest concentration?
What is the term for an increase in the number of cells due…
What is the term for an increase in the number of cells due to an increase in cellular division rate?