Butch, a 76-year-old that you follow in your practice is bro…

Butch, a 76-year-old that you follow in your practice is brought in by his wife who is concerned regarding recent behavior changes. Apparently over the past two days, he has been very agitated and restless, decreased lucidity, and has slept very poorly. He is only able to recall recent events. Given just this information, his most likely diagnosis is:

Dianne is a 73-year-old who presents with complaints of horr…

Dianne is a 73-year-old who presents with complaints of horrible shoulder pain and dysfunction.  States she was sitting in her car this a.m. and reached behind her to the back seat to lift a bag of library books into the front seat.  She had sudden severe pain and loss of use of her right shoulder.  Exam reveals a positive drop arm test of the right arm.  What is your best plan of care?

Steve is a 32-year-old male who presents with complaints of…

Steve is a 32-year-old male who presents with complaints of a 24-hour history of fever as high as 102F accompanied by chills, low back pain, and dysuria. PMH:  No chronic health conditions.  No routine medications.  NKDA. His partner recently ended their long term relationship of 8 years and he went out with friends two weeks ago as they were determined he should “just forget about her”.  He is fuzzy on the details, but he woke up in bed with a woman he met that night.   Exam within normal limits except for a very tender, boggy prostate. What is your best plan of care?  Select all that apply.

Patsy is a 77-year-old woman with history of recurrent UTI. …

Patsy is a 77-year-old woman with history of recurrent UTI.  She has had a lot of issues with various antibiotics, most recently resulting in having an anaphylactic reaction to the Bactrim she was prescribed.  She is very interested in anything she could take to help prevent having another UTI. PMH includes Hypertension, intermittent a-fib, diabetes, chronic renal insufficiency with a recent creatinine clearance of 38 ml/minute. Please select all appropriate options to offer Patsy: