Examination, Documentation and Problem Lists/DDx

Which of the following is NOT a systolic murmur?

• Aortic stenosis

• Mitral Regurgitation

• Pulmonary stenosis

• Aortic Regurgitation

The four letter mnemonic/word which tells us manoevres to characterise murmurs is...

What would you hear listening to a chest if there was consolidation present?

• Bronchial breath sounds plus crackles, reduced/dull percussion resonance.

• Vesicular breath sounds, reduced/dull percussion resonance.

• Bronchial breath sounds plus crackles, increased percussion resonance.

• Vesicular breath sounds, normal percussion resonance.

Stridor is indicative of what?

• Smaller airway narrowing

• High extra thoracic obstruction

• Infection

• Inflamed and roughened pleura

How many areas (not quadrants) do you need to palpate on the abdomen?

What are you looking for on deep palpation of the abdomen?

The GCS score adds up to a total of what?

Write the acronym used as a framework for note writing.

Power is graded on what scale?

• 0-5

• 1-5

• 0 to ++++

• Weak to strong

True or false: a differential diagnosis is a list of all the diagnoses/alternative diagnoses you are considering for a patient.