Question 1: Describe a cognitive screening test that is useful in testing orientation, short-term memory, word fluency, attention, concentration, and recall?
Question 2: Describe the difference between bursitis and tendinitis.
Question 3: Your 79-year-old patient comes in with a complaint of a sudden severe headache and states this is a new headache. Describe two of your primary differential diagnoses for this type of headache.
Question 4: Your 68-year-old male patient has a hot swollen MTP joint of the great toe. List three (3) differential diagnoses:
Question 5: Describe two of the disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and their method of action.
Question 6: Describe one diagnostic test (other than the presence of MSU crystals by joint aspiration) useful for the diagnosis of gout.
Question 7: Peripheral neuropathy (PN) can be a sequalae of stroke or diabetes. List three of the cardinal symptoms of PN.
Question 8: Which drug/s are FDA approved for treatment of peripheral neuropathy?