nyshoegal7 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I think I remember seeing a most commons thread somewhere on this site........anyway we can make it a sticky??? That would be so helpful!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andersenpa Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Oh boy.... A list I made yrs ago (maybe 10!), but hopefully is still up to date. Includes "Most Commons" as well as the Buzzwords associated w/ certain conditions Please feel free to post corrections as most of this list is not my field! Long list, let's see if it posts: Bouchard’s Nodes (PIP), Heberdeen’s nodes (DIP)- OA Swan Neck, Boutionneire deformity, ulnar deviation, claw toes, hallux valgus- RA Koebner phenomenon (rash provoked by scratching) – JRA Sausage finger (flexor tendon tenosynovitis), “Cup and saucer” proximal phalanx- psoriatic arthritis Bamboo spine – Ankylosing spondylitis Tinel’s sign – tapping Median N. – paresthesias in median n. distribution Gottron’s sign (violaceous inflammation on knuckles), Heliotrope rash – Dermatomyositis Vasculitis associated with Hepatitis B, C – Polyarteritis Nodosa Xerostomia & Xeroderma, Schirmer’s Tear Test – Sjogren’s syndrome Esophageal web, dysphagia, Iron Deficiency Anemia – Plummer Vinson Syndrome IBS & Mitral Valve Prolapse – Fibromyalgia association Housemaid’s Knee – Pre/Suprapatellar bursitis Weaver’s Bottom – Ischial Bursitis Pump Bump – Achilles Bursitis Sickle Cell Osteomyelitis – Salmonella Boxer’s Fracture – Distal Fifth Metacarpal Greenstick Fracture – bowing, one sided Torus fracture – buckling fracture; compression Nursemaid’s Elbow – radial head subluxation Dinner Fork Deformity (on radiograph) - Colles’ Fracture (transverse distal radius metaphysic w/ dorsal distal fragment displacement) Falling on outstretched hand – scaphoid or Colles’ Rotator Cuff muscles Supraspinatus Infraspinatus Teres Minor Subscapularis Drop Arm Test – Rotator Cuff injury Lachman Test - ACL Bankart Lesion – tear of glenoid labrum Kocher Maneuver – shoulder reduction Apprehension Test – anterior shoulder dislocation Jerk Test – posterior shoulder dislocation “Separated Shoulder” – AC separation Neer Classification – humeral head fracture Nerve Injury in Humeral Shaft fracture – Radial N. Claw Hand deformity - Volkmann’s Contracture – ischemic flexion contracture resulting from fracture, compartment syn., cast or tourniquet application Keinbock’s disease – lunate osteonecrosis Gamekeeper’s Thumb – tear/sprain UCL thumb Lateral Epicondylitis – Tennis Elbow Medial Epicondylitis – Golfer’s/Baseball Elbow Finkelstein’s Test - DeQuervain’s Tenosynovitis (stenosing tenosynovitis of abductor pollicus longus extensor pollicus brevis) Sellick’s Maneuver – cricoid pressure Scheuermann's disease – Juvenile kyphosis Culprit crnal nerve in ptosis - III McMurray Test – Meniscal Tear Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease – avascular necrosis of femoral head Feeling of sitting on a ball – uterine prolapse Clue cells – Gardnerella (BV) First step in infertility w/u – semen analysis Nagelel’s Rule- Date of LMP – 3 mo + 7 d Sack of grapes/Snow Storm U/S – molar/hydatidiform pregnancy Bloody Show- passage of blood tinged mucous cap from cervical os during early labor Vaginal discharge: Malodorous frothy green-yellow – Chlamydia Fishy – BV (Gardnerella) Todd’s Paralysis – transient postictal limb paralysis Lhermitte’s sign/”Barber Chair Phenomenon” – passive neck flexion causing sensation of electricity down back; classic in Multiple Sclerosis Brain bx revealing Tangles and Plaques – Alzheimer’s Band like HA – tension Stocking Glove neuropathy – DM Tyramine free diet – MAOIs Magical thinking – schizophrenia Condyloma- HPV of abraded skin Erythema marginatum – rheumatic fever Erythema migrans - Lyme Erythema toxicum neonatorum Erythema mulitforme – drug lesions, infectious Erythema “Sunburn with goosebumps” – scarlet fever “Dewdrop on a rose petal” – varicella zoster Rice water stool – cholera Box shaped rods in chains – anthrax Infectious Trismus - tetanus Pea Soup diarrhea – salmonella (typhoid) Pharyngeal gray membrane – diphtheria Bulls-Eye Lesion – erythemia migrans Herald patch, Christmas Tree Pattern rash – pityriasis rosea Koplik spots- measles Wickhams striae – lichen planus Auspitz’s sign – capillary bleeding after peeling away scale; Psoriasis Tapioca lesions – dyshidrosis Hot tub folliculitis – Pseudomonas Target lesions – erythema multiforme Spaghetti & meatballs on microscopy – pityriasis versicolor (Malassezia furfur) Rash sparing skin overlying joints – SLE Farmer’s/Sailor’s skin – dermatoheliosis Pearly white domes papule – BCC Microcytosis out of proportion to anemia – thalassemia Prussian blue staining – sideroblastic anemia Basophilic stippling – lead toxicity Heinz Bodies – hemolytic anemia Howell-Jolley Bodies Auer Rods - AML Glossitis in anemia – Folate (beefy red), Fe (pale) Anemia w/ neuro symptoms – B12 > 1g Hgb drop/week = hemolysis or loss Pruritis w/ bathing – polycythemia vera Pancytopenia w/ circulating blasts – acute leukemia Monoclonal spike on electrophoresis – Multiple Myeloma Ashigenaza Jews – Factor XI deficiency Russel Viper Venom Time – Lupus Anticoagulant Bird’s Beak sign – achalasia Virchow’s Node- Left Supraclavicular Lymphadenopathy- Gastric CA Sister Mary Joseph Nodule – Periumbilical nodule – Gastric CA String Sign – pyloric stenosis Cushing Disease- primary pituitary ACTH overproduction w/ cortical adrenal hyperplasia and glucocorticoid excess Cushing Syndrome- manifestions of glucocorticoid excess from any cause Cushingoid Features – Buffalo Hump, Moon Facies, Supraclavicular Fat Pad ENT disorder seen in dwarfism – recurrent OM Hypercalcemia seen in patients on bed rest – Paget’s disease of bone Eruptive/Tendinous xanthomas – hyperlipidemia Drugs causing hyperlipidemia Beta Blockers Thiazides Estrogen Cortisol Foamy Urine – nephrotic syndrome GU complication of mumps - orchitis Rust colored sputum – strep pneumo Currant jelly sputum – Klebsiella Susceptible populations: Wool workers, farmhands - anthrax Fish handlers – erysipeloid Purpura, Arthritis, Abdominal Pain – Henoch Schonlein Purpura Can’t Pee Can’t See Can’t Dance with me – Reiter’s Stndrome Lichen Planus 5 Ps Purple Planar Polygonal Papular Pruritic Chronic Pancreatitis Pancreatic Calcification Steatorrhea DM Necrotizing Fasciitis Fever Diffuse Crepitus Shock Hypercalcemia/Hyperparathyroidism- “Bones, Stones, Groans, Moans, Psychic Overtones” Bone Turnover Cholelithiasis Cholecystitis Constipation/N/V Delerium/fatigue/lethargy Horner’s Syndrome- Ptosis, Miosis, Anhidrosis Pancoast Syndrome – Horner’s + Neuritic Arm Pain, Arm muscle atrophy “SPHERE” of lung CA complications SVC Syndrome Pancoast Syndrome Horner’s Syndrome Effusions Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injury Endocrine (paraneoplastic) Gross hematuria, flank pain, palpable mass – Renal Cell Carcinoma Diarrhea, Dermatitis, Dementia – pellagra Poor wound Healing, Petechiae, Bleeding Gums – Scurvy Tumor Markers CA125 Ovarian CEA Colon AFP PSA Prostate Most Common…. Benign Primary Hand Bone Tumor – Ecchondroma Facial pain – TMJ Neck Pain – Cervical spondylosis Fracture in children and adolescents – clavicle Neuropathy – median n. (CTS) Elbow overuse injury – lateral epicondylitis Shoulder dislocation – anterior Hip Dislocation – posterior LBP – prolapsed intervertebral disk Spinal Deformity – idiopathic adolescent scoliosis Deformity of MTP – Hallux Valgus (Bunion) Curvature in scoliosis – R T7-8 Secondary Ammenorrhea – pregnancy Presentation of fibroids – vaginal bleeding GYN malignancy – Endometrial CA Ovarian growth – cyst Benign breast diases – fibrocystic (#2 Fibroadenoma) Breast CA – ductal Site Breast CA – upper outer RF for preeclmapsia – nulliparity 3rd Trim bleeding – abruption Infectious infertility - chalmydia Primary intracranial neoplasm – glioma Dementia – Alzheimers HA – Tension Side for Bell’s Palsy – Right Cause of Movement disorder in children – Cerebral Palsy Viral meningitis – coxsackie Source of brain mets – Lung, Breast, renal, GI Form of schizophrenia – ParanoidAntipsychotic causing agranulocytosis – Clozapine Mental disorder – Phobia Vector borne disease - Lyme Skin Condition – acne Cutaneous malignancy – BCC Anemia – IDA Cause IDA – GI blood loss Hypochrmoic microcytic anemia - IDA Normochromic normocytic anemia – Chronic disease B12 def iency – pernicious anemia Leukemia – CLL Coagulopathy – thrombocytopenia Acquired coagulaopathy – Vit K deficiency Congenital coagulaopathy – Von Willebrand Disease Acquired platelet dysfunction – NSAIDs/ASA Extranodal site of NHL – stomach Cancer deaths Lung Skin Colon Pancreatitis – ETOH Acute Hepatitis – Viral Cause of hyperthyroidism- Grave’s Cause of hypothyroidism- Iodine Deficiency Thyroid CA – papillary Site of cystic bone lesions in hyperparathyroidism – mandible Blindness in patients > 60 yrs – DM retinopathy Compication DM – neuropathy Addison’s disease – autoimmune cortex destruction Acromegaly – pituitary adenoma Neuro finding in Paget’s disease of bone- deafness Renal stone – Ca Electrolyte disorder in hospitalized patients – hyponatremia Atypical pneumonia – mycoplasma Solitary pulmonary nodule – healed granuloma Interstitial lung disease – idiopathic fibrosing interstitial pneumonia (formerly idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis) PUD – H pylori Finding in Gastric CA – IDA Jaundice + Palpable GB – Pancreatic CA Death in US Heart Disease CA CVA 4 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyshoegal7 Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 Wow!! Thank you so much! Any way to make this a sticky? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koppma Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Thank you very much. Right now I am studying for the DCE the exam you take after the first year of PA school before we go on rotations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoRyou Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirpaul1990 Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 List of most commons in Dermatology: http://doseofpa.blogspot.com/2014/09/dermatology-list-of-most-commons-for.html I'm making these as we go. More to come. Feel free to common on the post with any you want to add! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirpaul1990 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Cardiology: http://doseofpa.blogspot.com/2014/10/cardiology-list-of-most-commons-for.html Pulmonology: http://doseofpa.blogspot.com/2014/11/pulmonology-list-of-most-commons-for.html Hematology: http://doseofpa.blogspot.com/2014/12/hematology-list-of-most-commons-for.html 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medicinedreamz Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 SuperLike, God bless you Moderator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 WOW!!! That is going to help me on PANCE...Thanks so much! * printing * :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren R Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 The nccpa content blueprint is helpful for outlining the most common diseases! https://www.nccpa.net/examscontentbporgans 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arosswoods Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Nagle's rule is incorrect should say LMP + 1year -3mos +7days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtorres100 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 On 10/24/2018 at 2:34 PM, arosswoods said: Nagle's rule is incorrect should say LMP + 1year -3mos +7days Lol, EITHER WAY you get the same month and date...which is all that matters? They aren't asking you the year, silly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobShultz Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 On 8/24/2014 at 9:32 AM, whoRyou said: http://i.imgur.com/BlkHhpt.gif http://i.imgur.com/BlkHhpt.gif lol'd a lot after seeing your signature :DDD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator ventana Posted February 5, 2022 Moderator Share Posted February 5, 2022 Vaginal discharge: Malodorous frothy green-yellow – Chlamydia this is from first post. I am NOT gyn i would think this is Gonorrhea - someone in gyn please ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidpresentable Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Sounds more like trichimonas to me, especially if strawberry cervix too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohiovolffemtp Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Or, on a practical basis, just treat for the trifecta with rocephin, doxy, & flagyl. Follow with the use a condom speech. Expect to see the patient again for the same complaint. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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