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What is your treatment based on your differential? 

A 36 year old patient presents with burns noted to bilateral ventral arms. According to the rule of 9’s what is the approximate total body surface area percentage?

A female patient presents to the clinic with lower abdominal pain, nausea, fever, and generalized malaise. You complete the following diagnostics, what is your top differential diagnosis?    Test Results Urine Color Yellow Urine pH  6.5 Ketones Negative Bilirubin Negative Pregnancy Negative Protein Negative Leukocyte Esterase  Negative Nitrites Negative Blood  Negative   

In this scenario what questions in the review of systems are most important to ask to rule in or out red flag signs/symptoms? (Select all that apply)

What is your top differential diagnosis for this patient?

Match the following personality disorders with the correct cluster.

A patient presents to the clinic with abdominal pain, nausea, urinary frequency, urinary urgency, and generalized malaise. On physical exam you note positive costovertebral angle tenderness. After urinalysis you note RBCs and small calcium oxalate crystals on microscopy. What is your top differential diagnosis? 

A 7 year old boy is brought into the clinic due to acute new onset of limping. The onset was insidious without injury to the affected let. There is pain and limitation of motion to the right hip. The patient is afebrile and generally well appearing besides this limp. Labs are unremarkable for any abnormality. This may be indicative of which of the following condition?

How are you going to treat and educate this patient based on your differential? 

When evaluating a female of child bearing age with abdominal pain what is the simplest diagnostic test to assess for red flag/ do not miss diagnosis?