A 66 yrs old male patient is brought to the operating room for pacemaker placement. The Cardiologist inserted two leads via a subclavian vein and the electrodes are placed in the right atrial and another one in the right ventricle. Both the leads are connected with the generator. he created a skin pocket in the […]

Jane, a thirty-three-year-old, has expressed concern about the possibility of breast disease. Her family history includes a maternal aunt who was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer at the age of forty-eight. Additionally, Jane’s mother, who is sixty-two years old, has undergone several biopsies for suspicious breast lesions. These lesions were diagnosed as benign cysts and […]

Gina Samps is a 24 year-old-female who presents to the emergency department with sudden onset of sharp pain in the right side of her lower back that radiates to the right side of her adbomen and into her groin. The pain started suddenly, about five hours ago, when she was walking her dog. She took […]

A 40 year old female presents to your clinic with complaints of dark colored urine. Past medical history includes obesity and hypothyroidism. She has allergy to bactrim (reaction hives). Past surgical history includes a c-section. She takes levothyroxine and has a mirena iud. She denies dysuria and is in a monogomous relationship with her husband […]

A fifty-six-year-old female presents to the clinic for her annual wellness exam. She states that overall she feels well; only occasionally she feels that her blood pressure may be a little higher than normal as she experiences headaches frequently. Dr. Boone examines the patient’s chart noting a history of congestive heart failure, and diabetes mellitus […]

A 25-year-old female, pregnant with her first child, has access to enriched cereals and breads with folic acid as an approach to reduce her risk of having a child with a major birth defect, spina bifida. Which type of essential service most supported this approach to prevention? A. Monitoring of the problem B. Development of […]