Quiz Author: Lyle W. Larson, PhD, PA-C Publish date: February 1, 2016
A 66-year-old man presents with ongoing chest pain of 45 minutes’ duration followed by ventricular fibrillation. He was outside shoveling sno...
Quiz Author: Lyle W. Larson, PhD, PA-C Publish date: December 29, 2015
While visiting family over the holidays, an 84-year-old man is (plaintively) informed by his wife that he appears unwell; she suspects he has the f...
Quiz Author: Lyle W. Larson, PhD, PA-C Publish date: November 30, 2015
You have been following a 57-year-old man for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). He presents for routine follow-up stating that his reflux has...
Quiz Author: Lyle W. Larson, PhD, PA-C Publish date: November 1, 2015
An 84-year-old woman who recently relocated to be closer to her children presents to your practice as a new patient.
Quiz Author: Lyle W. Larson, PhD, PA-C Publish date: October 1, 2015
A 46-year-old man is playing intramural basketball when he suddenly collapses on the court. Bystander CPR is begun; the patient is revived immediat...
Quiz Author: Lyle W. Larson, PhD, PA-C Publish date: September 1, 2015
A 74-year-old man is admitted to your service with gastrointestinal bleeding. He has a history of diverticulitis and has had multiple episodes in w...
Quiz Author: Lyle W. Larson, PhD, PA-C Publish date: August 1, 2015
A 72-year-old woman with recurring palpitations and a rapid heart rate presents for evaluation stating that her heart started racing early yesterda...
Quiz Author: Lyle W. Larson, PhD, PA-C Publish date: July 1, 2015
A 74-year-old woman is transferred from a skilled nursing facility (SNF) for evaluation following three episodes of near-syncope in the past week. ...
Quiz Author: Lyle W. Larson, PhD, PA-C Publish date: June 1, 2015
A 68-year-old man was found on his knees, vomiting, in his backyard by a neighbor early this morning. When asked if he was OK, the patien...
Quiz Author: Lyle W. Larson, PhD, PA-C Publish date: May 1, 2015
A 52-year-old man has a cardiac diagnosis of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (A-fib). An echocardiogram demonstrates no valvular heart disease and a...
Quiz Author: Lyle W. Larson, PhD, PA-C Publish date: March 26, 2015
Those symptoms first appeared two weeks ago. Now, this woman also has abdominal pain. What does an ECG add to the clinical picture?
Quiz Author: Lyle W. Larson, PhD, PA-C Publish date: February 24, 2015
A 74-year-old man has been a resident of a skilled nursing facility for seven years and is well known to the staff. This morning, when the medical ...
Quiz Author: Lyle W. Larson, PhD, PA-C Publish date: January 27, 2015
Three nights ago, a 44-year-old woman awoke with a regular, rapid heart rate that lasted about 15 minutes before abruptly terminating.
Quiz Author: Lyle W. Larson, PhD, PA-C Publish date: December 23, 2014
A 74-year-old man with recurring episodes of melena presents for a preoperative evaluation prior to colonoscopy. He has had three such procedures i...
Quiz Author: Lyle W. Larson, PhD, PA-C Publish date: November 18, 2014
A college student, 19, presents with increasing palpitations. Six months ago, when they began, they were rare and intermittent; now they occur daily...
