All Quizzes

Melanoma-or Something Else?
July 02, 2014

This week’s quiz questions challenge you to determine the cause of an infant’s “strange breathing” based on a chest film, to come up with the most common cause of chronic cough in children, to be a dermatologic detective, among other things.

Asthma or Something Else? That Is the Question
June 26, 2014

Worsening respiratory symptoms and fatigue of 6 months’ duration brought a 44-year-old woman in for evaluation. Diagnosed with asthma 2 years earlier, she was compliant with, but unresponsive to treatment. Your impressions?

Subtle ST-Segment Elevation in Inferior Leads: Is This an Infarction?
June 26, 2014

A middle-aged woman presents to the ED complaining of chest pain, dyspnea, and emesis. Here, review results of a 12-lead ECG. How would you confirm a diagnosis of STEMI?

On Calciphylaxis, and Ichthyosis
June 23, 2014

. . . . And then there’s lipoprotein(a), a diagnostic puzzle that involves acute abdominal pain and a CT scan in a woman with a complicated medical history, and skin lesions that look like coins. 5 questions in all. . . .

Reciprocal Change Supports STEMI Dx
June 20, 2014

The presence of reciprocal change supports the diagnosis of STEMI and also is a sign of a high-risk patient.

Blue Sclera and the Magic Bullet for Hypertension
June 18, 2014

Brown eyes, blue sclera; stress tests when a patient can’t stress; CRPS type I vs CRPS type II: can you answer these quiz questions?

Ramsay Hunt Syndrome: Take the Quiz
June 11, 2014

Tinnitus and hearing loss in HIV infection; allodynia in which pain conditions; aphthous ulcers. . . 5 questions here to challenge your diagnostic and clinical IQ.

Embolism, Effusion or Something Else? A Quiz
June 02, 2014

What does this chest film tell you about the cause of flank and abdominal pain? We invite you to answer this and 4 other questions about cocaine, opioids, a skin lesion, and hypertension.

Measles Complications in Children: What’s the Most Common?
May 29, 2014

Measles complications in children range in severity from mostly benign to fatal. Thankfully we only rarely face any of the top 5 listed here. Can you rank them from what was once most to once least common?

Measles Complications in Children: Most to Least Common
May 29, 2014

Otitis media is the most common related illness. Here, the other 4 in rank order.