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Monash Fellowship Practice Exam Question 2

Monash Fellowship Practice Exam Question 2. Your intern presents a case to you of a 45 year old woman she has seen. The patient has told the intern “I have a problem with my mitral valve”.  You review the patient with your intern and make the diagnosis of severe mitral stenosis.  .

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Monash Fellowship Practice Exam Question 2

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  1. Monash Fellowship Practice Exam Question 2

  2. Your intern presents a case to you of a 45 year old woman she has seen. The patient has told the intern “I have a problem with my mitral valve”.  You review the patient with your intern and make the diagnosis of severe mitral stenosis.  

  3. ) List four (4) features on history that would lead you to this diagnosis in this patient.  (4 marks)

  4. Poor Answers: The Question means: Features on History that would lead you to the diagnosis of Severe Mitral Stenosis • Incorrectly listing history of rheumatic fever • Incorrectly listing examination findings not historical findings

  5.  List Six (6) features on physical examination that would lead you to this diagnosis in this patient. (6 marks)

  6. The question means: what features on examination would lead you to a diagnosis of severe MS. • Lots of acceptable answers!!! Poor Answers: Lacked detail: eg. “Diastolic murmur” “lung crackles”

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