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Clinical Quiz questions are based in succession selected articles in this issue of American Family Physician. Answers appear in this issue. AFP has been reviewed by the agency of the American Academy of Family Physicians as having contentment acceptable for Prescribed credit. period of time of approval is for undivided year from the beginning distribution date of January 2005 This issue has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 35 Prescribed credits, of which 025 credit conforms to AAFP criteria for evidence-based continuing medical education (EB CME) clinical contented The amount of CME has been doubled to bring reproach two-for-one credit for the EB CME portion sole When reporting CME credits, AAFP members should report total Prescribed credits earned for this activity. It is not necessary for members to label credits as EB CME for reporting purposes

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1 Read each article, answer all questions forward the quiz pages, and transfer your answers to the Clinical Quiz answer card (bound into your fac-simile of AFP). This will help you avoid errors and permit you to check your answers against the correct answers.

2 Mail the Clinical Quiz answer card within common year (by November 30, 2006) The bar digest on the answer card contains your identification for CME credit hours.

Before beginning the criterion please note: Each Clinical Quiz includes sum of two units types of questions: Type A and shadow X.

Type A questions have no other than one correct answer and may have four or five choices. Here is a typical token A question:

Q1 mostly allergic reactions to foods are:

[] A. to be ascribed to IgA deficiency.

[] B appropriate to IgG and IgM antibodies.

[[check]] C IgE-mediated.

[] D suitable to enzyme deficiencies.

[] E becoming to toxins.

image X questions may have single in kind or more correct answers. They are multiple true-false questions with four options. Here is a typical representation X question:

Q2 Causes of varicosities in pregnancy include:

[[check]] A. Hormonal changes.

[[check]] B Venous compression.

[[check]]. C Familial tendency

[[check]]. D postponeed sitting and standing.

Clinical Quiz questions are written through the associate and assistant editors of AFP.

prototype A Questions Each question has barely one correct answer.

Articles

Diagnosing the Cause of Chest Pain (p 2012)

Q1 Which undivided of the following is the mostly common cause of chest pain in the outpatient primary care setting in the United States?

[] A. Anxiety disorder.

[] B Gastrointestinal disease.

[] C Musculoskeletal condition.

[] D Stable angina.

Q2 A patient has a gentle risk of pulmonary embolism based onward the Wells score, but has a positive d-dimer criterion Which one of the following is the most numerous appropriate next step in the evaluation?

[] A. No further evaluation needed

[] B Helical comput tomography and venous ultrasonography.

[] C Pulmonary angiography.

[] D Follow-up in three to seven days for venous ultrasonography and clinical reevaluation.

Complications of carcass Piercing (p. 2029)

Q3 Which single of the following is the chiefly common dental problem related to tongue barbells?

[] A. Ludwig's angina.

[] B Trapping of jewelry between teeth

[] C Hematoma formation.

[] D Chipping or fracture of teeth

Q4 Which the same of the following antibiotic arranges is the best first-line oral therapy for infections associated with piercings of the auricular cartilage?