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MARCH 6  |  15-MINUTE CONSULTATIONS FOR COMMON AILMENTS 

Do you know the answers to all these questions? Come for all the information on March 6th.
  • How can one distinguish iron deficiency from thalassemia trait with a CBC?
  • What will the GRAM stain mostly likely show in a 19-year-old college student presenting with fever, neck stiffness and photophobia that develops a macular, non-blanchable rash over the next 24 hours?
  • What is the approximate annual background radiation dose you receive for simply living, without any exposure to ionizing radiation related to diagnostic imaging?
  • Which test is not recommended in the diagnosis of acute rhinosinusitis?
  • Which etiologic agents or mechanisms have been unequivocally confirmed to be associated with prostatic inflammation?
  • What are the diagnostic and treatment strategies for endocarditis?
  • What should asymptomatic individuals with CDI be treated with?
  • What is the most appropriate way to sample a specimen when testing for melanoma?
  • What are the differences between the two currently licensed HZ vaccines?
  • What are the TWO most common risk factors associated with the 2019 Manitoba new HIV cases?
  • What are the classical syphilis tests that are no longer available in most jurisdictions?
  • A 74-year old woman attends her physician with a dry cough, dyspnea, and firm matted right supraclavicular lymphadenopathy. She has returned from an extended 3-month visit to Yuma, Arizona. A chest radiograph notes right mediastinal and hilar adenopathy, and a right upper lobe speculated mass. What investigation would be most likely to provide the diagnosis?
  • What is the first thing that must be done to assist in the diagnosis of an infection in the foot of a person with diabetes?
  • What are the markers of active HCV infections?
  • In boys, in which ages is their greatest benefit to receiving HPV vaccine?
  • Who is most at risk of being exposed to hepatitis B during tropical travel?
  • When engaging the vaccine hesitant patient, which approach is least advisable?
  • What must I do in my clinic if someone arrives suspected of COVID-19?
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University of Manitoba
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