Sample, not a past paper

Read the Chinese. Then answer in English.

The China medical licensing exam paper is in Chinese. These five items were written for Vaidova so you can see the kind of reading. They are not from an exam, not a question bank, and not medical advice.

1. 01 · Exertional chest pain

   患者男，58岁。活动后胸骨后压榨性疼痛3个月，每次约5分钟，休息后可缓解，可放射至左肩。否认发热。

   胸骨后

   · behind the sternum

   压榨性

   · squeezing

   休息后可缓解

   · eases after rest

   放射

   · radiates

   What does 休息后可缓解 say about the pain?

   • It eases after rest.
   • It gets worse after rest.
   • It only happens during a fever.
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   It eases after rest. 缓解 means the symptom eases. 休息后 is after rest. 否认发热 says he denies fever, so the third choice is not in the sentence.

2. 02 · Fever and cough

   患者女，24岁。发热、咳嗽、咳黄痰2天。体温38.6℃。听诊右下肺可闻及湿啰音。

   咳黄痰

   · coughs up yellow sputum

   听诊

   · auscultation

   右下肺

   · right lower lung

   湿啰音

   · crackles

   Where were the crackles heard?

   • The right lower lung.
   • The left upper lung.
   • The sentence does not say.
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   The right lower lung. 右 is right, 下 is lower, 肺 is lung. 湿啰音 are the crackles.

3. 03 · Right lower abdominal pain

   患者男，19岁。转移性右下腹痛8小时，伴恶心。麦氏点压痛、反跳痛阳性。

   转移性

   · migrating

   右下腹

   · right lower abdomen

   麦氏点

   · McBurney's point

   反跳痛

   · rebound tenderness

   麦氏点压痛 means tenderness at which landmark?

   • McBurney's point.
   • The left costal margin.
   • The umbilicus only.
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   McBurney's point. 麦氏点 is McBurney's point. 压痛 is tenderness on pressure. 阳性 means that sign is present.

4. 04 · Blood pressure

   患者女，67岁。头晕1周。测血压168/96 mmHg。既往有高血压病史，自行停药2个月。

   头晕

   · dizziness

   既往

   · in the past history

   高血压

   · hypertension

   自行停药

   · stopped the medicine on her own

   What does 自行停药2个月 say she did?

   • She stopped her medicine herself, for two months.
   • She started a new medicine two months ago.
   • She has had dizziness for two months and never took medicine.
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   She stopped her medicine herself, for two months. 自行 is on her own. 停药 is stopping a medicine. The dizziness is 1周, one week, not two months.

5. 05 · An order

   医嘱：禁食水，完善血常规和心电图，向患者及家属交代病情。

   医嘱

   · medical order

   禁食水

   · nothing by mouth

   血常规

   · complete blood count

   交代病情

   · explain the condition

   What should the patient do about eating and drinking?

   • Take nothing by mouth: no food and no water.
   • Drink water, but skip food.
   • The order does not mention eating or drinking.
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   Take nothing by mouth: no food and no water. 禁 is forbid. 食 is food. 水 is water. Together, 禁食水 means nothing by mouth.