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café au lait spots with smooth borders café au lait spots with irregular borders
neurofibromatosis I - freckling, check eyes Mccune-albright: fibrous dysplasia + precocious puberty neurofibromatosis II- no cafe au lait, check ears
Overlapping confidence intervals
there may not be statistically significant difference
NSTEMI treatment
Aspirin, Plavix, atorvastatin, heparin drip, metoprolol
Hereditary hemochromatosis
arthropathy (2nd and 3rd MCP joints, calcium pyrophosphate- positively birefringent rhomboids, not improved with phlebotomy) +hepatomegaly+diabetes
Toxic megacolon treatment
NGT decompression, antibiotics, steroids if IBD, not c. diff
TP FP FN TN
PPV = TP/ (TP+FP) NPV= TN/ (TN+FN) Sensitivity= TP / (TP+FN) Specificity= TN/ (TN+FP)
Ptosis and miosis with unilateral headache
Carotid artery dissection
Perforated ulcer Renal colic vs peritonitis
IV PPI, abx, fluids Writhe in pain vs motionless
C. diff treatment
Severe: WBC >15k, cr 1.5x baseline, albumin <3-vanc Severe+ileus: vanc+ IV flagyl Mild/moderate: PO flagyl
Continue antidepressants for 1-3 years in
chronic, severe, recurrent depression
Restless legs syndrome lab treatment
ferritin, supplement if <75 pramipexole/ropirinole/gabapentin
Oropharngeal dysphagia
difficulty initiating, drooling, aspiration, coughing do nasopharyngeal laryngoscopy
Tight glycemic control effect
decreases microvascular complications-nephropathy, retinopathy
Abdominal pain nonproportional to exam
mesenteric ischemia
C. diff treatment prevention of diarrhea
14 days of flagyl, 14 days of flagyl, then vanc minimize antibiotics, PPIs *prevention of MRSA-chlorhexidine bathing
Most common cause of hereditary thrombophilia
Factor V leiden
Onychomycosis diagnosis treatment
KOH prep terbinafine (hepatotoxicity), itraconazole
Varices treatment
Band ligation with surveillance and rebanding prn, Propanolol, nodalol (nonselective beta blockers)
NAAT
chlamydia and gonorrhea, first prenatal visit, repeat in 3rd trimester. complications: PPROM, preterm labor, postpartum endometritis
Spinal TB Health care workers post exposure
Pott disease If PPD initially negative, retest in 8-10 weeks
Chest pain and neuro symptoms in cocaine ingestion
Aortic dissection-CTA, MRA, TEE
Plantar warts
HPV, salicylic acid and tape/liquid nitrogen/topical imiquimod, scrape
Anti epileptics in pregnancy
Change 6 months before conception. High dose folic acid, AFP testing and u/s
SLE treatment
Prednisone, hydroxychloroquine Cyclophosphamide (if vasculitis, CNS, nephritis)