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Genitourinary/BW Flashcards

1
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what is the most common type of kidney stone?

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calcium makes up 85% of kidney stone

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2
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what is the most specific imaging modality for diagnosing kidney stones?

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CT

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3
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Will a spermatocele transilluminate?

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Yes

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4
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A kidney stone of less than what size will likely pass on its own?

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less than 5 mm

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5
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List three possible treatments for stress incontinence in women.

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Kegels, estrogen therapy, surgical placement of a urethral sling

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A 65 year old male presents with frequency. On digital rectal exam you feel an elastic moderately enlarged prostate. What is the most likely diagnosis?

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BPH

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7
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A PSA above what level should start to make you concerned?

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more than 4.0

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8
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Give two major risk factors for erectile dysfunction

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Diabetes, hypertension, depression, coronary artery disease

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9
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List one major risk factor for bladder cancer?

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Smoking

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10
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Define paraphimosis

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foreskin is retracted and cannot by reduced

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Which problem is an emergency phimosis or paraphimosis?

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Paraphimosis

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12
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What is the name of the condition that involves fibrous scar tissue in the penis causing a curvature of the erect penis?

A

peyronie’s disease

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13
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Both testicles should be descended by what age?

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3 months

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14
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Feeling a bag of worms in the scrotum should make you think of what diagnosis?

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varicocele

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A fluid filled painless mass found in the scrotum which transilluminates should make you think of what diagnosis?

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hydrocele

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16
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What is the first line treatment for a varicocele?

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Watchful waiting unless there is a question of fertility.

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17
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Name the sign which is defined as decreased pain with scrotal elevation?

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Prehn’s sign

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18
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Maltese crosses in the urine should make you think of what diagnosis?

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Nephrotic syndrome

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What is the imaging study of choice if you suspect bladder cancer?

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Cystoscopy and biopsy

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20
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What is the most likely diagnosis for a free floating, painless, cystic mass found posterior and superior to the testis?

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spermatocele

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21
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What age range is typically associated with testicular torsion?

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10-20 years old

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22
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Where is the epididymis found?

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It is found at the posterior upper pole.

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23
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What is the best imaging to rule out testicular torsion?

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Doppler U/S for decreased blood flow to the testes.

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What are the two most common causes of epididymitis?

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Neisseria gonorrhea and chlamydia

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25
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What medicaton classes are prescribed in order to help prevent chronic renal failure in diabetic patients?

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ACEIs or ARBs

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26
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Will epididymitis feel better with scrotal elevation?

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Yes

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27
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What is the normal level of serum bicarbonate (HCO3)?

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24 mEq/Liter

28
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What is the treatment for epididymitis?

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Ceftriaxone and doxycycline

29
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What is the first line antibiotic treatment for cystitis?

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Bactrim

30
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What is the most common organism that causes a bladder infection?

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E. coli

31
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Tenderness at the costovertebral angle should make you think of what diagnosis?

A

pyelonephritis

32
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What is the condition where the urethral meatus is not at the tip of the penis?

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hypospadias and in far fewer cases epispadias

33
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What is the most common organism responsible for prostatitis?

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E. coli

34
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What is the first line antibiotic for prostatitis?

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Bactrim 4-6 weeks

35
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List two risk factors for prostate cancer.

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Advancing age, African American, positive family history, high fat diet.

36
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What might you feel on a digital rectal exam of a patient with prostate cancer?

A

Enlarged prostate, hard nodules within the prostate.

37
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Define priapism

A

painful persistent erection

38
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A prostate biopsy consists of how many samples?

A

6 to 12

39
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Painless hematuria should make you think of what diagnosis?

A

bladder cancer

40
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What is the most common bladder cancer?

A

transitional cell cancer

41
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Define phimosis

A

foreskin cannot be retracted.

42
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Name the condition in which the head of the penis curves downward or upward, at the junction of the head and shaft of the penis. (Hint: It is often associated with hypospadias.)

A

chordee

43
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How do you treat urethritis?

A

ceftriaxone and doxycycline

44
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A 3 year old boy presents with hematuria and a painless palpable abdominal mass. What is the most likely diagnosis?

A

Wilms tumor

45
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List three possible causes of prerenal renal failure.

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CHF, severe dehydration, hemorrhage.

46
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What is the most common cause of postrenal renal failure?

A

BPH, postrenal renal failure is secondary to an outflow obstruction.

47
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Muddy brown sediment in the urine should make you think of what diagnosis?

A

Acute tubular necrosis

48
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Tea colored urine with red cell casts should make you think of what diagnosis?

A

Glomerulonephritis

49
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What are the two most common predisposing factors in the development of chronic renal failure?

A

HTN and DM

50
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A sponge like prostate on digital rectal exam should make you think of what diagnosis?

A

Prostatitis, but be careful. You can cause sepsis with a digital rectal exam.

51
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Will serum potassium be decreased or elevated in renal failure?

A

elevated

52
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A urine protein of >3.5 grams/day should make you think of what diagnosis?

A

Nephrotic syndrome

53
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What hereditary pattern does polycystic kidney disease follow?

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Autosomal dominant

54
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What is the normal pH of the blood?

A

7.35-7.45

55
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What is the most accurate way to diagnose urethritis?

A

Urine PCR

56
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What is considered a normal PCO2?

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40mmHg

57
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An ABG shows a pH of 7.2, a bicarb of 25 and a PCO2 of 50. Is this respiratory or metabolic acidosis?

A

respiratory - CO2 is elevated

58
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White blood cell casts should make you think of what diagnosis?

A

pyelonephritis

59
Q

What area of the prostate is affected by BPH?

A

The transitional zone

60
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What area of the prostate is the primary site for prostate cancer?

A

The peripheral zone

61
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An involuntary loss of urine during coughing or laughing is what type of incontinence?

A

Stress incontinence

62
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A patient who has normal bladder function, but can not get to the bathroom has what type of incontinence?

A

functional incontinence

63
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What type of incontinence is often associated with BPH?

A

Overflow incontinence, the bladder cannot empty sufficiently.

64
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At what age do you begin screening patients for prostate cancer? What two tests are used?

A

At age 50 an annual digital rectal exam and a PSA are recommended.

65
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Often caused by chlamydia what is the syndrome characterized by urethritis (or cervicitis), arthritis and conjuctivitis?

A

Reiter’s syndrome

66
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What is the most common type of testicular cancer?

A

Nonseminoma

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