Flashcards in 5/14 Deck (74)
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How do people get hydatid cyts
Infection w/ echinococcus granulosos from "intimate contact with dogs"
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Dysentary + RUQ pain and single cyst + Mexico
Entamoeba histolytic causing amebic liver abscess
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Viral arthritis features
Symmetrical + Fever that goes away in 2 months
Can have ANA and RF +
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When is arrest of labor is the first stage diagnosed
> 6cm dilation w/ ruptured membranes in the setting of no cervical change for .4 hours w/ adequate contractions OR
when no cervical change for >6 hours with inadequate contractions
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What is pitocin for
Helping contraction strength
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PCP cxr
Bilateral diffuse interstitial infiltrates beginning the in perihilar region
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Triad of biliary cysts
1. Abdominal pain
2. Jaundice
3. RUQ palpable mass
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What is peak airway pressure the sum of
Airway resistance and plateau pressure
(Plateau pressure is the sum of the elastic pressure and PEEP)
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Amp + Gent has good synergism for what
Gram-neg aerobes (for abdominal infections in combo w/ metronidazole)
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Lambert-Eaton occurs w/ what lung Ca
Small cell
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Severe bipolar episode tx
Lithium or valproate + Atypical antipsychotic
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What causes bowel ischemia post AAA repair
Inadequate colonic collateral arterial perfusion to the left and sigmoid colon after loss of IMA during aortic graft placement
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MCC of urinary retention in older men
Bladder outlet obstruction du eto BPH
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First step in workup of thyroid nodule
TSH and thyroid US
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3 suspicious US features of thyroid nodules
1. Hypoechoic
2. Microcalcifications
3. Interval vascularity
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MC brachial plexus injury in delivery
Erb-Duchennes (C5-C7)
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Type of anemia Isoniazid causes
Sideroblastic
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Empiric meningitis tx
Vanc + Third gen cef
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What causes biliary stasis in TPN
Normal stimulus for CCK release and gallbladder contraction is absent (proteins and FA in duodenum)
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Prevalence effect on PPV and NPV
Inc prevalence inc PPV and dec NPV (and opposite for dec prev effect)
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Why is are the Ab in celiac disease often absent
Many celiac patients have selective IgA def
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Drugs that can cause IIH
GH, Tetracyclines, and excessive vitamins A and its derivatives (isotretinoin, ATRA)
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Two types of murmurs usually due to underlying pathologic cause
Diastolic and continuous
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Triad of HHS
1. AMS
2. Volume depletion
3. Polyuria
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How can thiazide diuretics precipitate HHS
Reducing intravascular volume, which decreases GFR and activates counter-regulatory hormones
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MCC of LE edema
Venous valvular incompetence
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What are lewy bodies
Eosinophilic intracytoplasmic inclusions representing adulation of alpha-synuclein protein
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Gluose-6-phosphatase def features
Doll like face, thin extremities, short stature, and protuberant abdomen
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How does bronchiectasis present
Cough, mucopurent sputum, and hemoptysis that often responds to antibiotics
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Next line for kids who pee at night when desmopressin doesn't work
TCAs (imipramine, amitriptyline, despramine)
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First abnormalities seen in a metabolically compromised fetus
Absent breathing movements and decelerations, followed by decreased body movements and fetal tone
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First line tx for adolescents w/ acute abnormal bleeding
High dose estrogen
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When do CF gets get pseudomonas
High chloride concentration and defective mucociliar clearance
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MCC of CF related pneumonia in infants and young children
S. aureus
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What usually parallels severity of CHF and is an independent predictor of poor outcome
Hyponatremia
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Triad of RCC
1. Flank pain
2. Hematuria
3. Palpable abdominal renal mass
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Why varicoceles in RCC
Fail to empty when pt stands due to tumor obstruction of the gonadal vein where it enters the renal vein
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What rapidly reverses warfarin
Prothrombin-complex concentrate
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First line tx for OCD
SSRIs or clomipramine
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What causes outflow obstruction in HCM
Septal hypertrophy and abnormal anterior motion of the mitral valve
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What is elevated in B12 and folate def
Homocysteine
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What suggests meningioma
Extra-axial well circumscribed dural based mass that is partially calcified on imaging
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Angiodysplasia characterized by
Dilated submucosa veins and AV malformations
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3 Things angiodysplasia is common with
1. Advanced renal dz
2. WVD
3. Aortic stenosis
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Osteoporosis screen
DEXA scan in all women above 65
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How does CMV retinitis present
Yellowish-white patches of retinal opacification and retinal hemorrhages
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Ocular toxo in AIDs pt's typically
Severe necrotizing retinochoroiditis
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How does HIV retinopathy present
Benign, cotton wool spots in the retina which remit spontaneously
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3 cardinal signs of PD
Rest tremor, rigidity, and bradykinesia
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Acute epididymitis in older male likely
Gram neg rods (E. coli)
Usually STDs in younger males
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Hallmark of ichthyosis
Dry and rough skin with horny plates over the extensor surfaces of the limbs
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What is tick borne paralysis characterized by
Rapidly ascending paralysis, no fever or sensory abnormalities, and normal CSF exam
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What is postcholecystecomy syndrome
Persistant abdominal pain or dyspepsia months to years after
US followed by ERCP
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what causes hypotension after an epidural
Blood redistribution to the lower extremities and venous pooling from sympathetic blockade
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Features of low back pain suggesting an inflammatory cuase
Gradual onset of pain
Onset at age
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Complications of cryptorchidism
1. Inguinal hernia
2. Testicular torsion
3. Subfertility
4. Testicular cancer
(surgery decreases the risk of the last two but doesn't eliminate)
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Obesity hypoventilation syndrome dx criteria
1. BMI > 30
2. Awake daytime PaCO2 > 45
3. No alternate cause of hypoventilation
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Drug for intermittent claudication
Cilostazol
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Post seizure anion gap result of?
Transient elevation in lactic acid
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What is considered in hepatic hydrothorax refractory to diureticcs
TIPS
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Hypokalemia EKG
1. U waves
2. Flat and broad T waves
3. Premature ventricular beats
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What is a hordeolum
Abscess located over the upper eyelid
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What is a chalazion
Chronic granulomatous inflammation of the meibomian gland that appears as a hard, painless lid nodule
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What causes pancytopenia in Lupus
Peripheral immune mediated destruction of all 3 cell lines
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How do anticholinergic meds cause urinary retention
Failure of detrusor contraction
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What causes primary dysmenorrhea
Increased prostaglandins release from endometrial sloughing during menses
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Indicators of severe asthma attack
Normalizing Pco2
Speech difficulty
Diaphoresis
Altered sensorium, cyanosis, and silent lungs
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Why won't atropine inc HR in a patient that is brain dead
Vagal control of the heart is lost
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What may still be functioning in brain death
Spinal cord --> may be able to see DTRs
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What does flattening of the diaphragm do
Increase work of breathing
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How do psoas abscesses commonly present
Sub acutely w/ fever and lower abdominal flank pain radiating to the groin
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What arrhythmia does digitalis cause
Atrial tachycardia with AV block (from increased ectopy and increased vagal tone combining)
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Hypoalbuminemia effect on calcium
Calcium decreases by 0.8 for every 1 dec in Albumin
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