hammer9 Flashcards

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What are the symptoms of amphetamine intoxication?

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Agitation, irritability, paranoia or delirium, chest palpitations and tachycardia, HTN, diaphoresis and mydriasis

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What are the symptoms of heroin withdrawal?

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Muscle spasms, joint pain, nausea and vomiting, diarhea, abdominal cramps, rhinorrhea, lacrimation adn sweating

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What is the workup of acute bacterial prostitis? What is the treatment?

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Do a mid stream urine sample. Tx - TPM-SMX or fluoroqunilones for 4-6 weeks

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What are the features of adenomysis?

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Dysmenorrhea, heavy mesntrual bleeding with progression to chronic pelvic pain, boggy, tender, uniformly enlarged uterus

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What are findings in dermatomyositis/polymyositis?

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Muscle fiber injury. Symmetrical and proximal muscle weakness. Interstitial lung disease, esophageal dysmotility, Raynaud phenomenon, polyarthritis, Skin findings like gottron papules and heliotrope rash

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What are findings in Lambert-Eaton syndrome?

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Proximal muscle weakness, autonomic dysfunction, cranial nerve involvement, DIMINISHED or absent DTR

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Which nerve is damaged during parotid surgery? Which nerve causes jaw assymetry?

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Facial nerve.V3 of trigeminal nerve

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What is the treatment for Paget disease of bone? What are clinical features?

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Bisphosphonates. Spinal stenosis, radiculopathy, long bone bowing, fracture, arthritis Giant cell tumor, osteosarcoma.

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What are the indications to put patients on statin therapy?

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Age 40 - 75 with diabetes, LDL > 190, 10 year ASCVD > 7.5, clincially significant atherosclerotic diseae

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What happens to elderly patients who are predisposed to prerenal azotemia?

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Intravascular volume depletion, poor renal perfusion, worsening of GFR and renal function.

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What is the diference between trichomoniasis and bacterial vaginosis in terms of inflammation and erythema?

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Trichomoniasis has inflammation. Both have pH > 4.5, only candida has normal pH.

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What are clinical findigns of hereditary hemochromatosis?

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Chondrocalcinosisi pseudogout, chronic arthopathy, diabetes, liver disease.

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What are the inheritance mode and findings in osteogenesis imperfecta?

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Blue sclerae, hearing loss, recurrent fractures, opalescent teeth. Autosomal dominant and norma intelligence

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What are lab findings (Ca, P, PTH) in osteomalacia 2/2 vitamin D deficiency?

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low Ca, low P, increased PTH

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What are the risk factors for milk/soy protein induced colitis? Clinical features? Treatment and prognosis?

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Family hx of allergies, eczema or asthma. Presents ate age 2 - 8 weeks with regurgitation or vomiting, +/- painless bloody stools, +/- eczema. Elimination, inititation of hydrolyzed formula in formula fed infants. Spontaneous resolution by age 1 year.

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Which organisms cause osteomyelitis in children with sickle cell?

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Salmonella and staph aureus

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What is the workup of secondary hypogonadism in males?

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Serum prolactin, transferrin, MRI

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What are the findings in optic neuritis?

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Central scotoma, afferent pupillary defect, changes in color perception and decreased visual acuity.

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What are ECG, imaging and JVP findings in constrictive pericarditis?

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nonspecific or afib or low voltage QRS, imaging shows pericardial thickening and calcification. JVP shows prominent x and y descents.

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What are teh CT brain findings in Alzhemier with MMSE

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Diffuse cortical and subcortical atrophy which is greater in the temporal and parietal lobes

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What are teh symptoms and imaging findings in frontotemporal dementia?

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Mute, immobile, incontinent. Marked atrophy of frontal and temporal lobes on CT.

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What is the murmur of tricuspid regurgitation and what makes it louder?

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Holosystolic and gets louder with inspiration

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What are teh two major causes of acute pancreatitis and what is the first step in diagnosis?

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Gallstones and chronic alcohol use. Abdominal ultrasound

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What is the etiology and treatment for patietns with febrile neutropenia (

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Pseudomonas, pip-tazo

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What is the major cause of duodenal ulcers and how is it treated?

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H.pylori or NSAIDS. Acid suppression and antibiotic eradication therapy.

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What is the progression of acne treatment?

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  1. Topical retinoids, salicylic 2. topical antibiotics 3. Oral antibiotics 4. oralisotretinoin
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Who should get tetanuspdipteria toxoid vaccine? tetanus immune globulin?

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Severe or dirty wounds who received a booster > 5 years and those with minor clean wounds who received a booster > 10 years ago. TIG for dirty wound and unclear/incomplete immunization history

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Where do neuroblastomas arise adn what are teh imaging and lab findings?

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Neural crest cells. Most commonly in abdomen, calcifications and hemorrhages are seen and elevated serum adn urine catecholamines adn their metabolites (HVA and VMA)

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What is the best way to prevent prenatal conjuctivitis from chlamidya?

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Maternal prenatal testing.

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What is the presentation adn imaging findings of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy?

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HIV patints with focal neurological signs and multiple non-enhancing lesions with no mass effect. Stroke in HIV patinets

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What is the most common congenital GI tract anomaly in children and what does it usually present with? Tx?

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Meckel diverticulum presentign between epidodes of telescoping. Surgical resection.

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What sign is specific for renovascular hypertension? What are other signs implicated?

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Presence of an abdominal bruit. Resistant HTN and diffuse atherosclerosis, assymetic kidney size, recurrent flash pulmonary edema and elevation in serum creatinine > 30%

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What are teh best treatment for cancer induced anorexia/cachexia?

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Progesterone analogues such as megesterol acetate and medroxyprogesterone acetate

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What is the presentation of prepatellar bursitis? which organism is implicated?

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Anterior knee pain, tenderness, erythema and localized swelling in repetitive kneeling. 2/2 staph aureus

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What are early findings in Alzheimer?

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memory loss, visuospatal deficits (getting lost), landuage difficulties, cognitive impairement

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What are late findings of Alzhemier disease?

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Neuropsychiatric halluciations, dyspraxia, lack of insight regarding deficits, non cognitive neurologic deficits, urinary incontinence

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What is the imaging findings of advanced ovarian cancer and what is the management?

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Pelvic mass and ascites. Exploratory laparotomy.

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What are nasal polyps often associated with and what kind of symptoms do they cause?

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Chronic rhinosinusitis, asthma, aspirin induces bronchospasm. Cause symptoms of bilateral nasal obstruction, nasal discharge and anosmia.

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Which meds are used to treat acromegaly and what are their mechanisms?

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Cabergoline to inhibit GH release
Octeorotide to inhibit GH release
Pegvisomant inhibits IGF release from the liver, is a GH receptor antagonist

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What hormone is usually cosecreted with Growth hormone? Which CCB increases its level?

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Prolactin. Verapamil

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Which medications cause hyperprolacintoma?

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Antipsychotics, methyl dopa, metoclopromide, opioids, TCAs and Verapamil

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What is the presentation in men and women with high prolactin?

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Women have galactorrhea, amenorrhea, infertility and men have ED and decreased libido

43
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What four tests are done prior to getting an MRI for prolactin? Treatment?

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TFT, pregnancy test, BUN/Creatinine, LFTs. Treatment is with Cabergoline preferred over bromocriptine

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Which process is elevated during hypothyroidism?

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Menstrual flow

45
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When do you replace thyroid hormone? When do you test for antithyroig per oxidase/antithyroglobulin?

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When TSH is very high more than double with normal T4. When TSH is less than double

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Which is the only case in hyperthyroidism where TSH is elevated and where RAIU is elevated?

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Pituitary adenoma. Graves.

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What is the treatment for acute hyperthyroidism or thyroid storm?

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Propranolol to block peripheral conversion. Methimazole and PTU. Iodinated contrast material to block peripheral conversion and release. Steroids.

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What is the treatment for Graves opthalmopathy?

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Steroids, radiation for those not responding, de compressive surgery for severe cases.

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What is the management of a thyroid nodule?

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Perform TFT, if tests are normal biopsy. If nodules are greater than 1 cm, biopsy. If TSH is low, do iodine 123 scintigraphy and if nodule is hot, treat, if it is cold FNA.