jan 12 2021

Question 1

Management of NEC

Answer 1

• discontinue enteral feeds
• nasogastric decompression
• blood cultures and empiric antibiotics
• IV fluid repletion

Question 2

presentation of intracerebral hemorhage?

Answer 2

-focal neurologic symptoms that appear early, followed by features of increasd intracranial pressure (vomiting, headache, decreased alertness, bradycardia, etc)

Question 3

diagnosis of intussesception

Answer 3

target sign of ultrasound

Question 4

what is blepharospasm?

Answer 4

recurrent forceful contraction of the eyelid muscles

Question 5

what is a common trigger for blepharospasm?

Answer 5

bright lights

Question 6

blepharospasm is a type of…

Answer 6

focal dystonia

Question 7

clinical features of drug induced interstitial nephritis?

Answer 7

fever, rash, arthralgias, hematuria, peripheral eosinophilia, sterile pyuria, WBC casts

Question 8

what is chlorthalidone?

Answer 8

a thiazide diuretic

Question 9

thiazides may induce…..

Answer 9

glucose intolerance

Question 10

what electrolyte abnormalities may be induced by thiazide diuretics?

Answer 10

hyponatremia, hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, and hypercalcemia

and hyperURICEMIA (from decreased uric acid clearance)