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Associated Clinical Sciences Flashcards

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Tylenol; An antipyretic analgesic that causes liver damage (Hepatotoxic) ((irreversible liver damage))

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Acetaminophen

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An absorbent; treats poisonings and overdoses following oral ingestion; binds poison and prevents absorption by the GI tract

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Activated Charcoal

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Antiviral (herpes)

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Acyclovir

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Decreases xanthine oxidase activity; used to treat chronic gout

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Allopurinol

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A stimulant used to treat narcolepsy and ADHD

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Amphetamine

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Sleeping pills can produce respiratory depression

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Barbiturates

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Used to treat anxiety, side effect is termors; muscle relaxant

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Benzodiazepine

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Given for hypertension and arrhythmias; blocks epinephrine and norepinephrine

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Beta Blockers

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Cellular effecta od carboxy hemoglobin; associated with blue mucous membranes and cherry red lips.

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Carbon Monoxide

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A drug used to treat schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders

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Chlorpromazine

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Used to treat acute symptomatic gout

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Colchicine

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12
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An anticoagulant medication

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Dicumerol

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13
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Used to increase cardiac contractility (antiarrhythmic agent); overdose can cause a heart block.

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Digitalis

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14
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Best substance to remove lead from blood chelation therapy

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EDTA

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15
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A substance that makes you vomit; if toxic substance is taken by mouth normally then use an emetic to get rid of it (don’t use with gasoline).

Don’t vomit up something up that’s colosive.

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Emetic

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16
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Used in the treatment of anaphylactic shock

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Epinephrine

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17
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Removable of stomach contents via a pump followed by a saline rinse in order to eliminate poisons from the stomach; contraindications include corrosive substances, hydrocarbons, or poisons with effective antidote.

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Gastric lavage

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Haloperidol is used to treat psychotic disorders (conditions that cause difficulty telling the difference between things of ideas that are real and things or ideas that are not real). Haloperidol is also used to control motor tics and verbal tics in adults and children who have Tourette’s disorder.

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Haldol

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Blue gums; produces basophilic stippling of the RBS’s; seen among those who work in battery factories, with lead paint and in soil and water; affects the central nervous system; causes insomnia, delirium, tremors, cognitive deficits, convulsions and iron deficiency anemia.

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Lead Poisoning

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20
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A drug used to treat bi-polarity that produces tremors

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Lithium

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21
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Wood alcohol; CNS depressant; used in plastics, plywood, paints, explosives, highly toxic.

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Methanol

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Are used to treat episodes of angina in people who have coronary artery disease.

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Nitroglycerine

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Used to treat depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, some eating disorders (serrotonin uptake inhibitor), and panic attacks

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Prozac

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24
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Aspirin. Causes bleeding; inhibits prostaglandins, & associated with deafness & Reye’s syndrome.

Ringing in ears; deafness = acetylsalicylic Acid (Asprin)

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Salicylates

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25
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Treats depression (Prozac, Zoloft, Celexa, Lexapro)

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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor

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26
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Pesticide; causes muscular convulsions.

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Strychnine

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27
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Induces vomiting

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Syrup of Ipecac

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28
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An anticoagulant; vitamin K antagonist; increases clotting time

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Warfarin/Coumadin

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29
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Caused by inhalation of asbestos dust. Leads to mesothelioma.

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Asbestosis

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30
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Caused by iron dust.

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Siderosis

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31
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Caused by cotton dust (textile workers).

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Byssinosis

32
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Caused by glass, Sand/Stone dust (pottery). Light bulb makers, Granite workers

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Silicosis

33
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Measured in pregnant women using maternal blood or amniotic fluid as a screening test for a subset of developmental abnormalities: it is principally increased in open neural tube defects and decreased in Down Syndrome.

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Alpha Fetoprotein

34
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Deficient in Vitamin D and Iron

Deficient in what vitamin and what mineral?

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Breast Milk

35
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First breast milk

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Colostrum

36
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Painful menses (1° increased prostaglandin. 2° from pathology i.e. endometriosis)

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Dysmenorrhea

37
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Thinning of the cervix

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Effacement

38
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Decent of the fetal skull to he level of the ischial spines

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Engagement

39
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Excessive nausea and vomiting during pregnancy

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Hyperemesis Gravidarum

40
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The most commong surgical procedure for the diagnosis and treatment of Endometriosis

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Laparoscopy

41
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The baby drops into the pelvis 2 weeks before delivery and produces lower abdominal pain.

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Lightening

42
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Dark streak down the midline of the abdomen seen during pregnancy

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Linea Nigra

43
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Vaginal discharge after delivery and throughout the puerperium; 1st red (*asked recently), 2nd yellow, 3rd white.

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Lochia

44
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1st menstrual cycle

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Menarche

45
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Pain in abdomen at ovulation

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Mittelschmerz

46
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Period of time after the delivery of the placenta to the complete involution of the organs; infection during this time is referred to as Puerperal Sepsis.

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Puerperium

47
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1st perception by the mother of fetal life

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Quickening

48
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Identifies the fetal position (cm) in relation to the spines of the Ischium

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Station

49
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Blueish discoloration of the vagina

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Chadwick’s sign

50
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Softening of the tip of the cervix

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Goodell’s Sign

51
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Softening of the isthmus of the uterus

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Hegar’s sign

52
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Enlargement of the uterus near the uterine tube over the site of implantation

(Ectopic Pregnancy: MC location = Fallopian tubes

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Piskacek’s sign

53
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Brown hyperpigmentation of the face/mask of pregnancy

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Chloasma Aka Melasma

54
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Herniation of the urinary bladder into the vagina

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Cystocele

55
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A toxemia of pregnancy cause by hypertension leading to convulsions (pre exlampsia with convulsions)

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Eclampsia

56
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Palpable nodules in breast after ovulation with regression after menses (overweight diabetic women).

  • Painful, bilateral, tiny (worse w/ ovulation & caffine)
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Fibrocystic Breast Disease

57
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Toxemia of pregnancy with the following signs. HEP: Hypertension, Edema, Proteinuria.

Pre-eclampsia = Nephrotic syndrome (HEP [Hypertension, elevated BP, Proteinuria])

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Pre-eclampsia

58
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Herniation of the rectum into the vagina; “collapsed pouch” along the posterior vaginal wall.

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Rectocele

59
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Uterine contractions during labor and milk let down (ejection) following delivery.

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Oxytocin

60
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Responsible for milk production

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Prolactin

61
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From the 1st meaningful contraction to the full dilation of the cervix to 10 centimeters; longest stage

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1st: Dilation

62
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The release of the mucous plug during the first stage of labor

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Bloody show

63
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From full dilation of the cervix to delivery of the baby

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2nd: Expulsion

64
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From delivery of the baby to delivery of the placenta (most dangerous to mother).

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3rd: Placental Delivery

65
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A period of time from delivery of the placenta to several hours when the tone of the uterus is established and the uterus contracts expelling any remaining contents.

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4th: Stabilization

66
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Low lying placenta with partial obstruction of the interal os

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Praevia

67
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Normally placed, detaches from site; spontaneous abortion/premature separation

(*What’s worse for baby?)

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Abruptio

68
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Does not separate after delivery (*Which ones worse for mom?)

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Accreta

69
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Heart rate (pulse), repiratory rate, color (appearance), muscle tone (grimace), reflex activity

*Birth weight is NOT included; taken @ 1 min & 5 min

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Apgar Score

70
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A disorder on the autism spectrum (milder form)

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Asperger’s syndrome

71
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Food poisoning produced by honey, corn syrup, and molasses in newborn

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Botulism

72
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Baby’s head has an unusual shape due to swelling of the scalp; considered benign.

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Caput Succedeum

73
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Bedwetting. Adjust sacrum (S2, S5, S4)

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Enuresis

74
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Protein malnutrition (ascites)

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Kwashiorkor

75
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General malnutrition

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Marasmus

76
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Prevents hemorrhage in newborns

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Vitamin K

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