Combank 3 Flashcards
(205 cards)
sirolimus MOA
creates a complex with intracellular immunophilins (FKBP) and binds to mTOR inhibiting T cell proliferation in response to IL-2
usually giving with cyclosporine and corticosteroids after a kidney transplant to suppress organ rejection
An XR of small bowel obstruction appears the way it does because…
what is tx for SBO?
smooth muscle contraction pushing against an area of resistance
NPO, insert nasogastric tube, place on suction
What are gelatin containing vaccines?
MMR, influenza, rabies, varicella, and yellow fever
male between 15 and 35 yo with testicular enlargement and gynecomastia
choriocarcinoma
MC testicular neoplasm in infants and children; present with a painless and bulky testicular mass
dx?
what is seen histologically?
pathognomonic?
yolk sac tumor/ endodermal sinus tumor
honeycomb pattern is seen in which a reticular network is formed by the vacuolated cytoplasm of tumor cells
Schiller Duvall bodies - take the appearance of a central vessel that is rimmed by fibrous tissue and surrounded by malignant epithelial cells in a cystic space
Lab findings associated with PCOS are
- elevated serum androgens (total T, and DHEAS)
- elevated LH (LH:FSH >2) due to pituitary oversecretion and leads to decreased synthesis of FSH and increased androgen production
- elevated serum antimullerian hormone (AMH)
anemia, spleonomegaly, teardrop-shaped RBCs on peripheral smear, and bone marrow fibrosis
dx?
due to?
Primary myelofibrosis
due to a mutation in the cytoplasmic tyrosine kinsase janus kinase 2, which leads to a constituitively active TK with increased phosphorylation activity that induces erythrocytosis and eventually leads to fibrosis
bone marrow aspiration and biopsy or peripheral blood containing at least 20% myeloid blasts or equivalents
dx?
acute myeloid leukemia
Sickle cell mutation
single point mutation on the hemoglobin gene in which glutamic acid is replaced with valine
Why can you tx Sickle cell disease with hydroxyurea?
increases fetal hemoglobin
Adult with PCKD has what inheritence type?
autosomal dominant
(ADults)
What is commonly associated with the adult form of PCKD?
subarachnoid hemorrhages
What is the MC characteristic of toxocariasis?
What type of pathogen is toxocara canis?
eosinophilia
dog roundworm
detrusor muscle receives blood supply from
anterior division of the internal iliac artery
How does PTH work on the kidney?
- inhibiting Na/P cotransport
- increasing phosphate excretion
- increasing urinary excretion of cAMP
- increasing calcium resorption
Gentamicin concerns
aminoglycoside that could be toxic to the kidney
2 most common AE are ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity
admin IV once per day to minimize toxic effects
binds to 30s and 50s subunits in prokaryotes to interfere with formation of initiation complex for protein synthesis
requires oxygen as a cofactor to enter cells, thus anaerobes are intrinsically resistant to bactericidal effects
What nerve passes through the foramen lacerum?
what does it carry and what would happen if injured?
nerve of the pterygoid canal
contains parasympathetic neurons to the lacrimal gland and sympathetic neurons to blood vessels in the face
disruption of this nerve would result in anhidrosis and deficits in tear production
What nerve goes through the foramen ovale?
mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve (CN V3)
What nerve goes through the foramen rotundum?
maxillary branch of trigeminal (CN V2)
name of disease with deficiency in functional UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) activity
Gilbert Disease
pt with menorrhagia and family hx of menorrhagia
von Willebrand Disease
triad representative of DiGeorge syndrome
- “Conotruncal” cardiac anomalies
- hypoplastic thymus (T cell deficits)
- subsequent hypoplastic parathyroid glands (resulting in hypocalcemia)
Zidovudine characteristics
aka Azidothymidine (AZT) - NRTI
can incorportate itself into the growing DNA chain, synthesized by viral reverse transcriptase, causing chain termination
-navir suffix
protease inhibitors, can be part of HAART