Doctors In Training Questions Flashcards
How does flutamide differ from finasteride in relation to MOA and clinical use
Flutamide-prostate cancer, competitive testosterone receptor inhibitor
Finasteride-BHP, or bald man, inhibits 5a reductase (convert T to DHT)
What is the difference between mean, median and mode? ALL SAME IN NORMAL SHAPED CURVE
Mean-average
Median-middle
Mode-most
What is a positive skewed curve and what is a negative skewed curve to mean median mode
+Left shift tail to right
Mean greater than median, median greater than mode
- shift right with tail to the left , mode is greater than median, median greater than mean
A 22 year old man who recently immigrated from a developing country is seen at the county health clinic with. A complaint of chronic, but recently worsening, productive cough and sinusitis symptoms/ he also mentions to you that he and his wife have not been able to have kids despite trying for 2 years. While you not this last complains, you order a chest x ray out of concern this man may have TB given his immigration status. The chest x ray appears backwards on the display, but you realize this means beast is actually not he opposite side of his chest. What is the primary defect in this syndrome and what are the charactistic signs and symptoms
Kartagener syndrome (primary ciliary dyskinesia—non motil cilia)
Bronchiectasis (bronchioles wont stay open, recurrent sinusitis, infertility, situs invertus)
What foods, typically high in mercury should be avoided during pregnancy?
Fish -fish that eat other fish so FDA say preg no eat
Shark, swordfish, king mackerel, tilefish
Mercury-brain damage to baby
IFN-y stimulates macrophages and inhibits TH2 . What cell type releases IFN-y
TH1 release IFN y
Amyloidosis and sarcoidosis are associated with which cardiomyopathy? What are some othe diseases or conditions associated with this cardiomyopathy?
Restrictive or obliterative cardiomyopathy —-bulk up tissue restrict function of the tissue
-postradioation fibrosis, endocardial fibroelastosis, lofflers syndrome, hemochromatosis
A 40 year old man is beginning to have symptoms of a resting tremor, postural instability, and mask like fancies. Name the antiviral drug that can be used against this disease and what is the MOA
Parkinson
Amantadine (same for flu)
-increase release of dopamine
What does the eustachian time connect? What is its purpose? What drug is commonly prescribed for Eustachian tube dysfunction?
Connect middle ear to nasal pharynx make pressure in middle ear same as astomspheric
Nasal steroids
Where do each of the following paranasal sinuses drain into the nasal cavity?
Ethmoidal air cells
Frontal sinus
Maxillary sinus
Sphenoidal sinus
Ethmoid air cells-ethmoid bone-anterior middle and posterior
Anterior ethmoidal air sinus-into nasal cavity by middle meatus into the semilunar hiatus
Middle ethmoidal air cells-drain into ethmoidal bulla
Posterior ethmoidal air cells drain into superior meatus
Frontal sinus drains into the semilunar hiatus via the frontonasal duct
Maxillary sinus drains into the semilunar hiatus
Sphenoidal sinus drain into the sphenoethmoidal recess (posterior superior to the nasal concha)
MOA for varenicline
Partial agonist at nicotine acetylcholine receptors
Smoking cessation
Black box for neuropsychiatric events depression suicide stuff
When is a fetus most susceptible to damage from teratogens? What antihypertensive drug class is teratogenic? What effect does this have on the fetus?
3-8 weeks embryonic period this is when organs formed
ACE-pril
ARB-sartan
Fetal kidney damage, act on RAAS
What physiological changes occur due to a prolonged stay in space at zero gravity
Decrease blood volume, rbc mass, muscle strength and work capacity, max CO, loss of calcium and phosphate from bones->loss of bone mass
Which bone is commonly fractured when falling on an outstretched hand, resulting in pain in the anatomical snuff box
Scaphoid-most commonly injured carpal bone
What is the cause of carcinoid syndrome? What are the classic symptoms
Secretion serotonin from carcinoid tumors (most GI or lung in bronchi)
B-FDR Bronchospasm Flushing Diarrhea Right sided valvular disease
What is antidote for digoxin toxicity
Digoxin immune Fab-expensive
Usually we normalize K and Mg, lidocaine for arrhythmias and cardiac pacing
What are some of the circumstances in which information is HIPPA exempt, meaning that your health information can be shared with another party
Child abuse, birth or death information, state mandated reportable illness, public health disease surveillance, state sponsored disease intervention activities , schools(vaccination)
A 55 yo alcoholic is admitted to the hospital for upper GI bleed. A reputures esophageal varix is found. What is the preferred medical treatment for this condition
Cirrhosis and portal venous HTN cause varices in esophagus and stomac
Octerotide-long acting somatostatin analog clamp down vascular bed
Endoscopic ligation
A 3 day old preterm infant delivered at 34 weeks gestational age develops neonatal RDS . What pneumocytes? What is the MOA that leads to poor o2-co2 exchange at the gas exchange barrier in preterm infants with rds? What structures make up the gas exchange barrier? How would you incrase surfactant production in preterm neonates?
Type II
No surfactantso cant get reduction in surface tension
Collapse and hyaline membrane impede gas exchange
(Hyaline membrane disease)
Type 1 pneumocytes-pulmonary epithelial cells
Basement membranes of the pulmonary capillaries
Endothelial cells of the pulmonary capillaries
Give mom glucocorticoids before delivery to mature type II
What is the most common gynecological neoplasm? Wat is the typical histological pattern? Benign or malignant?
Leiomyoma-fibroid
—menorrhagia and anemia
See smooth msucle bundles in different directions
Benign do not progress
Acetazolamide
Sodium bicarb diuresis
Mannitol
Osmotic prevent resorption
Increases urine flow
Furosemide
Inhibit NaKCL cotransporter ont hick to interstitial of medulla less hypertonic so in thin limb cant concentrate urine
Prevent concentration of urine
Hydrochlorothiazide
Inhibit na cl absorption
Reduces the diluting capcity of the nephron