MedStudy Board-style Q+A's Flashcards
Younger, intermittent dysphagia, solids not liquids, not progressive
Schatzki ring, do EGD
Rectal bleeding with cramps
Ischemic colitis, do flex-sig
Chronic diarrhea + GERD + Ulcers
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, check gastrin level off PPI
Familial polyposis coli- what surveillance?
Scope any rectum remaining after surgery, also EGD for gastric or proximal small bowel malignancies
Common cause pill esophagitis
doxycycline. Rx supportive measures
Older with watery diarrhea, mild cramping, abdominal pain
Microscopic colitis, dx with colonoscopy with biopsy
Younger, recurrent severe GI bleeds, negative scopes
Meckel’s diverticulum; dx nuc med scan; rx surgery
Hospitalized pt with MSOF, on TPN, US shows thickened GB wall with surrounding fluid, no stones
Acalculous cholecystitis; place percutaneous cholecystostomy tube
Hep C with normal LFT’s- what rx?
No rx at this time
Gastric bleed with visible vessel- rx?
Endoscopic rx with heater probe to the vessel
Food poisoning: Chinese restaurant, fried rice; 4-6 hours after, diarrhea, vomiting
B. cereus
Food poisoning: food left out at a picnic, mayonnaise
Staph aureus
Food poisoning: fast food hamburgers
E. coli 0157:H7
Lung mass, draining cutaneous lesion, budding yeast
Ohio/Mississippi basins: Blastomycosis
Southwest: Coccidioidomycosis
Rx itraconazole, amphoB if severely ill
Treatment Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Warfarin, oxygen, calcium channel blockers, oral endothelin receptor antagonists, PDE inhibitors, prostacyclin analogues
Causes decreased DLCO
Emphysema, interstitial inflammation and fibrosis, edema, infections; also reduced capillary lung volumes as in pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary embolism; anemia (unless corrected for hgb count)
Drugs that interact with theophylline and can elevate levels causing toxicity
cipro, cimetidine, erythromycin, propranolol, tetracycline
Necrotizing pneumonia that is contagious (possible bioterrorism)
Yersinia pestis (plague pneumonia)
Cause of pleural effusion glucose < 30
Rheutoid arthritis pleural effusion
Best test if suspect tuberculous effusion
Pleural biopsy
Fever, malaise, headache, sore throat, nonproductive cough; sore throat seen 2-3 weeks prior to pneumonia
Chlamydophila pneumoniae (formerly Chlamydia) rx macrolide or doxycycline
Definition severe persistent asthma
continual symptoms, frequent exacerbations, nighttime symptoms, limited activity, FEV1 or PEF 30%
Calculate A-a gradient; normal A-a gradient
A-a gradient = 149 - (PaO2 + 1.25 x PaCO2);
Normal < 0.3 x age (years)
Neurofibromatosis-2 associated with what tumor?
vestibular schwannoma