Flashcards in TB, HIV, and Hepatitis Deck (52)
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Is latent TB infectious?
No
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How often does latent TB develop into active TB?
10%
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What is military TB?
Carried to all parts of the body
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Who is at risk for TB?
Immunocompromised: DM, HIV, cancer, DM, renal failure, steroid therapy, debilitative state
Close contact: boarding schools, homeless shelters
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Where is TB seen on CXR?
Upper lobes
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Signs and symptoms of TB?
Cough, fever, weight loss, lethargy, anorexia, night sweats, cough, chest pain, hemoptysis
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What is the only diagnostic test for TB?
sputum test
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When should you test for resistance for TB, and what is defined as resistance?
Always, Drug resistant is resistant to one drug, while multi drug resistant is resistant to more than one drug
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How do you check the TST?
Based solely on induration, not erythema
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DD for TB?
Penumonia, pneumoitis, neoplasm, fungal infection, sarcoidosis, pulmonary fibrosis
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What do you monitor for Isoniazid?
liver function and peripheral neuropathy. Can cause dark urine
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What will occur with rifampin?
Dark urine
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Side effects of pyrazinamide?
GI, myalgia, and arthralgia
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What do you do for Ethambutol?
baseline eye exam, visual acuity and color vision, CBC and CNS
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What's the preferred therapy for TB?
Direct observation therapy for drug resistant, intermittent therapy, and risk for non adherence
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Functions of the liver?
Bile, eliminiates biliruben, metabolizes hormones and drugs, syntehsizes proteins, glucose storage, stores minerals and vitamins, converts ammonia to urea, converts fatty acids to ketones, filters the blood for metabolites and bacteria
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Different causes of acute hepatitis?
Autoimmune, drugs, toxins, infections (bacteria, virsuses)
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How are the different forms of viral hepatitis separated?
Only by serology
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Three stages of hepatitis?
Prodromal, icteric, convalescent
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Hep A transmission?
Fecal oral route
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DD for hepatitis A?
Mono, cancer, obstructive jaundice, ETOH hepatitis or cirrhosis, liver injury, food poisoning, HIV acute, CMV
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How do you test for Hep A
IgM and IgG
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How do you transmit hep b?
blood or body fluids
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How often does Hep B become chronic?
6-10%,
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Labs for evaluation of Hep B?
HIV, GGT, genotype and viral load, serum iron, liver panel, abdominal imaging
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Nomenclature for Hepatitis?
E- envolope- center
C- core- middle
S- surface, outside
Ag- antigen from virus
Ab- antibody from host
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HBeAg?
active viral repilation
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HBcAb?
Previous exposure
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HBsAb?
Immunity
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