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Phosphate levels of chronic kidney disease? what does this do?

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elevated phosphate levels

- bind calcium

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Calcitriol

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active form of Vitamin D

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Elevated phosphate levels and FGF-23 do what do Calcitriol synthesis and PTH

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  • decreased calcitriol synthesis

- increase PTH synthesis

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Elevated PTH can lead to what bone problem

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osteitis fibrosa

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Most common cardiomyopathy

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dilated cardiomyopathy

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Most common heritable bleeding disorder

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  • von Willebrand disease (vWD)
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how is von Willebrand disease inherited

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autosomal dominant with variable penetrance

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what are 2 things prolonged in von Willebrand disease

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PTT and leading time

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2 functions of von Willebrand disease

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  1. carrier protein for factor VIII

2. mediator of platelet adhesion

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What does mitral regurgitation sound like? location

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  • blowing, holosystolic murmur

- cardiac apex with radiation to axilla

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What can cause mitral regurgitation in underdeveloped countries

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rheumatic heart disease

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66 yr old man: dizziness, bilateral limb ataxia, mass in right lunch, cerebellar Purkinje cell degeneration

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paraneopastic cerebellar degeneration

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Most common antibodies in paraneoplastic cerebellar deneration

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Abs against Hu, Yo, Tr, and P/Q

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Small cell lung carcinoma can metastasize where

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subacute cerebellar degeneration

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Several months to years after brain infarction, the necrotic area looks like

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cystic cavity surrounded by wall composed of dense fibers formed by astrocytic processes ( glial scar)

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What happens to a patient during the first week after expire to M. tuberculosis

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  • intracellular bacterial proliferation
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What allows M. tuberculosis to proliferate in bacterial cell

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sulfatide virulence factor

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Autosomal dominant Polycystic kidney disease are associated with other health probelms

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  • Berry aneurysms
  • mitral valve prolapse
  • benign hepatic cysts
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rupture of Berry aneurysm results in

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subarachnoid hemorrhage

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Polycystic kidney disease, sudden onset severe headache, nuchal ridigity?

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage

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Dandy-Walker malformation

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  • hypoplasia/absence of cerebellar vermis

- cystic dilation of 4th ventricle

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complication of Dandy-Walker malformation

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  • non-communicating hydrocephalus
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Arnold-Chiari malformation

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  • downward displacement of cerebellar vermis and tonsils below foramen magnum
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Where does Varicella zoster remain dormant

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  • dorsal root ganglia
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histo for varicella zoster
- intranuclear inclusions in keratinocytes and multinucleate giant cells ( positive Tzank smear)
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histo for dermatitis herpetiformis
neutrophils on tips of dermal papillae
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Most important poor prognostic factor for post streptococcal glomerulonephritis
increased age
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elevated creatine kinase is suggestive of what
myopathy
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Patient is fatigued, weight gain myoedema ( focal mounding of muscle following percussion), elevated creatinine kinase ? what causes creatinine kinase increase
serum TSH
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what makes up the uterine wall
- simple columnar epithelium - tubular glands - stroma
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Most common site of endometriosis
ovary, pelvis, peritoneum
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Normal epithelium of ovary
simple cuboidal cells
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transient procoagulant/anticoagulant imbalance presenting at start of warfarin therapy is caused by
protein C deficiency
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Meningococcal septicemia can cause bilateral hemorrhagic infarction of adrenal glands leading to
Waterhouse-Friderchsen syndrome
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What is Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
- adrenal insufficiency - fever - DIC - shock
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Which hepatitis increases risk for hepatocellular carcinoma
B and C
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HBV or HBC integrates DNA in liver cell
HBV has revserve transcriptase
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What does the liver do after HBV infection
regeneratie hyperplasia | and liver cell injury
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HBV genes disrupts cell control cycle by
inactivating p53
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Low-pitched, holosystolic murmur that accentuates during maneuvers that increase after load
ventricular septal defect
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Right-sided colon cancers grow how? and present?
- exophytic masses | - occult leading and symptoms of iron deficiency anemai
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left-sided colon grow how? causes?
- infiltrate intestinal wall and encircle the lumen | - constipation and symptoms of intestinal obstruction
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What is Rectosigmoid involvement of colon cancer cause
hematochezia
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constipation that alternates with diarrhea is characteristic of
irritable bowel syndrome
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What is increased in serum for hemolytic-uremic syndrome
- lactate dehydrogenase - unconjugated bilirubin - BUN - creatinine
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Removal of excess cholesterol from body occurs 2 mechanisms
1. excretion of free cholesterol into bile | 2. conversion of cholesterol into bile acids
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High levels of what increase cholesterol solubility and decrease risk of gallstones
- phosphatidylcholine and bile salts
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pigment stones can arise from what condition
unconjugated bilirubin in bile
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what can cause black pigment stones
- chronic hemolysis | - ileal disease
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epigastric calcifications and history alcohol use ? consequences
chronic alcoholic pancreatitis | - malabsorption
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pt has, fever, neurologic symptoms, renal failure, anemia, and thrombocytopenia in setting of GI illness
thrombocytopenia thrombotic purport-hemolytic uremic syndrome TTP-HUS
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Child with generalized edema, mild upper respiratory infection, proteinuria, low albumin
minimal change disease: effacement of podocytes
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green discoloration of pus or sputum seen during common bacterial infection is due to
presence of myeloperoxidase
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Most common renal malignanty
clear cell carcinoma | - arises from renal proximal tubular cells
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cells in renal cell carcinoma
polygonal clear cells filled with accumulated lipids and carbohydrates
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Name the mediators that attract neutrophils
1. LTB4 2. C5a 3. IL8 4. bacterial products
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Familial retinoblastoma is associated with what other disease
osteosarcoma
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Familial retinoblastoma occurs as a result of mutation of what
2 RB genes ( "two hits")
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Most common malignant brain tumor of childhood
medulloblastoma
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patient with Down Syndrome, ataxia-telangiectasia and neurofibromatosis type1 has an increased risk of developing what
acute lymphoblastic leukemia
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first sign of uncal herniation
fixed and dilated pupil on side of lesions
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What nerve gets compressed in Transtentorial (uncal herniation)
CN III: oculomotor nerve
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Translocationof CML
9:22 | bcr-abl tyrosine kinase inhibitor
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Most common lung cancer in nonsmoker
non small cell adenocarcinoma
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how does shigella invade GI
- microfilm cells in ill peer patches through endocytosis
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What kind of stool is passed with shigella
blood and mucus
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Old patient becomes aggressive and periodic jerky movements of arms
Huntington's disease
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Huntington's is loss of what neurotransmitter
GABA
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MEN2 syndromes are caused by gremline mutations of what
RET proto-oncogene
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enlarging thyroid with elevated calcitonin is what
medullary thyroid cancer
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PE for medullary thyroid cancer
- marfanoid habitus | - mucosal neuromas
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patient with weight loss despite normal increased food intake, polyuria, polydipsia, and fatigue
type 1 diabetes mellitus
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fasting glucose for diabetes
greater than 126
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calcium levels in blood and urine for calcium stones
- hypercalciuria ( urine) | - normacalcemic ( blood)
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In diastolic heart failure is what is - left ventricular ejection fraction - end-diastolic volume - increased LV filling pressures
1. normal 2. normal 3. increased LV filling pressure
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What is the most important determinant for prognosis for tetralogy of fallot
pulmonary stenosis
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Symptoms for polymyositits
insidious onset of symmetric proximal muscle weakness affecting the upper and lower extremities
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what antibodies are founding polymyositis
1. anti-jo-1 2. anti-Mi-2-antibodies against histidyl-tRNA syntheses
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Grave's disease
- autoimmune response against TSH receptor
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PE for grave's disease
- pretibial myxedema - exopthalmos - periorbital edema
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atherosclerotic plaque can get an endothelial damage and cause what
platelet aggregation/adhesion and release of PDGF
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patient with hip pain, decreased range of motion, and underlying sickle cell disease
osteonecrosis
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causes of osteonecrosis
CAST Bent LEGS - Corticosteroids - Alcoholsim - Sickle Cell - Trauma - " the bends" - LEgg-Calve_perthes - Gaucher disease - slipped capital fermoral epiphysis
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Epithelial ovarian cancer has elevated levels of what in serum
cancer antigen 125 (CA-125)

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