UWorld Flashcards
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Bone lesion in child w/ pain worse at night and better /w NSAIDs
Also will be unrelated to activity = Osteoid osteoma
What are porphyrias?
Porphyrias = acquired or congenital disorders in heme synthesis
Enzyme deficiency early in porphyrin synthesis => acute intermittent porphyria
Enzyme deficiency late in porphyrin synthesis => porphyria cutanea tarda
Membranous vs. membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
(a) Renal biopsy findings
(b) Clinical presentation
Membranous GN
(a) basement membrane thickening
(b) Nephrotic in adult
Membranoproliferative GN
(a) Mesangial hypercellularity
(b) Nephritic in adult
Three diagnostic requirements for acute liver failure
- severe acute liver injury, ALT and AST over 1000
- synthetic dysfunction INR > 1.5
- hepatic encephalopathy (confusion, asterixis)
Differentiate typical presentating features of Patau vs Edwards syndrome
Patau (trisomy 13) = midline deficits: cutis aplasia (no epidermis over skull), micropthalmia, holoprosencephaly, omphalocele
Edwards (trisomy 18): closed fists w/ overlapping fingers, rocker bottom feet, micrognathia (undersized jaw
Inhibin A
(a) Produced where?
(b) Level in Turners pts
(c) Relevance in the quadruple screen
Inhibin A
(a) Released by ovaries
(b) Low in Turners pts (ovarian dysgenesis/streak ovaries)
(c) Elevated inhibin A on quadruple screen associated w/ increased risk of Down syndrome
Ecthyma gangrenosum vs. pyoderma gangrenosum
Ecthyma gangrenosum = hemorrhagic pustules that => necrtoci ulcers, 2/2 pseuomonas in pts w/ neutropenia and pseudomonal bacteremia
-tx w/ abx
Pyoderma gangrenosum- usually systemic disease like IBD, RA
-tx w/ steroids
CXR finding of pulmonary contusion
= Parenchymal bruising in the lung causing intra-alveolar hemorrahge and edema => patchy, irregular (nonlobular) alveolar infiltrate not restricted by anatomical borders
Age to introduce
(a) Cow’s milk
(b) Puree food
(a) Cow’s milk at one year age
- too early associated w/ increased risk of iron deficiency
(b) Puree food at 6 months
- too early associated w/ increased risk of GI infection
Drugs that decrease warfarin effect
Decreased warfarin effect (reduce its activity) = Cyp 450 inducers
“chronic alcoholics steal phen-phen and never refuse greasy carbs”
- chronic EtOH
- St. John’s wart
- phenytoin
- phenobarbitol
- nevirapine (NNRTI)
- rifampin
- griseofulvin (antifungal)
- carbamazepine
Clinical manifestations of acute intermittent porphyria
Usually after exacerbating factor (usual meds, fasting) get GI symptoms (N/V/D) and neuropsych (weakness, pain, psychosis)
Malignant otitis externa
(a) What is it?
(b) At risk populations
(c) Tx
Malignant otitis externa = necrotizing infxn of external auditory canal and base of skull
(a) Caused by pseuodomonas
(b) Elderly often w/ poorly controlled diabetes or otherwise immunocompromised
(c) IV cipro
HIV ppx based on CD4 count
- CD4 under 200: trim-sulfa for PCP
- CD4 under 150: itraconazole for Histo
- CD4 under 100 W/ IgG positive for toxo: trim-sulfa for toxo
- CD4 under 50: azithromycin for MAC
Note: no fluconazole for candidiasis ppx b/c don’t want drug resistance and it’s relatively easy to treat
What derm abnormality do the following treat
(a) Oral dapsone
(b) Topical clobetasol
(a) Oral dapsone (type of abx) used for dermatitis herpetiform in addition to gluten-free diet
(a) Clobetasol = high potency glucocorticoid used to tx bullous pemphigoid
MC cause of
(a) AL amyloidosis
(b) AA amyloidosis
(a) AL amyloid = light chains, MC cause is multiple myeloma
(b) AA amyloid = abnormal proteins, MC cause is rheumatoid arthritis
How to determine dose of anti-D immune globulin required
Give standard dose at 28 weeks of gestation, then repeat w/in 72 hrs of delivery
-about 50% of Rh- F will need a higher dose after delivery, placental abruption, or procedures, so use the Kleihauer-Betke test to determine dose to give to mother
Reversal agent for
(a) Heparin
(b) Warfarin
(a) Heparin reversal w/ protamine sulfate
b) Warfarin reversal w/ prothrombin complex concentrate to quickly decrease INR (by replacing vit-K dependent factors
Tx of torsades
If stable- IV Mg
If unstable- immediate defibrillation
What is Duputren’s contracture?
Fibroblast proliferation and collagen deposition => fourth and fifth digits contracted, deforming the hand
D/o associated w/
(a) FSGS
(b) Membranous nephropathy
(c) MPGN
(d) Minimal change disease
(a) FSGS associated w/ HIV, obesity, AA/Hispanic, heroin use
(b) Membranous- adenocarcinoma (breast, lung)
(c) MPGN: hep B and C
(d) Minimal change seen in lymphoma (liquid tumors, solid associated w/ membranous) and NSAID use
Conditions associated w/ pulsus paradoxus
Pulsus paradoxus = drop in systolic BP by 10 mmHg w/ inspiration
- cardiac tamponade/pericardial effusion classically
- BUT ALSO: severe asthma and COPD
9 yo F p/w unstead gait and weakness in lower limbs
- decreased vib/position sense in LE
- absent ankle jerks b/l
- deformed high plantar arches
- T wave inversions on ECG
- MRI: atrophy of spinal cord
Dx
Dx = Freidreich ataxia
- aut recessive
- frataxin gene = mitochondrial protein, so needed in super active muscle tissue specifically heart and skeletal muscle
Gait/limb ataxia
Loss of vib/position sense, areflexia
T wave inversions from cardiomyopathy
Describe classic presentation of laryngomalacia
Laryngomalacia (floppy supraglottic structures that collapse during inspiration) presents at age 4-8 months w/ inspiratory stridor (‘noisy breathing’) worse when supine/better when prone
Clinically distinguish methanol and ethylene glycol poisoning
Both present w/ anion gap metabolic acidosis
Main difference: methanol damages the eyes (vision loss, see optic disc hyperemia), where ethylene glycol damages the kidneys