Uworld Pass 2a Flashcards
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nonhemolytic tranfusion reaction? Management
1-6 hours after transfusion
transient fevers, chills, malaise
Management: stop transfusion -> use leukoreduction for all future transfusion
CMV vs. rubella?
Rubella has cardiac defects, CMV does not
Long-term treatment for cocaine?
12 step program and individual therapy
painless muscle weakness associated with weight gain, bone loss, hypertension, hirsutism?
Hypercortisolism (Cushing’s syndrome)
Leading cause of diabetes retinopathy in the US? Signs?
Diabetic retinopathy
Types: 1. microaneurysms, hemorrhages, exudates, retinal edema
- cotton wool spots
- newly formed vessesl
Most common causes of aortic regurgitation in developed countries?
Dilation of the aortic root, congenital bicuspid valve
Signs of opiod overdose
reduction in both respiratory rate, tidal volume, respiratory acidosis, hypothermia
Side effects of mirtazapine?
SNRI, dedating, increase apetite
Signs of testicular torsion?
bell-clapper deformity (high riding testes) decreased crenasteruc refkex
abdominal pain, emesis, 24-36 hours after blunt abdominal trauma in children? Diagnostic method?
duadenal hematomas
Ct imaging is diagnostic
Contraindications in the infant for breast feeding?
Galactosemia
Probenecid MoA?
Increases uric acid secretion in the kidneys
Most common injury in a midshaft humerus fracture?
Radial nerve
Causes of idiopathic intracranial hypertension?
growth hormone, tetracyclines, excessive vitamin A (and derivatives)
Breath sounds in consolidations?
Increased
How does a pheochromocytoma act?
increased catecholamine secretion
What is an Ergot?
5-HT agonist
When to expect Shy-Drager syndrome (multiple system atrophy?)
Person with Parkinsonism experiences orthostatic hypotension, impotence, incontinence, or other autonomic symptoms
bright red, firm, friable, exophytic nodules in HIV infected patient?
bacillary angiomatosis, caused by Bartonella, a Gram-negative bacillus
Should natrexone and naloxone be given for opiod withdrawals?
No, they worsen them
Features of 11beta-hydroxylase?
Ambiguous gentialia in firls, fluid and salt retention, hypertension
Signs of mitral regurgitation?
sever pulmonary edema, hypotension, with hyperdynamic precordium
When is cholithiasis risk increased in TPN?
> 2 weeks of TPN admission -> increased cholestasis
Wernicke encephalopathy presentation?
altered mental status, ataxia, nystagmus












