UWorld Pt 1 Flashcards
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Dose of epi for ACLS algorithm
Epinephrine for asystole and PEA arrest: 1g q3-5 minutes to increase tissue perfusion
3 indications for sodium bicarb during ACLS
3 indications for sodium bicarb during ACLS
- metabolic acidosis (lactate…sepsis)
- hyperkalemia
- TCA overdose
Cough variant asthma
(a) symptoms
(b) physical exam
Cough variant asthma
(a) Cough usually worse w/ exercise, induced by forced exhalation, commonly occurs at night
- triggered by exercise, forced expiration, allergens (work exposure etc)
(b) No wheezing, no SOB, unremarkable physical exam
2 factors that determine severity of asthma for pts not on ICS
- frequency of SABA use
daily = moderate persistent - nighttime awakenings
once a week but not nightly = moderate persistent
Escalation steps 1 through 6 of asthma treatment
- SABA
- SABA + ICS
- SABA + ICS + LABA
4-5. SABA + escalating dose of ICS + LABA - SABA + high dose ICS + LABA + oral corticosteroid
Tracheomalacia
(a) Physiology
(b) Clinical finding
Tracheomalacia
(a) Weakness of tracheal wall causing collapse w/ expiration
(b) Expiratory stridor
5 Hs
5 H’s of reversible causes of cardiac arrest
- hypovolemia
- hypothermia
- hypo/hyper-kalemia
- H+ ions (acidosis)
- hypoxia
5 Ts
5 T’s of reversible causes of cardiac arrest
- Toxins (narcotics, benzos)
- Trauma
- Thrombosis (coronary or pulmonary)
- Tamponade (cardiac)
- Tension pneumothorax
Lung cancer associated w/ 2 different paraneoplastic syndromes
- Small cell carcinoma and SIADH due to ectopic ADH secretion
- Squamous cell carcinoma and hypercalcemia due to parathyroid-related hormone production
2 Drugs sometimes used in refractory chronic SIADH
Demeclocycline (tetracycline abx, first line b/c less nephrotoxic than lithium) and lithium both blunt the tubule’s response to ADH
(hence why lithium can cause nephrogenic diabetes insipidus)
G6PD deficiency
(a) Pathophysiology of disease
(b) Presentation
(c) Triggers
G6PD deficiency
(a) Enzyme used by RBCs to make NADPH and handle oxidative stress. When deficiency RBCs hemolyze under stress
(b) Either first few days of life w/ jaundice or later w/ acute hemolytic anemia
(c) Triggers = oxidative stress: infection, fava beans, sulfa drugs
Peripheral smear findings of G6PD deficiency
G6PD deficiency on peripheral smear
- ‘bite’ cells where RBCs literally look like a bite has been taken out
- Heinz bodies which is deposits/accumulation of denatured hemoglobin in the RBC
Tx for supraventricular tachycardia to 170s
SVT
Pt stable? If unstable => synchronized cardioversion
If stable- vagal maneuvers, adenosine
Buzzword: intracranial calcifications in a newborn
Congenital toxoplasmosis
From undercooked meat, cat poop, contaminated soil
Name 3 EKG findings of Wolff-Parkinson-White
WPW EKG findings:
recall accessory pathway
- prolonged PR (b/c not going through the pause gate of the AV note)
- delta wave- upsloping due to ventricular preexcitation
- Widened QRS b/c not going thru native conduction system
What are the following used for
(a) Dialectical behavioral therapy
(b) Exposure and response prevention therapy
(a) DBT for borderline personality disorder
(b) Exposure and response prevention therapy is a type of CBT used for OCD
What are you testing for w/ the following in the workup of HTN
(a) Plasma renin
(b) Urine metanephrines
(a) Plasma renin- testing for primary hyperaldosteronism, b/c in primary hyperaldo plasma renin is low to almost undetectable (since it’s suppressed by the volume expansion due to high aldo)
(b) Urine metanephrines testing for pheochromocytoma (catecholamine secreting tumor- MC presents w/ paroxysmal HTN)
Autosomal dominant Polycystic kidney disease
(a) Clinical features
(b) Key thing for treatment/management
(c) What to do for family members?
AD PCKD
(a) B/l flank pain (stones, large cysts etc), HTN HTN HTN, then LVH on EKG from the HTN
(b) ACEi for tight BP control and to try to prevent progression of kidney disease
- don’t need to screen for RCC, they’re not at increased risk
- don’t need genetic testing, b/l renal ultrasound w/ enlarged kidneys w/ multiple cysts is diagnostic enough
(c) Screen family members w/ renal ultrasound
Window period where false negative on HIV test
Up to 4 weeks, b/c takes 1-4 weeks for antibody titers against the virus to develop
So wait 4 weeks then repeat testing
Proposed mechanism of gestational diabetes
(a) Risk to mother gDM
(b) Risk to baby of gDM
Human placental lactogen secreted by placenta promotes maternal insulin resistance
(a) To mother- preeclampsia
(b) To baby- hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia => macrosomia => shoulder dystocia
When are pregnant F screened for gestational diabetes?
(a) Screening test
At 24-28 weeks, give 50g glucose and check in one hour, if 140 or over then do glucose tolerance test
(b) Glucose tolerance test Give 100g of glucose and check q1hr for 3 hours
Treatment for gestational diabetes
Insulin, metformin, glyburide all safe
Besides the three mainstay drugs w/ mortality benefit in HF, what else improves mortality?
Beta-blocker, ACEi, and spironolactone have mortality benefit
But then in African Americans w/ EF < 40% and NYHA class III-IV HF (markedly limited activity 2/2 HF): combination of hydralazine and nitrates (isosorbide dinitrate) has a mortality and symptomatic benefit
Clinical presentation of cerebral palsy
(a) Risk factors
Spasticity. Child w/ delayed motor milestones, hyperreflexia, scissoring and clonus, associated w/ seizures
(a) Prematurity, low birth weight
CNS oxygen deficit => progressive damage