09-12

Question 1

Malaria prodome

Answer 1

Delirium or erratic behavior
Unarousable coma following a generalized convulsion
Fever
Lack of focal neurologic signs

Question 2

What is apraxia

Answer 2

Able to understand but can’t perform tasks right away, may be a delay

Question 3

What is agnosia

Answer 3

inability to recognize previously familiar sensory input

Question 4

What is asterognosis

Answer 4

ability to recognize objects by palpation in one hand but not the other

Question 5

Weight when jumping to a C section in ok

Answer 5

4500 g in a mother with diabetes mellitus, or 5000 g in a non-diabetic patient

Question 6

What is intertrigo

Answer 6

inflammation of skin folds caused by skin on skin friction

Question 7

What is Erythrasma

Answer 7

caused by Corynebacterium minutissimum and presents as small reddish-brown macules that may coalesce into larger patches with sharp borders
Tx with erythromycin

Question 8

Pertussis course of disease

Answer 8

URI for the first week followed by extremely intense coughing

Question 9

Patellar-femoral syndrome is associated with

Answer 9

Inadequate hip abductor and abdominal strength

Question 10

Drug that reduces insulin resistance

Answer 10

Pioglitazone

Question 11

Best way to quit smokeless tobacco

Answer 11

behavioral interventions

Question 12

Who do you need to be extra careful with when replacing thyroid hormone

Answer 12

elderly with coronary artery disease (do it slowly)

Question 13

Best initial imaging study for acute pelvic pain

Answer 13

transvaginal ultrasound

Question 14

UE DVT tx

Answer 14

Heparin for 5 days followed by warfarin for 3 months

Question 15

Mirtazapine may be especially useful for what patients

Answer 15

Insomnia and weight loss

Question 16

HTN drug that decreases uric acid

Answer 16

Losartan

Question 17

Hgb target for CKD patients

Answer 17

10-12

Question 18

Vocal chord disorder worse on?

Answer 18

Inspiration

Question 19

What makes PE likely in new onset dyspnea

Answer 19

Chest pain

Question 20

What occurs when the child’s hand is suddenly jerked up, forcing the elbow into extension

Answer 20

Subluxation of the head of the radius

Causes radial head to dislocate from annular ligament

Question 21

If steroids + albuterol not helping asthma patients, what do you add

Answer 21

Mag sulfate

Question 22

SIDS timeline

Answer 22

Before 6 months

Question 23

Diet to reduce calcium oxelate stones

Answer 23

A low-sodium, restricted-protein diet with increased fluid intake reduces stone formation.
Can also take Potassium Citrate

Question 24

What should be suspected in patients with metabolic acidosis and renal failure? what do you give

Answer 24

Ethylene glycol poisoning

Give fomepizole

Question 25

Diabetes drug for patients on renal failure

Answer 25

Glipizide (Glucotrol)

Question 26

Tx for recent coronary artery stent placement

Answer 26

Aspirin + Plavix for 6 months

Question 27

Tx for essential tremor

Answer 27

B-blockers
Then Primidone (Mysoline)

Question 28

1st line therapy for urge incontinence

Answer 28

Exercises and anticholinergics

Question 29

DM dx criteria

Answer 29

fasting glucose >126 on two separate occasions

or glucose > 200 anytime or with symptoms

Question 30

What makes spinal stenosis diff from herniated disk

Answer 30

pain received on sitting