09-12 Flashcards
Malaria prodome
Delirium or erratic behavior
Unarousable coma following a generalized convulsion
Fever
Lack of focal neurologic signs
What is apraxia
Able to understand but can’t perform tasks right away, may be a delay
What is agnosia
inability to recognize previously familiar sensory input
What is asterognosis
ability to recognize objects by palpation in one hand but not the other
Weight when jumping to a C section in ok
4500 g in a mother with diabetes mellitus, or 5000 g in a non-diabetic patient
What is intertrigo
inflammation of skin folds caused by skin on skin friction
What is Erythrasma
caused by Corynebacterium minutissimum and presents as small reddish-brown macules that may coalesce into larger patches with sharp borders
Tx with erythromycin
Pertussis course of disease
URI for the first week followed by extremely intense coughing
Patellar-femoral syndrome is associated with
Inadequate hip abductor and abdominal strength
Drug that reduces insulin resistance
Pioglitazone
Best way to quit smokeless tobacco
behavioral interventions
Who do you need to be extra careful with when replacing thyroid hormone
elderly with coronary artery disease (do it slowly)
Best initial imaging study for acute pelvic pain
transvaginal ultrasound
UE DVT tx
Heparin for 5 days followed by warfarin for 3 months
Mirtazapine may be especially useful for what patients
Insomnia and weight loss
HTN drug that decreases uric acid
Losartan
Hgb target for CKD patients
10-12
Vocal chord disorder worse on?
Inspiration
What makes PE likely in new onset dyspnea
Chest pain
What occurs when the child’s hand is suddenly jerked up, forcing the elbow into extension
Subluxation of the head of the radius
Causes radial head to dislocate from annular ligament
If steroids + albuterol not helping asthma patients, what do you add
Mag sulfate
SIDS timeline
Before 6 months
Diet to reduce calcium oxelate stones
A low-sodium, restricted-protein diet with increased fluid intake reduces stone formation.
Can also take Potassium Citrate
What should be suspected in patients with metabolic acidosis and renal failure? what do you give
Ethylene glycol poisoning
Give fomepizole
Diabetes drug for patients on renal failure
Glipizide (Glucotrol)
Tx for recent coronary artery stent placement
Aspirin + Plavix for 6 months
Tx for essential tremor
B-blockers Then Primidone (Mysoline)
1st line therapy for urge incontinence
Exercises and anticholinergics
DM dx criteria
fasting glucose >126 on two separate occasions
or glucose > 200 anytime or with symptoms
What makes spinal stenosis diff from herniated disk
pain received on sitting
