1/17/13 Flashcards
At what gestational age can amniocentesis be performed?
15 wks
At what gestational age can chorionic villi sampling be performed?
10-12 wks
When should pregnant women be secreened for gestational diabetes?
24-28 wks
What are the conventional and newly suggested blood glucose cutoffs for the 1-hr., 50 g, glucose challenge test for gestational diabetes?
140 and 135 mg/dL
At what times should Rh (-) women receive anti-Rho(D) Ig?
28 wks, at delivery, and any trauma
What are the 6 P’s of compartment syndrome?
severe pain, pallor, poikilothermia, parasthesias, pulselesssness, and paralysis
What is the best diagnostic test for pemphigus vulgaris, pemphigus foliaceus, and bullous pemphigoid?
biopsy!
What is the best Tx for pemphigus vulgaris, pemhigus foliaceus, and bullous pemphigoid?
steroids!
What condition is characterized by blisters and lesions in sun-exposed areas of skin and results from a defect in heme production?
Porphyria Cutanea Tarda
What is the main treatment for porphyria cutanea tarda?
phlebotomy
What type of porphyria is characterized by abdominal pain and intermittent psychosis (guts and nuts)m, as well as dark urine, and was likely the cause of the madness of King George III?
Acute Intermittent Porphyria
What is the name of the condition in which, when looking left, the left eye looks left (abducts) and exhibits horizontal jerk nystagmus, while the right eye remains stationary (or vice-versa, or bilateral)?
Internuclear ophthalmoplegia
Where is the location of the lesion in internuclear ophthalmoplegia?
medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF)
What disease is bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia characteristically found in?
multiple sclerosis
What is the result of the Coomb’s test in hereditary spherocytosis?
negative
