163-220 Flashcards
What is the next step in managing someone with intermediate probability for strep (2/4) and a negative rapid?
Culture, do not treat empirically
What is a PDA associated with other than a continuous to-and-fro murmur?
Bounding pulses and a widened pulse pressure
What is the next step in management after gastric adenocarcinoma is concerned by biopsy?
CT Scan, EUS (H pylori screening only indicated if it’s gastric lymphoma)
How is DI treated?
Intranasal desmopressin
How is Legg-Calvé-Perthes treated?
Ibuprofen, rest, and close followup
What are the symptoms of cerebellar hemorrhage?
Ataxia, vomiting, occasional headache, and gaze palsy
What is the first step if child abuse is suspected?
Detailed physical exam
What common analgesic potentiates the effects of warfarin?
Acetaminophen
What post-MI complication presents with persistent ST elevations months after the MI?
Ventricular aneurysm
How long does lithium therapy last for bipolar disorder?
1 year
Kid with scrotal mass that transilluminates… next step?
It’s a hydrocele, you can reassure.
Patient is diagnosed with essential HTN… What are the next steps in management?
FLP and urinalysis
Fetus is exhibiting sinusoidal fetal heart tracing after rupture of membranes… diagnosis?
Vasa previa
Treatment for hemodynamically stable SVT?
DC cardioversion
Fundoscopic findings associated with central retinal vein occlusion?
Hemorrhage, dilated veins, cottonwool spots (“blood and thunder”
What should be tested prior to initiating lithium therapy?
TFTs and serum creatinine
How can polymyositis and steroid-induced myopathy in the context of temporal arteritis be distinguished?
Polymyositis almost always has an elevated ESR, whereas steroid myopathy does not.
What is the most common cause of constrictive pericarditis in the developing world?
TB
Describe laryngomalacia
Congenital flaccid larynx. Produces an inspiratory noise. The child should never be fed while laying down and should be held upright after feeding
Presentation and fundoscopic findings in open-angle glaucoma?
Loss of peripheral vision, cupping of optic disk
How can you distinguish a ruptured berry aneurysm from a basal ganglia deficit if motor exam cannot be performed?
Gaze palsy
Next step in diagnosing ankylosing spondylitis after clinical suspicion arises?
X-ray of the spine; HLA-B27 not the next step. Likely to be positive, but not diagnostic
Rash associated with tinea versicolor?
Velvety pink or whitish hypopigmented macule that do not appear scaly