2/10/13

Question 1

What electrolyte imbalance is suggested by anorexia, constipation, thirst, and easy fatigability?

Answer 1

hypercalcemia

Question 2

Which lung cancer is associated w/ the release of PTHrP?

Answer 2

sCa++mous cell carcinoma

Question 3

Which lung cancer is associated with the release of ACTH?

Answer 3

small cell

Question 4

Which lung cancer is associated with SIADH?

Answer 4

small cell

Question 5

Which TB med is most likely to cause hepatitis?

Answer 5

isoniazid

Question 6

What cause of back pain typically worsens upon standing and improves upon sitting?

Answer 6

lumbar spinal stenosis

Question 7

What is the best diagnostic modality forlumbar spinal stenosis?

Answer 7

MRI

Question 8

What is the most common cause of lumbar spinal stenosis?

Answer 8

degenerative joint disease (DJD)

Question 9

What exactly is compressed in lumbar spinal stenosis?

Answer 9

spinal nerve roots

Question 10

What is the most common extra-colonic tumor in HNPCC (Lynch syndrome) type II?

Answer 10

endometrial carcinoma

Question 11

In a pt. w/ hepatitis, what two things can a decrease in transaminase levels mean?

Answer 11

recovery or that very few hapatocytes are left

Question 12

In a pt. w/ acute hepatitis, what does an increasing PT time and lowered transaminases mean?

Answer 12

progression to fulminant hepatic failure

Question 13

What kind of bone tumor causes a lifted periostium amd a sunburst appearrance?

Answer 13

osteosarcoma

Question 14

What bone tumor cevelops at the diaphysis and has a characteristic onion-skinning appearance?

Answer 14

Ewing’s sarcoma

Question 15

What is the Tx for osteosarcoma?

Answer 15

surgery

Question 16

WHat bone tumor has a characteristic soap-bubble appearance?

Answer 16

giant cell tumor

Question 17

If the plasma concentration of _______ is decreased, then the measured concentration of _______ will also be decreased by a ratio of 0.8 to 1. Therefore, the serum calcium may be normal even if the measured value is low.

Answer 17

albumin

Question 18

What ascites PMN value is indicative of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis?

Answer 18

> 250/mm3

Question 19

What drug should be administered to pts w/ diphenhydramine overdose?

Answer 19

physostigmine

Question 20

What asthma drug can cause seizures, hyperthermia, cardiac arrhythmias, and hypotension?

Answer 20

theophylline

Question 21

What kind of drugs are usu. used to treat restless legs syndrome?

Answer 21

Dopamine agonists