3 Flashcards
Melanosis coli
A benign hyperpigmentation of colonic epithelial cells associated with ________ abuse or, less commonly, ______
anthraquinone laxative
chronic colitis
This patient presents with horizontal nystagmus and short (< 1 minute) episodes of vertigo triggered by position change. These findings, in addition to a negative test of skew, indicate ______
benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).
___________ are the best diagnostic tools for patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).
How to perform it?
Head positioning maneuvers=
Bedside provocation maneuvers (e.g., Dix-Hallpike maneuver, supine head roll test).
-During the test, a set of specific sequential head positioning maneuvers are used to provoke symptoms
reduced vocabulary for age, incorrect understanding of a word’s meaning, limited ability to string words together to form complete sentences, and/or incorrect grammar use. Are signs of________-
Despite all, something is preserved:________-
Language disorder (LD speech remains intelligible
_________________________ are the MRI/CT hallmark features of Huntington disease.
Atrophy of the caudate nucleus, putamen, and deep cerebral cortex
__________ typically manifests 3–5 days after delivery with bilateral breast tenderness, firmness, and fullness.
__________ is has typically the same features but unilateraly and is associated with systemic symptoms (e.g., malaise, fever, and chills). 2–4 weeks after delivery,
Breast engorgement
Lactational mastitis
An atrophic kidney (found in US) in a patient with new-onset hypertension should raise concern for ____________. Furthermore, this auscultarory sign.
renal artery stenosis,
abdominal bruit
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this measure must be taken by the health care personnel ______
-some gram-positive bacteria (e.g., Bacillus anthracis, Clostridioides difficile, Clostridium tetani)
Wash hands with plain soap and water:
A Direct complications of invasive cervical cancer is the
Local infiltration of organs, wich ultimately can cause
Infiltration and compression of ureter → urinary obstruction → hydronephrosis → kidney failure
Cervical Cancer can have metastasis to:
Bone metastasis
Liver metastasis
Lung metastasis
This patient presents with a small area (< 5 cm in diameter) of erythema and swelling around a Hymenoptera sting site, indicating a ________.
How would you treat it?
noncomplicated local reaction.
only require symptomatic treatment to limit the inflammatory reaction and reduce the pain
In patients with large local reactions (> 10 cm in diameter) of Hymenoptera sting site
How would you treat it?
oral steroids can be used