33-36 Flashcards
What should you suspect in a patient with fever and persistence of flank pain despite appropriate antibiotic tx
Perinephric abscess
fever >4 days after initiation of Ab therapy
Does cataract surgery need any preoperative testing?
Nah, no low risk procedures in patients with no known disease do
Vertigo after scuba diving could be
perilymphatic fistula
Dx test for septic arthritis
US
Female athlete triad
amenorrhea, osteoporosis, and disordered eating
(eating disorder can now be more energy out than in
Withdrawal bleeding after a progesterone challenge in a patient with amenorrhea indicates
Anovulation
Most common cause of recurrent otitis media in children
Penicillin resistant S. pneumo
Only dietary changed really needed to prevent diverticulitis
Increased fiber
What should be given for persistent v-fib in addition to defibrillation and CPR
Vasopressors
Gold standard for diagnosis of renal colic
CT
Doubling time for malignant nodules
1 month to 1 year
What do you do with hypothyroid patients when they get pregnant
Increase their thyroid medication to prevent maternal hypothyroidism
increase around 4-6 weeks gestation
When should complete rotator cuff tears be fixed? Why
Within 6 weeks to prevent muscle atrophy
Drug indicated for all patients with heart failure
ACEi
Pioglitazone should not be used in what kind of patients
Those with hepatic disease