4/31-5/1 Flashcards
Important AE of buproprion
Decreases seizure threshold
esp Anorexia pt’s with electrolyte abnormalities
Acute glaucoma drugs
Mannitol, acetazolamide, pilocarpine, or timolol
MCC of aortic dissection
Hypertension
Marfan’s mutation
Fibrillin
How high can the diaphragm go during expiration
As high as 4th thoracic dermatome on right and 5th on the left (nipples)
Lithium tx timeline guidlines
1 year after first episode of Bipolar
If more than two consider years, if not lifetime
How is a complete mole formed
When 2 sperm fertilize an ovum lacking genetic material –> no fetal tissue
How can a molar pregnancy use bilateral ovarian enlargement
2/2 hyperstimulation and ovarian cyst formation (theca lutein cysts)
Type 2 DM dx criteria
- FPG > 126 x2
- A1C > 6.5%
- 2 hr OGTT > 200
- Random plasma glucose > 200
Acid-Base status of hypertrophic pyloric stneosis
Hypochloremic, hypokalemic metabolic acidosis
Vitamin that helps with measles
Vitamin A
Why make sure you give iron with Epo
Epo-induced surge in RBC production can precipitate an iron-deficient state
Posterior vermis syndrome main feature
Truncal dystaxia
OA features on hand
Prominent osteophytes at DIP (heberden nodes) and PIP (bouchard nodes)
Why no furosemide for kidney stones
Can promote calciuria
When does tamsulosin act
On the distal ureter, lowering muscle tone and reducing reflex ureteral spasm
Most distinguishing feature of bath salt use
Prolonged duration of the effect
What is interstitial cystitis
“Painful bladder syndrome” –> worse by bladder filling and relieved by voiding
will also see urinary urgency, frequency, and chronic pelvic pain
MCC of cor pulomale (besides left heart failure)
COPD
CXR of cor pulmonale
Enlarged central pulmonary arteries and loss of retrosternal air space due to RVH
What is pulsus paradoxus
> 10 mm Hg decrease in systemic blood pressure with inspiration
2 major products of fires in closed spaces
Hydrogen cyanide and carbon monoxide
Cyanide tox tx
Hydroxocobalmin or sodium thiosulfate
What causes methemoglobinemia
Exposure to oxidizing agents (dapsone, nitrates, topical/local anesthetics)