45-48 Flashcards
Why is BUN/creatinine ration in children not helpful
Serum creatinine changes with age
If endoscope is undiagnostic for lower GI bleeding, next step?
A technetium-99m blood pool scan
What do you need to test for in patients taking red yeast rice
LFTs (red yeast rice acts like a natural statin)
Rhinitis developing in setting of workplace
Occupational asthma
Standard treatment for multiple myeloma in patients under 65
Autologous stem cell transplantation
steroids for those not candidates
Inhaled steroid effects on COPD
Decrease exacerbations and decline in quality of life
Increase risk of pneumonia and hoarseness
Why can loperamide be bad for diarrhea
Can’t slow down the excretion of the toxins and make it last longer
Topical Ab should not be used for longer than what when treating pressure ulcers
no longer than 2 weeks at a time
Tx for epididymitis
250 mg IM ceftriaxone
100 mg bid Doxy for 10 days
5’-nucleotidase and Alk phos elevation suggest problem is located where
Liver
Alk phos elevated in what 4 organs
Bone, liver, small intestine, placenta
When should you aggressively lower BP after a stroke
When >220 systolic or MAP > 120
Main electrolyte abnormality seen in bulemia
Hypokalemia
What is almost universally associated with peritonsular abscesses
trismus
Anatomic snuff box is between
extensor pollicis brevis and extensor pollicis longus
