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Loop diuretics AE
Hypokalemia
Metabolic alkalosis
Pre-renal kidney injury
Earliest manifestations of hypovolemia
Tachycardia and peripheral vascular constriction
Features of severe preeclampsia
BP > 160 (x2) Platelets 1.2 (or double baseline) LFTs inc Pulmonary edema Head symptoms
Anterior knee pain worse with climbing stairs typical of
Patellofemoral syndrome
Mediastinal masses by location
Thymoma - anterior
Bronchogenic cysts- middle
Neurogenic tumors - posterior
What is trichotillomnia
Recurrent hair pulling resulting in hair loss, distress, and functional impairment
Choanal atresia dx
Failure to pass a catheter through the nose into the oropharynx
What should be avoided in WPW
AV nodal blockers (B-blockers, CCB, Digoxin, Adenosine) as they can cause increased conduction through accessory pathway
Trichinellosis triad
- Periorbital edema
- Myositis
- Eosinophila
(with GI complaints coming before)
Significant hyper PTH w/ significant HTN suggests
MEN 2A (PTH hyperplasia and pheo)
Why caution when biopsying bacillary angiomatosis
Prone to hemorrhage
Triple therapy
Clarithromycin
Amoxicillin
Omeprazole
What are colloid solutions
Albumin - for burns or conditions accompanied by hypoproteinemia
Isolated chlamydia tx
Single dose of azithromycine OR
7 day course of amoxicillin
Two best chronic Hep B drugs
Entecavir and tenofovir
Hep C tx
Peg interferon _ Ribavarin
MCC of viral myocarditis
Coxsackie B
How can typical antipsychotics increase hypothermia
Disrupting thermoregulation and the body’s shivering mechanism
What is clorpheniramine
H1 receptor blocker
How is the diagnosis of allergic rhinitis (upper airway cough syndrome) confirmed?
By elimination of nasal discharge and cough with use of H1 blocker
MCC of isolated elevation of alk phos in elderly
Paget’s dz
AD atrophy most prominent where
Temporal and parietal lobes
Right heart cath in pt’s w/ massive PE
Elevated right atrial and pulmonary artery pressures
Normal pulmonary capillary wedge pressure
What innervates the anterior compartment of the thigh
Femoral nerve
sensation to anterior thigh and medial leg
What controls adduction of the thigh
Obturator nerve
MCC of sepsis in SS patients? how to prevent
S. pneumo (even if patient is vaccinated –> penicillin ppx until at least 5 years old)
Other name for osgood schlatter
Traction apophysitis
AML vs CML smear
AML with have large number of myeloblasts and promeylocytes
splenomegaly also uncommon
First step in patients with suspected acute arterial occlusion to limb
Immediate anticoagulation with IV heparin
What is escitalopram
SSRI
What causes splitting
Unable to integrate mixed feelings
What is a Chalazion
Painful swelling that progresses to a nodular rubbery lesion around eye
Chronically can progress to carcinoma so biopsy repeats
When to C section with a placenta previa
36-37 weeks, as cervical changes and uterine contractions can cause partial placental detachment from the cervix
MCC of acute mesenteric ischemia
Embolus from the heart
Best mgmt for progressive pain in a patient w/ prostate Ca and bony mets after orchiectomy
Radiation therapy
Rosacea tx
Topical metronidazole