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Question 1

Calcium edetate is used in the Tx of severe _______.

Answer 1

lead poisoning

Question 2

What bacterial genus most commonly causes skin abscesses in IV drug users?

Answer 2

Staph.

Question 3

What bacterial genus most commonly causes iskin abscesses in IV users of black tar heroin? (Clue: gas-forming under skin)

Answer 3

Clostridium

Question 4

At what gestational age should the 1-hr oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) be performed?

Answer 4

24-28 wks

Question 5

What is considered a positive result on the 1-hr OGTT?

Answer 5

> /=140 mg/dL

Question 6

What is the next step if there is a positive 1-hr OGTT?

Answer 6

3-hr OGTT

Question 7

Any pt suspected of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy should first get a transthoracic echocardiogram and then _______.

Answer 7

a Holter

Question 8

What is the drug of choice for emergent hypertension?

Answer 8

IV nitroprusside

Question 9

What is the drug of choice for emergent htn w/ signs of myocardial ischemia or flash pulmonary edema?

Answer 9

IV nitroglycerin

Question 10

Which type of HIT is the bad kind?

Answer 10

HIT type 2

Question 11

What is the tx of HIT type 1?

Answer 11

continue heparin and observe

Question 12

What anticoagulants can be used if pt develops HIT type 2?

Answer 12

argatroban or lepirudin

Question 13

Why doesn’t ITP cause schistocytes while TTP does?

Answer 13

no thrombosis in ITP!

Question 14

What kind of drug are lepirudin and argatroban?

Answer 14

direct thrombin inhibitors