73-76 Flashcards
Highest risk of heat related death in elderly
Psych illness
Herbal that helps with anxiety
Kava
Tarsal tunnel features
Tibial nerve trapped around medial malleolus, affects medial and plantar parts of the foot
Tx for dental abscess? if allergic to that?
Penicillin, if allergic use clinda
Uncomplicated thallasemia RBC characteristics
Normal RDW
Low MCHC
When does AIN present
2 weeks after taking drug (and is not dose limited)
DOC for increasing BP in sepsis
Norepinephrine
Best tx for a pt in need of increase COU
Dobutamine
3 drugs for symptomatic hypotension
fludrocortisone, midodrine, and physostigmine
2 drugs that reduce mortality in heart failure
B blockers
AceI
Normal PTH in a patient with hypercalcemia indicates
hyperparathyroidism
Hgb level for CKD
10-12
What is elevated in intrahepatic cholecystasis of pregnancy
Bile acids (GGT will be normal)
Pain with dorsiflexion of the toes seen in
Plantar fasciitis
Murmer see in Klinefelters
Aortic insufficiency
What is tertiary prevention
aims to prevent complications in patients with known diseases
Most common cause of hearing loss in infants
Genetic disorders
How long until you can diagnose dysthymic disorder
2 years
What do you need to monitor in patients that are on testosterone
Hct
What kind of environment is iron best absorbed in
Acidic (why PPIs decrease absorption)
Most effective tx for decreasing fetal loss in anti-phospholipid syndrome
Aspirin + heparin
Why can urine be pink after transfusion
haptoglobin binds free hemoglobin
When is dizziness more likely to be due to bad things
when there is another neurological symptom
