9/30 Flashcards
here are some symptoms, tell me the disease
- girl with a mutation in MECP2
- loss of motor and verbal skills at age 5 months
- movement of the hands that doesn’t stop
- decrease in head circumference
Rett Syndrome
what is in the walls of a pseudocyst in the pancreas from acute pancreatitis
granulation tissue and fibrosis
immediate treatment for panic attacks
benzodiazepines
long term treatment for panic attacks
SSRI/SNRI and cognitive behavioral therapy
what happens to the FMR1 gene in patients with fragile x
it is methylated and inactivated
describe imprinting
gene expression only comes from one parent instead of two
what is Ramelton
a melatonin agonist used for insomnia safe for the use of the elderly
what kind of drugs are used to treat psoriasis
vitamin D analog drugs
vitamin d analogy drugs used to treat psoriasis
Calcitriol
Tacalcitol
Calicpotriene
what is the MOA of vitamin D analogues
bind to the vitamin D receptor and inhibit keratinocyte proliferation
cyclosporine is used for what three things
RA
organ rejection
psoriasis
what drug treats moderate to severe psoriasis
etanercept
monoclonal ab that is used to target IL-12 and IL-23 in psoriasis, inhibiting the activation of TH1 and TH 17 cells
Ustekinumab `
what psoriasis drug blocks a nuclear transcription factor
calcitriol
tacalcitol
calcpotriene
what is found in sweet peas that can inhibit lyse oxidase making it look similar to myxomatous cystic degeneration in the media of the aorta
B-aminopropionitrile
what causes maternal insulin to rise during the second and third trimester
human placental lactogen
what is dipyridamole
a vasodilator of coronary vessels
how can adenosine and dipyridamole cause Coronary Steal Syndrome
because it will reduce blood flow in ischemic areas by vasodilating the arteries in nonischemic areas
what is the haldane effect
when hypoxia is corrected and HBg used to have high affinity for CO2, now has low affinity for it and it increases in the system ( patients with COPD who get oxygen too much )
what is ephelidies
freckles
what is the major breakdown product of 5HT
5 hydroxyindoleacetic acid
aortic stenosis is a harsh ejection type systolic murmur that is heard best at
the base of the heart
brief psychotic disorder never exceeds
one month
ringed shaped RBC inclusion
malaria
cross “Maltese” shipped RBC inclusion
babeosis
low levels of AFP
high levels of Inhibin A and B-hCG
associated with
downsyndrome
three diseases associated with HLA class 2
RA
Diabetes type 1
celiac disease
escitalopram is what kind of drug
SSRI
sertraline is what kind of drug
SSRI
Venlafaxine is what kind of drug
SNRI
what does Rifaximin do
decreases intraluminal production of ammonia and is used to treat hepatic encephalopathy
two things that lead to hepatic encephalopathy
eating a large steak and Gi bleeding, increase nitrogenous products
treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder
SSRI
impaired absorption in what amino acids is seen in Cysteinuria
COLA cysteine ornithine lysine arginine
test between two categorical variable
chi sqaure
test between two means
t test
what is the most common cause of death in people with freidrich ataxia
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
what can cause contraction in the smooth muscle cells of the sphincter of odds causing common bile duct and gallbladder obstruction
opioids
toxic megacolon can be associate with what two things
c. diff and ulcerative colitis
what kind of murmur increases with inspiration
tricuspid regurgitation
chest x ray that looks way worse then how the patient is presenting
Mycoplasma Pneumonia
