CCS 2/16/15

Question 1

Good initial HAART regimen

Answer 1

emtricitabine, efavirenz, tenofovir

Question 2

= Positive likelihood ratio

Answer 2

sensitivity/(1-specificity)

Question 3

= Negative likelihood ratio

Answer 3

specificity / (1 - sensitivity)

Question 4

What is the main advantage of likelihood ratios?

Answer 4

they do not depend on disease prevalence

Question 5

What is the most common primary tumor location of brain mets?

Answer 5

lung

Question 6

Which PE pts get fibrinolytic therapy?

Answer 6

hemodynamically unstable ones

Question 7

What is the first test in suspected polymyalgia rheumatica?

Answer 7

ESR

Question 8

Tx for polymyalgia rheumatica

Answer 8

steroids

Question 9

What is the primary clinical manifestation of polymyositis?

Answer 9

WEAKNESS of proximal muscles (not pain)

Question 10

Definitive diagnostic test for polymyositis?

Answer 10

muscle biopsy

Question 11

What is the primary complaint of pts w/ PMR?

Answer 11

pain (pelvic, shoulder girdles)

Question 12

What are these lesions?

Answer 12

actinic keratoses (AK)

Question 13

What is the appropriate next step in mgmt of isolated, small actinic keratoses?

Answer 13

destruction w/ cryotherapy, 5-FU, imiquimod, excision

Question 14

What is the appropriate next step for actinic keratoses that are >1cm, indurated, ulcerated, tender, or growing rapidly?

Answer 14

biopsy