Classic Presentations 2 Flashcards
Blood/gas partition coefficient
Measures solubility of anesthetic in blood . Drugs with high blood/gas partition coefficients are more soluble in blood and demonstrate slower onset of action and slow equilibration with brain
infant with microcephaly, mental retardation, white pupils (cataracts), deafness, heart (PDA, peripheral pulmonic stenosis) problems, hearing loss
CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME
Camping trip 3 weeks ago in New Mexico later has fever, agitation, disorientation, hallucination, pharyngospasm, excessive salivation, photophobia leading to coma and death
Rabies, single stranded RNA with bullet-shaped capsule
First symptom of alcohol withdrawl
TREMOR, or Tremulousness, the so-called “shakes” usually occur 5-10 hours after last drink
5 year old girl’s skin becomes red and scaling with minimal sun exposure. Nevi on hands enlarge rapidly with thin hyperpigmented skin
XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM, AR condition due to defect in DNA EXCISIONAL REPAIR, high incidenc of all forms of cutaneous malignancy
Sensorineural hearing loss, tinnitus, paralysis of facial muscles, loss of corneal reflex
involvement of CN V, VII, VIII, ACOUSTIC NEUROMA, NF2
56 year old smoker, recurrent hemoptysis, headaches, swelling of face, neck and upper extremities
Intrathoracic spread of bronchogenic carcinoma compression of SVC causing imparied venous return
Patient transfused and within minutes develops chills, SOB, fever, hypotension, possible DIC, renal failure, hemoglobinuria.
ACUTE HEMOLYTIC TRANSFUSION REACTION (Type II hypersensitivity) Anti-ABO antibodies bind.
62 year old female with cough, dyspnea, expectorates copious pale tan-colored fluid. CSR show pulmonary infiltrate, columnar mucin-secreting cells fill alveolar spaces
BRONCHIOALVEOLAR CARCIONOMA - uncommon and arises in non-smokers, from alveolar epithelium in periphery of lung
Fever, rebound tenderness, purulent endocervical discharge, cervical motion and adnexal tenderness on bimanual examination. What else is risk?
PID results in ectopic pregnancy rate approaching 50%
Painless lower GI bleeding
Most common manifestation of colonic diverticula
Main manifestations of Von Gierke’s
hypoglycemia, lactic acidosis, HYPERLIPIDEMIA, HYPERURICEMIA. HEAPTIC STEATOSIS is a CARDINAL MANIFESTATION
Main manifestations of Cori disease
Hypoglycemia, HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA, Ketoacidoosis, hepatomegaly
Persistent vomiting, refusal to feed, green-yellow vomit, absence of large segment of small bowel with istal ileum winding around a thin vascular stalk.
“Apple-peel” atresia caused by SMA obstruction. Blind-ending proximal jejunum, missing a large section of small bowel and dorsal mesentary. Terminal ileum distal to atresia assumes spiral configuration around an ileocolic vessel
Bilious vomiting after the first 24 hours of life
sign of intestinal obstruction below second part of duodenum. M/C Cause is intestinal stenosis and atresia
66 year old man with recently discovered lung mass develops dizziness, dysarthria, and limb ataxia worsening over the past 2 weeks.
Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration - autoimmune response with antibodies that cross react with neurons and cause degeneration of cerebellum (anti-P/Q and anti-Hu in serum are elevated)
38 year old male demonstrates periodic non-peristaltic contractions of a large amplitude and long duration.
DIFFUSE ESOPHAGEAL SPASM (DES) - uncoordinated contractions of esophagus, several segments contract at same tie preventing propogation of food, involuntary and painful - PAIN MIMICS UNSTABLE ANGINA
ECG shows HR of 120 bpm, narrow QRS complex, no P waves
Atrial fibrillation - rapid, irregular atrial contrations
Average ventricular rate in atrial fibrillation is usually:
90-170 beats per minute, (atrial rate is 300-500 beats per minute)
Patient given cefazoline and within several minutes complains of shortness of breath, difuse itching, dizziness, BP is 62/30 and HR 130/min. Urticaria +/- angioedema, laryngeal edema (dysnea), visceral edema, hypotension
ANAPHYLAXIS - systemic type 1 hypersensitivity reaction occuring within seconds to miutes due to widespread MAST CELL DEGRANULATION and resulting HISTMINE RELEASE
65 year old with pulmonary mass complains of shoulder pain, persistent hiccups, and dyspnea. Nerve lesion is at this level
irritation of PHRENIC nerve that arises from C3-5 segments of SC and causes hiccups and diaphragmatic paralysis with dyspnea
Brachial plexus involvement causes pain at these nerve roots
C8, T1, and T2
Left foot drop (peripheral neruopathy), Sinusitis (possibly asthma), palpable purpura, may involve GI, heart, kidneys
Chur-Strauss syndrome, p-ANCA
A 1 year old child with Fever, lymphadenitis, conjunctivitis, changes in lips/oral mucosa, hand-foot erythema, desquamation
Kawasaki - Fever, Lymphadenitis, conjunctivis, changes in lipsoral mucosa
“Portable heater”
Carbon monoxide toxicity
Irritability, forgetfullness, headache, dizzy, portable heater
Carbon monoxide toxicity
Recurrent infections (pneumonia), Chronic diarrhea, Failure to thrive
SCID - defect in early stem cell - caused by 7 different gene defects
Rash starts on palms and soles -> body versus Body to palms and soles
Rickettsia on the wRists, Typhus on the Trunk. Two Rickettsial rashes.
Headache + Fever + Rash
Rickettsial triad
Applying corticosteroid cream to flexor areas of skin for many years presenting with telangiectasias, ecchymoses from mild trauma, atrophic striae
Chronic topical corticosteroid administration include ATROPHY/THINNING of DERMIS associated with LOSS OF DERMAL COLLAGEN, drying, cracking, tightening of skin, telangiectasias, and ecchymoses
Erythema nodosum, arthralgias, hilar lymphadenopathy, elevaed serum ACE
SARCOIDOSIS - evidence of liver involvement on histological exam in 75% of cases. Biopsy demonstrates scattered noncaseating granulomas
Insidious onset of personality changes in a 30-40 year old with jerky movements of husband’s arms. Diagnosis and cause of movements?
Huntington disease, AD neurodegenerative disease, dementia + choreiform movements characterized by loss of GABA-containing neurons in the striatum (caudate and putamen) due to increased number of trinucleotide repeats in the HD gene on chromosome 4.
Meconium discharge from the umbilicus seen soon after birth
VITELLINE FISTULA present - failure of vitelline duct to close during the 7th week of embryonic development, small connection between intestinal lumen and outside body!
Aphthous ulcers and pancytopenia
SE Methotrexate - causes death of all rapidly-dividing cells (GI tract and bone marrow) inhibits DIHYDROFOLATE RDUCTASE - needed to make THF for PURINE SYNTHESIS
NEUROMUSCULAR EXCITATION (hyperreflexia, CLONUS, myoclonus, rigidity, tremor) + AUTONOMIC STIMULATION (hyperthermia, tachycardia, diaphoresis, n/v) + ALTERED MENTAL STATUS (agitation and confusion)
SEROTONIN SYNDROME - most commonly when SSRIs given in conjunction with other serotonergic agents (MAOIs or triptans
62 year old male hx HTN and DM, horrible headache earlier that day, bumping into objects, can only read half the newspaper
on PE you look for CONTRALATERAL HEMIANOPIA (with macular sparing) + Contralateral face and limb sensory loss due to PCA INFARCT. CT will demonstrate ischemic infarction + hemorrhagic change; PCA provides major blood supply to MIDBRAIN, thalamus, lateral
Do you want to eat raw or steamed shellfish?
Only if you want to contract HAV with a 30 day incubation, recovery is 3-6 weeks. There is a vaccine
Do you want to feed your infant honey?
12% of honey samples contain low numbers of C. botulinum spores
5 year old girl with colickly abdominal pain, loose stools, altered metnal status, oliguria, red urine.
HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME (Nasty Fever Torched Her Kidneys) Fever, and triade of Renal failure, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia