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Day 2 Flashcards

1
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What are the categories of infectious diseases?

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Bacterial, viral, fungal, parasitic

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2
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What is difference btw infectious and non infectious disease?

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non infectious isn’t contagious or transmitted by microorganism

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3
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How are pathogens transmitted?

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air, water, food, body fluids, touch, vector

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4
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How do bacteria make us sick?

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produce poisons that cause cell death

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5
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How do viruses make us sick?

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use cells to reproduce and then cause cell death

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6
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How do fungi make us sick?

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grow and produce toxins

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7
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How do parasites make us sick?

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live and grow in our body destroying tissues

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8
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Define diagnosis.

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The designation as to the nature or cause of a health problem

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9
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Define differential diagnosis.

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Weighing competing possibilities and selecting the most likely one but listing in order of likelihood

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10
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Define working diagnosis.

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Based on info from history, physical exam, and diagnostic testing

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11
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Describe characteristics of primary headaches.

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Most common, tension, migraine, cluster

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12
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Describe characteristics of secondary headaches.

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based on etiology, not symptoms. whiplash, medication overuse, birth control changes, sinus symptoms, TMJ pain

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13
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What should you ask of all patients with chief complaint of headache?

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Is this the worst headache of your life?

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14
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What does neck stiffness suggest on examination?

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meningitis

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15
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What does papilledema suggest on examination?

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presence of intracranial mass lesion, benign intracranial hypertension, encephalitis, meningitis

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16
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What do focal neurologic signs suggest on examination?

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intracranial mass lesion

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17
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What is an important differential diagnosis of fever in children?

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UTIs

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18
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What are the differential diagnoses of cough?

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respiratory tract infections, reactive airway disease, gastroesophageal reflux, air pollution, foreign body, ACE inhibitor, psychogenic cough, post nasal drip

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19
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What are differential diagnoses of edema?

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heart failure, cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome, renal failure, medications, deep vein thrombosis

20
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What is presentation and possible causes of deep vein thrombosis?

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Presents as acute onset unilateral leg edema caused by long drive, tobacco use, birth control use

21
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What are differential diagnoses of weight loss?

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hyperthyroidism, DM, gastrointestinal disease, malignancy, HIV, drugs, advanced cardiac/pulmonary/renal disease

22
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What are the three vague neurological complaints?

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dizziness, fainting, tingling

23
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What are differential diagnoses of vague neuro complaints?

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syncope, heart disease, diabetes, dehydration, stress

24
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What are signs of inflammation?

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localized erythema, warmth, tenderness, lymphadenopathy

25
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What are differential diagnoses of inflammation?

A

infection vs inflammation. trauma, overuse, medications, DVT, cellulitis, rhabdomyolysis, immune disorders

26
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What are common SE of ACE inhibitors at high doses?

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hypotension, cough, edema

27
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Clinical manifestations of sinusitis.

A

chronic nasal stuffiness or chronic respiratory illness

28
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Clinical manifestations of glaucoma

A

impaired vision or seeing holes around light

29
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Clinical manifestations of an optic pathway lesion (pituitary mass)

A

visual field defects

30
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Clinical manifestations of raised intracranial pressure

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blurry vision on forward bending, morning headaches what improve when sitting up, double vision

31
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clinical manifestations of optic neuritis

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sudden, sever, unilateral vision loss

32
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clinical manifestations of temporal arteritis

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HA, fatigue, > 55, night sweats, generalized aches and pains

33
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clinical manifestations of pheochromocytoma

A

intermittent HA w/HTN

34
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What are two skin inflammations that can cause fever?

A

boils, abscess

35
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What are immunological diseases that can cause fever?

A

lupus, sarcoidosis, IBD, Kawasaki

36
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What types of tissue destruction can cause fever?

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hemolysis, surgery, infarction, rhabdomyolysis, cerebral hemorrhage

37
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What types of cancers can cause fever?

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kidney, leukemia, lymphomas

38
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What types of metabolic disorders can cause fever?

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gout, porphyria

39
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What types of thrombo-embolic processes can cause fever?

A

pulmonary embolism, DVT

40
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What is the diagnostic approach to cough?

A

CBC, H pylori if h/o GERD, Sed rate, CXR, spirometry

41
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What is the treatment of cough?

A

antibiotics, corticosteroids

42
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What is the diagnostic approach to edema?

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CBC, CMP, TSH, EKG, CXR

43
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What are the diagnostic approaches to weight loss?

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CBC, CMP, TSH, A1C, UA, stool hemoccult, ESR, CXR

44
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What are the diagnostic approaches to vague neuro complaints?

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CBC, CMP, TSH, UA, A1C, HCG, CXR, EKG, pulse ox

45
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What does bilateral inflammation suggest?

A

rhabdomyolysis, immune disorders

46
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What are the diagnostic approaches to inflammation?

A

CBC, sed rate, CMP, UA, plain films

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