Day 6 - Rapid Review Preview #6 Flashcards
EKG Atrial flutter
Sawtooth of p waves
60 yo obese pt w/ velvet neck - Dx & next step
Acanthosis nigricans; FSBG to r/o DM (later, w/u for malignancy)
Most common cause of hypothyroidism
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
Bias when screening detects disease earlier, lengthening time from dx to death
Lead time bias
Exceptions to required informed consent
Emergency & pts w/o decision making capacity & pts sign waiving right to informed consent
19 yo M p/w palpable flank mass & hematuria, US show b/l enlarged kidneys cyst. Name brain abnormality assoc.
ADPKD - berry aneurysms
4 main causes of microcytic anemia
(1) Iron deficiency (2) Thalassemia (3) Lead poisoning (4) Anemia of chronic disease
5 s/sx strep pharyngitis
Fever, pharyngeal erythema, tonsilar exudate; Lack of rhinorrhea or cough
Region endemic Lyme disease
USA Northeast
Joints of hands affected in RA
MCP & PIP joints NOT DIP
Xerostomia, parotid enlargment, xerophthalmia, & anti-La antibodies
Sjogren’s syndrome (elderly females)
Most common cause of seizures in young adults
Trauma; Also alcohol withdrawal and brain tumors
Most common cause of non-obstetric post-partum death
Thromboembolic disease (e.g., DVTs to PE)
18 wks GA, vaginal bleeding, no products expelled, cervical os closed
Threatened abortion
Immunodeficiency: Eczema, thrombocytopenia, & high levels of IgA
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
