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Zoster vaccine at age
60
HPV vaccine at age between
9 to 26 years old
COPD tx above 80%
albuterol (short acting beta 2 agonist)
COPD tx 50-80% fev1
Albuterol + Salmeterol (long acting beta agonist)
COPD tx fev1 30-50%
Albuterol+ salmeterol+ inhaled steroid
COPD very severe FEV1 <30%
albuterol + salmeterol+ inhaled steroid + add oxygen therapy
what are other metrics for when patients need to start using oxygen therapy at home?
O2 less that 88, or PaO2 less than 55
Sx of Gout
acute abrupt onset of severe pain of the metatarsal phalangeal joint of foot, at base of big toe, will become swollen, really red, and extremely painful (might wake patient up at middle of night)
Gout joint filled with what
Uric acid crystals which are negatively birefringence
first thing to do with hot swollen joint (like in gout)
aspiration (where you’ll find uric acid crystals)
pseudogout is positive or negatively birefringence?
Positively birefringence
Pseudogout made up of what
calcium pyrophosphate crystals that are rhomboid in shapet
Tx for acute gout first line
NSAIDS: indomethacin (#1) or colchicine
Tx for acute gout first line if have any sort of kidney disease or CKD or where GFR is low or creatine is high
intraarticular steroid injection
Tx for chronic gout with low and high uric acid in urine
low uric acid- Probenecid
High uric acid- Allopurinol
Sx of septic arthritis
any hot swollen joint in knee or hip and secondary to systemic infections; extremely tender swollen joint that’s red adn cant bear weight on hip or bend knee. Severe pain, fever, leukocytosis
Dx of septic arthritis
arthrocentesis with over 50K WBCs
Tx of septic arthritis
IV antibiotics
what to check for in initial visit prenatal care
CBC, urininalysis, STD, HIV, Hepatitis B, a pap smear, Blood typing, rubella
what to check for in 28 week prenatal care
CBC (anemia), diabetes screening, Rhogam shot if Rh negative
prenatal care for 35-37 weeks
Group B strep test
what to do if group B strep test at 35-37 weeks is positive
penicillin prophylaxis 4 hours before delivery
what to give at 27-36 weeks prenatal care visit?
Tdap vaccine
what age and when to do Pap smears
21-65 every 3 years
what to do with atypical squamous cells in pap
HPV test, if positive then coplposcopy , if low grade or high grade, colposcopy, if CIN1,2, or 3, cancerous and do hysterectomy
2 month old baby milestone
can lift head off ground in prone positition
4 month old baby milestone
can roll over
6 month old baby milestone
can sit up on own
9 month old baby milestone
can crawl or cruise (use furniture for support while moving)
12 month old milestone
can use 1-3 words, other than mama or dada
2 year old milestone
hundreds of words, 2-word phrases
3 years old
thousands of words, and can use 3-word phrases
5 years old
can dress themselves and write their own name
6 year old milestone
can tie shoes and identify left and right
audiometry and vision testing starts when
4 years old
first flu shot when
at 6 months
first live vaccine when (MMR)
1 years old
when to do blood transfusion
hemoglobin <7
most common cause of folate deficiency
alcohol abuse
what to do when pt has chronic diarrhea
do stool ova and parasite test
next step for acute gasteroenteritis with hematochezia
stool analysis for white blood cells -> if positive when inflammatory diarrhea
hydration for gasterinteritis patient that’s hypotensive
IV fluids
hydration ofr gasteroenteritis patient w/ normotensive bp
oral rehydration therapy (glucose and salt)
common culprits of inflammatory diarrhea
Campylobacter, salmonella (EHEC), shigella, Yersinia
what treatment for inflammatory diarrhea (campylobacter, salmonella (EHEC), shigella, yersinia)
supportive care, but if young, immunosuppressed or elderly, give antibiotics
why do we not give antibiotics like fluoroquinoline with EHEC
leads to HUS which we need to treat w/ dialysis
why do we avoid loperamide with inflammatory diarrhea
its an anti-diarrheal that will trap bacteria
C.Difficile happens after taking broad spectrum like what
clindamycin
how to dx c.diff
toxin a and b analysis of stool
sx of c.diff
diarrhea post antibiotics, abdominal pain, fever, leukocytosis
treatment for c. diff
oral vancomycin
most common cause of viral, watery diarrhea
norovirus and rotavirus
norovirus and rotavirus associated with what
viral watery diarrhea thats associated w/ cruise ships or classrooms. Rotavirus common in winter
DEXA scan at what age
65 years old
DEXA scan with T-score <2.5
osteoporosis
DEXA scan between -1 and -2.5
osteopenia