Form 6 Flashcards
Secretory diarrhea
eans that there is an increase in the active secretion, or there is an inhibition of absorption.
little/ no structural damage.
most common cause = cholera toxin
Osmotic diarrhea
occurs when too much water is drawn into the bowels.
ex: lactose intolerance
Inflammatory diarrhea
occurs when there is damage to the mucosal lining or brush border, which leads to a passive loss of protein-rich fluids and a decreased ability to absorb these lost fluids.
If there is blood visible in the stools, it is also known as ________
dysentery.
Sporothrix schenckii
local painless pustule/ ulcer with nodules along draining lymph (ascending lymphangitis).
Valsalva and preload
↓ preload–> ↑ intensity of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy murmur
What causes warfarin induced skin necrosis
rapid decline in protein c
cyclothymic disorder
> 2 years of hypomanic/ depressive symptoms
A Fib with RVR rx
rate control
BB or CCB
Rickets s/s
costochondral enlargement- rachitic rosary
genu varum
delayed fontanel closure
HIV prophylaxis vs MAC
azithromycin
most common cause of constrictive pericarditis in 3rd world
TB
Hyponatremia in CHF
independent predictor of poor outcome
rx: fluid restriction, loops, ace
Bilirary atresia s/s
jaundice
pale stool
heptomegally
↑ conj. bili and LFTs
Fanconi anemia
-DNA repair defect–> bone marrow failure–> aplastic anemia
- short stature,
- café-au-lait
- thumb/radial defects
