General Flashcards

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Posterior pituitary hormones

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Anti diuretic hormone

Oxytocin

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Anterior pituitary hormones

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ACTH
PRL
GH
LH
FSH
TSH
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What is a tumor marker in medullary carcinoma of the thyroid?

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Calcitonin-decreases serum calcium

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What are the 2 effects of the parathyroid hormone?

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1-Increases serum calcium

2-Decreases serum phosphorus

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Hyperparathyroidism symptoms?

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Bones, stones, abdominal groans, psychic moans and fatigue overtones

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What causes tetany, muscle cramps, carpopedal spasms and parasthesias around mouth/hands/feet?

Think Chvostek sign and trousseau sign

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Hypoparathyroidism

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6
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What is the only secondary gland dysfunction?

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Cushing’s syndrome

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7
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Muddy brown casts are common in what?

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Acute tubular necrosis

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What are ‘casts’ a sign of?

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Glomerulus

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9
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APPLE stands for what in nephrotic syndrome?

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Hypo Albuminemia (low blood Protein)
Heavy Proteinuria >3.5g/24 hr
Hyper Lipidemia
Edema

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Staghorn calculus is associated with?

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Struvite stones in the kidneys/ureters

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11
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What are PDE-5 inhibitors?

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ED meds i.e. Viagra, Cialis

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What causes an obstructive grayish membrane that forms in nasopharynx or laryngotracheal area???

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Diphtheria……tx with antitoxin and erythromycin

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String sign on barium swallow?

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Pyloric stenosis…..also has palpable olive mass

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Kawasaki’s disease leads to risk of???

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Coronary artery aneurysm….treat dz with hospitalization, high dose ASA, IVIG

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MCV<80?

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Micro cystic anemia

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16
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Causes of microcytic anemia?

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TICS
Thalassemias
Iron deficient anemia
anemia of Chronic disease
Sideroblastic anemia
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17
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Serum iron and TIBC are both decreased and Ferritin is normal or increased in what kind if anemia?

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Microcytic: anemia of chronic disease

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Folate deficiency and vit B 12 deficiency are common in what?

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Macrocytic anemia due to defective DNA synthesis

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Howell-Jolly bodies are common in what?

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Folate deficiency and sickle cell anemia

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What does a left shift mean?

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Increase of bands (immature neutrophils)=bacteria infection

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21
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Philadelphia chromosome is diagnostic in?

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Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (too many white cells)

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Bone marrow containing Auer Rods are diagnostic in what?

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Acute Myelogenous Leukemia

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Smudge cells are pathognomonic for what?

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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (median age 65)

24
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Reed-stern berg cells with EBV association is indicative of??

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Hodgkin’s lymphoma

25
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Bence-Jones proteins in plasma cells??

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Multiple myeloma….dx’d thru electrophoresis

26
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What has lab that shows isolated mature lymphocytosis and is treated with Fludarabine?

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CLL

27
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What are the vit K dependent factors??

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II, VII, IX, X

28
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Rice water stools with no odor?

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Cholera….vibrio cholerae

29
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Acetylcysteine is the antidote to what kind of poison?

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APAP

30
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Thiamine deficiency (vit B1) causes what?

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Wernicke encephalopathy

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Yergason’s test is assoc with?

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Bicep tendinitis

32
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Bamboo spine and uveitis with elevated HLA-B27

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Ankylosing spondylitis

33
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Common metastatic tumors

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PbKTL…..

Prostate, breast, kidney, thyroid, lung

34
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Best marker for MI?

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Troponin

35
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What needs to be started within 12 hrs of STEMI?

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Re perfusion therapy

36
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V1-V2 are which leads in the heart?

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LAD-septal….septal wall

37
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V2-V4 are which leads in the heart?

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LAD….anterior wall

38
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V1-V6 are which leads in the heart?

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LAD-diagonal…..anterolateral

39
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I, aVL, (v5-v6) are which leads in the heart?

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Circumflex artery….lateral wall

40
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II, III, aVF are which leads in the heart?

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RCA, PDA, inferior wall

41
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What is the active phase of the heart and which valves does it affect?

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Systolic…..M/T valves are S1 and A/P valves are S2

42
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Holosystolic murmur that radiates to axilla and frequently accompanied by a thrill??

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Mitral regurg

43
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Described as a harsh murmur that has crescendo-de crescendo properties-radiates to carotids

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Aortic stenosis

44
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What 2 murmurs are diastolic?

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Aortic regurg and mitral stenosis

45
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Diastolic murmur heard along left sternal border with a de crescendo blowing sound

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Aortic regurg (heard best sitting and leaning forward

46
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What is an Austin Flint murmur?

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Low pitched mid diastolic rumble caused by reverberation of regurgitant flow against the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve

47
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A wide pulse pressure and increased stroke volume is indicative of what murmur?

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Aortic regurg

48
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What has a diastolic rumble with an opening snap?

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Mitral stenosis

49
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What are the 5 T’s in cyanotic congenital heart defects?

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Tetralogy of fallot, transposition of the great vessels, tricuspid atresia, total anomalous pulmonary venous connection, truncus arteriosus

50
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What does a fixed split second heart sound indicate?

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Atrial septal defect

51
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A continuous rough, machinery like murmur, loudest below the left clavicle is indicative of what?

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Patent ductus arteriosus

52
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What has pulmonary stenosis, right ventricular hyper trophy, ventricular septal defect, and overriding aorta?

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Tetralogy of fallot

53
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What condition shows electrical alternans on EKG?

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Pericardial effusion

54
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What are the 5 P’s in acute arterial occlusion?

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Pain, poikilothermia, parasthesia, pallor, pulselessness, paralysis

55
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What is it called when you feel the chest with your MCP’s and pt is saying ‘99’?

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Tactile fremitus

56
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Tactile fremitus is increased in which condition?

Decreased in which condition?

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Increased in pneumonia or tumor

Decreased in effusion/pneumothorax

57
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Currant jelly sputum is related to what?

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Klebsiella pneumonia - alcoholics

58
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Frothy pink sputum, and white out on CXR is common in what?

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ARDS