General internal medicine 3 Flashcards
Management of acute otitis media
- amoxicillin
Management of acute otitis media that doesn’t improve within 48-72 hours
Broaden to amoxicillin-clavulanate (to cover h influenza)
Management of unresolved chronic otitis media with effusion
Myringotomy with tympanostomy tube placement
Management of lumbosacral radiculopathy
- light exercise, maintain light-normal activity
- NSAID
IF no improvement –> MRI
Presentation of lumbosacral radiculopathy + physical exam
- back and shooting leg pain
- numbness and or weakness in legs
- pain reproduced with straight leg raise
Algorithm for acute low back pain
Red flags?
IF yes – MRI
IF no – light activity + NSAIDS
Red flags in acute low back pain
- urinary retention
- saddle anesthesia
- motor weakness
- bilateral neurological symptoms
Definition of osteopenia
T-score of -1 to -2.5
Definition of osteoporosis
T-score of -2.5 or less OR hx of **fragility fracture
Definition of fragility fracture
- fracture resulting from a fall from standing height or less
What s the FRAX risk assessment tool used for
Risk assessment tool for patients over age 50 who have osteopenia to determine need for treatment
What is acute cervicitis? Presentation
- inflammation of the cervix (comparable to urethritis in men) typically due to STI (gonorrhea, chlamydia, trichomonas)
- friable cervix + purulent discharge
Management of cervicitis
1) NAAT for chlamydia and gonorrhea
2) Empiric CTX + doxy (cover both chlamydia and gonorrhea)
3) wet mount for trichomonas and BV
Vaginal discharge features in BV
- thin, malodorous vaginal discharge
wet mount in trichomoniasis
typically shows motile organisms
Differential for vaginal discharge
1) gonorrhea, chlamydia
2) trichomonas
3) BV
* *foreign object, latex, douching
* verify not forgetting anything
Exam findings indicating PID?
Patient has cervical motion, uterine, or adnexal tenderness on pelvic exam
Presentation of struvite stones/staghorn calculi
- *signs/symptoms of nephrolithiasis (hematuria, right flank pain, dysuria) + recurrent UTIs (stones continue to seed infections)
- also very alkaline urine + reduced GFR
Cause of struvite stones
Urease-producing bacteria (proteus, klebsiella) (conversion of urea to ammonia raises urine pH and stones precipitate)
First line therapy of stag horn calculi
- abx for UTI + Percutaneous nephrolithotomy, often with lithotripsy
Management of HIV therapy during pregnancy + management of delivery + breastfeeding
- Start ART ASAP (decreases risk of neonatal transmission)
- delivery = IF viral load is below 1,000, women can deliver vaginally without intrapartum zidovudine
- IF viral load greater than 1,000 – AZT intrapartum + cesarean delivery
- don’t breastfeed if living in US (formula is readily available in US)
Initial evaluation for BPH
- Review meds for meds that can cause retention
- Exam for prostate nodules or masses
Initial lab workup of BPH
UA + PSA + creatinine
Initial treatment of BPH
IF mild symptoms – behavioral modification (decrease less caffeine and alcohol, double voiding, drink fluids earlier in the day)
IF moderate to severe symptoms – alpha blockers or 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors
Management of non healing pressure ulcers
IF signs of infection –> debridement + topical abx (assuming no signs of systemic infection, then need systemic abx and debridement)
IF signs of cellulitis (erythema, warmth, swelling) –> systemic abx for cellulitis
Signs of infection in ulcers
erythema
purulent drainage
tenderness
*grayish slough (necrotic tissue)
Management of non healing ulcer that is refractory to topical antibiotics
- tissue biopsy for culture
- consider MRI to exclude osteo
Opioid course for moderate postop pain after discharge
3 days
Management of statin myopathy (in addition to checking TSH)
- stop statin, restate statin with lower myopathic potential (rosuvastatin, pravastatin, fluvastatin)
Other features of PAD
- lower-extremity claudication (not just in calves, can also be hips or thighs or feet or buttocks)
- slow wound healing
- pain increased with walking and relieved with rest
- pain with walking uphill
- thigh or leg or hip weakness
Preferred medication for migraines during pregnancy
Acetaminophen
Options for migraine treatment in pregnant patient not responding to APAP
- NSAIDS (only in 2nd trimester, associated with fetal toxicity during 1st and 3rd trimesters)
- opioids (third line)
- antiemetics
First line and second line pain management for vertebral compression fractures
- NSAIDS, APAP, opioids
Second line: intranasal calcitonin
First line abx for cat bites and abx if penicillin allergy
First line: augmentin
IF penicillin allergy: doxycycline/metronidazole
Presentation of hearing loss inelderly
- often social isolation
Proctitis clinical features
- tenesmus (constant urge to defecate) + purulent discharge + small volume stools containing blood
most common causative organism in proctitis
gonorrheoeae
workup of proctitis
- culture discharge and test for HSV and PCR for chlamydia
- RPR and HIV