General internal medicine 4 Flashcards
Management of statin myopathy
TSH (statins can worsen hypothyroid myopathy and hypothyroidism can exacerbate statin myopathy)
Other features of hypothyroidism
- normocytic anemia
- diastolic hypertension
- mild CK elevation
Treatment of acute gout in CKD patients
steroids (intra-articular if 1-2 joints or systemic if more than 2 joints involved)
*colchicine not recommended
Other presentation of Celiac
- may present with no GI or intestinal symptoms
- elevated liver enzymes
- arthritis
- may just be IDA in someone with autoimmune history
lymphocytic colitis clinical features
chronic, non bloody diarrhea
atheroembolic disease clinical features
- AKI after arteriography involving the aorta
- livedo reticularis
- cyanotic, gangrenous toe
Anterior uveitis clinical features
- unilateral painful, red eye and photophobia (similar to acute angle closure glaucoma but without system symptoms)
- hypopyon (white exudate in anterior chamber)
hordeolum clinical features
- inflammation? (due to obstruction of meibomian gland, eyelash follicle, or lid-margin tear gland
Anterior uveitis treatment
urgent ophtho consult
Anterior uveitis vs. acute angle-closure glaucoma
- angle-closure glaucoma has more systemic presentation (headache, nausea and vomiting), anterior uveitis is localized
work up of narcolepsy
- overnight sleep study then the next night a multiple sleep latency test (time to sleep onset is measured, pts with narcolepsy have a shorter sleep latency time)
Pes anserinus pain syndrome clinical features
- point tenderness along the medial knee
episcleritis clinical features
- foreign-body sensation in eye
- no significant pain or visual impairment
- redness
treatment of episcleritis
topical lubricants
scleritis clinical features
- pain + visual impairment + dark red sclera
scleritis treatment
systemic steroids and immunosuppressants
Additional initial workup of HTN
screen for diabetes with fasting glucose, A1c, or OGTT
Presentation of copper deficiency
- similar to B12 (anemia, leukopenia, myeloneuroapthy)
+ malabsorptive condition
Genital HSV treatment + indication for prophylaxis
ORAL acyclovir at symptom onset
IF 4 or more episodes a year –> chronic suppressive therapy
complex regional pain syndrome clinical features
- throbbing pain, paresthesias, skin temperature changes, local edema
deficiency associated with metformin
B12 deficiency
Utility of synthroid following thyroidectomy in patients with thyroid cancer
Goal is to suppress TSH stimulation of residual tumor tissue to prevent recurrence of cancer
Paget disease of the breast clinical features
- intense pruritus + ulcerative
Management of paget disease of the breast
- bilateral mammography (rule out underlying breast cancer)
Management of nocturia in CHF patient with BPH
- optimize volume status before making medication changes for BPH (nocturia can be caused by improved renal perfusion pressure, so people diurese more over night)
Clinical features + physical exam for tarsal tunnel syndrome
- pain, paresthesias in sole of foot
- positive Tinel’s sign and or sensory loss
Indications for antibiotic treatment of rhinosinusitis
- long symptoms (over 10 days)
- severe symptoms (high fever, purulent nasal discharge, or facial pain for over 3 days )
- worsening symptoms 5 days or more after initially improving viral URI
Acromegaly sequelae
- Increased risk of esophageal, gastric cancer, colon cancer, melanoma (IGF-1 stimulates mucosal cell proliferation) (so need c-scope at time of diagnosis and q3 years)
Next step after diagnosis of osteoporosis in elderly men
- serum testosterone (frequently have hypogonadism) (also need baseline CBC, bmp, TSH, vitamin d)
bacterial keratitis clinical features
- contact lens + pain, photophobia, and conjunctival injection + corneal lesion
Antibiotics for bacterial keratitis
quinolone (pseudomonal coverage)
Treatment of acute angle-closure glaucoma
- timolol, apraclonidine, pilocarpine drops
- IV acetazolamide
Corneal ulcer clinical features
- foreign body sensation
trochanteric bursitis clinical features
- lateral hip pain
- pain radiating into buttock or toward knee
Malignant otitis externa clinical features
- Diabetic with severe ear pain + discharge + bone erosion + *high ESR
SCC of the ear presentation
pain and ulceration with erosion into the bone
malignant otitis externa vs squamous cell carcinoma
SCC = milder symptoms + normal to slightly elevated ESR
Treatment of malignant otitis externa
quinolones
Management of OA in elderly patients
- topical NSAIDS even if no NSAID contraindications (still associated with increased risk of complications in the elderly)
treatment of androgenic alopecia in women and men
Men: minoxidil, finasteride
Women: minoxidil
Clinical features of wilson disease
- hepatitis
- neuropsych
- parkinsonism (tremor, rigidity, clumsiness)
- hemolytic anemia
- recurrent nephrolithiasis
presbycusis clinical features
- bilateral, high-frequency hearing loss in elderly patient
- abnormal whispered voice test
- do fine one to one but have difficulty hearing in presence of background noise
otosclerosis clinical features
*unilateral hearing loss
Ototoxic drugs
- aminoglycosides
- platinum chemo
- loop diuretics
- NSAIDs
IT band syndrome clinical features
- lateral knee and thigh pain
- pain with flexion and extension of the knee
IT band syndrome treatment
- exercise less, PT