Internal Medicine Flashcards
Anticholinergic meds used to treat urge incontinence can cause what ocular side effect? In what patients taking what type of medications do you not want to combine them with?
- acute angle glaucoma
- patients taking cholinesterase inhibitors for dementia bc the combo accelerates cognitive decline
What are 2 definitive tests to do if you are thinking of diagnosing someone with BPH?
- urinalysis - look for hematuria
2. DRE - palpate the prostate
What are the categories of erectile dysfunction?
- Organic - neurogenic, vascular, hormonal
- Medications
- Psychogenic
Cessation of smoking can make what disease worse?
Ulcerative colitis
What is the 5A framework for smoking cessation?
- Ask about tobacco use
- Advise to quit through clear messages
- Assess willingness to quit
- Assist to quit
- Arrange follow-up and support
What are the 3 criteria that should be met to perform low dose CT scan screening for lung cancer?
- Men or women 55-79
- current smoker or have quit within the past 15 years
- > /= 30 pack year smoking history
A patient presents with sudden onset of painless double vision. What should I suspect?
Cranial nerve involvement
If you knock out the 3rd cranial nerve, how is the eye deviated?
Down and out, ptotic eyelid, dilated pupil
What happens if you knock out the 6th cranial nerve?
You can’t move the eye laterally
What happens if you knock out the 4th cranial nerve?
eye is deviated upward and the head is tilted toward the uninvolved side
What organism causes eye infection in a contact lens wearer who washes with tap water?
Acanthamoeba keratoconjunctivitis
- Fusarium can also affect contact lens wearers
An injection drug user who dilutes his heroin in contaminated lemon juice is at increased risk for what infection?
Candida endophthalmitis
Why is distinguishing between anterior uveitis and viral keratitis so important in terms of treatment?
AU is treated with topical steroids; topical steroids make VK worse
What does DUMBELS in organophosphate poisoning stand for?
Defecation, urination, miosis, bronchospasm/bradycardia, emesis, lacrimation, salivation + fasciculations and weakness
What symptoms do you see with tricyclic antidepressant overdose?
Anticholinergic symptoms (flushing, hypotension, dilated pupils) and a prolonged QRS - treat with IV sodium bicarb
