jan 22 Flashcards
treatment of otitis externa
TOPICAL antibiotic with or without topic glucocorticoid
transient synovitis clinical presentation
- well-appearing
- afebrile or low-grade fever
- able to bear weight
diagnosis of transient synovitis
-normal or mildly elevated WBCs, ESR, CRP
-unilateral or bilateral joint effusion on ultrasound
(diagnosis of exlusion)
ultrasound findings of transient synovitis?
unilateral or bilateral joint effusion
treatment of transient synovitis?
conservative
clinical presentation of septic arthritis
- ill-appearing
- febrile
- non-weight bearing
diagnosis of septic arthritis
- elevated WBCs, ESR, CRP
- possible positive blood culture
- unilateral joint effusion on ultrasound
- synovial fluid >50 000 WBCs
treatment of septic arthritis
joint drainage & antibiotics
how to diagnosis septic arthritis VS transient synovitis:
Hip ultrasound: if unilateral joint effusion, then arthrocentesis is required to differentiate
causes of pleuritic chest pain?
- PE
- costochondritis
- pericarditis
- malignany
- infection
a PE can cause pleuritic chest pain T or F
TRUE
work up in suspected PE?
CT pulmonary angiography
patients with sickle cell disease are at high risk for sepsis from which organisms?
- strep pneumonia
- H influenza
- Neisseria meningitis
what is olopatadine?
mast cell stabilizing agent
what is azelastine?
mast cell stabilizing agent
management of viral conjunctivits?
-warm or cold compress
presentation of herpes simplex keratitis?
-painful, red eye, impaired vision, opacification of the cornea, corneal ulcers
management of pes anserine bursitits?
-rest and NSAIDs, exercises to improve strength in quadriceps and hamstring
chronic kidney disease significantly increases the risk of…
TB reactivation
lab findings of osteomalacia?
- increased alkaline phosphatase
- increased PTH
- decreased serum calcium and phosphorous, decreased urinary calcium