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1
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in meningitis if CSF glucose is low but lymphocytes are predominant?

A

think granulomatous causes!

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2
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smudge cell

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CLL

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3
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eosinophils release?

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major basic protein

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4
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Duchenne Muscular disease has increased risk of

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cardiomyopathy and arrhythmia

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5
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Loeffler’s endocarditis

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restrictive cardiomyopathy with eosinophilia (usuall related to presence of parasite)

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6
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dosing rate=

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Css* CL

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7
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punched out lesions in lower esophagus?

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HSV esophagitis

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8
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glutamate binds the NMDA receptor? whats the receptor type?

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ligand gated and voltage gated

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9
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migratory thrombophlebitis (ex DVT in one leg, symptoms of DVT in another) is a sign of?

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pancreatic cancer– trousseau

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10
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fixed S2 split

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ASD

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11
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what lies behind the piriform recess in the throat

this is from UWORLD

A

internal laryngeal N

afferent carrier of cough reflex

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12
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Weber and Rinne hearing test.. wheres the problem

A

if bone>air.. you know its conduction… and Webet lateralized to affected side
if air > bone.. you know is sensorineural.. and weber lateralized to unaffected side

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13
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speculum inserted in ear, pt faints.. what happened?

A

vasovagal stimulation.

the posterior internal ear canal is supplied by CNX (vagus N)– auricular branch

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14
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nosebleeds happen where?

A

anterior nasal septum

Kisselbach’s plexus

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15
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blurred optic disk margins is indicative of ___ and what the cause?

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papilledema

idiopathic ICP.. causes compression of optic N leading to decreased axoplasmic flow

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16
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why shouldn’t you use decongestants, like alpha adrenergic agonists for more than a couple days?

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“rebound rhinorrhea” caused by “tachyphylaxis”

  • the negative feedback pathway causes less NE to be made at N’s.. so even if you are giving the alpha agonist, theres no NE to release
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17
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pearly mass behind tympanic membrane?

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cholesteatoma

- made of squamous cell debris

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18
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where do you do a cricothyrotomy?

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below the cricothyroid cartilage, and above the thyroid

- you cut through skin, superior cervical fascia/platysma, deep cervical fascia, and cricothyroid MEMBRANE

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19
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cherry red spot in adult?

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retinal artery occlusion

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20
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what is it called when a group of malformations that are secondary to a embryonic disturbance?

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developmental field defect

ex: holoprosencephaly

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21
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renal angiomyolipoma (renal mass of blood vessels, smooth muscle, and fat) is associated with WHAT disease?

A

tuberous sclerosis

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22
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how many half-lives to get to 95% CPss?

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4 T1/2

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23
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what property of a drug will suggest that it will be excreted by liver» kidney

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high lipophilicity

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24
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a VD of 3-5 L is considered??? and what would its properties probably be?

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its considered a LOW VD

so its stuck in the blood, hence it is probobly LARGE, and polar(hydrophilicity, plasma protein binding, charged)

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25
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which area can drain to the popliteal nodes.. medial or lateral foot/leg?

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LATERAL

26
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what tells you that patient is chronic carrier of HepB

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HepBs-Ag

27
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what Hep virus causes high mortality in pregnant women? what class is it?

A

HepE

hepevirdae

28
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Menetrier’s disease causes increased loss of?

A

protein

29
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what zone of the liver is CYP450 in? whats it vulnerable to

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Zone 3- pericentral V zone

tissue hypoxia

30
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Diarrhea+ acid fast oocysts+ AIDs patient?

A

cryoptosporidium

31
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what hormones HAVE to be replaced ASAP in sheehan’s syndrome

A

glucocorticoids

32
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what drug causes vasodilation and decreases insulin?

A

Diazoxide– K+ ATP opener

33
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M2

A

muscarinic activity on the heart.. bradycardia

34
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FDP vs Ddimer? whats the difference?

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FDP- can be either fibrin or fibrinogen

D dimer- only fromfibrin breakdown

35
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increased ALP in a testicular tumor

A

seminoma

36
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velocity vs cross-sectional area

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velocity is inversely proportional to cross sectional area

37
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SLE skin rash pathology

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deposits of IgG and complement at dermal-epidermis junction which triggers inflammation

38
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cardiac rhabdomyoma
subependymal giant cell tumors
renal angiomyolipoma

A

TSC

39
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what nerve is found at the upper border of the greater sciatic foramen? 
what nerve(s) is found at the lower border
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upper boder: sup gluteal N

lower border: inf gluteal N, sciatic N , pudendal N

40
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hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (arthiritis of bones) + clubbing=?

A

bronchogenic carcinoma

41
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you can have digoxin toxicity with low digoxin levels due to what electrolyte abnormality?

A

hypokalemia

42
Q

bacteria form the majority of their spores at what phase in the growth ?

A

stationary phase

43
Q

what structure is immediately lateral to a femoral hernia?

A

NAVEL
hernia goes into E (empty space)
so the immediately lateral structure is Femoral Veing

44
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patient with colon cancer gets endocarditis, who is the cause?

A

S. Bovis

45
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what electrolyte abnormalities would high dose corticosteroids cause?

A

remember these guys can also work on MR !! so think of high aldosterone effects– hypernatremia, hypokalemia etc.

46
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bilirubin on basal ganglia and hippocampus + high pitched cry=?

A

kernicterus

47
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how does TMP-SMX cause kernicterus?

A

it causes increased dissociation of BR from albumin

48
Q

I cell disease? where is the defect in targetting

A

targetting defect happens at golgi

unable to phosphorylate mannose6

49
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who has barr bodies?

A

normal females

Kleinfelter males

50
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what are the essential AA’s

only from diet

A

PVT TIM HALL
Phenylalanine
Valine
Tryptophan

Threonine
Isoleusine
Methionine

Histidine
Arginine
Lysine
Leucine

51
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hypoglycemia + hypoketosis is suggestive of?

A

deficiency in B-ox

52
Q

how do you figure WHERE in meiosis the nondijunction happened?

A

As the 2 genes DIFFERENT? — Meiosis 1

Are the 2 genes the SAME? —- Meiosis 2

53
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Microvilli are made of?

A

actin filaments?

54
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what happens to PAO2, PaO2, and PA-PaO2 when a patient gets supplemental O2

A

everything increases

55
Q

Bordatella Pertussis can cause which metabolic abnormality

A

hypoglycemia, because it increases insulin release.

56
Q

whats O2 sat? how is it affected by high altitudes?

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O2Sat is how many X/4 O2 binding spots of Hgb are bound to O2.
It is usually decreased in high altitudes.

57
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how is phosphate reabsorobed at the PCT?

A

Na/ Pi cotransporter

58
Q

DIC causes what to the kidney?

A

diffuse cortical necrosis

59
Q

which part of the kidney tubules have a “brush border”?

A

PCT

60
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what Ca blocker is contraindicated in CHF

A

verapamil

61
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2 causes of increased pulse pressure?

A

arteriosclerosis and ar

62
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MM? whats in the urine

A

IgG light chains

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