Misc primary care topics Flashcards
What is the best treatment for rhinitis?
Mild - antihistamines Mod/Severe - intranasal steroids
The most common bugs in pneumonia in a healthy patient?
Pneumococcus
The best preventative therapy for migraine headaches? Others?
Beta blockers. Others: TCAs, CCBs, ACEs
The most signifiant indication for inpatient management of PID?
Pregnancy
Non-productive cough present mostly at night?
Post nasal drip
What psych condition worsens during hospitalization?
Paranoid disorder
Best test for HM?
hg A1c
Aversion therapy works better for which type of addiction?
Psychological addiction (As opposed to chemically addicted)
5A’s in patients ready to quit
Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, Arrange
5R’s in patients not ready to quit
Relevance, Risks, Rewards, Roadblocks, Repetition
What is the 4 -9- 4 rule?
Carbs have 4g/kcal
Fat have 9g/kcal
Proteins have 4g/kcal
In a 1800 kcal diet with 40 g of fat, what is the % of fat in the diet?
Fat = 9 g/kcal
40 x 9 = 360 kcal
360/1800 = .20
Daily calcium and Vit D requirements by age
teens = 1300 mg/600 IU
19-50 = 1000 mg/600 IU
51-70 = 1200 mg/600 IU
> 70 = 1200 mg/800 IU
Early pathgnomonic manifestation of Lyme’s?
Erythema chronicum migrans
Which requires prophylactic Abx for subacute bacterial endocarditis?
Prosthetic Valve
Hx of previous IE
Unrepaired cyanotic shunt
Cardiac valvulopathy post-transplant
