Miscellaneous 3 Flashcards
clinical features of secondary syphilis
- maculopapular rash on trunk and extremities
- patchy hair loss
- diffuse LAD
- hepatitis, uveitis
- often don’t have history of genital lesion
toxoplasma vs. PML
- CD4 count less than 100 in toxo, less than 200 in PML
- lesions with mass effect and edema in toxo, no mass effect or edema in PML
Management of recurrent UTI
- postcoital or daily prophylactic abx
first line meds for migraine ppx
- topamax
- depakote
- TCAs
- beta blockers
Management of secondary parkinsonism from dopamine receptor antagonists
- switch to a low risk agent (anticholinergics don’t work well)
Initial management of WPW
- exercise ECG OR EP study (either can identify patients at risk of sudden cardiac death)
Measles clinical features
- “3 Cs” - cough, conjunctivitis, coryza
- koplik spots (white lesions on an erythematous base)
Initial step in management of suspected measles
- airborne isolation (measles is highly infectious)
Initial management of atrial flutter with RVR
Ablation (high success rate in atrial flutter)
Management of dysphagia after a stroke
- modified barium swallow (oropharyngeal dysphagia common after CVA and other neurologic injury. Oropharyngeal dysphagia is best evaluated with a modified barium swallow)
Management of patient with severe AS requiring emergent surgery
- surgery with invasive hemodynamic monitoring (ensures adequate intravascular volume, preload, and SVR)
Management of GERD during pregnancy
Initial: lifestyle modification + antacids
Subsequent: PPI’s OR H2RAs
Treatment of mild to moderate pulmonary hypertension in COPD
- just treat COPD (pulmonary vasoactive medications have not been shown to relieve PH associated with COPD)
- no need for RH cath
CSF pattern in GBS
- albuminocytologic dissociation (high protein with normal (very low) WBC count)
Systemic sclerosis clinical features
- Raynaud’s
- GI: acid reflux, esophageal dysmotility, dyspepsia
- skin findings: telangiectasia, digital ulcers, calcinosis cutis
antibodies positive in systemic sclerosis
- antitopoisomerase
- anticentromere
general term for antibodies in myositis
- antisynthetase antibodies
Management of serotonin syndrome
First line: benzos
Second line: cyproheptadine
Presentation of isopropyl alcohol ingestion
- AMS + elevated osmolar gap + normal anion gap + ketonuria-ketonemia
methanol ingestion clinical features
- visual dysfunction + CNS depression
brugada syndrome clinical features + EKG features
- syncope + SCD
- ST elevations + RBBB
Lab features of infective endocarditis
- leukocytosis
- elevated ESR
- decreased complement levels
Chronic constipation evaluation
IF alarm features – TSH, serum calcium before dietary modification
Treatment options for traveler’s diarrhea
- quinolones
- azithromycin
- rifaximin
Red flags for elder abuse
- unexplained traumatic injuries
- pressure ulcers
- abrupt changes in financial status or ability to pay
- malnutrition
Electrolyte abnormalities commonly associated with hypomagnesemia
- hypocalcemia, hypokalemia
initial workup of suspected SVC syndrome
- CT chest
IPF clinical features
- nonproductive cough, progressive dyspnea + Right sided heart failure + pHTN + crackles
- clubbing
Only intervention that has been shown to improve survival in patients hospitalized with acute MI
PCI
NMS clinical features + causes
- fever + muscle rigidity + autonomic instability
- starting antipsychotics OR withdrawing dopamine agonists (either cause dopamine deficiency) (PD patients who stops taking carbodopa, levodopa)
Key feature of renal labs in multiple myeloma
- discrepancy between amount of proteinuria on dipstick and quantitative proteinuria
What is a peak pressure?
Measures the resistance to flow air delivered by ventilator and the amount of pressure needed to inflate the lung