Miscellaneous Flashcards
Treatment for FOOSH? injury caused by falling on wrist that was fully extended and person complains of pain between extensor pollicis longus and brevis tendons
You are suspicious for a fracture of the scaphoid bone (even if not visible on x-ray) so the treatment is to immobilize both the thumb and the wrist in a Thumb Spica Splint
Common Side Effect of Chantix (Verenicline)
nausea. Not good to use with the patch because it increases nausea, dizziness, etc
Circumflex Artery Occlusion you would see changes in leads
I, AVL,V5
Occlusion of the LAD causes changes in leads
VI, V6
Occlusion of the R. coronary causes changes in leads
II, III, AVF
Post Partum depression
check a thyroid function
- it should resolve in ten days
- give Sertralline for breast feeding women
bullous impetigo in diaper area
caused by Staph aureus and
highest cancer risk in which autoimmune dz?
Dermtomyositis
Proctalgia fugax
pain in the rectal area
Telogen effluvium
hair shedding due to stress (severe illness, pregnancy) after three months into the stress
Best drug for terminating supraventricular arrhythmias?
Adenosine
Which drug for bradycardia?
atropine
Which drug for ventricular arrhythmias?
bretylium, procainamide, lidocaine
Genital warts
no need to biopsy and do DNA testing
-treat it to treat cervical & genital cancer
Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding
treatment is progestin on a 21-day cycle
Most effective treatment of allergies?
intranasal glucocorticoids
Dexamethasone for Croup
one dose is enough for treatment
Pre-Menstrual Syndrome
psychological and physical symptoms before period starts.
Treatment: Spironolactone during the luteal phase
A 23-year-old gravida 1 para 0 at 36 weeks gestation presents to the office complaining of ankle swelling and headache for the past 2 days. She denies any abdominal pain or visual disturbances. On examination you note a fundal height of 35 cm, a fetal heart rate of 140 beats/min, 2+ lower extremity edema, and a blood pressure of 144/92 mm Hg. A urine dipstick shows 1+ proteinuria. A cervical examination reveals 2 cm dilation, 90% effacement, –1 station, and vertex presentation.
This patient most likely has preeclampsia, which is defined as an elevated blood pressure and proteinuria after 20 weeks gestation. The patient needs further evaluation, including a 24-hour urine for quantitative measurement of protein, blood pressure monitoring, and laboratory evaluation that includes hemoglobin, hematocrit, a platelet count, and serum levels of transaminase, creatinine, albumin, LDH, and uric acid. A peripheral smear and coagulation profiles also may be obtained. Antepartum fetal testing, such as a nonstress test to assess fetal well-being, would also be appropriate.
Patient has acute asthma attck with wheezing.
You give a beta 2 agonist (-buterol) but
After two hours he continues to experience wheezing and shortness of breath
What do you give him now?
an oral steroid
—the LABAs have a very long onset of action
Which anti-asthmatic is used from prophylaxis?
Cromyln sodium
Urge Incontinence
when you don’t make it to the bathroom in time
Overflow incontinence
when the bladder cannot empty normally and becomes overdistended
- -seen in elderly in Nursing homes due to medications
- -DM does not affect bladder muscle sensation
After you it has been ruled out that you do not have a PE, what is the next diagnostic test?
D-dimer
Risk of Long QT Syndrome (esp w. sudden death in family and syncopal episodes)
Get a resting EKG
Pneumthorax
small one (
Osteoporosis v Osteopenia
Osteoporosis is FRAGILITY or a low impact fracture or as a spine or hip BMD 2.5 standard deviations below the mean of a young healthy woman.
A T-score
After suffering a stroke your BP is very high (200/110). What do you do?
nothing because it is the body’s way of perfusing the brain
Patient with HTN and DM. What do you give them?
ACE but if they develop cough, switch to ARB. No difference in effectiveness
In iron deficiency anemia, will Ferritin be high or low?
low. the only marker that will be high is the TIBC
Hypercalcemic crisis treatment
volume replacement and hydration
What are the Criteria for Diagnosing Strep Throat?
Centor Criteria- Tonsillar exudates tender anterior cervical lymphadenopathy absence of cough history of fever