Mksap 2 Flashcards
subacute cutaneous lupus
fewer than 25% get systemic symptoms
ABI interpretation
<.9 = PAD, >1.40 = calcified, need toe brachial index. TBI<.7 is diagnostic - exercise testing useful if intermediate and high clinical suspicion
CVID
age 15-25, recurrent encapsulated infections + giardia
pencil in cup joint
psoriatic arthritis
AAA screening
men 65-75 who have ever smoked: >5.5 surgery, 6 mo f/u 4-5.4, otherwise 2-3 years
UTI in pregnancy
augmenting, nitrofurantoin, cefpodoxime
burn degrees
second degree partial thickness = blisters because epidermis only; second degree full thickness = not painful bc through dermis. third = black
RA rx
first MTX, then biologics like etanercept, infliximab, etcs
portopulmonary syndrome
worsening hypoxia when sitting upright
PFO closure ideal at what age?
<60, also give asa
stool osmotic gap
> 100 = there’s another solute like sorbitol; calculate as 290-(2X stool Na+K)
lung cancer screening
50-80 yo, 20 py hx, quit <15 years ago
most appropriate OUD rx in primary care clinic?
Suboxone
perioperative respiratory therapy
> incentive spiro
situational syncope vs. vasovagal
situational = micturition, defecation, cough
when TDAP in pregnancy?
27-36 weeks
left posterior fascicular block
R axis
measure what before starting statin?
ALT
rx exercise induced asthma
diagnosed by 10% or more worsening of FEV1 with starting exercise; rx with albuterol or budesonide/formoterol before starting exercise
rx hypothyroidism
25 mcg if older (>60) or CAD; for myxedema coma give steroids too
abnormal pulsus
> 10
hospitalize in pericaditis
Fever, subacute onset, A/C, lack of response to rx. Otherwise Rx is ibuprofen and colchicine
valsalva impact on AS and HOCM
diminishes AS murmur, worsens HOCM murmur
brugada on ekg
downsloping ST in V1-V3
Hyperviscocity syndrome rx
plasmapheresis
goal of CABG
symptomatic improvement, not survival unless >70% 2 major vessels
increased risk of urothelial cancer as a young person
from herbal supplements/aristolochic acid nephropathy “Balkan Nephropathy” - also causes chronic interstitial tubular nephritis/CKD
GE Adeno mutation of interest?
HER2
BRAF
melanoma