MKSAP6 Flashcards
In comparison to a ipratropium what has been found to be the case with using tiotropium instead?
Improved lung function, decreased hospitalizations and exacerbations of COPD and improved quality of life
How long after administration of aminoglycosides does AKI classically occur? What other abnormalities are associated with aminoglycoside induced AKI?
5-10 days later; associated with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia due to renal wasting of these
What is the definition of Resistant HTN (or “Difficult to control HTN)?
Must still be hypertensive on more than 3 drugs, one of which is a diuretic; chlorthalidone preferred
What is HTN in office but not at home? What about at home but not in office? How can you Dx?
White coat HTN; Masked HTN; ambulatory BP monitoring
What should make you be concerned that someone may have a late complement deficiency?
C5-C9 (MAC) complex; recurrent N. meningitidis infxns
Treatment of chronic idiopathic urticaria is best achieved with what meds?
Long acting antihistamines
As a general rule of thumb, how many platelets are seen on a bloodsmear per HPF?
about 7, if you see more than that suspect thrombocytosis
What did the PROUD study evaluate?
PrEP (Pre Exposure ppx) for AIDS. Prevents infxn. Does NOT promote resistance or higher rates of infxn with other STIs; Tenofovir-Emtracitabine
Spelling world backwards helps to evaluate what condition?
Delirium (problem of focus, inattention)
T/F: KRAS mutations are associated with poor response to EGFR inhibitors in lung cancer
False this is only true in colorectal cancer; all NSCLC patients with metastatic dz should be screened for EGFR, ROS1, and PD1 and can get afatinib, gefitinib, or erlotinib regardless of ras status
What should you do for a patient with polymyalgia rheumatica with osteoporosis and DM?
This would be considered high risk PMR; while low dose (15 mg) prednisone can help should consider adding methotrexate to spare steroids
What is a medically professional way to describe an interview with a patient who isnt making sense?
Call it inappropriate or tangential; “requiring frequent redirecting”
What is the adjunctive tx of GBM s/p surgery for all patients?
Temozolomide + RT
Difference in dosing of prednisone for PMR and Giant Cell Arteritis
PMR 15 mg daily; GCA 60 mg daily
What is the most important aspect of ARDS mgmt?
Low tidal volume ventilation (6 ml/kg IBW) EVEN IF it results in hypercapnia = permissive hypercapnia. Also keep plateau pressure <30 mmHg
What is the drug to treat dabigatran overdose? Factor Xa inhibitors?
Idaracizumab (praxbind); Adanexet alfa
A 2016 study of chronic HBV patients undergoing chemotherapy for solid organ cancers found what?
That they should be treated with HBV reactivation ppx (tenofovir/lamivudine) as they are high risk for HBV reactivation (recall HBV integrates into host genome); also need to screen for anti-CD20 drugs i.e. rituximab as well as for Allo-HSCT
What is a characteristic finding on micro of aspergillus fumigatus vs. mucor (zygomycetes)?
45 degree angle branch vs. 90
What treatment would improve symptoms of an eosinophilic pneumonia? Presentation?
Steroids; photographic negative of pulmonary edema with most occuring at periphery
T/F: a radioactive iodine uptake study can be useful when trying to diagnose etiology of hypothyroidism?
False: ONLY useful if used to Dx hyperthyroidism
Assuming that you are not giving TPA, what is the threshold to Tx BP in an acute ischemic stroke?
BP >220/120 but if giving TPA then 180/105