NBCE Part 3 Ty's Notes Flashcards
Study
What does a general case history include? (8 things)
1) Identifying data
2) Chief Complaint (CC)
3) Present Illness
4) Past History
5) Family History
6) Occupational History
7) Social History
8) Review of Systems (ROS)
In the case history what topics fall under identifying data?
Gender, Age, marital status
What falls under the chief complaint? What is the chief complaint?
- Patients own words of the problem
- CC is the reason the person is in your office
What falls under present illness?
LOPPQRST and MOI
What does LOPPQRST stand for?
- Location
- Onset
- Palliative
- Provocative
- Quality
- Radiate
- Site/Setting/Severity
- Timing
What do we have to ask when it comes to location in the case history?
We have to ask about the anatomic regions that are in 2’s. 1 area might have brought them in but have to ask about the other if it bothers them as well.
What does bilateral location pain indicate?
Systemic issues
What does MOI stand for?
Mechanism of injury, must have the patient describe it
What falls under past history? What do we need to know about the patients past?
- Sugeries
- Trauma
- Previous illnesses
- Previous injuries
- Medications
- Hospitalizations
- Need to know if they have seen some else for this same issue and if they were diagnosed with something specific
What falls under family history?
- Dwelling (where did they grow up?)(Exposure to things)
- Death
- Diseases
- Adoption
What falls under occupational history?
- School
- Work
- Activities of daily living (no matter what age the patient is we need to find out if what is going on today is bothering them with the things they need/want to do)
What falls under social history?
- Sleep
- Smoke
- Stress
- Sex
- Diet
- Drugs (medical/illegal)
- Alcohol
- Water intake
Under alcohol is social history what is the questionnaire usually asked? What does it stand for? How many “YES” answers for male and female?
CAGE questionnaire
-Cut down (have you ever felt the need to cut down?)
-Annoyed (have you ever felt annoyed by criticism of how much you drink?)
-Guilty (have you ever felt guilty about your drinking?)
-Eye opener (have you ever felt the need for a morning eye-opener drink?)
Male = 2
Female = 1
What is the review of systems?
Questions to find any other issues that might be going on with the patient
What are the vital signs
- HR (heart rate/pulse)
- RR (respiratory rate)
- BP (blood pressure)
- Temperature
- Height
- Weight
What does pyrexia mean?
Elevated temperature.
I have a Fever
Elevated = pyrexia = itis
Where do we take temperatures?
Oral, otic, anal, axillary
What happens to temperature in a bacterial infection?
- Sustained, “night sweats” Increased temp
- Increased neutrophils
- No change in lymphocytes
- Increased leukocytes (>10,000 WBCs aka leukocytes)
What is the normal leukocyte count (aka WBC)?
5,000-10,000
What is it called if our WBC (leukocyte) count is above 17,000?
Schilling Shift. This is an ER moment.
What is neutrophilia?
Increased neutrophils
What is leukocytosis?
The number of WBC (leukocytes) >10,000
What is leukopenia?
The number of WBC (leukocytes) <10,000
What happens to temp in a viral infection?
- Spikes then lowers
- Decreased neutrophils
- Increased lymphocytes
- Decreased leukocytes (<5,000)
Where is the most accurate place to take temperature?
Anal
What does apyrexia mean?
I do not have a fever
What is the apyrexia”itis” list?
DON'T HAVE A FEVER!!! Osteoarthritis Costochondritis Cystitis and Urethritis Tendonitis and Bursitis Osteitis deformans (aka Paget's) Osteochondritis dessicans (aka AVN- avascular necrosis) Osteitis Condensans ilii (SI problem)
What are the normal values for pulse (heart rate) in adults, newborns and elderly?
Adult = 60-100 BPM Newborn = 120-160 Elderly = 70-80
What is the normal respiration rate in adults and newborns?
Adult = 14-20 Newborn = 44
Basic Strep story
Mouth –> Kidney –> Heart
What is the Lab test for Strep? What is the definitive test for Strep?
Lab test = ASO titre
Definitive = culture
Detailed Strep story
Dental work/Sore throat leads to strep throat turns into glomerulonephritis (back ache/ flank pain) a couple weeks later then turns into carditis a couple months later (sub-acute bacterial endocarditis SBE affects the Mitral/Aortic valves)
How do we confirm strep throat?
Culture
How do we confirm glomerulonephritis?
UA (urine analysis) will have RBC casts
How do we confirm carditis?
Blood culture
What special study is for the heart valves?
ECHO
What are Osler’s nodes?
Painful, red, raised lesions on the hands and feet. Associated with infective endocarditis (sub-acute bacterial endocarditis)
With Osler’s nodes what fingernail change is likely?
Splinter. Due to Valve infection in the heart
How do you diagnose hypertension?
Must have 3 consecutive visits with elevated blood pressure
What is primary hypertension?
aka Essential
The heart and vessels have the disease
What is secondary hypertension?
Malignant hypertension due to the kidneys
What is subclavian steal syndrome?
When the subclavian artery steals blood from the vertebral artery
What is the cause of clubbing of the nails with dyspnea at night? What is the dyspnea due to?
CHF (left sided heart failure)(congestive heart failure)
Dyspnea is due to the left side of the heart failing
What is clubbing of nails due to?
Hypoxia, you don’t get enough blood to them
What is ADH (antidiuretic hormone)? What does it deal with? What does antidiuretic mean?
- Peptide made by the posterior pituitary aka vasopressin
- All about Diabetes Insipidus
- Antidiuretic = not to pee (so if your not to peer is broken then you pee a lot)
What happens due to decreased ADH?
Diabetes Insipidus
polydipsia (increased thirst)
polyuria (increased urinating)
What does a diuretic do?
Makes you pee
What does antidiuretic do?
Makes you stop peeing
What happens with decreased insulin? What must we get this patient to do?
Diabetes Mellitus polydipsia polyuria polyphagia (increased eating) Must get this patient moving/exercising (get them off the couch)
Where is insulin made?
Tail of the pancreas
What happens with decreased adrenocorticoids (hypoadrenocorticism)?
Addison’s disease (weight loss, hypotension, bronze skin, Arroyo sign)
What happens with increased adrenocorticoids (hyperadrenocorticism)?
- Cushing’s (weight gain, swollen, hypertension, moon face, Hirsutism, infertility, thin extremities.
- These people are swollen on the outside
AKA for Cushings
hypercorticism or hyperadrenocorticism
Where are T3, T4 and TSH made?
Anterior pituitary
What is decreased T3, T4 and TSH?
Secondary hypothyroidism aka Myxedema
What are the characteristics of Myxedema?
- Weight gain, swollen, hypotension, dry skin, constipation, ENophthalmosis, lateral third of eyebrows missing.
- These people are swollen on the inside
If we have a middle aged woman with swollen, burning peripheral nerve entrapment (hands and feet), what is the differential diagnosis?
Hypercorticism (hyperadrenocorticism) aka Cushing’s
OR
Secondary Hypothyroidism aka Myxedema
What is increased T3, T4 and TSH?
Secondary Hyperthyroidism aka Grave’s disease (sweaty, diarrhea, EXophthalmosis)
What is hypothyroid?
Hashimoto
What does Vitamin D control?
Calcium
What happens to adults and children with decreased Vitamin D?
Adult = osteomalacia Children = Rickets
What is anasarca?
Person is swollen all over. Something major in the body is dying.
What is icterus? Found?
Jaundice
Eyes
What is kernicterus?
Brain jaundice in newborns
What does intracranial pressure cause in the eye?
Papilledema, enlargement and blurring
What does intraocular pressure cause?
Glaucoma
What do we see with diabetic retinopathy?
Waxy exudates and microaneurysms
What does hypertension cause in the eye?
Flame hemorrhages, cotton wool exudates
What has an absent red light reflex?
Cataract, Retinal detachment
What is Addie’s pupil?
Asymmetrical pupil size, ANS (autonomic nervous system) damage
Unilateral
Parasympathetic lesion of CN III
What is lost with glaucoma?
Peripheral vision loss
What is lose with macular degeneration?
Central vision loss
The optic disc is found on what side of the eye?
Medial
What does the iris help prevent?
Myopia (nearsightedness) and Presbyopia (farsightedness)
Which is more contagious? Conjunctivitis or Iritis?
Conjunctivitis (pink eye) is more contagious because it is superficial. Iritis is deeper and can affect pupillary responses. There is a red rim around the pupil and is an ER moment with iritis.
What is anisocoria?
Unequal pupil size
What is a bump inside the eye called?
Sty
What is a painless bump inside the eye called?
Chalazion
What is a painful bump inside the eye called?
Hordeolum (painful sty in the eye)
How do you treat a hordeolum?
Hot pad, moist pack, epsom salt, magnesium sulfate
What are the triangles in the eye called?
Pterygium and Pinguecula
What are the triangles that do not impede or invade vision in the eye?
Pinguecula
What do we need to get people with pterygium or pinguecula to do to help slow the process?
Wear sunglasses
What is Argyll Robertson?
Bilateral small and irregular pupils that accommodate (change lens shape) but do not react to light.
Seen with tertiary syphilis
aka prostitutes pupil
What is blepharitis?
Staph infection in the eye
What are cataracts?
Opacities seen in the lens
Common with diabetes and the elderly
Absent light reflex
Pink conjunctica is? Pale? Bright red?
Pink = Normal
Pale = Anemic
Bright red = Infection
What does diabetic retinopathy affect? Presents with?
Affects the Veins
Presents with microaneurysms, hard exudates and neovascularization
When is EXophthalmosis bilateral? Unilateral?
Bilateral = Grave's Unilateral = Tumor
What does glaucoma cause?
Cupping of the disc, blurring vision especially in the peripheral fields of view, rings around lights.
Eye problems that also have skin problems are caused by?
Staph
Staph is associated with what eye problems?
Argyll Robertson, Corneal Arcus, Diabetic retinopathy, EXophthalmosis, Hordoleum, Horner’s syndrome, Macular degeneration, pterygium, retinal detachment, xanthelasma
What is Horner’s syndrome?
- Ptosis, Miosis and Anhydrosis and ENophthalmosis
- Commonly associated with Pancoast tumor/syndrome
- Is an interruption to the sympathetics of the face
What is likely to be found with Horner’s syndrome?
Lower Brachial plexus involvement
Ptosis, Miosis, Anhydrosis and ENophthalmosis
Flushing of the face
Arm pain
What is seen with hypertensive retinopathy?
Copper/Silver wire deformity
A-V nicking
Flame hemorrhages
Cotton wool soft exudates
What is associated with internal ophthalmoplegia?
Dilated pupil, ptosis, lateral deviation
Multiple Sclerosis
What is the most common reason for blindness in the elderly?
Macular degeneration
What is involved with macular degeneration?
Central vision loss Macular drusen (early sign, yellow deposits under the retina)
What is swelling of the optic disc?
Papilledema aka choked disc due to increased intracranial pressure
What causes periorbital edema?
Allergies
Myxedema (hypothyroid)
Nephrotic Syndrome (Severe kidney damage)(HEP = hypertension, edema, proteinuria)
What can cause Ptosis?
Horner’s
CN 3 paralysis
Myasthenia Gravis
Multiple Sclerosis
What is retinal detachment?
Painless sudden onset of blindness
Closing curtains
Lightning flashes and Floaters
Colors of the sclera?
White = normal Yellow = jaundice Blue = osteogenesis imperfecta
What are fatty plaques on the nasal surface of the eyelids?
Xanthelasma.
Can indicate hypercholesterolemia
SO4LR6AO3 stands for?
Superior Oblique = CN 4
Lateral Rectus = CN 6
All other eye muscles = CN 3
What do the sympathetics control?
Sudomotor, Pilomotor, Vasomotor
What is pancoast syndrome?
When a pancoast tumor eats its way out of the lung
When you see METS what do you think?
METS–>Spine–>Lytic
Prostate or Reproductive cancer you think?
METS–>Spine–>BLASTIC
Exophthalmosis bilateral?
Graves aka Hyperthyroid
Exophthalmosis unilateral?
Space Occupying Lesion (SOL)
Enophthalmosis bilateral?
Myxedema aka Hypothyroid
Enophthalmosis unilateral?
Horner’s
Lateral third of eyebrow missing (usually bilateral)?
Hypothyroidism
Bilateral anhydrosis?
Sjogren’s
Unilateral anhydrosis?
Horner’s
Mydriasis mean?
Dilated
Argyll Robertson pupil is associated with?
Tertiary syphilis or Posterior column disease
What is the most common lesion of the mouth?
Fordyce spot
What are Koplik spots?
White spots from Rubeola
Thrush is from?
Candidiasis
Thick white patches that CAN be scraped off
Leukoplakia?
White patches that CANNOT be scraped off
Basal cell is?
Cancer
Due to exposure to the sun or smoker
What vitamin is a problem with gingivitis?
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)
Red nose equals?
Acute rhinitis and coryza
Pale/Gray/Blue nose equals?
Chronic infections and allergies
Foul discharge from nose?
Foreign object
Clear discharge from nose?
Thin = CSF (ER moment) and allergies Thick = infection
Associated with conduction loss?
Cerumen
Otosclerosis
Infection
Associated with sensorineural loss?
Presbycusis
Meniere’s
Bulging tympanic membrane?
Acute/Chronic otitis
All inner ear infections
Retracted tympanic membrane?
Serous (bubbles)
Altitude
Clogged/Blocked eustachian tube
What are the tests for the ear?
Weber and Rinne
Which test is performed first for hearing?
Weber
Which way does Weber test migrate?
Weber goes to the ear that can hear
What does Rinne test?
Air conduction vs bone conduction
Should be 2:1
If air conduction is longer than bone what is going on?
That side ear is fine but the other has a nerve dying which is sensorineural hearing loss
If Weber test doesn’t lateralize what does that mean?
Everything is normal
If bone and air conduction are equal what does that mean?
There is a conduction deficit
AKAs for Meniere’s disease?
Central vertigo
Endolymphatic Hydrops
What is Meniere’s disease?
Recurrent vertigo, sensory hearing loss, tinnitus and fullness in the ear
What is presbycussis?
Sensorineural hearing loss that occurs in people as they age
What are common lymphadenopathies in children? Young adults? Elderly?
Children = Leukemia
Young adults = Mono, Hodgkin’s and AIDS
Elderly = Multiple Myeloma
What is a plasma cell cytoma?
- Multiple myeloma in one bone
- Is a primary bone cancer even though it starts in the blood of bone
Where is the most metastatic disease found?
Left supraclavicular lymph nodes
Malignant lymph nodes will display?
No fever (except Hodgkins) Non-mobile Painless sensitivity/bleeding Firm texture Rubbery (Hodgkin's)
Wide mediastinum, irregular, asymmetrical, lumpy, bumpy is what type of case?
Hodgkin’s case
Lymphoma
Hypercalcemia equals?
Bone cancer
Multiple Myeloma is? (MM)
Primary Bone Malignant Bone Cancer Hypercalcemia Hyperproteinemia Bence Jones Proteinuria Spares the pedicle Cold Bone Scan Elevated IgG Endosteal scalloping Punched out lesions (same size) Collapsed vertebra
Lytic Mets is?
Secondary Bone Malignant Bone Cancer Hypercalcemia Targets pedicle (winking pedicle) Hot Bone Scan Permeative pattern Punched out lesions (different sizes) Long zone of transition Moth eaten Collapsed vertebra
Endosteal scalloping and permeative pattern eat bone from?
Inside–>Out
How does Lytic Mets do to bone? How does it travel?
Eats the bone and uses the blood to travel
What does Multiple Myeloma (MM) eat and affect?
Eats and affects the blood products and blood of bone
MM will eat the vertebra and leave the neural arch
Hot bone scan? Lytic Mets or MM?
Lytic Mets
Cold bone scan? Lytic Mets or MM?
MM
How do you confirm MM?
Electrophoresis
What is the aka for MM?
Plasma cell sarcoma
ESR (SED) rate >80 with patient over 50 years old?
MM
Signs and symptoms of MM?
Signs = unrelenting back pain, fatigue, joint pain and swelling
Sx =Cachexia, Weight loss, Anemia, Punched out lesions
What is the most common primary malignancy of bone?
MM
What is MM associated with in the skull?
Rain drop skull
What are the labs for MM?
M spike on immunoelectrophoresis
A/G reversal
Bence Jones proteinuria
Elevated ESR (sed) rate
What is the most common malignant tumor of bone?
Lytic Mets
What is the most common tumor in the spine?
Lytic Mets
What is the most common form of metastasis in ages 20-40?
Hodgkin’s disease
What radiographic signs are seen with Hodgkin’s?
Ivory white vertebra with anterior body scalloping
Unilateral hilar lymphadenopathy
How do you confirm Hodgkin’s?
Biopsy confirms
Will see Reed Sternberg cells
What radiographic signs are seen with Blastic Mets?
Ivory white vertebra
No cortical thickening or bone enlargement
What is the aka for Paget’s?
Osteitis deformans
What radiographic signs are seen with Paget’s?
Cortical thickening Picture frame vertebra Increased bone density Coarsened trabeculae Bone expansion Bowing deformities Brim sign (whitening of pelvic brim) Shepards crook
What are the stages of Paget’s?
1) Lytic or destructive
2) Combined
3) Sclerotic
4) Malignant (osteosarcoma)
What are the signs and symptoms of Paget’s?
Older male, getting shorter, hat isn’t fitting, can’t hear and shoes don’t fit well
Describe Paget’s
Paget’s aka osteitis deformans will not have a fever but will have localized warmth over the areas and body parts it affects.
Replaces calcium bone with phosphorus bone (which is very weak) which leads to deforming of the bone hence osteitis deformans
How do you find and confirm Paget’s?
Bone scan
Is Paget’s malignant or benign?
Non-malignant (benign) until 4th stage when it becomes an osteosarcoma
What is the most common malignancy found in children age 10-30?
Osteosarcoma
What are the radiographic signs of an osteosarcoma?
Periosteal reaction that is spiculated, radiating, sunburst in appearance
What malignant neoplasms have ivory white vertebra?
Hodgkin’s
Paget’s
Blastic Mets
What is the number one cause of chest pain?
Heart burn and GERD
What is achalasia? Cause?
Narrowing of the esophagus
Cause = scleroderma
What causes varices?
Alcohol
Bulimia
Where do we feel pain from the head of the pancreas?
Straight through like a knife at xiphoid (T10)
If we feel pain at T10 straight through the xiphoid what are the 2 possible reasons? How do we differentiate the 2?
Aorta or Head of pancreas
Differentiate by forward flexion, if pain goes away with forward flexion = head of the pancreas
What is pancreatitis?
Infection with fever, painful, bleeding, Grey Turner’s sign, increased amylase and lipase
What is Grey Turner’s sign? Pain? AKA
Weeping of blood into the flanks.
There is no pain.
AKA = Echymosis
Where is the head of the pancreas located?
Midline
What is the tail of the pancreas involved with?
Diabetes Mellitus
What types of Diabetes Mellitus are there?
2 types
1) Juvenile onset (type 1) insulin dependent, under 30 years old, thin
2) Adult onset (type 2) non-insulin dependent, over 40 years old, obese
What are the labs for Diabetes Mellitus?
GTT (glucose tolerance test)
FBS (fasting blood sugar) FPG (fasting plasma glucose)
Post-Prandial
HBA1C (glycosylated hemoglobin)
Polydypsia, polyphagia, polyuria equals?
Diabetes Mellitus
What is Diabetes Mellitus associated with?
DISH aka Forestier’s Disease in those older than 50
AS (ankylosing spondylitis) in those 15-35, will have increased vaginal infections
What is the best test for diabetes mellitus?
HBA1C
What are gastric and duodenal ulcers considered?
Peptic ulcers
What is the most common peptic ulcer?
Duodenal
What causes peptic ulcers?
Infection
What is chronic gastritis?
Abuse, Alcoholism, B12 deficiency
-Denaturing of lining of gut–>pernicious (megaloblastic) anemia–> PLS
What does B12 deficiency lead to?
RBC death –> Pernicious (megaloblastic) anemia –> Demyelination of posterior columns and lateral tracts –> loss of fine touch, vibration, 2-point discrimination, and proprioception –> stocking/glove paresthesia aka Posterolateral sclerosis (PLS)
What is secreted by Parietal cells in the gut? What does it do?
Intrinsic factor.
Makes B12 absorbable
Vegans have what vitamin deficiency?
B12
What is B12 used for in the body?
- RBC maturation
- Myelination of nerves
aka for demyelination
sclerosis
demyelination of posterior columns is?
Posterolateral sclerosis aka stocking/glove paresthesia
What are the tests for B12?
- B12 assay (checks levels of B12 not confirmation)
- Schilling’s Test (Best test, if a lot of B12 is in the urine you are getting what you need)
- Achlorhydria (absence of HCl in gastric secretions)
Signs and symptoms of stomach cancer?
Unexplained weight loss (even with eating)
Painless bleeding
Chronic GI disorders
Left virchow/sentinel node
Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis have diarrhea but what is the difference between the two?
Crohn’s = epsiodes of diarrhea, skip lesions, explosive
Ulcerative Colitis = bloody diarrhea, descending colon, megacolon
What is appendicitis?
Periumbilical pain–> Tender McBurney’s point–> Fever–> Relief (burst)–> Rebound tenderness (peritonitis)(all 4 quadrants have pain)–> Death
Cholecystitis and cholelithiasis are connected to what organ?
Gallbladder
What is cholecystitis?
Severe RUQ pain with nausea, vomiting, precipitated by large fatty meals.
MC seen in Females, Forty years old, fat, fertile
Increased WBCs
What is the most common cause of cholecystitis?
Cholelithiasis (gallstones)
Where is McBurney’s point?
1/3 the distance from the ASIS to the umbilicus
Base of the appendix where is attaches to the cecum
What are cholelithiasis?
Gallstones
Normal WBCs
Where is pain referral for the gallbladder?
Right shoulder or tip of the right scapula
When you hear liver what do you think of?
Liver = veins
Hepatitis A is?
Oral-fecal
Hepatitis B is?
Blood born, needles, transfusion, surgeries, sexual, carrier for life
Hepatitis C is?
Chronic, blood transfusions
Which Hepatitis is most common to become liver cancer?
Hep B
Labs associated with the liver?
Alk Phos, SGOT/AST, LDH, Aspartate transaminase, GGT, SGPT/ALT, CPK, BUN (blood urea nitrogen)
Describe BUN.
BUN is blood urea nitrogen. BUN is made in the liver and excreted through the kidneys
GGT is the test for?
Alcohol
What is the best test for the liver?
ALT (alanine transaminase)
What is the most common site for metastatic disease?
Liver
What is the most common cause of liver damage? What does it lead to?
Alcoholism
Cirrhosis
What does cirrhosis cause?
Portal hypertension
Ascites
Esophageal varices
What is Mallory Weiss syndrome?
Coughing, tearing esophageal blood vessels and hematemeis with palmar rash due to bile salts
What do we evaluate with a Biliary duct obstruction? What does it lead to?
Liver, gallbladder and head of the pancreas
Leads to yellow skin and pale poop (clay gray)
Orthopedic test for the kidney?
Murphys punch
What is nephritis?
Infection Fever Flank pain Proteinuria Single cast
What is nephrosis?
Death
Hypertension, Edema, Proteinuria (HEP)
All casts
What is toxemia of pregnancy?
HEP + pre-eclampsia
RBC casts equals?
Glomerulonephritis (STREP)
WBC and Waxy casts equals?
Pyelonephritis
All casts equals?
Nephrosis
Hyaline casts equals?
Normal/Nephrosis
Where is the referred pain for renal and ureters?
Flank
Where is the referred pain for bladder?
Suprapubic
Where is the referred pain for the urethra?
Groin
Referred pain for a stone?
Colicky
Upper Tract infection is due to? What direction?
Kidney
Descending
Lower Tract infection is due to? What direction?
Bladder, sexual activity, female with poor hygiene, prostate
Ascending
What are the tests for prostate cancer?
Acid phos, Alk phos
If acid phos is elevated?
Agressive prostate disease
If Alk phos elevated?
Blastic Mets
What does alk phos tell us?
We are making bone or the liver is in trouble
When will we see and increase in Alk Phos?
Puberty, Fracture, Paget’s Blastic Mets
If we have increased acid phos and increased alk phos?
Prostate cancer with Blastic Mets
What is a fibroadenoma?
A painless, firm lesion, non-malignant lump
Single nodule
What is fibrocystic disease?
Painful, multiple, mobile nodules that get worse
Who can get a fibroadenoma?
Both Men and Women
Who gets breast cancer?
Both men and women
What is breast cancer in men called?
Gynecomastia
What is the aka for Paget’s Disease?
Nipple cancer
What is the most common are for metastasis of the breast?
Axilla
What are the first signs of pregnancy? What do we order if these symptoms are present?
LBP, breast tenderness, and nausea
Order HCG test
What does a HCG test tell us?
Increased HCG = tumor or twins
Decreased HCG = ectopic pregnancy
What is the second most common primary cancer in females?
Uterine/Cervical cancer
Describe Cheyne Stokes
Rhythmical apnea, brain lesion, ER moment
Describe Biot’s
Irregular apnea, medulla damage, ER moment
Describe Kussmaul
Air hunger, associated with diabetic coma, deep breathing, ER moment
Describe Pink puffer
Balloon lungs, emphysema
Describe Blue bloater
Chronic bronchitis
What does fremitus feel?
Fremitus feels fluid
Dull percussion in the lungs associated with? Fremitus will be?
Bacterial pneumonia, pulmonary edema, CHF
Fremitus will be increased
Air in the chest will percuss? Associated with what conditions? Fremitus will be?
Hyperresonant
Emphysema, pneumothorax, COPD
Fremitus decreased
Gastric air will percuss? Condition?
Tympanic
Magenblase
Flat percussion is associated with what condition?
Atelectasis
Rales, wheezes and crackles with all have what type of percussion?
Dull percussion
Fremitus will be increased
Friction rub equals?
Pleurisy
Prolonged expiration associated with?
COPD
Rusty sputum associated with?
Pneumococcal
Red currant jelly sputum?
Klebsiella (Friedlander’s)
Pneumonia, chronic depressed, alcoholics
Walking pneumonia in an adult?
Mycoplasma
Mucopurulent, productive sputum?
Viral
What is Reye’s syndrome?
Children with a recent viral infection, can cause confusion, swelling the the brain and liver damage.
Who is most at risk to get Reye’s syndrome?
Children recovering from a viral infection that have a metabolic disorder (ie: diabetes mellitus 1 or 2, PKU, maple syrup urine disease), that have been taking aspirin
Foul sputum?
Bronchiectasis, Chronic infections
Protozoan associated with AIDS?
Pneumocystic Carinii
Dry cough vs Productive cough
Dry = Marfan's, long standing hypertension, AAA (arch), Laryngitis Productive = TB (red), CHF (pink, frothy, bubbly)
What are associated with bright red hemoptysis?
- Pulmonary infarct
- Caner
- TB
What will an xray look like with someone with COPD?
Air gets trapped in the lungs so they look more black,
Narrowed mediastinum, flattened hemidiaphragm, ribs will look horizontal, increased intercostal space
AKA COPD
Emphysema
Radiographic signs of lung cancer?
Primary (snowball) one nodule
Secondary (cannonballs) multiple nodules
Radiographic sign of lymphoma? Types of lymphoma?
Lumpy bumpy
Types = Hodgkin’s, Sarcoidosis
Hyperlucent radiographic finding? What does it cause the mediastinum to do?
Pneumothorax.
Pushes the mediastinum away from side of involvement
Radiographic findings for atelectasis? What is atelectasis due to?
Collapsed area of the lungs, Mediastinum sucked towards side of involvement.
Due to bronchial obstruction, mucous plug
Associated with Schepelmanns ortho test?
Pleurisy and Intercostal neuritis
Pleurisy hurts opposite side leaning towards
Intercostal neuritis hurt same side leaning towards
AKA for Myocardial Infarct (MI)? Lab test? Makes it worse? Better?
aka = Coronary infarct Lab = Troponin, CPK, SGOT, LDH Worse = anything Better = Nothing
AKA for Angina? Lab test? Makes it worse? Better?
aka = Coronary ischemia Lab = Normal labs Worse = activity Better = Rest within 10 minutes
What is a normal EKG?
P wave, QRS complex, T wave
What is the P wave?
Atrial depolarization
What is the QRS complex?
Ventricular Depolarization
What is the T wave?
Ventricular repolarization
Anything that disrupts QRST?
Myocardial Infarct
What does an MI do to EKG?
Increases time between QRS and T wave
Inverts T wave
Widened QRS complex?
Bundle of HIS lesion, ventricular hypertrophy
When are the heart sounds heard?
S1 heard end of QRS (AV shut)
S2 heard end of T (Semilunar shut)
S1 is which valves?
AV valves (mitral and tricuspid)
S2 is which valves?
Semilunar (Aortic, Pulmonic)
What are the murmurs?
Stenosis, Regurgitation
What are the diastolic murmurs?
ARMS PRTS
Aortic Regurgitation Pulmonic Regurgitation
Mitral Stenosis Tricuspid Stenosis
What is APETM?
A= Aortic (2nd ICS on R sternal border) P= Pulmonic (2nd ICS on L sternal border) E= Erb's Point (3rd ICS L sternal border, all murmurs best heard here) T= Tricuspid (4th/5th ICS L sternal border) M= Mitral (5th ICS midclavicular line, best heard in lateral decubitis position)
What is the cause and result of heart failure?
Cause = hypertension Result = edema
What is the 1st sign of heart failure? Last sign?
1st = fatigue Last = pitting edema (anasarca)
What is Right sided heart failure?
aka Cor Pulmonale (lungs caused the problem)
Cause = pulmonary hypertension (smoking, COPD, emphysema)
R ventricle hypertrophy –> R ventricle failure
Result = body edema, jugular distention, “portal hypertension”
What caused Right sided heart failure?
The problem started in the lungs
Right sided heart failure is involved with veins or arteries?
Veins
What is Left sided heart failure?
aka CHF (congestive heart failure) Cause = Systemic hypertension (diet, DM, drugs)(clogged blood from fats and sugars in the blood) L ventricular hypertrophy --> L ventricular failure (fatigue)(failure to pump forward) Result = pulmonary edema, nocturnal dyspnea, pink frothy sputum