NBME sicular Flashcards
difficulty combing hair - think?
polymyositis
- or at least muscle problems
bilateral hilar fullness - think?
sarcoidosis
sarcoidosis –> ?
Inc Ca
ill defined palpable soft masses high in the scrotum + infertility = think?
Varicoceles
why do pregnant women get UTIs?
Urinary stasis
pain relieved by vomiting + bowel sounds dec + distended, tender, and tympanic abdomen - think?
SBO
impetigo treatment?
Topical Abx treatment that covers staph
prevention of contrast hurting kidneys?
Fluids
/meds used in gout (4)
Acute
- colchicine
- NSAIDs
Chronic
- allopurinol
- probenicide
Widened mediastinum - worried about what vessel?
Aorta
Most common drug for delirium?
Haloperidol
long bone break + petechial hemorrhage - think?
fat embolism
alternating amplitude of QRS think?
Tamponade
Treat cardiac tamponade w/?
Pericardial window pericentesis
depression + episode of mania - think?
bipolar
retinal hemorrhage - think?
child abuse
bilateral nystagmus + weird behavior - think?
PCP
creepy on drugs think?
PCP
Hyperosmolar non-ketotic Coma main symptoms?
- DM
- no ketones
- high sugar
- postural hypotension (bc of dehydration)
Hyperosmolar non-ketotic coma is?
Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS) is a complication of diabetes mellitus (predominantly type 2) in which high blood sugars cause severe dehydration, increases in osmolarity (relative concentration of solute) and a high risk of complications, coma and death.
Mediastinal mass + weakness + diplopia think?
Myasthenia gravis
disease effects acetylcholine receptors?
Myasthenia Gravis
Myasthenia gravis effects what?
acetylcholine receptors
weakness w/ use?
Myasthenia gravis
URI + ascending weakness - think?
Gullian Barre
Demyelinnation of axons?
Guillan barre
mysthenia gravis + mediastinal mass - think?
Thymoma
MCHC high? (2)
Spherocytosis (coomb -, fam hx)
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (coombs +)
What high lab values associated w/ pancreatitis? (3)
- lipase
- amylase
- triglycerides