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Cobb angle

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Used to measure degree of curvature in scoliosis pt

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Acute relapse of MS treatment

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IV methylprednisolone

Question 3

portion of the nephron responsible for the absorption of 90% of the ultrafiltrate

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Proximal convoluted tubule

Question 4

primary risk factor for the development of aortic aneurysms

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Smoking

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eye changes associated with age-related macular degeneration

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Drusen

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Cotton-wool patches are associated with what

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Hypertension

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Diuretics used in kidney failure

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Loop diuretics- Bumetanide (Bumex)

Question 8

Dawson’s fingers

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MRI finding associated with MS

Question 9

Drug that causes malignant hypertension after eating the wrong food “Christmas Buffet”

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MAOI’s monoamine oxidase inhibitors

Question 10

The most common cause of preventable blindness in the United States is

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Glaucoma

Question 11

repetitively absent QRS complexes and “grouped beating.”

Answer 11

Mobitz Type I heart block

Question 12

amaurosis fugax caused by TIA of what artery

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Internal coratid/ Optic artery

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Pneumonia associated with aids

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Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

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Bartonella Henslae

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Cat-Scratch

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“herald Patch”

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pityriasis rosea

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Hypergammaglobulinemia

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Multiple myeloma

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treatment for campylobacter

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Erythromycin

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treatment for neuroleptic malignant syndrome (adverse reaction to neuroleptics or antipsychotic meds)

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dantrolene (Dantrium) and bromocriptine (Parlodel)

Question 19

Thyroid Characteristics on PE for Grave’s

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Diffuse thyroid gland enlargement

Question 20

Tx for symptomatic bradyarrhythmia due to sick sinus syndrome

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Permanent Pacemaker

Question 21

medications most likely to cause acute tubular necrosis

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Gentamicin

Question 22

Barretts esophagus leads to what cancer

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Adenocarcinoma

Question 23

Borrelia burgdorferi

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Lyme Disease

Question 24

Bartonella henselae

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Cat scratch

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Rickettsia rickettsii

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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

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Coxiella brunetti

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Q fever

Question 27

inability to pass stool due to lack of ganglionic cells in the colon

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Hirschsprung disease?

Dx made with rectal biopsy

Question 28

dome shaped retina and subretinal fluid that shifts position

with posture changes

Answer 28

Serous retinal detachment