Random Flashcards
“Double density” foreign body on Xray is most likely what?
Button battery
What vitamin deficiency causes heart problems?
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)
Solitary juvenile hamartomatous polyp. When should screening begin?
Colonoscopy per usual after 50 yo
Newborn with bilious vomiting. KUB with varying-sized loops of distended intestine, a relative absence of air-fluid levels, and a “soap bubble” appearance of portions of the abdomen
Meconium ileus
Which vaccines are contraindicated in patients on chronic aspirin therapy?
Varicella and live flu vaccines
Treatment of severe, unstable dysfunctional uterine bleeding
monophasic OCP with 50 mcg estradiol and 0.5 mg norgestrel (or 1 mg norethindrone) every 4 hours until the bleeding stops.
Retroauricular, posterior cervical, and/or posterior occipital lymphadenopathy is characteristic of what virus?
Rubella (German measles)
EEG findings of centrotemporal sharp peaks in the presence of normal background activity
Benign rolandic epilepsy
Treatment of post-pericardotomy syndrome
Salicylates or NSAIDS
Serum creatinine of > ? in newborn indicates renal failure?
> 1.5
How is oliguria defined in a newborn?
No UOP in 48 hrs, OR <1 cc/kg/hr
Tx strep pharyngitis in patient with rash in response to PCN? In a patient with anaphylaxis to PCN?
Cephalexin if mild reaction, If severe give Azithromycin or clindamycin
Best test to check for vitamin D deficiency?
25OH vit D (dont check the active form)
Infant born via c-section to mom with active herpes lesions (secondary flare). Management?
Surface viral cultures at 24 hours and observe the baby
Tx hypertensive emergency
Labetalol or nicardipine. Lower BP 20-25% in first 8 hours
