random important questions Flashcards
what CSF findings would you expect with Gullian biere
albuminocytologic dissociation
- normal cell count
- inc protein
we drive kawasaki cars with our hands and feet
conditions associated with rash on hands and feet
Kawaski disease
Coxsackie A virus
Rocky mountain spotted fever
Secondary syphilis
meningococcemia (N. meningitidis)
IL- promates B cell growth and differentiation
IL-4 , IL-5
produced by th1 cells
il-2, IFN-gamma
produced by TH2 cells
IL-4, IL-5, IL10
Secreted by helper T cells and activates macrophages
IFN- gamma
pyrogens secreted by monocytes and macrophages
IL-1, IL-6, TNF a
enhances synthesis of IgE and IgG
IL-4
enhances synthesis of IgA
IL-5
released by virus infected cells
IFN-a , IFN-B
what are the 4 obligate aerobic bacteria?
“Nagging Pests Must Breathe”
Nocardia
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Bacillus
pro drug of 6-mercaptopurine
azathioprine
what drug causes phocomelia
thalidomide
what drug is nephrotoxic in 75% of pts
cyclosporine
what drug inhibits secretion of IL-2 and other cytokines
Tacrolimus
Cyclosporine
what hematologic changes would you expect to see in pt without a funcitonal spleen
thrombocytosis
howell jolly bodies
target cells
what questions are asked during the 4 phaes of clinical development
phase
1: is the drug safe
2. does it work
3. does it work better
4. post market surveillance
common causes of Restricitve cardiomyopathy
(anything that bulks of the heart tissue)
sarcoidosis
amyloidosis
hemochromatosis
loefflers disease
endocardial fibroelastosis
post radiation fibrosis
what thyroid cancers do you see
activation of receptor tyrosine kinases
papillary carcinoma
medullary carcinoma
hasimoto thyroditis is a risk factor for?
B-cell lymphoma