Random Subject Review Part III Flashcards
indications for carotid endarterectomy
70 - 99% stenosis symptomatic
80 - 99% stenosis asymptomatic
most common leukemia in children (peak age 3-4)
ALL
most common leukemia in adults (average age of onset 50)
CLL
philadelphia chromosome is almost always seen in this leukemia
CML
smudge cells on peripheral smear
CLL
peripheral blasts are PAS+ and TdT+
ALL
peripheral blasts are PAS-, myeloperoxidase+, and have Auer rods
AML
pancytopenia in a Down syndrome patient
ALL
next step in management of testicular torsion confirmed with US
external manipulation followed by surgical pinning bilaterally
causes of hypovolemic hyponatremia
diuretic use, vomiting, addison’s disease, ACE-I use, fluid sequestration
diagnosis: fever, rash, elevated creatinine, eosinophilia
acute interstitial nephritis
what distinguishes primary biliary cirrhosis from primary sclerosing cholangitis
PBC: females, anti-mitochondrial antibodies, intrahepatic duct disease
PSC: males, P-ANCA, intra/extrahepatic duct disease, ERCP “beads on a string”
treatment for Whipple disease
TMP-SMX x 1 year
HBsAg negative
HBsAb negative
HBcAb positive
“window period” of acute hepatitis B infection
HBsAg positive
HBsAb negative
HBcAb positive
chronic hepatitis B infection
HBsAg negative
HBsAb positive
HBcAb negative
immunized for hepatitis B
HBsAg negative
HBsAb positive
HBcAb positive
past hepatitis B exposure
differential diagnosis for ground-glass infiltrates on CXR
interstitial pneumonia, PCP, pulmonary edema (CHF, ARDS) pulmonary hemorrhage, hypersensitivity pneumonitis
medication used to close a PDA
indomethacin
complications arising from electrical burns
visceral damage, cardiac dysrhythmias, compartment syndrome, myoglobinuria, bony injuries, various neurologic disturbances
eye abnormality seen in lesion to oculomotor nerve
down and out, fixed and dilated (interruption of parasympathetics)
differing presentations of alzheimer’s dementia, pick’s disease, and lewy body dementia
alzheimer’s: most common cause
pick’s: personality changes
lewy body: visual hallucinations, parkinsonian symptoms, unexpected falls
diagnosis and management: 55-year-old man has sudden onset of pain in first metatarsophalangeal joint after a night of drinking red wine
gout, aspirate joint to find negatively birefringent needle shaped crystals
treat acute exacerbation with colchicine, NSAIDs
treat chronically with prebenicid, colchicine, or allopurinol
patient with history of lithium use presents with copious amounts of dilute urine
nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
most common pituitary tumor and what is the treatment
prolactinoma
dopamine agonist (bromocriptine)
ocreotide or transphenoidal resection
diagnosis: male with testicular mass is found to have elevated beta-hCG
testicular choriocarcinoma
cardinal movements of labor
engagement, distent, flexion, internal rotation, extension, external rotation, expulsion
50 year-old female smoker presents with hematuria
bladder cancer
30 year-old female African immigrant presents with hematuria
schistosoma infection
therapies used for polycystic ovarian syndrome
weight loss, OCPs (to avoid hyperestrogenism), spironolactone, metformin
what type of bone fracture is most likely to result from falling on outstretched hand
colles fracture (distal radius fracture) common in osteoporosis
two-month-old with projectile, nonbilious emesis, what is the first step in management
pyloric stenosis, correct metabolic abnormalities first
ultrasound to find hypertrophied pyloric muscle, surgical myomectomy
16-year-old female has left arm paralysis after her boyfriend dies in a car crash, no medical cause is found
conversion disorder
patient presents to the ER after an MVA with hypertension, bradycardia, and abnormal respirations, what is the next step after ABCs
cushing’s triad of elevated ICP
elevate bed, hyperventilate, give mannitol, consult neurosurgery
normalizing PCO2 in a patient having an asthma exacerbation may indicate what problem
fatigue and impending respiratory failure
patient has dyspnea, hilar lymphadenopathy on CXR, and hypercalcemia
sarcoidosis
chvostek’s and trousseau’s signs
tap on face and tap on wrist
hypocalcemia spasms
young patient whose father died at age 30 in an MVA suddenly collapses and dies while exercising
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
diagnosis: gynecologic exam of a postmenopausal woman reveals inflammation and epithelial thinning of the anogenital area
lichen sclerosis
diagnosis and management: IV drug user has JVD and holosystolic murmur at left sternal border
bacterial endocarditis with tricuspid regurgitation
treat heart failure, replace tricuspid valve
4-6 weeks IV vancomycin
classic ECG finding in pericarditis
low voltage diffuse ST segment elevation
renal tubular acidosis associated with abnormal bicarbonate and rickets
RTA type II
treatment for neuroleptic malignant syndrome
dantrolene, stop offending agent
also can use dopamine agonist like bromocriptine
child has flesh-colored, umbilicated lesions on the face, what are these lesions and where do they appear in adults
molluscum contagiosum, in genital or perianal region in adults
medication used more than any other in the treatment for parkinsons
levo-dopa with carva-dopa
diagnostic test differentiates central from nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
desmopressin stimulation test and measure urine osmolality
post-op patient with significant pain presents with hyponatremia and normal volume status, what is the diagnosis
SIADH due to stress
elderly female presents with pain and stiffness of the shoulders and hips, cannot lift arms above her head, lab shows elevated ESR
polymyalgia rheumatica
child presents with oliguria, petechias, and jaundice following an illness with bloody diarrhea, what is the most likely diagnosis and infectious cause
HUS from enterohemorrhagic e. coli
11-year-old boy with fever, weight loss, and night sweats, radiology reveals anterior mediastinal mass, what do you suspect, what would you suspect if the patient was 30 years old
non-hodgkin’s lymphoma, suspect hodgkin’s lymphoma if 20-40 or > 60
prophylactic medication indicated in HIV patient w/CD4 less than 100
TMP-SMX for PCP prophylaxis
azithromycin for MAC prophylaxis
most common testicular cancer
seminoma
child presents with palpable purpura on the legs, abdominal pain, and arthritic pain in numerous joints, what is the diagnosis and treatment
henoch-schloein purpura
treatment: self-limited, may use steroids for severe GI symptoms
anti-centromere antibodies
CREST scleroderma
diagnosis: hyperphagia, hyperorality, hyperdocility, and hypersexuality
kluver-bucy’s syndrome, bilateral amygdala lesion
diagnosis: after a minor accident, a woman wears a neck brace and requests permanent disability
malingering
what medication is given to accelerate fetal lung maturity, for how long, and at what gestational age is it no longer necessary
betamethasone or dexamethasone (long acting steroids) prior to 34 weeks given for 48 hours
patients with silicosis are at higher risk for what type of infection
tuberculosis
diagnosis: patient has exopthalmos, pretibial myxedema, and a decreased TSH
grave’s disease
diagnosis: PFTs show decreased FEV1/FVC
obstructive lung disease
postmenopausal female presents with vaginal bleeding for the last 5 days, what is the next step
endometrial biopsy
what type of lung cancer is associated with hypercalcemia
squamous cell lung cancer
blood cell pathology associated with EBV in africa
burkitt’s lymphoma
blood cell pathology associated with reed-sternbeg cells, cervical lymphadenopathy, and night sweats
hodgkin’s lymphoma
blood cell pathology associated with bence-jones proteins, osteolytic lesions, high calcium
multiple myeloma
blood cell pathology associated with translocation 14;18
follicular lymphoma
most common lymphoma in the US
diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
blood cell pathology associated with translocation 8;14
burkitt’s lymphoma
blood cell pathology associated with translocation 9;22
philadelphia chromosome CML and less commonly adult ALL
blood cell pathology associated with “starry-sky pattern” due to phagocytosis of apoptotic tumor cells
burkitt’s lymphoma
blood cell pathology associated with high H/H, pruritis, burning pain in hands or feet
polycythemia vera
blood cell pathology associated with hair-like projections and splenomegaly
hairy-cell leuekemia
classic features that distinguish orbital cellulitis from periorbital cellulitis
orbital cellulitis: pain with eye movement, proptosis, opthalmoplegia, double vision, decreased vision
in which patients is buproprion contraindicated
history of seizures, bulemics
treatment for serotonin syndrome
stop SSRI, benzo sedation
how is benign paroxysmal positional vertigo diagnosed and treated
classic history, worse when laying down, getting up
treatment: eply maneuver
treatment for acute angle-closure glaucoma
glaucoma drugs: mannitol, acetazolamide, beta-blockers, prostaglandins, alpha-adrenergic agonists, cholinergic agonists
antidote: anticholinesterases, organophosphates
atropine, pralidoxime
antidote: mercury
dimercaparol, succimer
antidote: carbon monoxide
100% or hyperbaric oxygen