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Onset of mild alcohol withdrawal?
6-24 hrs
Onset of Seizures from alcohol withdrawal?
12-48hrs
Alcoholic hallucinosis onset?
12-24 hrs, resolves w/in 48hrs
Delirium tremens onset?
48-96hrs
alcoholic hospitalized for operation, now 24 hrs later having visual hallucinations, stable VS and orientation. Dx?
alcoholic hallucinosis
Normal saline is a crystalloid or colloid?
Crystalloid
When are colloid solutions used?
In burns or conditions w/ hypOproteinemia
mainstay of dehydration treatment?
rehydration w/ IV sodium containing crystalloid solutions
acute onset unilateral weakness + positive Babinski sign = think?
acute ischemic stroke
tPA should be given to stroke pt w/o hemorrhage w/in?
3-4.5 hrs of symptom onset
what should be held and for how long should a stroke pt receive fibrinolytic therapy?
aspirin for 24hrs
fears of negative evaluation and embarrassment in social and performance situations = Dx?
Social anxiety disorder
poor eye contact + anxiety attacks when doing presentations = think?
social anxiety disorder
performance anxiety is included in what type of anxiety disorder?
social anxiety disorder
acute onset polyarticular and symmetric arthritis that resolves w/in 2mo, Dx?
Viral arthritis
monoarticular arthritis (4)?
- Osteoarthritis
- Septic arthritis
- Crystalline arthritis (gout)
- Seronegative spondyloarthropathies (+ back pain)
Symmetrical arthritis (2)?
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Lupus
Effective treatment of cancer-related anorexia/cachexia syndrome? (2)
- Progesterone analogues (megestrol acetate)
- Corticosteroids (more side fx)
Effective treatment of advanced HIV cachexia?
synthetic cannabinoids
delayed treatment of appendix (>5days) may dev into?
Appendiceal rupture –> appendiceal abscess
What maneuvers are best for appendiceal abscess dx?
- Psoas sign (extension)
- Obturator sign (internal rotation)
- Rectal tenderness (esp on R rectal wall)
ant palpation may be less useful bc is deep tissue
Rx of appendiceal abscess if pt is stable?
- IV abx, bowel rest, and possibly percutaneous drainage of abscess
- return in 6-8 wks for appendectomy
immediate surgery has high complication rate so wait for it to calm down
arthralgias + psychosis + hematuria + proteinuria - concerning for?
Lupus
acute onset of psychosis in a child or adolescent –> psych rare, what else is on diff dx? (7)
- CNS injury, infx, dysfunction (epilepsy)
- Metabolic disturbances (urea cycle disorder, acute intermittent porphyria, wilson disease, renal/liver fail)
- Autoimmine (Lupus, Thyroiditis)
- Electrolyte disrturbances (glucose, Na, Ca, Mg)
- Illicit substances or withdrawal from them
- Medication intoxication (serotonin syndrome, steroids, abx, anticholinergics, etc)
- Medication withdrawal (baclofen, benzo’s)
Prior gyn surgery esp a LEEP or cone biopsy puts pt at risk of?
cervical insufficiency/incompetence
gold standard for evaluating cervix for cervical incompetence/insufficiency?
transvaginal ultrasound
-abdominal u/s not accurate
Complications of diethylstilbestrol? (5)
- Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina and cervix
- Structural anomalies of rep tract (hooded cervix, T shaped uterus, etc)
- Pregnancy problems (ectopic, preterm, etc)
- Infertility
- Males: Cryptorchidism, microphallus, hypospadias, & testicular hypoplasia
Clear cell adenocarcinoma of vagina and cervix — maj risk factor?
Diethylstilbestrol exposure in utero
Overriding aorta is? think?
- when the aorta is over a VSD rather than LV
- Tetralogy of Fallot
What are quad in tetralogy of fallot?
- Right ventricular outflow tract obstruction (ie pulm stenosis or atresia)
- RVH
- Overriding aorta
- VSD
Harsh systolic ajection murmur over L upper sternal border + single s2?
Tetralogy of Fallot
Right to L shunts? (5)
5 T’s
- Truncus arteriousis (1 vessel)
- Transposition (2 switched vessels)
- Tricuspid atresia (3 - tri)
- Tetralogy of Fallot (4 - tetra, most common)
- Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (5 words, TAPVR)
Early cyanosis (eaR–>Ly)
Eisenmenger syndrome?
Uncorrected L–> R shunt causing pulm HTN –> RVH –> shunt becomes R to L –> cyanosis, clubbing, polycythemia in KIDs (LateR)
cyanosis in a kid w/ clubbing and polycythemia - think?
Eisenmenger syndrome (L--> R shunt that switches and causes cyanosis LateR)
Transposition of great vessels associated w/?
DM mom
Ebstein Anomaly associated w/?
Prenatal Li exposure
Ebstein anomaly is?
Atrialized RV
Supravalvular aortic stenosis associated w/?
Williams syndrome (deletion in elastin)
22q11 syndromes (ie DiGeorge) associated w/ what cardiac issues (2)?
- Truncus arteriosus
- Tetralogy of Fallot
Alcohol exppsure in utero (fetal alcohol syndrome) –> what cardiac issues (4)?
- VSD
- ASD
- PDA
- Tetralogy of Fallot
Boot shaped heart on xray think?
Tetralogy of Fallot
Low birth weight + closed fists w/ overlapping fingers + micrognathia + rocker-bottom feet - think?
Edward’s syndrome (Trisomy 18)
Micrognathia?
Undersized jaw (mandibule hypoplasia)
Hypotonia + flat face + upward and slanted palpebral fissure + hypoplasia of middle phalanx of 5th finger + brushfield spots + high arched palate - think?
Down syndrome
cleft lip + flexed fingers w/ polydactyly + low set ears + large distance b/t eyes (ocular hypotelorism) + hypoplastic ribs - think?
Patau’s syndrome (Trisomy 13)
microcephaly w/ protruding metopic suture - think?
Cri-du-chat syndrome
Obstructive lung disease FEV/FVC
DECREASED —> FEV/FVC
Restrictive lung disease FEV/FVC?
Normalish –> FEV/FVC >70%
Mom w/ Graves disease + euthyroid during pregnancy –> neonatal tachy w/ low birth weight and irritable - think?
Neonatal thyrotoxicosis (hyperthyroid)
Neonatal thyrotoxicosis caused by?
Transplacental passage of maternal anti-TSH receptor Ab (Abs bind to infant’s TSH receptors –> excessive thyroid hormone release –> hyperthyroid)
Dx neonatal thyrotoxicosis cause?
Test for ant-TSH receptor Ab
Rx of neonatal thyrotoxicosis?
- short term rx w/ methimazole + beta blocker
- self resolves over weeks - months