random3 Flashcards
recent URI followed by sudden onset of cardiac failure in an otherwise healthy pt – think?
Dilated cardiomyopathy (2dary to acute viral myocarditis)
most common virus to cause myocarditis?
Coxsackievirus B
Dilated ventricles w/ diffuse hypokinesia on echo - think?
Dilated cardiomyopathy
asymmetric septal hypertrophy can be found in what?
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
when is concentric hypertrophy of the heart seen?
Chronic pressure overload
- AS
- Untreated HTN
Eccentric hypertrophy of heart dev when?
Chronic volume overload
- valve regurg
mid-diastolic murmur w/ an opening snap?
Mitral Stenosis
what is Mitral Stenosis effect on the R side of the heart?
- RVH
- RV heave 2dary to pulm HTN
In primary pulm HTN what will not be present?
b/l crackles
amiodarone side fx?
- Cardiac: sinus brady, heart blok, risk of QT prolong, & torsades
- Pulm: Chronic interstitial pneumonitis
- HypO/ERthyroid
- Elevated tansaminases, hepatitis
- Optic neuropathy, corneal microdeposits
- Blue-gray skin discoloration
- Peripheral neuropathy
prior to starting Amiordarone be sure to get what tests?
- PFTs
- CXR
- Thyroid
- LFTs
- ECG
childhood vax complete + minor scrape on fence + last booster
none
childhood vax complete + minor scrape on fence + last booster >=10 yrs ago - what tetanus prophylaxis required?
Tetanus toxoid containing vaccine (Td or Tdap)
NO immuneglobulin
complete childhood vaxs, deep dirty wound, booster >=5yrs ago - what tetanus prophylaxis required?
Tetanus toxoid vax (Td or Tdap)
NO immuneglobulin
When do you give tetanus immuneglobulin?
when pt is unimmunized or immunecompromised
AND
wound is severe/dirty
most severe mutation types/
- Nonsense
- Frameshift
missense mutation is?
single nucleotide changed
nonsense mutation is?
codon changed to a chain terminating codon –> severe mutation
Hyper conjugated bilirubinemia w/ normal AST, ALT, and alk phos - think (2)?
- Rotor syndrome
- Dubin-Johnson syndrome
Defects in hepatic secretion of bili
positive urine bilirubin - think?
1) It’s conjugated bili
2) Due to: hepatic dysfunction, biliary obstruction, or defect in hepatic bili secretion (ie rotor or dubin johnson)
necrolytic migratory erythema – think?
Glucagonoma
necrolytic migratory erythema looks like?
erythematous papules or plaques that coalesce to form a large, painful, and inflammatory blister/crusting w/ central clearing. Found commonly on perineum, extremities, and face.
serum glucagon >500 – think?
glucagonoma
erythematous plaque w/ central clearing + mild DM + Diarrhea + weight loss + normocytic, normochromic anemia - think?
Glucagonoma
episodic flushing = think?
carcinoid syndrome
episodic flushing, diarrhea, weight loss - think
carcinoid syndrome
low leukocyte alkaline phosphatase + leukocytosis w basophilia - think?
CML
leukocytosis + high leukocyte alkaline phosphatase (LAP) + metamyelocytes > myelocytes – think?
Leukemoid rxn
metamyelocytes and bands are?
late/mature neutrophil precursors
- found more in leukemoid rxn (compared to CML)
myelocytes and promyelocytes are?
early neutrophil precursors
- found more in CML (compared to leukemoid rxn)
painless gross GI bleeding w/ cause missed on colonoscopy – think?
Angiodysplasia
maroon stools + painless + nothing seen on colonoscopy – think?
angiodysplasia (often missed on colonoscopy)
continuous abdominal bruit suggestive of?
renovascular disease
resistent HTN + diffuse atherosclerosis, asymmetric kidney size, recurrent flash pulm edema, or serum creatinine >30% from baseline post ACE/ARB therapy – think?
renovascular HTN
resistent HTN + abdominal bruit + recurrent flash pulm edema – think?
renovascular HTN
Crigler Najjar syndrome type 2 can be treated w/ what to help reduce serum bili?
IV phenobarbital or clofibrate
In which crigler najjar does phenobarbital not help?
Crigler Najjar type 1 (severe)
- phototherapy, plasmapheresis short term
- long term needs liver transplant
type 2 is helped by phenobarbital
smudge cells - think?
CLL
lymphocytosis w/ small mature lymphocytes - think?
CLL
elderly pt + lymphadenopathy + hepatosplenomegaly + lymphocytosis w/ smudge cells - think
CLL
Hairy cell leukemia findings?
- pancytopenia
- splenomegaly
painless lymphadenopathy + night sweats + fevers + nL CBC and blood smear - -think?
Hodgkin lymphoma
dead space means?
ventilation fine, but perfusion dec (ie PE)
physiological shunting in lung means?
perfusion fine, but ventilation dec –> shunting of deoxygenated bld to L heart
Pneumonia –> what type of v/q mismatch?
physiological shunting (vent dec, perfusion fine)
serum progesterone measurement for infertility should be done when?
mid-luteal phase
(b/t ovulation –> menses)
conductive hearing loss ?
obstruction of external sound to inner ear
sensorineural hearing loss involves?
involves inner ear, chochlea, auditory nerve