Rapid Review Preview #10 Flashcards
True positives divided by pts w/ disease
Sensitivity
15 yo F requires hospitalization for preeclampsia, should parents be informed?
No, parental consent not necessary in tx pregnant minors (also not for STDs, contraception, etc.)
Pt unable to inspire completely due to pain during palpation of RUQ
Murphy’s sign - Dx: Acute cholecystitis
Reversal agent for heparin
Protamine sulfate
Substances known to cause hemolysis in pts w/ G6PD deficiency
Sulfonamides, Primaquine, High-dose ASA, INH, Nitrofurantoin, Dapsone, Fava beans
Meds given to pregnant woman w/ cystitis
Amoxicillin/Ampicillin, Nitrofurantoin, 1st or 2nd gen cephalosporin (e.g., cefalexin)
P/w limb pain on passive movement, pallor, poikilothermia, paresthesias, paralysis, and pulselessness - Tx
Compartment syndrome; All compartment fasciotomy
Complication 2/2 overly rapid correction of hyponatremia
CPM
60 yo p/w acute onset broken speech - Dx, Lobe & artery affected, 1st step in w/u
Broca’s aphasia; Frontal lobe - left middle cerebral artery distribution; CT head r/o hemorrhage
Most common primary sources of metastasis to brain
Lung CA, Breast CA, Skin CA (melanoma), Renal CA, GI tract CA
Tx Mastitis in pt breastfeeding
Continue breastfeeding; Oral antibx
Characteristics favoring carcinoma in solitary pulmonary nodule
Smoker; Age > 45; New or larger lesions; Size > 2 cm; Irregular margins; No or Irregular calcifications
Disease find atrophy of mammillary bodies
Wernicke’s encephalopathy
Heavy bleeding during &/or between menstrual periods
Menometorrhagia; Menorrhagia = heavy bleeding; Metorrhagia = higher frequency of bleeding
Most common type of esophageal fistula
Esophageal atresia & distal esophagus connected to trachea (85%)
