Rosh Flashcards
Diagnosis? Treatment, if asymptomatic? symptomatic?
AVNRT
Asymptomatic- adenosine, metoprolol, dilt
Symptomatic- sedation and cardioversion1
ECG differences between pericarditis and MI?
MI has reciprocal changes (ST depression)
If allergic to lidocaine, what alternative should anesthetic solution can be used?
Procaine, chloroprocaine
Amides vs esters anesthetics?
Amides have to “i”
esters have i
What steroids are used in asthma exacerbation?
Systemic steroids
Cause? First-line therapy?
Hyperkalemia, calcium gluconate.
Cause? Name?
“U” waves, most common finding in hypokalemia
Where does a great saphenous vein cut down occur?
What nerve can be damaged?
Anterior and superior to the medial malleolus
-can damage saphenous nerve, lose sensation to a small part of the foot
Side effect on Prednisolone in children?
Emesis
Most common cause of botulism?
infantile
MoA of botulism?
Inhibits the release of ACH from motor end plates
Pathogen that presents similar to appendicitis?
Yersinia enterocolitica
Extraintestinal manifestations of shigella?
reactive arthritis, seizures, and hallucinations
High urine sodium (>20)?
renal damage (htn, etc)
Signs of transudative effusion?
LDH < 0.6
Protein < 0.5
LDH < 2/3 upper normal
Glucose is > 60
What is online medical control?
EMS providers speak directly with a physician over the phone to request real-time instructions regarding patient care prior to hospital arriva
Prearrival instruction?
Instructions provided to callers by the emergency medical dispatcher intended to assist in providing patient care prior to EMS arrival
Effect of bite?
CNS excitation, muscle cramps
Effect of bite?
local tissue destruction
Emergent management of tension pneumothorax?
Needle decompression
Is the superficial femoral vein important in DVTs?
Yes, blood thinners should be used
What atients with PID should be admitted to the hospital?
Pregnant women
How should shingles be managed?
Pain control
Risk for periorbital burns?
Delayed labial artery bleeding
Treatment for high altitude sickness?
Decent (definitive), acetazolamide, dexamethasone, and supplemental oxyden
Treatment for epididymitis
< 35- Ceftriaxone and doxy
>35 flouroquinalones, tri/sulf
Most common findings in ovarian torsion?
Enlargement of the ovaries
Ogilve syndrome
colonic pseudoobstruction in older people
treatment with neostigmine
What is routinely ordered for people with COPD, but not asthma?
CXR
Stroke that presents with ipsilateral deviation of the eyes, stupor, coma and mydriatic pupils
putamen hemorrhage
Enlarged cervical lymph node in 2 year old?
Bartonella henselae (cat-scratch disease)
Treatment for rhadomyolitis? End goal?
IV fluids
End-goal- urine output of 3mL/kg/hr
“Codman’s triangle” or elevation of the periosteum of the bone? Risk in children?
Osteosarcoma
Radiation exposure is the highest risk
What drugs can be delivered down the endotracheal tube?
Adults- Naloxone, atropine, Vasopressin, epinephrine, lidocaine
(NAVEL)
Children- Lidocaine, atropine, naloxone, epinephrine (LANE)
Treatment for pertussis?
<1 month, azithromycin
Otherwise, erythromycin
Treatment for painful eye after blunt trauma?
Homatropine drops
Benefit of hyperbaric oxygen in carbon monoxide?
It reduces risk of neurologic sequelae