Smartbook Flashcards
Augmentin (Amox + clav)
Best broad spectrum antibiotic for peds pts
myringotomy
tube in tympanic membrane for recurrent otitis media
c diff dx
toxin in stool
c diff tx
metronidazole
c diff toxins
toxins
a: attrack neutrophils
b: destroy cells by chomping up actin
hemophilia c
factor XI def
pilocytic astrocytoma prognosis
surgery cures kids of this brain tumor
periventricular calcifications
CMV
ependymoma population / histology
brain tumor in kids, pseudo rosettes
meduloblastoma population, location, histology
brain tumor in kids, cerebellum, homer-wright rosettes
pasamoma bodies
papillary thyroid CA, papilary serous cystadenoma of ovary, Prolactinoma, Papillary renal cell CA, memingioma, mesothelioma
schwannoma histology
two regions:
antoni A palisading nuclei around pink verocay bodies
antoni B short myxoid, loose
wallenberg syndrome
lateral medula, PICA, vestibular (vomiting, nystagmus), ipsi horners, ipsi face P/T, contra body P/T, ipsi cerebellar ataxia
eaton lambert syndrome
auto antibodies against presynaptic Ca++ channels in NMJ; paraneoplastic syndrome of small (oat) cell lung CA
paraneoplastic symptoms of small cell lung CA
ACTH, ADH, Eaton Lambert
squamous cell lung CA; histology and paraneoplastic syndrome
keratin pearls, desmosomes; PTHrP
hennoch shoenlein purpura
IgA, C3 deposits in skin (butt), abdominal pain, joint pain
wegners (polyangiits with granulomatosis)
common cause of saddle nose; oronasopharynx, lungs, kidney; tx: cyclophosphamide
PSGN EM deposit location, blood finding
sub-epithelial deposits, decreased C3
AML (M3) / APML
Causes DIC, Auer rods, t(15;17), Tx: ATRA
Tx for measles
ATRA
MInimal change dz population, tx
most common nephropathy in kids, Tx: corticosteroids
Hyaline arteriolosclerosis in diabetes vs. HTN
Diabetes aff and eff arterioles of kidney; vs. aff only in HTN
Don’t give antibiotics in this disease
mononucleosis; will cause rash!
pseudotumor cerebri
increased CSF pressure; side effect of tetracycline, OCP, vit. A
psyllium
Fiber for GI disease (?)
theraputic trial
using a drug as a test to find out if someone responds
ketoconazole??
not used in candida esophagitis; instead use flucanazole
mature defense mechanisms
SASH: Sublimation, Altrusism, Suppression, Humor
Kallman syndrome
failure of GnRH cells to migrate to hypothalamus; anosmia + low LH, FSH, T
Association with Polyarteritis nodosum
HEP B!!!!!
Renal cell CA
mahogany color on gross; clear cell most common from the prox convoluted tubule; EPO
nerve running in piriform recess
interior laryngeal nerve; cough reflex
spleen location (ribs)
8-10
kidney location (ribs)
10-12 (remember CVA!)
Stains for fat
osmium, sudan stain, oil red