Test 15 - Created July 8 Flashcards
colleague who subjects patients to potentially harmful treatments
needs to be reported to state medical boards
desmoid tumors
slow-growing, locally aggressive benign neoplasms; high rate of recurrence; trunk/limb, intraabdominal bowel and mesentery, abd. wall
why postop SIADH occurs
nonosmotic stimuli for ADH secretion (pain, N, physical and emotional stress); hypoNa can be worsened by postop IVF
things to check periodically in patient with Turner’s
- newborn: 4 limb BP and echo, U/S for horseshoe kidney
2. child: thyroid, celiac dz, neuropsych test for learning disabilities
genetic disorder with risk of Autism
fragile X syndrome
presentation of polymyalgia rheumatica
pt > 50 yo; pain and stiffness in neck, shoulders, pelvic girdle
workup and tx for polymyalgia rheumatica
workup: ESR and CRP
tx: low-dose glucocorticoids
when cleft lip reconstruction occurs
10 lbs, 10 wks old, 10 g Hgb
infectious urethritis gram stain
gonococcal: leukocytes with intracellular gram (-) diplococci
nongonococcal: leukocytes with no visible organisms
tx for gonococcal versus non-gonococcal urethritis
gonococcal: ceftriaxone and doxycycline (if uncertain chlamydia)
non: azithromycin or doxycycline
bugs that cause non-gonococcal urethritis
- Chlamydia trachomatis
- Ureaplasma urealyticum
- Mycoplasma genitalium
- Trichomonas vaginalis
tx for bugs that cause non-gonococcal urethritis (patient treated, tests (-), not getting better)
- Chlamydia trachomatis - doxycycline
- Ureaplasma urealyticum - ?
- Mycoplasma genitalium - moxifloxacin
- Trichomonas vaginalis - metronidazole
tx for bacterial prostatitis
6 wks of TMP-SMX
meralgia paresthetica
entrapment of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve
