Things I always forget Flashcards
What electrolyte abnormalities do you see in Primary adrenal insufficiency (Addison’s Disease)?
Hyponatremia, Hyperkalemia
Addison eats a lot of Kale
Diverticulitis Tx
Metronidazole + Cipro
Toxic Megacolon Tx
Metronidazole + Vanco
+ anti-SCL 70
+ anti-RNA polymerase III (ARA)
+ anticentromere (ACA)
Scleroderma
CREST Syndrome
Calcinosis Cutis
Raynaud’s Phenomenon (1st sign) W,B,R
Esophageal Dysmotility
Sclerodactyly
Telangiectasias
Reactive Arthritis Tx
NSAIDS
this vasculitis is associated with Hepatitis B
Polyarteritis Nodosa
Clinical Manifestations of Polyarteritis Nodosa
- HTN, renal failure
- fever myalgias, arthritis
- neuropathy, mononeuritis multiplex
- livedo reticularis, purpura
Dx for PAN
Increased ESR
Definitive Dx for PAN
renal/mesenteric angiography: microaneurysms with abrupt cut off of small arteries (blood vessel Bx)
Transient Synovitis CPx, Dx, Tx
limp + hip pain post viral URI
clinical
NSAIDS
evening joint stiffness, decreases w/rest, worsens throughout the day & with changes in weather
OA
MC radiographic finding in OA
Asymmetric joint space narrowing
lytic lesions
multiple myeloma
moth eaten bone destruction
osteomyelitis