Urgent Care Flashcards
Pulmonary edema Mx ?
-O2 ( mask CPAP )
-fursimide
- dobutamine , morphine, ACE inhibitors
- vasodialator:: nitroglysride , nitroprusside
-
Pericarditis
Widespread ST elevation, friction rub, pain improve when the patient sits up and lean forward.
Mx?
- NSAIDs, colchicine, steroid
Radiation pneumonitis
Happens 3 to 12 week after ☢️
Clinical:
- pleuritic chest pain
- low grade fever
- nonproductive cough
- Dyspnea
Screening for Abdominal aortic aneurysms ?
Age65-75
who ever smoked in their life
Pediatric fever?
-38c
Need full investigation including
For neonates: LP ⚠️
Most common pediatric foreign bodies?
Coins 🪙
Uses of polysmonography ?
To DIAGNOSE
- OSA
- narcolepsy
- PLMD
- REM sleep disorders
Mx of PLMD & RLS
DOPAMINE agonists
- pramipexole
- ropinirole
Use before sleep 1-2 hr
REM sleep disorders is associated with which disorder?
85% will develop
NEUROCOGNITIVE DIs :
Parkinson’ disease
At what age most related sleep changes occur ?
Age 60
Age related changes in sleep
REM : decreased
N1-N2 ( light sleep 🛌) : increased
N3 slow wave (deep 😴 sleep ) : decreased
-efficiency- and total sleep time: decreased
- nighttime awakening: increased
- sleep latency 💤: increased