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Question 1

What is the classic triad and provoking factor of HUS?

Answer 1

AKI, anemia, thrombocytopenia after a diarrheal illness

Question 2

What should you get for a patient who has had diarrhea and comes in with Hgb 7 acutely, plt 100k, and Cr increased to 1.8 from normal after 1 week of diarrhea? what could this be?

Answer 2

peripheral smear! hemolysis labs! this may be HUS.

Question 3

What is the K cut off where DKA patients no longer need K added?

Answer 3

5.3 or greater!

Question 4

What is a normal FEV1?

Answer 4

> 80% predicted

Question 5

Who should get plavix after stroke?

Answer 5

those who have a stroke on aspirin and have intracranial artery stenosis in carotid siphon, MCA, vertebral, or basilar arteries

Question 6

What should be done if you think someone has GCA but temporal artery biopsy is negative?

Answer 6

Biopsy the contralateral side and keep treating with steroids

Question 7

What diagnosis should you consider in someone w/ history of headaches and no hx htn who undergoes a procedure and has onset of severe HTN, tachycardia, and flash pulmonary edema?

Answer 7

Pheochromocytoma

Question 8

What level of elevation in TB skin test is required to suspect latent or active TB in someone that is a close contact of someone with TB?

Answer 8

> or equal to 5 mm

Question 9

What cutoff of elevation in TST is used for recent immigrants, IV drug users, residents/employees in high risk setting, or greater risk reactivation (glucocorticoid use, leukemia, ESRD).

Answer 9

> or equal to 10 mm