uWoRld 2/1/15 Flashcards
What is the Tx for venous sinus thrombosis?
heparin (even if hemorrhage)
Abx that will penetrate the prostate and are good choices for typical cases of prostatitis.
fluoroquinolones or Bactrim
Marfan’s syndrome is associated w/ mutations in the _______ gene.
fibrillin
4 contraindications to MMR vaccine.
anaphylaxis to neomycin, anaphylaxis to gelatin, pregnancy, immunodeficiency
The only 2 indications for hormone replacement therapy in post-menopausal women.
prevention of osteoporosis and control of vasomotor symptoms of menopause
What is meant by “vasomotor symptoms of menopause”?
Hot flashes and night sweats
What are the 5 stages of grief?
denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance
What is the strongest known risk factor for male breast cancer?
Klinefelter’s syndrome
What is the genotype in Klinefelter’s syndrome again?
47, XXY
Name a condition characterized by painless blisters, hypertrichosis, and hyperpigmentation that is often associated w/ Hep C infection.
porphyria cutanea tarda
Use a mnemonic to tell me the end-organ damage Sx of multiple myeloma.
CRAB Ca++ elevation Renal insufficiency Anemia, usu. normocytic Bone pain
What will bone marrow biopsy show in multiple myeloma?
sheets of plasma cells
Are technetium-99 bone scans primarily for blastic or lytic lesions?
blastic
Cause of nasal or oral bleeding, neurological Sx, blurry vision, and sometimes even heart failure in pts w/ Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia or (less commonly) multiple myeloma.
hyperviscosity syndrome
What is the Tx for hyperviscosity syndrome (mult myeloma or Waldenstrom’s mcroglobulinemia?
plasmapheresis
