UWorld 2 Flashcards
increased peak pressure a/w unchanged plateau pressure suggests…
some pathology causing increased airway resistance (bronchospasm, mucus plug, ETT obstruction)
increased peak pressure and plateau pressure suggests…
some pathology causing decreased pulmonary compliance (pulm edema, atelectasis, pneumonia, R mainstem intubation)
what is the plateau pressure
elastic pressure (compliance) + PEEP (since you set the PEEP, it's pretty much showing you compliance)
what is peak airway pressure
resistive P (flow x resistance) + plateau P (compliance + PEEP)
explain the hormones in primary ovarian insufficiency
(a type of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism)
ovaries stop functioning –> estrogen down
amps up feedback @ hypothalamus –> increased GnRH and FSH
explain the hormones in hypothalamic hypogonadism
usually they’re too skinny –> shuts down hypothalamus
less GnRH –> less FSH –> less estrogen
explain the hormones in PCOS
(i think)
the ovaries are crap and not really ovulating –> estrogen down
hypothalamus goes nuts trying to help –> GnRH up (but not pulsatile)
this makes LH go up more than FSH (which is low/normal)
then also you’re making a bunch of androgens and they get converted to estrone which is an estrogen but doesn’t help so you get high (unhelpful) estrogen
Total: GnRH up, LH up, FSH low/norm, E up
when do you get benzo withdrawal seizures
short acting benzos are more likely
24 hrs+ after abrupt stop
when can you turn a breech baby
37 weeks to onset of labor
what do leuk esterases and nitrates tell you
+ leuks = pyuria
+ nitrates = enterobacteriaceae (like E. coli)
AE of succinylcholine (who to avoid)
hyperkalemia –> cardiac arrhythmias
rhabdo, burns, guillain-barre
AE etomidate
adrenal insufficiency
AE nitrous oxide (who to avoid)
inactivates B12 –> neurotox (B12 def people)
AE propofol (who to avoid)
myocardial depression –> severe hTN
ventricular systolic dysfunction
who can’t breastfeed
active TB HIV HSV breast lesions varicella meds/chemo/drugs
walk through the hypertension/hypokalemia workup
look at the renin-aldosterone ratio
both up –> secondary hyperaldosteronism (somethings making you make renin/is making renin)
aldo up, not renin –> primary hyperaldosteronism (you’re making too much aldo in adrenals)
both down –> something else is making trouble
tx: acute CHF exacerbation
LMNOP lasix/loops morphine NG O2 position
evidence of cholecystitis vs choledocolithiasis
both can have similar sx, elevated LFTs or bilirubin
choledocolithiasis will have increased alk-phos + possibly very high bilirubin (> 4)
polymyositis vs polymyalgia rheumatica (sx)
polymyositis: proximal muscle weakness but mild pain
polymyalgia rheumatica: stiffness in same places + neck
polymyositis vs polymyalgia rheumatica (labs)
polymyositis: up CK, aldolase, AST, anti-Jo, ANA, up ESR?
polymyalgia rheumatica: up ESR, CRP
indication for HRT
hot flashes (nothing else!) women < 60 who meno'd in past 10 yrs
preterm labor definition
contractions (making cervical change!) before 37 wks
newborn CXR: egg on a string
transposition of great vessels
newborn CXR: snowman sign
total anomalous pulm venous return w/ obstruction