Uworld 3 Flashcards
pregnancy: thyroid changes
TG up
thyroxine up –> total thyroid hormone up
free T4 only up a little or none
TSH down (suppressed by hcg and increased T4)
tx: hypothyroidism in preg
up levo 30% when find out pregnant
adjust q month
path: HELLP syndrome
abnormal placentation –> systemic inflammation –> activate coags and complement –> platelet consumption and microangio hemolytic anemia –> liver problems
tx: HELLP
delivery
magnesium (seizure prophylaxis)
anti-HTN
when do you do amnioinfusion
variable decels from cord compression in labor
pt w/ hashimoto’s: rapidly enlarging firm goiter –> dysphagia/hoarseness
think about thyroid lymphoma
time frame: contrast induced nephropathy
spike within 24 hrs of contrast
return to normal in 5 - 7 days
FTT and normal anion gap acidosis
thing RTA
RTAs by urine pH
2 and 4: < 5.5
1: >5.5
RTAs by K
1 and 2: low-normal
4: high
path: RTAs
1: poor H secretion (genes, meds, AI)
2: poor bicarb resorption (fanconi)
4: aldo resistance (obstructive, CAH)
tx: symptomatic sinus brady
atropine
no response –> epi or dopamine or pacing
withdrawal from maternal E –>
vaginal bleeding
breast buds
genital engorgement
recurrent infections and displaced PMI
kartagener syndrome
PE finding: agammaglobulinemia
no tonsillar/adenoidal tissue
ddx: stridor in babies
croup
foreign body
laryngomalacia
vascular ring
baby: stridor worse when supine, improves when prone
laryngomalacia
baby: biphasic stridor that improves with neck extension
vascular ring
dx: infective endocarditis
blood cultures (3 from diff sites) before echo
pure motor hemiparesis
think lacunar stroke (internal capsule)
pure sensory stroke
think lacunar
path: lacunar stroke
chronic HTN –> arteriolar sclerosis and occlusion
meds –> psychosis/hallucinations
anti-histamines
alpha-adrenergics
dextromethorphan
glucocorticoids
neonate: temp instability, poor feeding, lethargy
think sepsis (get blood, urine and CSF cultures)
needs to stop paps
65 or hysterectomy w/o CIN 2+
AND
3 neg paps/2 co-tests
stroke: contra sensory and motor mainly in lower extremity
anterior cerebral artery occlusion
stroke: contra hemiplegia and ipsilateral CN
vertebrobasilar
stroke: hemineglect
middle cerebral
stroke: dyspraxia, urinary incontinence
anterior cerebral
stroke: homonymous hemianopsia
middle cerebral artery occlusion
BG hemorrhage
biliary cysts: presentation by age
classic: RUQ pain, jaundice, palpable mass
infants: jaundice, clay stools
older kids: pancreatitis
tx: hypovolemic hypernatremia
bolus normal saline (or LR, but has to be isotonic)
CF vs primary ciliary dyskinesia
PSD doesn’t have pancreatic insufficiency or FTT
PSD has situs inversus sometimes
polyuria and sterile pyuria in female chronically taking combined analgesics
think papillary necrosis or chronic tubulointerstitial nephritis
BUN/Cr > 20
prerenal
BUN/Cr < 15
ATN (any tubular damage)
a/w absence seizures
ADHD
anxiety
what does anamnestic ab response –>
delayed hemolytic blood transfusion rxn
bleed: non reactive miotic pupils
thalamus
bleed: homonymous hemianopsia
occipital
bleed: pinpoint reactive pupils
pons
bleed: upgaze palsy
thalamus
when do kids get the meningococcal vaccine
primary @ 11 - 12
booster @ 16 - 21
(can get primary @ > 18 if high risk)
who gets necrotizing enterocolitis
premies
term babies w/ congenital heart dz or hTN (–> reduced mesenteric perfusion)
how long does postconcussive syndrome last
usually within few weeks to months
things that cause up AFP in maternal serum
NTDs
abdominal wall defects (omphalocele, gastroschisis)
multiple gestations
rare: congenital nephrosis or obstructive uropathy
how to cool someone in heat stroke
rapid: ice bath best
no antipyretics
PCOS a/w
metabolic syndrome (DM, HTN)
OSA
NASH
endometrial hyperplasia/CA
causes: osteomalacia
vit D def
malabsorption, celiacs, chronic kidney/liver
old guy: chronic pelvic pain, voiding sx, pain w/ ejaculation
think chronic prostatitis
joint most often involved in RA
MCP
bony enlargement or PIP and DIP
OA (Bouchard + Heberden nodes)
sinus/face infection –> HA, papilledema
think cavernous sinus thrombosis
EMB: complex endometrial hyperplasia
think about unopposed estrogen
when do you need to give iV fluids to a kid
mod - severe (think decreased turgor, delayed cap refill, low urine output)
pelvic frx –> blood at meatus, scrotal ecchymosis, high riding prostate
think posterior urethral injury
pelvic frx –> gross hematuria, difficulty voiding
think bladder rupture
straddle injury –>
think anterior urethral injury
dx: bladder rupture
retrograde cystogram
dx: posterior urethral injury
retrograde urethrogram
dx: anterior urethral injury
retrograde urethrogram ?
best emergency contraceptive
copper IUD
which emergency contraceptives can be given > 72 hrs after
copper IUD
ulipristal - less effective than IUD
both up to 120 hrs after
abdominal film w/ gas filled small and large bowel and gastric dilation
paralytic ileus
abdominal film w/ only gastric dilation
gastric outlet obstruction
succussion splash over stomach
think gastric outlet obstruction
pseudotumor cerebri complications
blindness
Kallmann syndrome is what kind of hypo?
hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
symptomatic AFV –>
widened PP
systolic flow murmur
tachycardia
LVH
tx: essential HTN during pregnancy
labetalol or methyldopa (1st line)
nifedipine and hydralazine good alternatives
mgmt: prego pt on lithium
taper lithium
schizo MRI
loss of cortical volume
lateral ventricle enlargement
tx: recurrent variable decels
maternal repositioning (L lat) amnioinfusion if doesnt work
proximal muscle weakness w/o pain, normal ESR, normal CK
think glucocorticoid induced or Cushing’s
foot deformity: flexible positioning, medial deviation of forefoot, neutral position of hindfoot
metatarsus adductus
foot deformity: rigid positioning, medial/upward deviation of fore- and hindfoot; hyper-plantar flexion
congenital clubfoot
tx: metatarsus adductus
reassurance
tx: congenital clubfoot
serial manipulation and casting
surgery if refractory
newborn: sensorineural hearing loss, cardiac defects, cataracts
congenital rubella (cardiac = PDA)
epigastric pain somewhat relieved by sitting upright/leaning forward
think chronic pancreatitis
painful genital ulcers
HSV haemophilus ducreyi (has big LNs too)
painless genital ulcers
treponema pallidum
chlamydia trachomatis
granuloma inguinale (klebsiella granulomatis)
talk through stopping steroid treatments
ACTH is low because steroid levels have been so high in tx
cortisol is low because steroid levels have been so high in tx
infertility by age
< 35 you get a year to try
> 35, 6 months
theophylline tox
CNS
GI
cardiac
what makes theophylline tox more likely
illness (cirrhosis, infections)
drugs (cipro, erythromycin, verapamil)
RA type joint pain w/ normal ESR
think parvo
poisoning from house fire
cyanide and carbon monoxide
pronator drift shows
UMN/pyramidal/corticospinal tract dz
sensory things affected by aminoglycosides
hearing loss
vestibulopathy (esp gentamicin)
oscillopsia (objects moving in visual field)
dx: vestibulopathy
head thrust (look at target, move head away, see if eyes leave and go back w/ horizontal saccade)
pleural effusion w/ yellow exudate and high amylase content
think esophageal perf
mgmt: erb-duchenne palsy
PT and massage to prevent contractures
usually clears up by 3 months
may need surgery, but doesn’t really work
mgmt: MS flare
high dose IV glucocorticoids (methylprednisolone)
plasma exchange if doesn’t work
what does hCG do
preserves corpus luteum so that progesterone stays up
tx: radial head subluxation (nursemaid’s elbow)
closed reduction: apply pressure to radial head and hyperpronate the forearm
when to get CA-125 for ovarian cancer dx
post meno and see a mass on U/S (it’s more specific in post meno)
high –> get MRI or CT
high alk phos…now what
look at GGT
normal –> bone stuff
high –> biliary stuff
tx: afib w/ hx of WPW
stable: procainamide
unstable: cardioversion
cardiac RFs, DM and high TGs
still just give them a statin (it’ll do both)
tx: exercise induced bronchoconstriction
inhaled albuterol 10 min before exercise
unexplained superficial venous thrombosis in weird place
Trousseau’s syndrome
usually a sign of malignancy (panc is MC, lung, prostate, stomach, colon, leukemias)
mgmt: PPROM
34 - 37 wks: abx, +/- corticosteroids, delivery
< 34 wks, no fetal compromise: abx, corticosteroids, fetal surveillance
< 34 wks, fetal compromise: abx, corticosteroids, delivery
< 32 wks, fetal compromise: above + Mg
tx: inflammatory vs nodular (cystic) acne
mod (same): topical retinoids, benzoyl peroxide, topical abx
severe (same): add oral abx
refractory severe (nodular only): add oral isotretinoin
everything about CML
philadelphia chromosome (translocation 9:22)
gene: BCR-ABL
tx: tyrosine kinase inhibitor (imatinib)
how does lead poisoning lead to anemia
mess with heme synthesis
HA, nausea, blurry vision, sluggish/dilated pupil
acute angle glaucoma
drugs that cause acute angle glaucoma
anticholinergics (eg trihexyphenidyl)
complications: status epilepticus
cortical necrosis –> neuro deficits, recurrent seizures
what goes wrong when you correct Na levels too fast
original problem: consequence of rapid correction
hypernatremia: cerebral edema
hyponatremia: osmotic demyelination
triple bubble sign and gasless colon on abdominal x ray
jejunal atresia
otitis media, mastoiditis, morning vomiting, nocturnal HA
think about temporal brain abscess
mgmt: penile fracture
urethrogram
surgery
indications for urethrogram
possible urethral injury +
- blood @ meatus
- hematuria
- dysuria
- or urinary retention
non back things in ankylosing spondylitis
enthesitis
dactylitis
uveitis
aortic regurg (complication)
time frame: post partum blues
2 wks
OA signs
bony hypertrophy
crepitus
small joint effusions w/o erythema/warmth
baker cyst
MC orgs: bacterial pneumonia post flu – young people
staph aureus
who has marfanoid habitus
marfan’s
homocystinuria
marfan’s vs homocystinuria
homocystinuria has fair complexion, intellectual disability, hypercoag and megaloblastic anemia (and no aorta problems)
when do you do a diagnostic peritoneal lavage?
hemo unstable blunt trauma pt with inconclusive FAST exam
tx: newborn with acute hep B infected mom
hep B Ig then hep B vaccine