uWorld 56 Flashcards
what are the most important mitochondrial myopathyies
myoclonic epilepsy with ragged red fibers (MERRF- seizures are short lived and triggered by startle with proximal muscle weakness)
leber optic neuropathy (blindness)
mitochondria encephalopathy with stroke-like episodes and lactic acidosis (MELAS)
nephrotic syndromes are associated with a hyper coagulable state why
loss of ANTITHROMBIN III in urine leads to RENAL VEIN TROMBOSIS
patient with membranous nephropathy, flank pain, hematuria, and right-sided varicocele likely has what
RENAL VEIN THROMBOSIS from loss of ANTITHROMBIN III in urine causing hyper coagulable state
ELEVATED LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE, FLANK PAIN, HEMATURIA
ISOLATED RIGHT-SIDED VARICOCELE indicates what
IVC OCCLUSION
MALIGNANT TUMOR or THROMBUS
following IV administration, highly lipophilic drugs will be rapidly distributed to organs with high blood flow (brain, liver, kidneys, lungs), they are then REDESTRIBTED WHERE
tissues with relatively lower blood flow (SKELETAL MUSCLE, FAT, BONE)
seen in PROPOFOL USE (short duration of action)
vesicles, ulcers, then crusting in the genetialia or buttocks
HSV
INGUINAL LYMPHADENOPATHY
itchy, painful, vesciular
what is locomotor ataxia
seen in neurosphyillis due to tabes dorsalis
what is the Kehr sign
referred pain to C3-C5 shoulder region from any abdominal process (ruptured spleen, peritonitis, hemoperitoneum) irritating the phrenic nerve sensory fibers around the diaphragm
what are caspases
proteolytic enzymes that destroy cell components
contain cysteine and care able to cleave aspartic acid residues (Cysteine-ASPartic-acid-proteASES)
what are some complications of diphtheria
submucosal edema and pseudomembrane aspiration can obstruct respiratory tract, causing SUFFOCATION
systemic absorbed diphtheria toxin had prediction for brain and heart tissue:
- MYOCARDITIS/HEART FAILURE
- NEUROLOGIC TOXICITY
what is the most common cause of postpartum hemorrhage
UTERINE ATONY- failure of uterus to contract adequately after delivery
usually respond to utertotonic agent
removal of placenta in pieces manually after delivery and post part hemorrhage suggests what
PLACENTA ACCRETA
scar tissue from previous urger (c-section) can result in malformed or ABSENT DECIMAL LAYER b/w placenta and myometrium, allowing for direct MYOMETIRAL ATTACHMENT by the villous tissue and preventing normal placental separation after fetal delviery
what is Guyon’s canal
fibroosseous tunnel between HOOK of HAMATE and PISIFORM bone that the ULNAR NERVE (C8-T1) runs through
subluxation of the radial head can injury can fuck up what
deep branch of the RADIAL NERVE during its passage through the SUPINATOR CANAL
weakness during finger and thumb extension (“finger drop”)
what causes alcohol-induced hepatic statosis
decrease in free fatty acid oxidation secondary to excess NADH proaction by the 2 major alcohol metabolism enzymes alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenase