uworld7 Flashcards
renal complications of sickle cell trait
painless hematuria- papillary necrosis, ischemia
renal medullary carcinoma
UTIs
child with a stroke, think…
sickle cell dz
initial management of fibromyalgia
regular aerobic exercise, good sleep, education
is an absent achilles reflex normal in elderly?
apparently yes
exposure odds ratio is for what type of study, and relative risk can be for what type of study
odds ratio: case control
cohort: relative risk
refeeding syndrome sxs
arrythmia, CHF
seizures
wernicke’s encephalopathy
newborns with breast hypertrophy, white discharge, and swollen labia need what work up?
nothing! transient maternal estrogen remnants
jarisch-herxeimer rxn
6-48 hrs after syphilis treatment, self-limiting
fevers, chills, myalgias, rash
porphyria cutanea tarda
blisters, scarring, hypo/hyperpigmentation
associated with hep C and ingestion of ethanol, estrogens, etc
PML on CT brain
multiple nonenhancing hypodense white matter lesions, no edema
CNS lymphoma on CT brain
well defined enhancing focal lesion
safest bipolar drug in pregnancy for fetus
lamotrigine
can you stop ventilator if someone is brain dead?
yes, dont have to ask anyone
dihydrorhodamine test for what
chronic granulomatous dz
when to suspect chronic granulomatous dz
recurrent catalase pos infections (staph, serratia, aspergillus)