Vol. 3 Flashcards
Osteomalacia labs
Inc. ALP, inc. PTH
dec. Phos, dec. serum Ca, dec. urine Ca
Dec. 25-OH-D
Osteomalacia labs
Inc. ALP, inc. PTH
dec. Phos, dec. serum Ca, dec. urine Ca
Dec. 25-OH-D
Friedreich Ataxia
Spinocerebellar ataxia
Friedreich Ataxia sxs
Gait ataxia, dysarthria, frequent falling, cardiomyopathy, resp. complications, skeletal deformities
Friedreich Ataxia genetic
aut. rec.
Fetal Hydantoin Syndrome sxs
Midfacial hypoplasia, microcephaly, cleft lip and palate, digital hypoplasia, hirsutism, developmental delay.
HCTZ causes what tox
gout (urate retention) and hyperCa, HLD
Chagas dz sx
Megacolon/megaesophagus, myocarditis, from Latin America
Chagas dz cause
Protozoan Trpanosoma cruzi
Histoplasmosis location
Histoplasmosis
Histoplasmosis cause
Soil, bird, and bat dropplings
Histoplasmosis sxs in immunocompromised
Pancytopenia, HSM, LAD
Histoplasmosis labs
Inc. LDH, ferritin, liver enzymes
Histoplasmosis dx
Urine or serum antigen
Histoplasmosis tx
Itraconazole for mild-mod., ampho B for severe
Tx for nephrolithiasis
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome tx
Dantrolene, bromocriptine, amantadine (DA agonists)
Mycoplasma skin condition
Erythema multiforme
Beta-blocker and CCBs toxicity tx
Glucagon
Minimal change dz dx
Use steroids, diagnostic and therapeutic
Congeital rubella sxs
Triad: Cataracts, PDA, Sensorineural hearing loss
Also see IUGR and purpura
Myotonic dystrophy sxs
Cataracts, baldness, testicular atrophy/infertility
Toxic megacolon dx
SIRS signs and radiographic evidence of colonic distention
Zinc def. sxs
Alopecia, dysgeusia, bullous/pustular lesions, impaired wound healing
Selenium def. sxs
Cardiomyopathy
When to biopsy for abnormal uterine bleeding
> 45 and all postmenopausal
if
When to biopsy for abnormal uterine bleeding
> 45 and all postmenopausal
if
Friedreich Ataxia
Spinocerebellar ataxia
Friedreich Ataxia sxs
Gait ataxia, dysarthria, frequent falling, cardiomyopathy, resp. complications, skeletal deformities
Friedreich Ataxia genetic
aut. rec.
Fetal Hydantoin Syndrome sxs
Midfacial hypoplasia, microcephaly, cleft lip and palate, digital hypoplasia, hirsutism, developmental delay.
HCTZ causes what tox
gout (urate retention) and hyperCa, HLD
Chagas dz sx
Megacolon/megaesophagus, myocarditis, from Latin America
Chagas dz cause
Protozoan Trpanosoma cruzi
Histoplasmosis location
Histoplasmosis
Histoplasmosis cause
Soil, bird, and bat dropplings
Histoplasmosis sxs in immunocompromised
Pancytopenia, HSM, LAD
Histoplasmosis labs
Inc. LDH, ferritin, liver enzymes
Histoplasmosis dx
Urine or serum antigen
Histoplasmosis tx
Itraconazole for mild-mod., ampho B for severe
Tx for nephrolithiasis
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome tx
Dantrolene, bromocriptine, amantadine (DA agonists)
Mycoplasma skin condition
Erythema multiforme
Beta-blocker and CCBs toxicity tx
Glucagon
Minimal change dz dx
Use steroids, diagnostic and therapeutic
Progressive multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
JC virus (junky cerebrum)
Myotonic dystrophy sxs
Cataracts, baldness, testicular atrophy/infertility
Toxic megacolon dx
SIRS signs and radiographic evidence of colonic distention
Zinc def. sxs
Alopecia, dysgeusia, bullous/pustular lesions, impaired wound healing
Selenium def. sxs
Cardiomyopathy
HIT type 2 cause
Abs against heparin-platelet factor 4 complex
When to biopsy for abnormal uterine bleeding
> 45 and all postmenopausal
if
MEN1 diseases
Pituitary, Parathyroid primary, and Pancreatic
MEN2A diseases
Pheo, medullary thyroid cancer, and parathyroid hyperplasia
MEN2B diseases
Pheo, MTC, mucosal and intestinal neuromas, marfanoid habitus
Paget’s labs
Inc. alk phos, nl serum Ca and phos
Paget’s sxs
Frontal bossing, HAs, CN palsies
Cryoglobulinemia sxs
Palpable purpura, glomerulonephritis, systemic sxs, arthralgias, hepatosplenomegaly, peripheral neuropathy, and hypocomplementemia
PSC labs
Enzymes
PBC abs
Anti-mitochondrial
PBC pathology
Intrahepatic bile ducts
PBC tx
ursodeoxycholic acid
Acute/Chronic hepatitis Abs
Anti-smooth muscle and LKM
Churg-Strauss syndrome and microscopic polyangiitis abs
P-ANCA
Herpangina sxs
Gray vesicles and ulcers on posterior oropharynx
Herpangina cause
Coxsackie A virus
Acute pancreatitis and WBCs
Leukocytosis
Fibromyalgia tx
Tricyclic antidepressants
Oxybutynin use
Urge incontinence, not stress
Tx for Stress incontinence
Kegel’s and urethropexy
Primary CNS lymphoma appearance
Solitary, Weakly enhancing, and periventricular ring-enhancing lesion. EBV DNA in CSF
Progressive multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
JC virus (junky cerebrum)
Increases risk for INtraventricular hemorrhage
Low birth weight and prematurity
Pseudotumor cerebri palsy
CN VI palsy
Pseudotumor cerebri drug causes
tetracyclines and vit A. excess
Osteosarcoma appearance
Mix of radiodense and radiolucent areas
SLE complement
low C3 and C4
SLE arthritis
non-deforming
Breech position correction
If present >37 weeks
Bernard-Soulier sxs
Aut. rec., Absent plt glycoprotein Ib-IV-V, mild thrombocytopenia, GIANT platelets
Ziprasidone toxicity
QT prolongation
Uncong. hyperbili genetic
Gilbert and Crigler-Najjar
Dubin-Johnson
Black liver, benign
Rotor
Nl looking liver, benign
Cause of erysipelas
Group A beta-hemolytic strep
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia causes
Warm vs. Cold agglutinin
Warm agglutinin causes
Drugs, infections, SLE, immunodeficiency, CLL
Warm agglutinin labs
Direct coombs + with anti-IgG, anti-C3, or both
Warm agglutinin tx
steroids, splenectomy
Cold Agglutinin causes
Mycoplasma, EBC, lymphoproliferative
Cold Agglutinin sxs
livedo reticularis and acral cyanosis with cold exposure
Cold Agglutinin labs
Direct Coombs + with anti-C3 or anti-IgM, not usually IgG
Cold Agglutinin tx
Rituximab +/- fludarabine
Fibromyalgia tx
Tricyclic antidepressants
lead poisoning cells
microcytic, basophliic stippling
Vasa previa sxs
Painless bleeding, only fetal blood
Placenta previa sxs
Painless bleeding, not as bad bleeding as vasa previa
PTU and methimazole tox
may cause agranulocytosis, discontinue if fever present
Thyrotoxicosis tx
propranolol
Renal DI drug cause
Demeclocycline to cause renal ADH resistance
Osteoid osteoma sxs
Proximal femur, pain worse at night, highly responsive to NSAIDs for pain, small round lucency, regresses spontaneously
Osteosarcoma appearance
Mix of radiodense and radiolucent areas
Pathognomomic sign of Zollinger-Ellison
Jejunal ulcer
Etomidate and adrenal
Can trigger acute adrenal crisis
DIGFAST
Distractibility, Impulsivity, Grandiosity, Flight of Ideas, Activity, Sleep, Talkativeness
Akathisia tx
Benzo
Lidocaine use in ACS
Inc. risk of asystole
NPH triad
wet, wobbly, wacky
AFP increased in…
NTDs, ventral wall defects, multiple gestation
Ivermectin use
Strongyloides and onchocercosis
Croup tx
Racemic epinephrine before anything else invasive
Vaginismus cause
Psychological
Caput succedaneum location
diffuse, ecchymotic, crosses suture lines, portion of head presenting during vertex
Pyloric stenosis RFs
first-born boys age 3-5 wks
pyloric stenosis tx
pyloromyotomy
AL amyloidosis causes
Light chains, Mult. myeloma, Waldenstroms macroglobulinemia, lambda chains
AA amyloidosis causes
Inflammatory: RA, IBD, chronic inflamm., chronic infxns (osteo, TB), Beta-2 microglobulin, apolipoprotein, transthyretin
AA amyloid stain
apple-green birefrience on congo red staining
Nephrotic syndromes
Membranous, FSGS, MCD, amyloidosis
Lysosomal Storage Diseases
!!!!!!!!!
Light’s criteria
For exudates:
Pleural fluid protein/serum protein >0.5
Pleural LDH/Serum LDH >0.6
Pleural LDH >2/3 upper limit nl for serum LDH
SJS causes
sulfa drugs, anticonvulsants, mycoplasma, vaccines
Acquired torticollis causes
URI, minor trauma, cervical lymphadenitis, also retropharyngeal abscess, atlantoaxial subluxation
Polymyositis
Slowly progressive prox. weakness of lower extremity
Asplenia tx
Give PCV13 first than PPSV23 8 wks later
How to distinguish primary from secondary adrenal insuff.
Look at mineralocorticoid function, still present in central (secondary) insuff.
Pyrophosphate crystals
Rhomboid shaped, + birefringent
Dacrocystitis
Lacrimal sac infection
Dacrocysitis cause
S. aureus, beta-hemolytic strep
Negatively birefringence looks like
Yellow is north-south (like the continents) blue is east-west (like the oceans on the sides)
Endometriosis
Pain peaks before menses
VACTERL
vertebral anomalies, anal atresia, cardiac defects, TE fistula or esophageal atresia, renal and radial anomalies and limb defects
CMV retinitis sxs
Yellowish-white patches of retinal opacification and retinal hemorrhages
CMV retinitis tx
Ganciclovir or foscarnet
Nl A-a gradient
Disseminated gonoccocal infection
Triad of tenosynovitis-dermatitis-migratory polyarthrlagias. Or can be purulent arthritis
Croup tx
Racemic epinephrine
Parkinsonism cause
Overactive cholinergic and underactive DA neurons
anorexia cutoff
BMI
Anorexia tx
CBT or olanzapine if no response
Bulimia tx
CBT or SSRI
Refeeding syndrome
Fluid and electrolyte shifts lead to arrhythmias and HF
ALL stainin
+ TdT, PAS
Myeloblasts contain what
Peroxidase positive material
Rotavirus vaccine tox
Inc. intussusception
Lymphadenitis cause
S. aureus
Rabbits bacteria
Franciscella tularensis
Peptostreptococcus source
hx of periodontal dz
Ascites tx
Na+ and H20 retention, then spironolactone, then loop, then paracentesis
Phenytoin tox
horizontal nystagmus
Zenker’s pathophys
Posterior thru cricopharyneal
Leading cause of mitral valve prolapse in developed countries
Myxomatous degeneration
Number needed to treat
Inverse of Absolute Risk Reduction (1/ARR)