Week 3 Flashcards
what immunodeficiency presents with delayed umbillical cord separation, recurrent skin, mucosal infections, and severe periodontal disease?
LAD
look for high PMN count
pronator drift is a sensitive and specific sign of what dysfunction?
UMN/pyramidal tract disease
management of infantile hydrocele?
observations until 1 year/it disappears
TCA overdose:
NaHCO3 _____ serum pH and ____ extracellular sodium, thereby alleviating the cardio-depressant action on ____ channels.
increases, increases;
sodium
how do nitrates exert their anti-ischemic effect?
vasodilation –> decreased LVEDV and decreased wall stress –> decreased MVO2
oral estrogens ____ levels of TBG –> causing a ____ requirement for levothyroxine in patients with hypothyroidism
increased; decrease
adrenal insufficiency is characterized by _____ sodium and ____ potassium
low, elevated
initial treatment of choice in a patient with hyponatremia from SIADH?
fluid restriction
what defect is characteriszed by a harsh, holosystolic murmur heard best at the left lower sternal border?
VSD
alkalosis causes dissociation of hydrogen ions from ____, increased binding of calcium, and a _____ in ionized calcium
albumin; decreased
Patients with CML have a ___ leuk alk phos score
LOW
reaction to infection would have a high LAP score
lichen _________ causes intense pruritis and white atrophic plauqes involving the vulva but not the ______
sclerosus;
vagina
e.g. thin, white crinkled skin;
severe retraction
treatment of lichen sclerosus?
topical steroids
first line treatment for renal artery stenosis?
ACEi or ARB
what vaginal disease is characterized by a thickened, leatherly textured skin? what about thin, excoriated skin?
lichen simplex chronicus = thick;
lichen sclerosus = thin
