Week 4 Flashcards
What are the vitamin K dependent factors?
2, 7, 9, and 10
What stops the horseshoe kidney from rising?
Inferior Mesenteric Artery
What is the most common cause of osteomyelitis?
Staph Aureus
A woman is having difficulty recognizing faces, central vision, and needs increased light to read. What is the most likely Dx?
Macular Degeneration
What is the ideal test specificity?
100%
What class of diuretics is known to limit calcium loss?
Thiazides save calcium and LOOps LOOse calcium.
What vitamin deficiency is associated with night blindness, dry skin, keratin debris on conjunctiva?
Vitamin A
55 year old female is diagnosed with HER2+ breast cancer. After 1 month on chemo she is SOB and finds it difficult to lay flat. What medication probably caused this?
Trustuzumab (side effect: cardiotoxicity)
What HLA subtypes are associated with DM1?
HLA-DR3, HLA-DR4
What is the most common cause of hypoparathyrodism?
Thyroidectomy
What antibodies are associated with autoimmune hepatitis?
Anti-smooth muscle antibodies
- 40 yo f with no PMH presenting with altered mental status. Unable to obtain history, but you have labs. Na 138, K 6.0, Cl 108, CO2 18, BUN 120, Cr 5.9, Gluc 128. What is the next best step in management?
Calcium gluconate to prevent arrhythmia due to hyperkalemia.
what is the MOI of achondroplasia?
AD
13 year old boy w/ autism comes to you for evaluation. He tends to be moody and has a learning disability. He has macrognathia as well as large ears. He won’t let you inspect his genitalia. What is his condition?
Fragile X Syndrome (Trinucleotide repeat CGiantGonads [CGG])
What is the treatment for diarrhea caused by giardia?
Metronidazole
Cardiac abnormality where you hear an S2 split?
atrial septal defect
Patient w/ MI. 4 days later he developed pulmonary edema. What happened?
Papillary muscle rupture w/ mitral regurgitation
What is the treatment for temporal arteritis?
High dose steroids
25 year old female noticed easy bruising, heavy menstrual periods, and gum bleeding. She is not on any medications. FHx neg for bleeding disorders. Normal PE except petechia. Labs have HB 9.8, WBC 2500, PLT 20k, RET count 0.8. Bone marrow is hypocellular. What is the most likely dx?
Aplastic anemia
What hormone prevents uterine contraction?
Progesterone
What is the Tx of choice for social phobia disorders?
CBT & SSRI
What encapsulated pathogen is most common organism responsible for osteomyelitis in sickle cell patients?
salmonella
35 yo female w/ h/o myalgia in needs. Neg for erosions. Low grade fever, urinalysis shows dysmorphic red blood cells. CBC shows leukopenia. Most likely Dx?
SLE
What are brunner glands found?
In the duodenum
What is the Tx of choice for carbon monoxide poisoning?
Oxygen.
What malignancy can actinic keratosis lead to?
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
what is this arrhythmia?
Atrial flutter
You are studying T2DM in a small community of 5,000 adults. If survival time was increased, would that increase or decrease prevalence of diabetes?
Increase.
What liver tumor is associated with oral contraceptive?
Hepatic adenoma.
What is a hormone that inhibits prolatin release?
Dopamine
What AB isotype is able to cross the placenta?
IgG
A 40 yo female complaining of dysphagia to solids and liquids for the past several months. Associated with intermittent chest pain and reflux. The GI series and EGD are consistent with acalacia, no tumor was found, magnometry shows peristalsis. What is the best Tx of choice?
Myotemy.
Patients with chronic granulomatous disease have increased susceptibility to what organisms?
Catalase positive organisms. Nocardia, staph, serratia, candida, listeria, e.coli, bercolderia, pseudomonas, aspergillosis, bordetella pertussis.
What medication would you use to treat Graves’ disease in a patient who was pregnant in her 1st trimester?
PTU.
what is the most likely diagnosis in a patient w/ chovausier sign on physical exam?
Pancreatic cancer.
What pelvic structures are at risk during complete hysterectomy?
Ureters
2mo old infant with congenital cardiac defect, failure to thrive from birth, micrognathia, prominent occiput, contractures of hips and fingers, small pelvis, and rocker bottom feet. What abnormality does this infant most likely have?
Edward’s Syndrome (Trisomy 18)
Cryoglobulinemia presents with purpura, arthralgia, and glomerular nephritis. What is the likely viral pathogen?
Hepatitis C
Which calcium channel blockers have an effect on cardiac contractility?
Diltiazem and Isoniazid (Nondihydroperidines)
What is the MOA of isoproterenol?
B1=B2 agonist