Cash; Cheryl A. Glass; Jenny Mullen
MC cause of bronchitis - ANSWER: adenovirus
Tuberculosis treatment that causes peripheral neuropathy - ANSWER: Isoniazid
-give B6 (pyridoxine) to help prevent
Tx of strep throat - ANSWER: penicillin for 10 days
MC type of pharyngitis/tonsillitis - ANSWER: viral
Diagnosis of acute/chronic sinusitis - ANSWER: CT scan
Tx of acute sinusitis - ANSWER: Amoxicillin
MC bacterial cause of chronic sinusitis - ANSWER: S. aureus
MC fungal cause of chronic sinusitis - ANSWER: Aspergillus
Tx of chronic sinusitis - ANSWER: Amphotericin B
(fungal)
MC cause of conjunctivitis - ANSWER: viral (adenovirus)
Common place to contract conjunctivitis - ANSWER: swimming pools
PE finding in conjunctivitis - ANSWER: preauricular lymphadenopathy
Infection of lacrimal sac - ANSWER: Dacryocystitis
Tx of labyrinthitis - ANSWER: steroids
Tx of otitis externa - ANSWER: Ciprofloxacin and dexamethasone
Ofloxacin if perforated TM
MC cause of otitis media - ANSWER: Bacterial (Strep. pneumo)
Tx of otitis media - ANSWER: Amoxicillin
First line tx of acute glaucoma - ANSWER: Acetazolamide
,(also Timolol and Pilocarpine)
Drusen seen in... - ANSWER: Dry macular degeneration (Drusen = Dry)
Tx of wet macular degeneration - ANSWER: anti-angiogenics (bevacizumab)
Tx of papilledema - ANSWER: Acetazolamide (diuretic)
"blood and thunder" finding on PE of eye - ANSWER: central retinal vein occlusion
Painless brown/yellow otorrhea with odor - ANSWER: Cholesteatoma
Allergic rhinitis is ________ mediated - ANSWER: IgE
Tx of allergic rhinitis - ANSWER: inranasal steroids
MC location for posterior epistaxis - ANSWER: Palatine artery
MC cause of peritonsillar abscess - ANSWER: MC strep pyogenes (GABHS)
Diagnosis of peritonsillar abscess - ANSWER: CT scan
HTN goals - ANSWER: < 140/90
< 150/90 if > 60 years old
Sore throat with absence of cough - ANSWER: strep pharyngitis (strep throat)
Gold standard test for Von Willebrand disease - ANSWER: Ristocetin activity test
(will be DECREASED in Von Willebrand dz)
Desmopressin is only a good tx for hemophilia _____ - ANSWER: A
Vitamin _____ increases iron absorption - ANSWER: C
B12 is absorbed in the ______ - ANSWER: ileum
Folate is absorbed in the ______ - ANSWER: jejunum
Tx of CML - ANSWER: Imatinib (Gleevec)
"smudge cells" = - ANSWER: CLL (chronic so cells are fragile and smudge easily)
"auer rods" = - ANSWER: AML
, Microcytic anemia with normal/increased serum iron or no response to iron tx = -
ANSWER: Thalassemia
"target cells" = - ANSWER: Thalassemia
Polycythemia = __________ mutation - ANSWER: JAK2
MC cause of gastritis - ANSWER: H. pylori
Tx of H. pylori infection - ANSWER: "CAP"
Clarithromycin
Amoxicillin
PPI
Viral hepatitis that causes a spiking fever - ANSWER: Hep. A
MC cause of cholecystitis - ANSWER: gallstones in the bile duct and subsequent
infection with E. coli
Infectious esophagitis MC in who? - ANSWER: Immunocompromised
(Candida, CMV, HSV)
Hallmark of infectious esophagitis - ANSWER: odynophagia (pain swallowing foods)
multiple corrugated rings seen on endoscopy = - ANSWER: Eosinophilic esophagitis
Mainstay of tx in PAD - ANSWER: Cilostazol
Helps to prevent NSAID-induced ulcers (but does not treat ulcers that are already
present) - ANSWER: Misoprostol
MC cause of pancreatitis in children - ANSWER: cystic fibrosis
hallmark of ulcerative colitis - ANSWER: bloody diarrhea
Labs for ulcerative colitis and crohn's - ANSWER: Ulcerative colitis = PANCA
Crohn's = ASCA
Maintenance tx for ulcerative colitis and crohn's - ANSWER: Mesalamine (NSAID)
(steroids in acute flare)
MC type of colon polyp and least risk or becoming cancerous - ANSWER: tubular
adenoma