Internal Medicine (All Correct)

Anion Gap correct answers Sodium- (Cl+ Bicarb) Normal 10-14 Test for PE correct answers CT pulmonary angiography What do you put someone with esophageal varices on for prophylaxis to decrease progression to large varcies/ decrease hemorrhage risk? correct answers Beta blockers Carbon mo...

Kernig sign correct answers attempt to straighten a leg of a supine patient after flexing the leg at the knee and hip (pain is positive) Brudzinski's sign correct answers With the patient laying supine flex the head taking the patients chin toward their chest. If involuntary flexion of the knees...

Worst risk factor CAD correct answers Diabetes Mellitus Most common risk factor CAD correct answers HTN In patients with CAD, LDL cholesterol should be kept below...... correct answers 100mg/dL Metabolic Syndrome X correct answers -any combination of hyperlipidemia, HTN, hypertriglyceridemi...

A 24-year-old woman presents with complaints of excessive thirst over the past several weeks. She also notes waking up in the middle of the night to urinate. She recently underwent transsphenoidal resection of a pituitary adenoma. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis? A. Central di...

Bilateral Hilar Adenopathy correct answers think Sarcoidosis!! (non caseasting granulomas, interstitial lung disease, hypercalcemia and erythema nodosum) Asbestosis: 1) location in lung 2) type of cancer risk 3) gross physical findings 4) histo findings 5) at risk population correct answers *LOWE...

best first test for pt with chest pain? correct answers EKG if 2 mm ST elevation or new LBBB (wide, flat QRS) on EKG? correct answers STEMI EKG findings of an MI correct answers ST elevation immediately T wave inversion ( 6 hrs to years) Q waves forever Anterior wall of the heart is shown...

ECG leads representing anterior wall correct answers V1-4 (LAD) ECG leads representing the inferior portion of the heart correct answers II, III, and aVF (right coronary artery) ECG leads representing the lateral myocardial wall correct answers I, AVL, V5, & V6 When should you consider imme...

What are the goals of pre-operative assessment? correct answers 1. To identify important medical issues in order to - Optimise their treatment. - Inform the patient of the risks associated with surgery. - Ensure care is provided in an appropriate environment. 2. To identify important social is...

What will prolong survival in patients with chronic COPD and chronic hypoxemia? correct answers Long-term oxygen therapy at home What is therapy called when given when standard therapy fails? What is therapy called when given before standard therapy? What is therapy called when given at the same ...

When should screening for hypertension be done? correct answers Start at 3 years old Every 2 years thereafter How is hypertension diagnosed? correct answers >140 sys or >90 dia x3 separate measurements What is Stage 2 hypertension? correct answers >160 sys or >100 dia Add 2nd ag...

1. Diagnose domestic abuse correct answers - definition: intentional violent/controlling behavior towards intimate partner - RF: h/o abuse, psych, substance, decr. age, decr. socioeconomics - presentation: somatic symtpoms, vaginal, UTI, STI/ associated with substance abuse, risky sexual behavior,...

transient ischemic attack (TIA) correct answers vascular RF symptoms <24 hrs -vs MS (days-weeks) Tx: modify RF, ASA, statin, BP control hemorrhagic transformation correct answers large or embolic ischemic stroke, s/p thrombolytics >> hemorrhagic <48 hrs of stroke deteriorating me...

what EKG finding would you see with stbale angina correct answers ST depression and inverted/flat T waves what med is first line in chronic angina and prolongs life in those with CAD correct answers beta blocker what is the best test for unstable angina correct answers angiography what is t...