Missed DRTs: Questions & Verified Answers
Shadowing of costophrenic angle Right Ans - Pleural effusion
pleural effusion CXR Right Ans - blunting of costophrenic angle
- loss of demarcation of diaphragm and heart, mediastinal shift to uninvolved side
Blunting of costovertebral angle Right Ans - X-ray finding of kidney infection or phylonephritis
Vaccine contraindicated for HIV patients Right Ans - Attenuated influenza vaccine
Attenuated influenza vaccine Right Ans - Live influenza vaccine comes in nasal spray
Key symptoms of folic acid deficiency anemia Right Ans - - Not eating properly
- experiencing headaches
Pulmonary embolus cause of death Right Ans - Failure of the right ventricle
propylthiouracil Right Ans - It can treat Graves' disease (hyperthyroidism) in patients who have already been treated with medications such as *methimazole* that did not work well
Fresh frozen plasma Right Ans - - Used to replace clotting factors (elevated PTT) when a patient has coagulopathy / bleeding
- Has clotting factors in it
Cryoprecipitate indications Right Ans - fibrinogen replacement in acquired hypofibrinogenemia (Less than 1.0g/L)
Consider for Factor VIII or von Willebrand Disease if alternative products not available
von Willebrand Disease Right Ans - bleeding disorder caused by a deficiency of von Willebrand factor, a "sticky" protein that lines blood vessels
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