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what is the most potent cerebral dilator?
PCO2
it decreases cerebral vascular resistance causein increceased cerebral flow and increased intracranial pressure. Pt with COPD usually have low PO2 and high PCO2 so this will increase cerebral circulation!
what happens to cerebral circulation in pt with COPD
PCO2
it decreases cerebral vascular resistance causein increceased cerebral flow and increased intracranial pressure. Pt with COPD usually have low PO2 and high PCO2 so this will increase cerebral circulation!
what heart problem to SLE pts get? what is chief complaint
pericarditis
inceaased pain on inspiration radiates to neck and shoulder
relieved by sitting up

recall: SLE is women 20-40; MALAR face rash, photosensitivity, proteinuria
neonate has hydrocephalus, intracranial calcifications and chorioretinitis.... what disease and how did baby get it
congenital toxoplasmosis
transplancetnal transmission

PREGGERS should AVOID CAT LITTER
why should you aim for superior lateral quadrant of butt when giving a shot?
bc. superior gluteal nerve (L4-S1) is in superior middle quadrant
pt has decreased exercise tolerance, myoglobinuria, muscle pain. what enzyme is deficient?
myophosphorylase deficiency causes failure of glycogenolysis. Lactic acid does NOT build up bc muscle isn't breaking down glycogen into glucose to burn
HNPCC: what is defective mech.
DNA mismatch repair is defective
what are 2 categories of DA agonists? what disease are they used to treat
used to treat Parkinsons by prolonging action of Levdopa

1. ergot derivatives (bromocriptine; pergolide) side effect is raynauds

2. nonergot derivitative (pramipexole and ropinerole)
what is bromocriptine and what does it treat?
it is DA agonist, used to treat parkingsons (and maybe prolacintoma??)
bilateral lesions in mamillary bodeis and in periaqueductal gray area... what should you IMMEDIATELY think of? how do you get it?
werneckes encephalopathy
pts will also have HORIZONTAL nystagmus, ataxia, confulsion, pthalmoloplegia,

you get it if pt is given glucose BEFORE thiamine... so always give thiamine first
verapamil is what kind of drug? what is mechanism?
Ca channel blocker
class IV
blocks SA and AV node; slows hase 0 depolarization (phase 0 occurs in diastole)
what mediates external male genitalia? pt with small phalus and hypospadias has what deficiency
DHT mediates male ext. genitalia

pt has 5 alpha reductase deficicincy
gram +
lancet shaped diplococci in pairs?
what is it sensitive to
strep pneumo
sensitive to OPTICHIN
name two drugs that you can use to treat organophosphate poisoning
atropine (muscrinic_____)
pralidoxime (muscarinic and nicotinic) prevents muscle paralysis
what is formula for renal blood flow?
what is formula for renal plasma flow
RBF =
(renal plasma flow) / (1-hematocrit)

Renal plasma flow =
(urine PAH x Urine flow)/(Plasma PAH)
what is mc muscle damaged in rotator cuff injury
supraspinatus
long term use of systemic steroids causes what bone disease?
osteoporosis because it inhibits vitamin D and causes increased PTH
cystic hygromas should remind you of
turners syndrome and kids
urethritis
conjuctivitis
arthritis
in young men = what disease
Reiters syndrome
RA vs OA
which joints are affected?
which has pain that improves with use?
RA = pain that improves with use; NO DIP joints

OA = DIP joints
mc location for atherosclerotic plaque
abdominal aorta
right sided fibrous thickening; endocardial fibrosis with pulmonic stenosis and/or restrictive cadiomyopathy... what disease and what do you see in the urine?
carcinoid syndrome;
severity correlates with plasma level of serotonin and uriniary excretion of serotonin metabolite 5-HIAA
(5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid)
when is bHCG detected in relatin to ovuolation?
8-11 days after ovulation (after blastocyst implants)
hungington disease is what chromosome? what is mechanism? suggested tx?
chromosome 4
increased CAG repeats; some histone fragment are hypermethylated so they are silenced ==> disruption of protein synthesis of neurotropic proteins

tx is antimetabolite mithramycin (will decrease ethylatieon of histones and maybe useful in tx for Hungtington)
renal angiomyolipoma assoc with what disease
b9 tumor (bilateral) associated with TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS (brain hamartomas and ash leaf skin patches; metnal retardation
tx options for paranoid schizophrenia?
typical: block dopamine D2 receptors
eg. haloperidol; -azines

atypical: block dopamine and serotonin receptor eg. risperidone; clozapine is also good but it causes agranulocytosis
major worrisome side effect of clozapine? what is it used to treat?
it is atypical antipsychotic used to treat paranoid schizophrenia;
side effect = AGRANULOCYTOSIS
Name 2 drugs to treat bipolar disorde
lithium and valproate
what is flumazenil used to treat?
benzo intoxication
what drug do you use to treat benzo intoxication
flumazenil
change in color perception, nausea, vominting, headache, confusion is overdose of WHAT drug? what is major serious side effect risk? how do you treat/
digoxin toxicity!!!
most seirous side effect risk is ventricular tachyarrythmias;
treat with management of hyperkalemia and anti-digoxin antibody fragmetns
blind as a bat, mad as a hatter, red as a peat, hot as a hare dry as a bone, bowel and bladder lose their tone, heart runs alone... is what drug poisoning? how can you reverse it?
atropine poisinging (it is a reversible cholinergic ANTAgonst on muscarinic receptors)

can be reversied by cholinesterase inhibitors like physiostigmine
what can reverse atropine poisoning
physiostigmine (cholinesterase inhibitor)
what diuretic can cause gout
hydrochlorothiazide
what does allopurinol treat? what is mech?
it treats gout
inhibits xanthing oxidase (involved in synthesis of uric acid)
which diuretic is used to treat HYPERCALCIURIA?
so you have too much Ca in urine, you want drug to reabsorb Ca.... thiazides will hold onto CA in serum (Loops lose Ca)
which drug causes excretion of Ca and can be used to treat hypercalcemia?
loop diuretics (loops lose calcium)
what part of nephron has highest capacity for NaCl reabsorption?
ascending loop
major loop side effect? major spironolactone side effect? major hydrocholorothiazide side effect?
loop = ototoxicity (esp. when used with aminoglycosides)

sprinolactone = gynecomastia

thiazides = causes gout
what drug to treat menieres disease?
thiazides
menieres has tinnitus, vertigo, pressure in inner ear
pt with CHF - what kind of diuretic
LOOP (also preffered in pulmonary edema)
why are ARBs used instead of ACE I's in some pts?
ARBs do not increase bradykinin levels and thereofre do NOT cause cough
what is effect of ACE I's on K levels?
All ACE I's cause
hypotension
cough
HYPERKALEMIA
incease cardiac output, reduce afterload, cause venodilatino, used to treat CHF, HTN, postMI
what drug category?
ACE inhibitors -
name a drug you would use in diabetic pt with CHF
enalapril (it will tx CHF and SLOW renal disease in diabetes)
side effect of cardiac glycosides
can induce arrythmias
what does digoxin do to:
CO
SV
vagal activity
sympathetic tone
inc. CO
inc SV
inc. vagal activity
DEC sympathetic tone
ventricular AP:
what is happening in phase 0 and phase 1
0 = voltage gated Na channels open


1 = Closure of Na channels; voltage gated K channels start to open
ventricular AP
phase 2, phase 3 and phase 4
2 = Ca influx thorugh voltage gated Ca channels balances K efflux; Ca influx triggers Ca release from sarcoplasmic reticulum and muscle contracts

3 = rapid repolarization; massive K efflux due to opening of SLOW K channels and closure of Ca channels

4 = resting potential; high K permeability through K channels
pacemaker AP
phase 0
phaase 1
phase 2
phase 0 = opening of voltage gated Ca channels (lack fast Na channels) these are used by AV node to prolong transmissino from atria to ventricle

1= doesnt exist

2 = plateau is gone
pacemaker AP
phase 3
phase 4
3 = inactivation fo Ca; activation of K (increased K efflux)

4. membrane spontaeneously depolarizes as Na conudctance increases; slope of phase 4 in SA node determines HR (Ach will dec. HR, NE will iinc HR, sympathetic stimulation will icnrease chance that If Na channels are open
what determies HR in AV node
slope of phase 4;
phase 4 is spontaneous membrane depolarization due to incresed conudctance to Na due to If Na channels
class 1 antiarrythmetics do what
block fast Na channels
slow rate of phase 0 depolarization
1A = quinidine (side effect is cinchonism and ventr arrythmias), procainamide (side effect of pro. is drug induced lupus)

1B = lidocaine - selectivity for damaged tissue; shortens duration of refractory period

1C = flecainide; propafenone
class II antiarrythmatics?
B blockers (block AV node and prolong AV conudctance) decrease HR and contractility; tx for afib and atrial flutter; also prevent reflex tachycardia; side effect is bradycardia (can be treated with atropine or isoprotenerol)
what class of antiarrythmtic will treat afib, aflutter, and prevent reflex tach?
class II beta blockers
systolic blowing murmur loudest at apex, radiates to axilla; holosystolic
mitral regurg
diastolc decrescendo high pitched blowing
aortic regurg
diastolic with opening sntap; what causes opening snap? what is mc cause of this conditin
mitrasl stenosis
OS = sudden openeng of rigid valve; most commonly caused by rheumatic heart disease andinfective endocarditis
systolic; ejection click; crescendo decrescendo; radiates to carotids
aortic stnosis
loudest at S2
can predispose to infective endocarditis
midsystolic click;
mitral prolapse; assoc with Marfans
machinery murmur
PDA
holosystolic loudest at tricuspid area
VSD
india ink will stain what?
cryptococcus
cryptococcus is stained with what?
india ink
what is cytochrome c
mitochondrial enzyme that activates caspasases
what is enzyme that activates caspasaese and where is it located
cytochrome c
in the mitochondria
what is tx for opiod intoxication
naloxone - it binds Mu receptors
what is cilostazole
PDE inhibitor; arteriole vasodilator and inhibits platelet aggregation
formula for cardiac output and mean arterial pressur?
CO = SV x HR

MAP = CO x TPR

(also, CO = O2 consuption/ arteriovenule O2 difference
what is used to reverse effects of heparin
protamine
what is protamine used for
reverse effects of heparine
who makes PGI2 and wht does it oppose
vascular endothelial cells secrete PGI2 and it prevents platelet aggregation and opposes TXA2
what grows on cysteine tellurite agar?
cornybacterium diptheriae
what does cornybacterium dipthe. grow on (what kind of agar)?
cysteine tellurite agar
*remember they grow corn in telluride colorado
what virus is segmented like influenza
rotavirus
what is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis
methotrexate
what is effect of propanolol on Thyroid hormone?
for some reason, it decreaes peripheral converion of T4- to T3
what cardio drug inhibits converion of T4 to T3 in peipheral tissues
propanolol
hyper igM syndrome is likely due to defect in what?
CD40 ligand on B cells
can't isotype switch
what causes insulin resistance by phosphoyrlating serine and threonine residues?
TNF alpha
what is effect of TNF alpha on glucose levels
causes insulin resistance by phosphoyrlating serine and threonine residues
what is normal A-a gradient
10 - 15
what is diagnostic of paroxysmal nocturnl hemoglobinureia
deficient CD55, CD59;
rbc's can't stop complement activation
deficient CD55 and CD59 is seen in what disease
PNH
short acting barbituate that increaes GABA ; rapid redistibution into adipose and skeletal muscle; because it is FAST acting it is used for induction
thiopental
thiopental is what kind of drug, used for what?
short acting barbituate that increaes GABA ; rapid redistibution into adipose and skeletal muscle; because it is FAST acting it is used for induction
black necrotic eschar in nose?
mucormycosis in diabetic
cell stains for chromogranin and synaptophysin, what kind of cancer?
small cll lung cancer; ususallly centrally located; neuroendocrine origin
cipro and other fluoroquinolones act by what mech?
inhibit DNA gyrase
what abx act by inhibiting DNA gyrase
cipro and other fluoroquinolones
streptomycin mech of action? what category of abx is it?
it is aminoglycoside; binds 30 s subunit
what is mech of rifampin?
blocks DNA dependent RNA polymerase
what drug blocks DNA dependent RNA polymerase
rifampin
antimitochondrial antibodies
primary billary cirrhosis
erythema infantosum?
also called slapped cheek rash
parvo B19
ssDNA; also called 5th diseaes
mechanism of vincristine?
it is vinca alkalyouids; stops microtubular formation; binds Beta tubulin and stops growth of cell in M phase
what drug stops microtubule formation by binding B tubulin; stops growth in M phase?
vincristine
why does Hep D need Hep B
to get ists coat
ant DNA antibodies?
anti histone antibodies?
anti Ro/SSA, anti La/SSB
DNA = SLE
histone = drug induced lupus
anti Ro = Sjogrren
antibodies seen in CREST
anticentromere
anticentromere antibodies seen in?
CREST
what bacteria needs factors 5 and 10 to grow?
h. influemza
what do hydralazine, procainamide and isoniazide have in common
all cause drug induced lupus
name 3 drugs that cause drug induced lupus?
hydralazine; procainamide; isoniazide;

drug induced lupus has anti histone abs
Negative monospot mononucleosis cuased by
CMV
most common two viruses that cause viral meningitis
enteroviruses:
coxsackie and echovirus
coxsackie and echovirus are mc common cause of what?
viral meningitis
rapid correction of hyponatremia may have what effect in brain?
cause osmotic demyelination of pons
what would cause osmotic demyelination of pons?
rapid correction of hyponatremia
diffuse cortical atrophy, what dz? tx?
alzheimers disease
tx is donepezil (chholinesterase inhibitor)
vitamin E
memanatine = NMDA receptar antagonist
donepezil and memanatine treat what ?
alsheimers;

donepezil is cholinesterase inhibirtor

memanatine is NMDA receptor antagonist
neonate with respiratory diffuculty has failure to carboyxlate glutamine... what is deficient?
vitamin K
vitamin K is associated with CARBOYXLATION of what?
glutamine residues; vit K def in neonate would cause resp difficulty
what is waterhouse friedrichson? who gets it
kids get it; adrenal hemorrhage, usually casued my N meningitidis septicemia
tuberoinfundibular pathway connects what
connects hypothal and pituitary gland and causes Dopamine dependent PRL inhibition
pt with low C1 esterase inhibitor serum level should NOT be given what?
ACE inhibitor; nromally C1 esterase inhibitors inactivate kallikrein; kininogen via kallikrein becomes bradykinin
so patients with decreased C1 est. inhib have INC kallikrein and INC bradykinin so it will cuse cough
low C1 esterase inhibitor is diagnostic of what
hereditary angioedema
dont give ACE i's to pts that are deficeitn in what enzyem
C1 esterase inhibitor
pt with CHF or diabetes, what do you give as treatmetn?
use ACE inhibitors NOT thiazides
HbF is what chains
Hba2?
HbF = alpha 2 gamma 2; replaced in first 6 months of life

HbA2 is alpha 2
delta 2
morphine does what to potassium flow
morphine binds to mu receptor and INCC K efflux; causes hyperpolarization of posty synaptic neurons
what drug:
binds mu receptor
causes inc. K efflux
hence causes Hyperpolarizqtion of post synaptic neurons:
morphine
how does EBV enter cell
CD21
why is CD21 imporrttant
its how EBV enters cell
treatent for anaphylactic shock
epinepherine
what is etanercept, and what is major risk of its use
itis TNF alpha inhibitor; but it can REACTIVATTE latent TB
mamillary bodies with focal hemorrhage and necrosis....
wernickes encephalopathy if you see increase in RBC transkelotae level aftr thiamine is given, it is diangostic for thiamine deficiency
how can you diagnose thiamine def?
give thiamine and if you see inc in rbc transkelotase level, it was deficient
PRL, GH, cytokines use what signaling pathways
tyrosine kinase asooc receptors and JAK/STAT sgnaling pathway
what vasculidity is assoc with hep B
PAN
PAN is assoc with what virus
hep B
strawberry tongue
kawasacki
eczema
mental retard
mousy odor
PKU
how are granulomas formed (what cells are stimulated and how
Th cells make IFN y and this stimulates macrophge to form granulomas
comedocarcinoma... another name for
DCIS
pigment deposits in connective tissue
alkaptonuria
gram neg. oxidase pos. non lactose fermenting produces pig.
pseudomonas
azole antifungal mech
inhibit demethyation of lanosterol into ergosterol this suppress synthesis of fungal cell membrane
inhibit demethyation of lanosterol into ergosterol this suppress synthesis of fungal cell membrane... what category of drugs
azoles
are azoles fungistatic or fungicidal
fungiSTATIC
what ANCA is assoc with PAN
NONE! trick question
dresslers synd?
fibrinous pericardidiss several wks post MI
2 mc causes of bacterial endocardiits
1. acute is staph aureus

2. subacute is strep viridans


s. epidermidids on prosthetic valve.
SLE causes what heart condition
liebman sachs endocaritis (sle causes lse)
this syndrome affects R heart not left heart, why
carcinoid syndrome
bc 5HT is inactivated in lungs
wegeners
C ANCA
tx is cyclophophamie which caues hhemorrhagic cystitis; so give mesna at same time to bind to metabolite acrolein in bladder
when do you give mesna
with cyclophsophamide to prevent hemorrhagic cystitis by binding to metabolite acrolein in bladder
what do you give with cyclophosphamide
mesna; to avoid hemorrhagic cystitis
mesna binds to metabolite acrolein ain bladder
cANCA; treat with cyclophsophamide...what diseaes
wegeners
what is major side effect risk of cyclophosphamide
hemorhhagic cystitis
sawtooth ekg
atrial flutter
22q11
tetralogy of fallot