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si/sx of carbon monoxide poisoning
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nausea, abd pain, vomiting, syncope, seizures, cherry red lips, can have pinkish skin tone
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why do statins cause myopathy?
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those drugs also keep coQ10 from being made, coQ10 stabilizes muscle membranes
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most common valve problem in chronic endocarditis?
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mitral regurg, it used to be mitral stenosis from rheumatic heart disease
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what do you do if a first trimester pt comes in with glycosuria?
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get a fasting urine glucose, if positive, test with a 75gm glucose tolerance test
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si/sx of acute bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
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brownish plugs of sputum, high IgE, eosinophilia, transient pulmonary infiltrates on chest x-ray
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dx of acute bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
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do skin testing with aspergillosis antigen,
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si/sx of churg strauss
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asthma, fever, eosinophilia,
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what CD4 count do AIDS pts with molluscum contagiosum tend to have?
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less than 100
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What alpha blocker for BPH has the least amount of side effects?
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tamulosin--specific for the alpha blockers in the prostate and the bladder
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first line tx of bipolar
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lithium or valproic acid
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si/sx of a femoral artery aneurysm
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pulsatile groin mass below inguinal ligament, anterior thigh pain worse with walking
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what do you do if you think a pt has squamous skin cancer
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punch biopsy followed by excision
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how do you treat preeclampsia if the pregnancy's not near term?
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if the BP is less than 160/110, just salt restrict and put on bed rest, give steroids for lung maturity. If over 160/110, add hypertensive meds.
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