Cough
Does the presence of a cough increase or decrease the pretest probability of a rapid strep test?
decrease (CENTOR score adds +1 point for absence of cough)
This afferent nerve travels to my brainstem to report when I choke on my coffee while driving and need to start coughing.
Vagus nerve
If not given prenatally this can alternatively be given after birth to offer protection from developing expiratory wheezing, nasal flaring, and head bobbing.
Nirsevimab-alip (a/k/a Beyfortus)
Fill in the blank: Patients in the early stages of acute asthma exacerbations will present with respiratory ____osis and ____capnia.
alkalosis and hypocapnia
Seal bark cough: causative agent
paramyxovirus
this specific version of a common vaccine, given around age 11, helps prevent against a "100-day cough"
Tdap (not Dtap)
At her 36-week appointment, a G1P0 asks her OB about postpartum hemorrhage. The OB replies that given her history, she can't have Hemabate (carboprost). What pattern PFTs did she likely have as a child?
The most commonly deleted amino acid in cystic fibrosis causing mutations
phenylalanine (ΔF508)
Given around 2, 4, 6 months, and ~4 years of age, what version of this vaccine is given in the United States that has reduced the need for iron lungs?
Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine (Salk)
The most common causative agent of pneumonia in a pediatric patient with Cystic Fibrosis?
Staphylococcus aureus
What size induration in a PPD test is the cutoff for positive result in individuals living or working in high-risk settings (e.g., homeless shelters, prisons)?
10mm
What is the schedule for the bug that was (previously) the most common cause of epiglottis?
Hib: 2, 4, 6 months, and between 12-15 months.
* Dose 3 given at 6 months of age for all series except PedvaxHIB
This medication breaks down mucus by reducing the disulfide bonds.
N-acetylcysteine (mucomyst)
the most used tumor marker to screen for hematogenously spreading cancers from the liver
alpha-fetoprotein
What type of vaccines are given in 4 doses are given to children to help prevent a cough accompanied by "rust-colored sputum"
conjugate vaccine
(saccharides mimicking S. Pneumo capsule attached to a non-toxic diphtheria toxin protein)