Potpourri of hem/onc
Rheum"or" has it..
Let's mark that down
It is almost Feb
Bugs and Drugs
Final Jeopardy
100
What age should adults without increased risk of colon cancer start receiving screening colonoscopies?
What is 45?
100
What is the term defined by "the tendency to manifest asthma, rhinitis, urticarial, and atopic dermatitis alone or in combination, in association with the presence of allergen-specific IgE"?
What is atopy?
100
CA 19.9
What is tumor marker for pancreatic cancer. Also elevated at times in colorectal cancer.
100
What murmur is a decrescendo blowing diastolic murmur along hte left sternal border?
What is aortic regurgitation?
100
What is the most common organism responsible for community acquired pneumonia?
What is Strep pneumo?
200
What term is used to describe a cancerous tumor derived from mesenchymal tissue?
What is a sarcoma?
200
What is the condition mediated by systemic exposure to a specific antigen and characterized by laryngeal edema and/or intense bronchospasm followed by vascular collapse, or by shock without antecedent respiratory difficulty?
What is anaphylaxis?
200
BMI of 30 kg
What is obesity which is a risk factor for increasing the risk for cancer.
200
In the EKG waveform this is the junction between the QRS complex and the beginning of the ST segment.
What is the J point?
200
What medications may prevent secondary bacterial peritonitis?
What are trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (one double-strength tablet daily). Alternatives include ciprofloxacin 500 mg per day?
300
When is antifungal therapy indicated in a patient with neutropenic fever?
What is if the fever persists beyond 7 days on empiric antibiotics, with no known source of infection?
300
Name one complement-mediated urticarial and/or angioedema.
What is: a. necrotizing vasculitis b. serum sickness, or c. reaction to blood products?
300
show how to calculate the ANC
daily double.
What is multiply your white blood count (WBC) x total neutrophils (segmented neutrophils% + segmented bands%) x 10 = ANC.
300
Name the antiarrhythmic that commonly causes SLE-like syndrome.
What is procainamide?
300
What is the drug of choice for a female with an uncomplicated UTI (and no drug allergies)?
What is Bactrim?
400
criteria for LDCT
people aged 50 to 80 years who:
- Smoke or used to smoke
AND
- Have at least a 20 pack-year history of smoking
400
Name the major phospholipid binding proteins that autoantibodies are directed against in anti-phospholipid syndrome.
Daily Double.
What are B2GPI and prothrombin?
What are the 3 antiphospholipid antibodies?
400
ITP stands for...
Treatment?
Immune thrombocytopenia.
Steroids
400
What is SVT?
400
hemochromatosis pt is predisposed to this organism
Double Jeopardy.
What is VELARY?
vibrio vulnificus, e.coli, listeria, aeromonas, rizhopus, yersinia
400
calculate
500
the most common cancer in the world....
What is lung cancer?
500
Name the syndrome characterized by neutropenia, splenomegaly, and nodular rheumatoid arthritis.
Daily Double - and why is there splenomegaly?
What is Felty's Syndrome?
Spleen hyperactivity in attempt to remove immune complexes. This results in excessive destruction of WBC, therefore neutropenia.
500
age 21 years.
What is the age at which pap smear screenings should begin.
500
Name the 2 major indications for a left ventricular assist device.
What are a. Patients at risk of imminent death from cardiogenic shock, and b. Patients with an EF <25% or VO2 <14 mL/kg/min, or are dependent on inotropes or balloon pumps ?
500
How long after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation does CMV infection usually occur?
What within first 100 days?
500
Patient is taking SR oxycodone 30 mg pobid with 10 mg IR every 4 hours and has taken 6 doses in 24 hours. Pain 8/10 intensity, pls convert to morphine SR and assume he will receive IR dose at 10-20% of SR dose.
What is 90 mg SR Morphine pobid?