Lung Story Short
These 3 things can help prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia.
What are elevate the head of the bed, suction subglottic secretions, and avoid PPIs?
This is the treatment for the most common cause of gastric cancer.
What is triple therapy (PPI, amoxicillin, clarithromycin)?
Hemophilia A that is unresponsive to recombinant Factor VIII is due to this.
What are Factor VIII inhibitors?
This is the best next step in patient with urinary complaints, but a clean UA.
What is STI testing?
Empiric treatment of meningitis in a 56 y/o would consist of these medications.
What is vancomycin, ampicillin, and ceftriaxone?
A patient in Ohio with cough, hepatomegaly, hilar LAD, and a fever may require this treatment plan.
What is IV amphotericin followed by a year of itraconazole?
These are syndromes that associated with the development of colon cancer.
What are:
1. FAP
2. Turcot
3. Gardner
4. Lynch
5. Peutz-Jeghers
The treatment of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome changes to this if the patient is pregnant.
What is ASA + LMWH?
Pyelonephritis can cause these casts to be seen in a urine sample.
What are WBC casts?
This electrolyte abnormality is classically seen on NBMEs for patients with alcohol use disorder.
What is hypomagnesemia?
This diagnosis is characterized by lung nodules, ear pain, elevated Cr, RBC casts, and hemoptsis.
Whipple disease causes fever, arthritis, diarrhea, and generalized LAD. The presence of this on small bowel biopsy can clue you in to this diagnosis.
What are PAS(+) macrophages?
This vital sign can help you differentiate if a post-transfusion patient is experiencing a TRALI or a TACO?
What is blood pressure?
(Hypotension = TRALI, HTN = TACO)
A kidney biopsy with "tram tracks" can help you make this diagnosis.
What is MPGN?
Eating a massive amount egg whites is associated with this vitamin deficiency.
What is biotin (B7)?
This drug is used to rapidly correct hypercalcemia seen in patient's with PTHrP paraneoplastic squamous cell carcinoma.
What is calcitonin?
This criteria is what defines acute liver failure.
What is:
1. ALT+AST >1000
2. Encephalopathy
3. INR >1.5
This clonal B cell malignancy is known for its monoclonal IgM spike.
What is Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia?
Normalization of this lab value can help prevent nodular glomerulosclerosis.
What is blood sugar?
This drug is used to treat gout in those who under excrete uric acid.
What is probenecid?
These values for pH, WBC, and glucose would mean an exudative pleural effusion was uncomplicated.
pH >/= 7.2
WBC </= 50,000
Glucose >/= 60
A 50 y/o F w/ glossitis, microcytic anemia, spoon-shaped nails, and dysphagia may be suffering from this esophageal pathology.
What is Plummer vinson (esophageal webs)?
This anemia is the only one that cannot be diagnosed using electrophoresis.
What is alpha-thalassemia?
Always check this lab value when you are concerned for PSGN.
What is C3?
This group of medications are known to severely worsen myopathy secondary to statin use.
What are fibrates?