BOARDS REVIEW TAKE 1

Classic Presentations

100

Bounding pulses, wide PP, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing

Aortic Regurgitation

200

Cherry red spots on macula

Central retinal artery occlusion

300

fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, diffuse rash

Measles

400

hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia, osteoporosis, aseptic necrosis of femoral head, bone crisis

Gaucher Disease (glucocerebrosidase deficiency)

500

Chronic exercise intolerance with myalgia, fatigue, painful cramps, myoglobinuria

McArdle Disease (skeletal muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency)

Classic lab findings

100

bamboo spine on Xray

Ankylosing spondylitis

200

boot shaped heart on CXR

Tetralogy of fallot

300

lumpy bumpy appearance of glomeruli on immunofluorescence

Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis

400

WBCs that look smudged

CLL (almost always B cell)

500

"tram track" appearance of capillary loops of glomerular BM on light microscopy

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis

Classic Treatments

100

Treatment for absence seizures

Ethosuximide

200

Treatment of patent ductus arteriosus

Indomethacin 

300

Treatment for trigeminal neuralgia

Carbamazepine

400

Treatment for TB

Rifampin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, ethambutol

500

Treatment for medical abortion

Mifepristone

Key Associations

100

Exotoxin mediated food poisoning

S. aureus and B cereus

200

Primary bone tumor in adults

multiple myeloma

300

Conditions with holosystolic murmurs

VSD, TR, MR

400

Recurrent inflammation/ thrombosis of small/medium vessels in extremities

Buerger disease (strongly associated with tobacco)

500

Metastasis to brain in order from most to least

Lung> breast > prostate > melanoma > GI

Equation Review

100

CO

CO= SV x HR

200

EF

EF = (EDV-ESV)/EDV

300

LD

LD= (Cp x Vd)/F

400

Resistance

R= (8n x length)/pie r²

500

Winters formula

pCO2=1.5[HCO3-]+8 +/- 2