who is he? And what disease he believed to have?
Syphilis!
Remains high yield for boards.
Know how to treat and how to recognize!
Acid base changes in - ASA poisoning.
Respiratory alkalosis and AG metabolic acidosis
Which disease is this on map based on geographical distribution?
Lyme!
Know Lyme very well.
Machinery murmur - systolic
PDA
This caused death over 600,000 in USA in 1918!
strain?
Spanish flu - h1n1
funfact: Aspirin was widely used for symptoms and ASA is associated with high mortality
He was diagnosed with this famous condition!
ruptured aortic aneurysm! He was smoker
- Remember to screen every man(65-75) who has ever smoked!
Sudden rapid onset of FSGN - makes you think of what disease?
HIV
- nephrotic syndrome!
common infection in this area of USA! Southwest area
Valley fever - Coccidioidomycosis
soft midsystolic murmur with wide split fixed s2
ASD
This catastrophe caused a significant increase in leukemia after 1945 !
Nuclear bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki - 1945
She allegedly was dianosed with this condition.
Failure to thrive/Severe protein-calorie malnutrition!
Remember it is billable code. Please update the problem list if the dietician is asking for it.
poor prognostic value. it changes out O/E ratio significantly
Osmolar gap but NO acidosis - what are you thinking of ?
Isopropyl alcohol poisoning!
Remember - Young man and normal bicarb but then urine has ketons!
fungal infection in the central area of USA!
Histoplasma -
actually pretty endemic in many part of usa - but remember - Mississippi river valley!
systolic murmur radiating to carotid
Aortic stenosis
- high mortality. Always choose to treat regardless of age
This tragedy happened between 1957-1962, and affected over 10,000 babies!
Thalidomide induced teratogenesis
cause of death!
Pneumonia!
Know your pneumonia inside out!!
Funfact! - he was treated for TB x 2 in his lifetime. He was jailed and he got TB from prison.
Metabolic alkalosis, hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia and mild hypotension!
Gitelman syndrome
The map shows the endemic area of what infection?
Blastomycosis!
know how to differentiate Blasto and Histo as kind of similar distribution!
high-pitched crescendo-decrescendo systolic murmur over the left sternal border!
HOCM
- Valsalva - increases murmur
-squatting - decreases murmur
First pandemic of this disease was in India 1817 - since then many outbreaks all over the world!
Cholera!
choice of antibiotics? - doxycycline!
How did he die?
Suicide!
The reason I have it here -
Ethics is a big topic and if any physician around you is showing signs of suicide - what are you supposed to do?
Real-life lesson and board question!
Amyloidosis can cause - this kind of abnormality in kidney!
type 1 RTA - DISTAL
urinary pH >5.5
What disease is prevalent now in this area? Hint - it was rare before and now it's endemic!
Babesiosis
loud harsh holosystolic murmur left lower sternal border
VSD
1st pandemic ever reported - considered deadliest - what was it?
1346-1352 Bubonic plague!
What syndrome he allegedly had?
His two kids died of what?
MEN2!
Multiple endocrine neoplasms 2.MEN remains high-yield topic!
Remember: Rare in real day-to-day medicine - very common on boards!
hyperkalemia and non anion metabolic acidosis and urine pH<5.5
Most common cause?
type 4 RTA
DM2
Disease endemic in this area!
Rocky Mountain spotted fever!
4 components of TOF
pulmonic stenosis, VSD, Right ventricular hypertrophy, overriding aorta!
Why did I put it here? Not a high yield for the board!
Pandemic that started in 1981 - not over yet!
cardiac tamponade - post CABG!