CARDS
What is the syndrome where you have an accessory pathway ( Bundle of Kent) outside of the AV node which pre excites the ventircles causing a DELTA wave?
WPW
MC virus causing croup?
Parainfluenza virus
MC type of hernia in both sexes?
Inguinal indirect
Tea colored urine is seen in what disease?
Rhabdo
Amoxicillin dosing for children with strep throat
45 mg/kg/day
What is the drug that treats SVT?
Adenosine
Treatment for whooping cough aka pertussis?
Macrolides
21 year old comes into the ER after vomiting blood from ETOH all night what are you worried about?
Mallory-WEISS tear
What is NEXUS criteria used for? Name 2
To clear c-spine
1. No midline tenderness
2. GCS 15
3. No distracting injury
4. No etoh/drugs
Treatment of otitis media if anaphylactic reaction to penicillins
Azithromycin
First line treatment for stable A. Fib?
Rate control with a BB or CCB.
Digoxin may be used if those 2 are contraindicated.
If a person came in with a cough after working some where he could inhale silica dust like coal mining, quarry worker, or working with granite, slate, quartz what diagnosis would be on your list?
Silicosis
Study if choice to diagnose esophageal varices?
Upper endoscopy
Clavicle
What is it called when shingles affects the part of the facial nerve by your EAR?
Ramsay Hunt Syndrome
Treatment for Torsades de Pointes
IV Mag!!!!! Discontinue any drugs that prolong the QT.
What is the lab finding with Sarcoidosis?
Increased ACE
also hypercalciuria, hypercalcemia, and inc vitamin D
Nonbillious projectile vomiting with an olive shaped mass in a child 3-12 weeks makes you think about what diagnosis?
Pyloric Stenosis
Muscles of the Rotator Cuff?
Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus. Teres Minor, Subscapularis
Name 3 complications of strep throat - which one IS NOT preventable with antibiotics?
1. Peritonsillar/retropharyngeal abscess
2. Rheumatic fever (preventable)
3. Acute glomerulonephritis (NOT preventable)
What is the Mc cause of MYOCARDITIS?
Infectious!! MC is viral (enteroviruses) or bacterial.
Can also be autoimmune.
Flu like symptoms after hanging around lots of parrots would make you think what dx?
PSITTACOSIS
Mc cause of cirrhosis
Chronic hep C and then ETOH use
Risk factors for carpal tunnel
Arthritis, obesity, diabetes, tumor, hypothyroidism, pregnancy, genetic
Food/drinks to avoid with Meniere's disease
SALT, caffeine, chocolate, and alcohol (also nicotine). Because they increase endolymphatic pressure