Solutions (2024/2025)
1. What would cause decrease in Digoxin levels: Antacids
2. Taking Pyridium for UTI, what can Pyridium cause?: Hemolytic
Anemia
3. What can PCOS result in?: increased insulin levels, Androgens,
hirsutism
4. What is a hypertensive used in pregnancy: Methyldopa
5. What is a characteristic of Placenta Previa?: painless red
bleeding
6. What is a characteristic of Rheumatoid arthritis ?: Red hot joints
7. Medications that cause ototoxicity: Aminoglycosides, nasal
,decongestants, antihistamines
8. Treatment period for enterobiasis: 2 weeks
9. CBC Interpretation: MCV - mean corpuscular volume help
diagnose different types of anemia (High=macrocytic like B12,
Low=microcytic like Fe anemia)
10.Rhogham given at how many weeks gestation?: 27 weeks
11.Janesway lesions: Happen with endocarditis, non painful
lesions seen on hands and feet, Osler same but painful
12.Warfarin management - forgot a dose?: If under 12 hours take
missed dose, if over skip and need INR redraw
13.Taking an ACE or ARB what to know?: ACE (dry hacking) cough
starts 1-2 weeks after med started, ACE (Lol) ARB (sartan) first line in
HTN avoid initially in african americans, angioedema can occur
,14.Contraindication for hydrochlorithiazide: sulfa allergy, asthma,
PCN hyper- sensitvity
15.Murmurs Systolic: MR=Mitral regurge
(SOB/Fatigue HF) Peyton Manning=phys murmur
(asymptomatic)
AS=Aortic Stenosis (Angina, syncope
HF) MVP=Mitral valve prolapse (palps,
CP, "click")
16.Diastolic Murmurs (ABnormal): AR= Aortic Regurge (angina, HF,
dizzinness, CP)
MS=Mitral stenosis (Dyspnea, Afib)
17.Motivated: Systole-S1 closure of AV Mitral/tricuspid
valve (lub) Mitral, Tricuspid, atrioventricular valves
, 18.Apples: Diastole s2 closure of the aortic pulmonic
valves (dub) aortic pulmonic semilunar
19.Abnormal (extra) heart sounds: S3- CHF; possible normal for
adolescent athletes,
S4 LVH poorly controlled HTN, unstable angina
20.Assessment of PAD: antiplatelets (Plavix, ASA), Pentoxifylline
(decreases blood viscosity) to treat, ankle brachial index to check,
angiography gold standard to diagnose