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what nucleus provides parasymthapethics for vagus? dorsal motor nucleus
cerebral palsy gait scissoring gait is narrow based and spastic, and circumduction of hip
helps with toe clearance
what antidepressant can be used for migraine prophylaxis? amitriptyline
what blood type has increased gastric tumors? tpye A
what blood type has increased peptice ulcers? type O
patient with Paget disease of breast will have underling.... Ductal carcinoma in situ if
nonpalpable mass
invasive cancer with palpable mass
clearance equation CL = .693xVd / t(1/2)
what is the major component of surfactant dipalmitolphosphatidylcholine from type II
pneumocytes
do small alveoli have higher or lower collapsing pressure? larger collapsing pressure
P = 2T/r
T= surface tension
P = collapsing pressure
,R = radius
P:R are ivnersely proprotional
how do you treat a 3rd degree AV block? implantation of a pacemarker
Exam - L2 F RL SL
what point should be stabilized prior to performing seated articulatory treatment? the
vertebrae below dysfunctional segment must be stabilized to allow physiican to take the joint in
question through full ROM using torso as level
dysfunctional vertebrae = L2
So *L3* should be stabilized at spinous process
if you wre doing lateral recombant then L2 would be stabilzied to move L3 through full ROM to
treat L2 segment
inital vs. secondary asthma in extrinsic asthma, inital alelrgen stimulation causes induciton
of CD4 Th2 cells to release IL4 and IL5
second antigen stimulation casues IgE cross linking on mass cells, which relases histamine
cromyln sodium prevents mass cell degranulation (asthma prophylaxis)
xeroderma pigmentosum is defect in... nucleotide excision repair
differenitating between aortic stenosis and mitral insufficiency.
,Handgrip Aortic stenosis = decreases intensity
mitral regurgitation = increses
angiogram in polyarteritis nodosa diffuse, small, saccular aneurysms
what anti-malarial drug is approved to treat hypnozoites? primaquine
aloprostadil PGE1 analog used to maintain a patent ductus arteriousus
epoprostenol prostacylin angol used in in pulmonary HTN
appropriate treatment for tension pneumothorax in unstable patient midcalvcular needle
isnertion into second intercostal sapce
chest tube placement is gold standard but is not firs tline due to time consuming methods
chest tube placement midaxillary line at fourth intercostal sapce
most appropriate therapy for pre-HTN? life-style modifcations
preHTN
Systolic 120-139
Diatolic 80-89
, benefit of alpha 1 blockers over nonselective alpha blockers a1 block causes vasodilation
which will lead to reflex tachycardia which is an appropraite response
a2 block will disinhibit the reelase of catecholamines
thereofre, a1 + a2 = vasodilation with large reflex tachycardic response
patient is hypovolemic what types of casts will be in the urine hyaline casts
where is a Meckel diverticulum two feet proximal to ileocecal valve
most common cranial nerve dysfunction in pseudotumor cerebri? abducens nerve
bilatearl amygdala lesions (Kluver-Bucy syndrome) placidity with asbence of moetions, loss
of facial animation, marked icnrease in sexual drive and libido, as well as hyperoality
12 y/o patient bitten by stray cat. has cellulitis. allergic to sulfa drugs and penicllin.
what do you give? doxycycline - Pasteurella multicodia infection
dont give ceftriaxone due to 10% cross reactivity
dont give flouroqinolones to young children due to tendon reupture
how does breat cancer induce hypercalcemia induce osteoclats to secrete PTHrP, which
leads production of RANKL - increased osteoclast differneiation