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- Hexagonal stones
- Ground, glass appearance
- *(+) urinary cyanide
nitroprusside test
cysteine stone - Defect in renal transport of
COLA: Cysteine, Ornithine,
Lysine, Arginine
- Does NOT respond to shock
wave therapy
most common cause of lower GI
bleeding in pt's >60
angiodysplasia
supplies the lower portion of the duodenum, jejunum,
superior mesenteric artery ileum, cecum, ascending colon, and transverse colon
to the splenic flexure
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-usually arises in the head of the
pancreas
-is associated with jaundice and
pain due to obstruction of the
pancreatic cancer
common bile duct
- it is the 4th most common
cause of cancer
-has a very poor prognosis
1. Calcium channel Patients with GERD normally have a dysfunction with
blockers--> specifically LES sphincter tone that allows acid to reflux into the
smooth muscle esophagus, thus drugs that affect sphincter tone
antagonists--> SM dilation would make GERD worse. What are the name of three
2. Alpha adrenergic drug categories that do this?
receptor blockers -->
cause dilation of vessels
instead of constriction
3. Beta 2 agonists: causes
dilation of smooth muscle
vessels
malabsorption syndrome caused by an immune
reaction to gliadian protein in gluten
-Tissue transglutaminase
-results in villous atrophy of small intestine mucosa
celiac disease
and causes steatorrhea, diarrhea, bloating and
abdominal pain
-also associated with other autoimmune disorders
like hashimotos thyroiditis
make NPO, Place on an after a patient comes to the ER with sudden onset of
NG tube and suction pain and abdominal distention W/O peritoneal signs
obstruction out--> this will and after x-ray you diagnose her with a small bowel
usually resolve obstruction. What do you do next?
obstruction
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Low total calcium due to In a patient with liver cirrhosis what calcium levels
low albumin levels from would you expect to see?
cirrhosis (95% of Ca2+ is
bound to albumin) and Would there be signs of hypocalcemia--> tetany,
normal ionized Ca2+ paresthesias, abdominal cramps?
because PTH regulates
free ionized Ca2+
independently--> that is
why there are no signs go
hypocalcemia
where would you find a viserosomatic reflex resulting
T5-T11
in placatory changes of the pancreas?
iron chelating agent used in the treatment of iron
Deferoxamine (Desferal)
intoxication
when a patient presents with a flexible scoliotic curve
short leg syndrome
it is important to evaluate for...
inferior trunk--> Infarct to what trunk of the Left MCA results in
encompasses broadmann Wernicke's aphasia?
areas 22,39,40 which are in
the temporal region
Superior division--> Infarct to what trunk of the Left MCA results in Broca's
encompasses brooks area, aphasia?
frontal eye field, primary
motor cortex and primary
somatosensory cortex
bone tumor that is present in young adult males that
Osteosarcoma
involves the metaphysis of the long bones
bone tumor that is present in young adult males that
Ewing's sarcoma t(11;22)
involves the diaphysis(mid-shaft) of the long bones.
fibrosarcoma malignant fibroblasts within a collagenous matrix
osseous sarcomas that affect older patients and has a
chondrosarcoma
predilection for flat bones in the shoulders and pelvis
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PKU presents as failure to thrive, mental retardation,
tyrosine, due to a defect in
gapped teeth, etc. What is the amino acid that needs
phenylalanine hydroxylase
to be supplemented due to a defect in what enzyme?
Rib 2 where does the posterior scalene attach to?
used in the treatment of breast and ovarian cancer
MOA: hyper stabilization of polymerized
Paclitaxel
microtubules--> prevents the breakdown of the
mitotic spindle
maximum distance a patient can actually move a joint,
restrictive barrier
can be pathologic
narcissistic personality patterns of grandiosity, need for admiration, lack of
disorder empathy for others
A carotid massage causes what does a carotid massage do and how does it
an increase in stretch of affect the AV node?
the carotid baroreceptors
which causes a reflexive
PARASYM response which
slows down the
conduction velocity
through the AV node this
slowing down Heart Rate-
-> used in paroxysmal
supra ventricular
tachycardia
a form of leukemia characterized by the accumulation
Chronic myelogenous of abnormal, mature granulocytes (granulocytes are a
leukemia t(9;22)--> Philly type of white blood cell), mild anemia,
chx thrombocytosis and basophilia. What is the associated
chromosomal translocation?
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Terms in this set (429)
- Hexagonal stones
- Ground, glass appearance
- *(+) urinary cyanide
nitroprusside test
cysteine stone - Defect in renal transport of
COLA: Cysteine, Ornithine,
Lysine, Arginine
- Does NOT respond to shock
wave therapy
most common cause of lower GI
bleeding in pt's >60
angiodysplasia
supplies the lower portion of the duodenum, jejunum,
superior mesenteric artery ileum, cecum, ascending colon, and transverse colon
to the splenic flexure
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-usually arises in the head of the
pancreas
-is associated with jaundice and
pain due to obstruction of the
pancreatic cancer
common bile duct
- it is the 4th most common
cause of cancer
-has a very poor prognosis
1. Calcium channel Patients with GERD normally have a dysfunction with
blockers--> specifically LES sphincter tone that allows acid to reflux into the
smooth muscle esophagus, thus drugs that affect sphincter tone
antagonists--> SM dilation would make GERD worse. What are the name of three
2. Alpha adrenergic drug categories that do this?
receptor blockers -->
cause dilation of vessels
instead of constriction
3. Beta 2 agonists: causes
dilation of smooth muscle
vessels
malabsorption syndrome caused by an immune
reaction to gliadian protein in gluten
-Tissue transglutaminase
-results in villous atrophy of small intestine mucosa
celiac disease
and causes steatorrhea, diarrhea, bloating and
abdominal pain
-also associated with other autoimmune disorders
like hashimotos thyroiditis
make NPO, Place on an after a patient comes to the ER with sudden onset of
NG tube and suction pain and abdominal distention W/O peritoneal signs
obstruction out--> this will and after x-ray you diagnose her with a small bowel
usually resolve obstruction. What do you do next?
obstruction
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Low total calcium due to In a patient with liver cirrhosis what calcium levels
low albumin levels from would you expect to see?
cirrhosis (95% of Ca2+ is
bound to albumin) and Would there be signs of hypocalcemia--> tetany,
normal ionized Ca2+ paresthesias, abdominal cramps?
because PTH regulates
free ionized Ca2+
independently--> that is
why there are no signs go
hypocalcemia
where would you find a viserosomatic reflex resulting
T5-T11
in placatory changes of the pancreas?
iron chelating agent used in the treatment of iron
Deferoxamine (Desferal)
intoxication
when a patient presents with a flexible scoliotic curve
short leg syndrome
it is important to evaluate for...
inferior trunk--> Infarct to what trunk of the Left MCA results in
encompasses broadmann Wernicke's aphasia?
areas 22,39,40 which are in
the temporal region
Superior division--> Infarct to what trunk of the Left MCA results in Broca's
encompasses brooks area, aphasia?
frontal eye field, primary
motor cortex and primary
somatosensory cortex
bone tumor that is present in young adult males that
Osteosarcoma
involves the metaphysis of the long bones
bone tumor that is present in young adult males that
Ewing's sarcoma t(11;22)
involves the diaphysis(mid-shaft) of the long bones.
fibrosarcoma malignant fibroblasts within a collagenous matrix
osseous sarcomas that affect older patients and has a
chondrosarcoma
predilection for flat bones in the shoulders and pelvis
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PKU presents as failure to thrive, mental retardation,
tyrosine, due to a defect in
gapped teeth, etc. What is the amino acid that needs
phenylalanine hydroxylase
to be supplemented due to a defect in what enzyme?
Rib 2 where does the posterior scalene attach to?
used in the treatment of breast and ovarian cancer
MOA: hyper stabilization of polymerized
Paclitaxel
microtubules--> prevents the breakdown of the
mitotic spindle
maximum distance a patient can actually move a joint,
restrictive barrier
can be pathologic
narcissistic personality patterns of grandiosity, need for admiration, lack of
disorder empathy for others
A carotid massage causes what does a carotid massage do and how does it
an increase in stretch of affect the AV node?
the carotid baroreceptors
which causes a reflexive
PARASYM response which
slows down the
conduction velocity
through the AV node this
slowing down Heart Rate-
-> used in paroxysmal
supra ventricular
tachycardia
a form of leukemia characterized by the accumulation
Chronic myelogenous of abnormal, mature granulocytes (granulocytes are a
leukemia t(9;22)--> Philly type of white blood cell), mild anemia,
chx thrombocytosis and basophilia. What is the associated
chromosomal translocation?
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