Mnemonics - Cram the PANCE Questions And Answers Latest Study Solutions

ACE-i: indications and adverse reactions - "CHAD doesn't like taking ACE-I" Indications: Control Hypertension and Diabetes (congestive heart failure, chronic kidney disease) ADRs: Cough, Hyperkalemia and Hyperuricemia, Angioedema, Dose 1 hypotension Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL), what are the s/s and CBC findings? - most common childhood malignancy A: anemic L: lumpy - lymphadenopathy, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly L: limping - bone pain, non-weight bearing FEVER >20% blasts Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia (AML), what cells are diagnostic? - most common acute leukemia in adults Auer rods: acute promyleocytic anemia - variant of AML, treat with vitamin A and chemo ADRs for carbapenems - CNS toxicity Lower seizure threshold ADRs for loop diuretics - -ototoxicity -decrease in electrolytes: sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, chloride -potential cross-reactivity with sulfa allergyADRS of calcium channel blockers - peripheral edema, constipation ADRs of penicillin class - -Hypersensitivity reaction -Thrombocytopenia, neutropenia, immune-mediated hemolytic anemia -GI: n/v/d/c (augmentin specifically causes diarrhea) Anterior wall infarct: leads and artery? - V3-V4 Left anterior descending artery, LAD Aortic regurgitation: etiology - Chronic: rheumatic heart disease Acute: aortic dissection, MI, endocarditis Aortic regurgitation: murmur - -diastolic decrescendo murmur -blowing, high-pitched murmur -decreases with inspiration Aortic regurgitation: physical exam - -bounding pulses -wide pulse pressure (>60) -quincke's pulses: capillary pulsation in the fingers/nailbeds -water hammer pulse: a rapid rising pulse that rapidly collapses -de Musset's sign: head bobs with each heartbeat -Muller's sign: systolic pulsation of the uvula