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EPAP - CORRECT ANSWER-expiratory positive airway pressure
CPAP - CORRECT ANSWER-continuous positive airway pressure
treatment for apnea involving keeping a patient's airways open using air pressure
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delivered via a face mask
IPAP=EPAP
ABCDE - CORRECT ANSWER-asymmetry, border, color, diameter >6mm, evolving
s kin eruptions or exanthema 3 groups - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Macular and
maculopapular lesions
2. vesicular or bullous lesions
3. pustular, petechial, or purpuric lesions
s econdary changes of skin lesions - CORRECT ANSWER-comedones, crusting,
excoriation, lichenification, scales, scarring, telangiectasia
cne - CORRECT ANSWER-inflammatory disease of the skin involving the sebaceous
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glands and hair follicles
causes: corticosteriods, isoniazid
ullous lesions - CORRECT ANSWER-Caused by exfoliative toxins A and B
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Have the appearance of wrinkled tissue paper
Lead to widespread desquamation of the skin
Patients are left vulnerable to secondary bacterial infections
,causes: barbiturate overdose, penicillamine, sulfonamides
czematous dermatitis - CORRECT ANSWER-most common inflammatory skin
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disorder, several forms including irritant contact dermatitis allergic contact dermatitis
and atopic dermatitis
causes: abx, methyldopa, phenylbutazone, sulfonamides
rythemia multiforme - CORRECT ANSWER-Hypersensitivity reaction characterized by
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targetoid rash and bullae; *HSV and mycoplasma infections; EM with oral mucosa and
fever is steven-johnson syndrome
causes: barbiturates, hydantois, penicillin, salicylates, sulfonamides, sulfonylureas
rythema nodosum - CORRECT ANSWER-inflammation of subcutaneous tissues
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resulting in tender, erythematous nodules; may be an abnormal immune response to a
systemic disease, an infection, or a drug
causes: contraceptives, sulfonamides
xfoliative dermatitis - CORRECT ANSWER-a condition in which there is widespread
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scaling of the skin, often with pruritus, erythroderma, and hair loss
causes: allopurinal, gold, indomethacin, phenylbutazone
lichenoid eruption - CORRECT ANSWER-violaceous to purple, polygonal lesions that
resemble those seen in lichen planus
Causes: cholorquine, chlorpropamide, mepacrine, quinidine, quinine, thiazides
hotosensitivity - CORRECT ANSWER-increased reaction of the skin to exposure to
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sunlight
causes: amiodarone, nalidixic acid, sulfonamides, tetracycline
igmentation - CORRECT ANSWER-coloration caused by deposit, or lack, of colored
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material in the tissues
causes: chloroquine, heavy metals, mepacrine
, Psoriasiform rash - CORRECT ANSWER-causes: gold, methyldopa
urpura - CORRECT ANSWER-multiple pinpoint hemorrhages and accumulation of
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blood under the skin
causes: cytotoxic drugs, meprobamate, quinidine, quinine
s ystemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) - CORRECT ANSWER-chronic autoimmune
inflammatory disease of collagen in skin, joints, and internal organs
causes: hydralazine, isoniazid, penicillamine, procainamide
rticaria - CORRECT ANSWER-allergic reaction of the skin characterized by the
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eruption of pale red, elevated patches called wheals or hives
causes: aspirin, imipramine, penicillin, serum, toxoid, vaccines
Bulla - CORRECT ANSWER-a large blister that is usually more than 0.5 cm in diameter
omedones - CORRECT ANSWER-plug of keratin and sebum wedged in a dilated
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pilosebaceous
crust - CORRECT ANSWER-accumulated dried exudate
Excoriation - CORRECT ANSWER-a superficial loss of skin, e.g., by scratching
lichenification - CORRECT ANSWER-area of increased epidermal thickening with
exaggerated skin markings, caused by constant rubbing (atopic eczema)
k eloid - CORRECT ANSWER-a sharply elevated, irregularly shaped, progressively
enlarging scar due to excessive collagen formation in the dermis during connective
tissue
macule - CORRECT ANSWER-flat, colored spot on the skin
odule - CORRECT ANSWER-circumscribed, palpable area of the skin that is >0.5 cm
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in diameter and appears in part or wholly within the dermis
apule - CORRECT ANSWER-A circumscribed, solid elevation of skin < 1cm in
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diameter, with no visible fluid