Hemochromatosis Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

USMLE STEP 3 REVIEW EXAM 2024 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS Antimitochondrial antibodies? - correct answer Primary biliary cirrhosis Antismooth muscle antibody? - correct answer Primary sclerosing cholangitis What is the best initial test for primary sclerosing cholangitis? Most accurate? - correct answer Initial: elevated ALP, *elevated bilirubin* Best: ERCP (beading of biliary system) Others: antismooth muscle antibody, ANCA positive Treatment for both primary biliary cirrhosis and p...

WGU D027 Advanced Pathopharmacological Foundations Quizzes (New 2023/ 2024 Update) _ Questions and Verified Answers_ 100% Correct_ Rated A QUESTION color blindness determined by what gene? Answer: OPN1MW, chrom 23, comes from mother QUESTION what is Fragile X syndrome? Answer: long break on X chromosome d/t folate deficien- cy QUESTION s/s fragile X? Answer: late onset 50+ y.o. developmental delays, learning disability, social/behavior issues, move...

Family Medicine EOR Exam (2023/ 2024 Update) Questions and Verified Answers with Rationales| 100% Correct| Grade A Q: A 16-year-old Caucasian girl presents with a 6-month history of blackheads and whiteheads on her face. On examination, you find a few papules and pustules on her cheeks; there are no nodules. Her mother reports that she had similar spots on her face before she got married. What is an appropriate first-line medication for her? A Oral isotretinoin B Topical tretinoin C Oral d...

WGU D027 Pre- Assessment (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Advanced Pathopharmacological Foundations| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A Q: What med is safe to take for pregnant women for musculoskeletal pain? Answer: Tylenol Q: What med to give to pregnant women with UTI? Answer: Keflex, Fosfomycin Q: What meds should be avoided in pregnant women? Answer: NO PCN NO -flox- Contraindicated: ACE inhibitors Q: What med should be avoided in the...

SURGERY EOR EXAM 2024 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS what is the most common type of liver cancer? - correct answer hepatocellular carcinoma tx for hemochromatosis (excessive iron loading) - correct answer deferoxamine chelation HBsAg - correct answer acute/chronic infection HBeAg - correct answer VERY INFECTIOUS acute/chronic infection infectivity wild type viral infection anti-HBc - correct answer marker of exposure persists indefinitely

Antimitochondrial antibodies? - correct answer Primary biliary cirrhosis Antismooth muscle antibody? - correct answer Primary sclerosing cholangitis What is the best initial test for primary sclerosing cholangitis? Most accurate? - correct answer Initial: elevated ALP, *elevated bilirubin* Best: ERCP (beading of biliary system) Others: antismooth muscle antibody, ANCA positive Treatment for both primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis? - correct answer Urs...

USMLE STEP 3 EXAM 2024 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS Pseudogout associations - correct answer hemochromatosis, hyperparathyroidism, acromegaly, hypothyroidism Gout crystals - correct answer negatively birefringent needles Pseudogout crystals - correct answer positively birefringent needles Vasculitis associated with chronic Hep B - correct answer polyarteritis nodosa Vasculitis associated with chronic Hep C - correct answer cryoglobulinemia Best blood test for polyarteritis nodosa...

What is the function of gastrin? Correct Answer-Stimulates release of histamine A patient has gnawing, poorly localized abdominal pain from inflammation. Which type of pain is the patient experiencing? Correct Answer-Visceral A patient has hereditary hemochromatosis. Which substance is elevated in the patient's body? Correct Answer-Iron A patient has all the signs and symptoms to be expected when secretion of the hormone is reduced, but circulating hormone levels are found to be high. ...

Dilated Cardiomyopathy: most common cause is ____. Others? - correct answer alcohol; may also be idiopathic, myocarditis, or drugs (doxorubicin) -- 1 in 3 cases of heart failure are caused by dilated cardiomyopathy What PE and EKG changes are seen with dilated cardiomyopathy? - correct answer PE: S3, JVD, crackles - possible mitral regurg EKG: nonspecific ST and T wave changes, LBBB Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: is due to hypertrophy of the _____. PE reveals mitral regurgitation, a ____hea...

Hemoglobinopathies Exam Questions And Answers 1 / 23 Hemochromatosis which gene mutation causes hemochromatosis homozygous or heterozygous are affected hemosiderin what are the main organs mostly affected by hemochomatosis genetic inheritied condition of excessive iron accumulation resulting in tissue damage HFE gene homozygous (rare) an iron-storage protein primarily made in times of iron overload liver and pancrease are main others are: heart, adrenals, testes, pi...