Brainarium

Me bystolic - ️️nebivolol 5-40mg/d coreg - ️️carvedilol CHF: 3.125mg bid (=10mg) BP: 6.25mg BID with food trandate - ️️labetolol 200- 2400mg/day BB with ISA (less bradycardia) - ️️APP sectral (acetbutolol) levatol (penutolol) pindolol BB in CHF - ️️CMB carvediolol toprol xl bisoprolol (HF: 1.25 mg - 10mg) cardizem, tiazac, cartia - ️️diltiazem bradycardia not for CHF or heart block calan, isopton, verelan - ️️verapamil bradycardia not for CHF or h...

Adjusted body weight - ️️IBW + 0.4 (actual weight - IBW) ABW/IBW/AdjBW: when to use what - ️️ABW/IBW ratio >1.25 : adjusted body weight 1.0 - 1.25 : IBW <1.0 : actual body weight Cells in allergic asthma - ️️eosinophil IgG Cause of microcytic anemia - ️️Iron deficiency Thalassemias - abnormal hemoglobin Sickle cell anemia Lead poisoning Cause of macrocytic anemia - ️️Folate or B12 deficiency AST/ALT: normal ranges - ️️<35 for both Cirrhosis: liver fu...

Thiazides: SE - ️️INCREASE CA2+ (opposite of loops) INCREASE glucose, but monitor K+ for glucose intolerance INCREASE lipid INCREASE uric acid sexual dysfunction rash, photosensitivity (sulfa) DOC for ESRD or patients > 75 y/o with CKD - ️️CCB thiazides Methods in reducing BP - ️️1. decrease volume of fluid in vessels 2. dilate vessels Calcium disturbances due to diuretics - ️️Thiazides: increase Loops: decrease Drugs that increase BP - ️️- estrogens - cortico...

What is a cream defined as - ️️opaque and non-greasy to moderately greasy Which of the following are opaque - ️️Cream, lotion, paste Which is not an emulsifying agent - ️️Calcium phosphate Which are true about multi-dose vials - ️️1) they contain preservatives 2) Multi-dose vials should be discarded after 28 days Which is most greasy ointment base - ️️oleaginous base Which CSP are required to have ISO class 5 - ️️High Medium Low risk CSP Which of the following ar...

Medications used for MS: Alemtuzumab (______) given IV 5 consecutive days, followed 12 months later by 3 consecutive days; total duration of therapy: 24 months. - ️️Lemtrada Medications for MS *ORAL* : Dimethyl fumarate (______) activates cellular antioxidant signaling pathways. *Flushing* is major side effect. - ️️Tecfidera Medications for MS *ORAL* : Teriflunomide (______) Pregnancy X, hepatotoxicity - ️️Aubagio Medications used for MS: Glatiramer (______) is given *SQ* and ...

Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors: drugs - ️️ZALES DT - zidovudine - abacavir - lamivudine - emtricitabine - stavudine - didanosine - tenofovir (nucleoTide-RTI) Abacavir: genetic testing - ️️HLA-B 5701 Zidovudine: AE - ️️**MYELOSUPPRESSION (BBW) Lactic acidosis (BBW) Hepatic steatosis (BBW) Myopathy (BBW) Lipoatrophy Headache N/V Purple discoloration Molecular weight of phosphorus - ️️31 Molecular weight of sulfur - ️️32 HIV: diagnosis - ️️1. ...

Lhermitte phenomenon suggests what - ️️cervical cord compression or MS what cervical nerve root will have pain in neck, medial arm and forearm and numbness in anterior arm and medial forearm - ️️T1 what cervical nerve root will have pain in neck, shoulder, medial forearm, fourth and fifth digits, medial hand - ️️C8 what cervical nerve root will have pain in neck, shoulder, scapula, lateral arm, lateral forearm, lateral hand - ️️C6 cervical radiculopathy is more common wher...

hyperthyroidism risk factors - ️️family hx female thyroid replacement other autoimmune ds down syndrome iodine def viral illness, stress, smoking palpitations, tachycardia, heat intolerance, afib, onycholysis, hyperpigmentation, weight loss, brisk reflexes, anxiety, rapid speech, insomnia, eye irritation, exopthalamos, periorbital edema, reduced color perception are all symptoms of__________________ - ️️hyperthyroidism what type of tests are performed prior to giving any thyro...

COPD diagnostic studies - ️️FEV1/FVC ratio < .70 confirms diagnosis GOLD staging of COPD - ️️1. Mild - >80% predicted 2. Moderate - 50% < FEV1 < 80% predicted 3. Severe - 30% < FEV1 < 50% predicted 4. Very severe - FEV1 < 30% predicted COPD treatment - ️️-Bronchodilators Improve airflow and reduce air trapping -Corticosteroid therapy - anticholinergics -Methylzanthines Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - ️️any pneumonia that results from contagious...

Jackson has commynity acquired pneumonia. Mycoplasma pneumoniae is suspected. Which of ABX is best choice for treatment? - ️️Doxycycline Michael is taking simvastatin for his cholesterol. Which ABX should not prescribed? - ️️Erythromycin Prophylaxis for UTI - ️️Bactrim 3x a week for 6 months Most common causative organisms of UTI - ️️-Proteus -Klebsiella -E.coli Treatment for prevention of postcoital UTI - ️️Nitrofurantoin 100mg after intercourse Treatment for uncomp...

Menorrhagia (Thyroid-hyper, hypo, or both) - ️️Hypo Proximal muscle weakness (Thyroid-hyper, hypo, or both) - ️️Both Tachycardia with HTN (Thyroid-hyper, hypo, or both) - ️️Hyper Hyporeflexemia (Thyroid-hyper, hypo, or both) - ️️Hypo Coarse hair with tendency to break easily (Thyroid-hyper, hypo, or both) - ️️Hypo Thick dry nails (Thyroid-hyper, hypo, or both) - ️️Hypo Constipation (Thyroid-hyper, hypo, or both) - ️️Hypo Atypical presentation in the elderly (Th...

Induration of > or equal to 10mm is considered postitve in this population - ️️Recent immigrants (within 5 years) from countries with high prevalence of TB Induration of > or equal to 15mm is considered positive in this population - ️️Persons with no risk factors for TB What is extremely resistant TB - ️️-All fluoroquinolones -Isoniazid -Rifampin -At least 1 of the injectable second line drugs How is a person diagnosed with latent TB infection - ️️A diagnosis of lat...

data warehouse - ️️These data are recorded and stored electronically, in vast digital repositories big data - ️️describe data sets so large that traditional methods of storage and analysis are inadequate. types of variables - ️️quantitative, qualitative categorical - ️️arise from descriptive responses to questions like "What kind of advertising do you use?".may only have two possible values (like "yes" or "no").may be a number like a zip code Qualitative...

A political reporter announces that there is a 45% chance that the next person to come out of the conference room will be a Republican, since there are 70 Republicans and 86 Democrats in the room. A. Subjective probability B. Empirical probability C. Classical probability - ️️B Bias can occur in sampling. Bias refers to ______. A. the division of the population into overlapping groups B. the creation of strata, which are proportional to the stratum's size C. the use of cluster sa...

The teachers union in California wants to know the average salary for high school teachers throughout the country. What will the teachers union presumably calculate? A. sample statistic B. Sample Parameter C. Population Statistic D. Population Parameter - ️️A Which of the following is an example of time series data? A. The sales price of townhouses sold last year B. Quarterly housing starts collected over the last 60 years C. Results of market research testing consumer preferences f...

When is the log-log model appropriate? - ️️when the response and explanatory variable move multiplicatively together When do you use logistic regression? - ️️for Binary responses (yes/no, 1/0, true/false) What is seasonal variation? - ️️patterns that happen regularly within a year What is autocorrelation and how do you account for it? - ️️the correlation of a set of numbers with a lagged version of itself what type of data is considered panel data? - ️️a stack of time ...

What is a dichotomous response? - ️️a response with only two choices, like Yes/No, A/B, Up/Down, True/False What is periodicity? - ️️the time interval over which data are collected. Data can be collected once every decade, year, quarter, month, week, day, hour, etc... What are the four components of a time series? - ️️Trend (T), Cycle (C), Seasonal(S), Irregular(I) What is trend? - ️️the general movement over all years What is cycle? - ️️a repetitive up-and-down moveme...

You study whether the percent of student who go on to have successful careers is higher than 75%. Your P-value for the hypothesis test is 0.15. You should conclude: - ️️There is little to no evidence the percent of students who are successful is higher than 75% You conduct a test to see whether the percent of students who go on to have successful careers is higher than 75%. Your test statistics is 2.9. Which area should you shade to find the P-value for the test? - ️️B (because you...

A news network stated that a study had found a positive correlation between the number of children a worker has and his or her earnings last year. You may conclude that: - ️️causation is likely not present. Mary used a sample of 68 large U.S. cities to estimate the relationship between Crime (annual property crimes per 100,000 persons) and Income (median annual income per capita, in dollars). Her estimated regression equation was Crime = 428 + 0.050 Income. If Income decreases by 1000,...