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GOOD LUCK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
to everyone out there in the world of USMLE
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| sheena2005
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drugs causing drug induced SLE
HIPP-M
Hydralazine
INH
Phenytoin
Procainamide
Methyldopa
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| sheena2005
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SCLERODERMA--
raynaud's phenomenon
skin thickning
achalasia
malabsorption
diverticulosis
pulmonary fibrosis
corpulmonale
scleroderma renal crisis-->ARF
malignant hypertension
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| sheena2005
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symmetrical polyarthropathy occurs in.
Rheumatoid arthritis
SLE
Scleroderma
Sjogrens
parvovirus b19
hepatitisB
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| sheena2005
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Paget's disease of bone....
increaesed activity of both osteoblast and osteo clast
diffuse fractures and bone pain, high output cardiac failure,hearing loss
dx--raised alkialine phosphatase, normal serum ca++ and PO4 and aminotransferases.
x rays-- sclerotic leisons
Tx--bisphosphonates and calcitonin
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| study_ing
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good job sheena
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| sheena2005
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thanks studying
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| mjl1717
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Nice and very profound "Studying" !!!! Ill add: (hope it wasn't saisd already)
Best initial test for gout- arthrocentesis. Most accurate test-synovial bx.
Thx buddy.
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a pregn woman +ve for HCV ,can she breast feed.
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Acetaminophen overdose after 3 hours
1. fno lavage as its too late
2. look at dose ingested, if >7.5 in adult, give antidote ( n-acetylcysteine)
3.if less, do acetaminophen levels. compare with nomogram and decide treatment
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| sheeezooo
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- in the event of possible carbon dioxide narcosis, oxygen should be used with extreme caution....and only at low flow levels.
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| sheeezooo
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-prolonged exposure to high concentratons of 50% to 75% supplemental oxygen for 24 ours cn result in inflammation of lung cells.
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| anne06
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whats d treatment 4 infant botulism?supportive or immediate antitoxin..read contrasting stuf in uw an kap.........
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| study_ing
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anne, i think ull find this useful..do post if there's any residual confusion
http://www.prep4usmle.com/forum/comments.php?id=3...
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| anne06
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u truly are studyking...
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| study_ing
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well if only the ecfmg agreed !!
management of suspected dfetal macrosomia http://www.aafp.org/afp/20010115/302.html
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| anne06
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oh they will..
bdw whats HEET,wat conditions is hdl level low?n wats tangiers disease..n fish eye syndrome?can u explain that thread 2 me?
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| tolito
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infants born of mothers with diabetes mellitus have higher risk of cong malformations incl cong short colon!!! ( may be responsible for meconium plug)
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Crohn's dz
- Mild to moderate disease The patient is ambulatory and able to take oral alimentation. There is no dehydration, high fever, abdominal tenderness, painful mass, obstruction, or weight loss of more than 10 percent.
- Moderate to severe disease Either the patient has failed treatment for mild to moderate disease OR has more pronounced symptoms including fever, significant weight loss, abdominal pain or tenderness, intermittent nausea and vomiting, or significant anemia.
- Severe fulminant disease Either the patient has persistent symptoms despite outpatient steroid therapy OR has high fever, persistent vomiting, evidence of intestinal obstruction, rebound tenderness, cachexia, or evidence of an abscess. Remission The patient is asymptomatic OR without inflammatory sequelae, including patients responding to acute medical intervention.
Edited by study_ing on 09/06/06 - 04:04 PM
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anne06 wrote:u truly are studyking... Yes this true!! (he's a real good fighter) But back to buisness. For Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. best initial test-CXR. next test CT looking for Honeycomb lung or ground glass. Most accurate test is Biopsy.
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| sheena2005
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are steroids used in the acute attack of asthma?
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| study_ing
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A patient with chronic diarrhea + Howel jolly bodies in absence of H/O splenectomy is very much suggestive of Celiac
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A skin condition which resembles SCC of the skin histologically and clinically but it is not SCC?
keratoacanthoma
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yes sheena they r..link from GINA http://www.ginasthma.com/Guidelineitem.asp?l1=2&a...
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[left]Initial Treatment
• Inhaled rapid-acting 2-agonist, usually by nebulization, one dose every 20 minutes for 1 hour
• Oxygen to achieve O2 saturation ≥ 90% (95% children)
• Systemic glucocorticosteroids if no immediate response, or if patient recently took oral[/left] [left]glucocorticosteroids, or if episode is severe
• Sedation is contraindicated in the treatment of attacks[/left]
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