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What causes Beriberi?   Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) deficiency  
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What is Achelasia?   Dysphagia for solids and liquids, absent peristalsis and tight lower esophageal sphincter, and Beak-like esophagus on x-ray  
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Direct inguinal hernia   more common in adults weakness in Hesselbach's triangle  
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Indirect inguinal hernia   more common in infants persistant processus vaginalis  
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Crohn's disease   Can effect entire GI tract, terminal ilium more common, Transmural, Skip lesions, and "Cobblestonnong"  
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Ulcerative colitis   Colon and rectum without skip lesions, and "lead pipe" appearance on x-ray  
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Viral enteritis   Norwalk, Rotavirus in young children  
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Staphylococcal enteritis   "Church picnic" epidemic, onset in 3-6 hours  
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Shigella dysentary   very small bacterial dose, blood and mucus in stool  
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus   Oysters  
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Cholelithiasis   "Female, fertile, forty fat"  
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Cholangitis   Charcot's triad: biliary colic, jaundice, fever  
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Hepatitis B   hep BsAg in early infection and carrier, hep BcAb for life  
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Secondary hypertension   Estrogen, renal dz, hyperaldosteronism, pheo, coarctation  
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Innocent murmur   medium pitch, systolic ejection, L lower/mid sternal border  
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Osler's nodes   nodules on digits secondary to BE  
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Roth's spots   retinal hemprrhages secondary to BE  
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Raynaud's   Pallor, cyanosis, erythema of fingers  
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Mitral stenosis   rheumatic fever, loud S1 and opening snap after S2, low-pitched diastolic rumble  
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Mitral regurg   Midsystolic click, harsh blowing holosystolic  
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Aortic Stenosis   Angina, syncope, left-sided heart failure, crescendo-decrescendo murmur radiating to carotids  
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Aortic regurg   Decrescendo, widened pulse pressure, "water hammer", "pistol-shot" over femoral A  
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Post-op fever   Wind, Water, Walk, Wound, Weird meds  
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MEN 1   parathyroid, pit, pancreatic  
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MEN 2a   parathyroid, thyroid (medullary), pheo  
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MEN 2b   Neuromas, thyroid (med), pheo, Marfanoid habitus  
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threatened abortion   Abdominal cramps with or without vaginal bleeding or Vaginal bleeding during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy  
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missed abortion   the embryo or fetus has died, but a miscarriage has not yet occurred  
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incomplete abortion   when tissue has been passed, but some remains in utero  
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SVT   re-entrant rhythm, p-waves hidden in T waves  
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A flutter   saw tooth  
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VT   3 or more consecutive PVCs, independent p-waves  
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V Fib   no definable wave, no pulse  
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Familial hypercholestrolemia   auto dom, xanthomas, xanthelasma, MI in 40s  
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Familial hypertrigyceridemia   auto dom, pancreatitis, milky serum  
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Familial hyperlipidemia   auto dom, increased chol or triG, no xanthomas (eyelid)  
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MI   ST elevation, T wave inversion, CPK peak 12-40 hrs, LDH peak 3-6 days  
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Left-sided heart failure   DOE, Orthopnea, PND  
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Right-sided heart failure   Edema, Hepatomegaly, JVD  
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Viral pneumonia   patchy infiltrates, most common in children  
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S. pneumoniae pneumonia   rust sputum, lobar, gram pos diplococci  
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H. inf pneumonia   COPD, small gram neg rods  
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Kleb pneumonia   EtOH, current jelly, encapsulated gram neg rods  
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Staph pneumonia   salmon sputum, nosocomial, gram pos cocci in clusters  
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Mycoplasma pneumonia   young adults, xray worse than symptoms  
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symogi effect   nocturnal hypoglycemia that leads to morning hyperglycemia  
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Heberden's nodes   DIP - OA  
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holiday heart   inc Etoh consumption and withdrawal - afib  
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Pyridoxine def   B6, neropathy, isoniazid  
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Niacin def   Pellegra - Diarrhea, dementia, dermatitis(stomatitis)  
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Cobolamin   B12  
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lung cancer   squamous (40-50%), adeno (35%), small cell (25%)  
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Small cell Ca   smoking, paraneoplastic, Horner's, superior vena cava syndrome  
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Sarcoidosis   increased calcium, "ground glass" xray  
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Pulm HTN   accentuated P2 of S2, cyanosis and clubbing  
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Pleural effusion exudate   >3g/dl prt, pleural/serum prt >0.5, pleural/serum LDH > 0.6, neoplasm and infection  
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Pleural effusion transudate   <3g/dl prt, pleural/serum prt <0.5, pleural/serum LDH < 0.6, CHF, cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrom  
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Thyroid nodule   previous neck radiation, hoarse voice, "cold" nodule on thyroid scan  
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Thyroid Ca   Papillary (most common, best prog), Follicular, Medullary, Anaplastic (worse)  
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hypoparathyroidism   tingling, tetany, Chovstek's sign  
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Chovstek's sign   tapping of ear causes facial twitching  
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hyperparathyroidism   Bones, stones, abdominal groan and psychic moans  
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SIADH   tumor, trauma, pulm dz, drugs, hypoNa, concentrated urine, tx restrict water  
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diabetes insipidus   lack of ADH leads to polyuria and polydipsia  
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Addison's dz   dec. cortisol, wt loss and fatigue, skin pigmentation, eosinophilia, inc. IV glucocorticoids when stressed  
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Cushing's syndrome   inc cortisol, easy bruising, osteoporosis,  
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pheochromocytoma   HA, palpitation, anxiety, HTN, dx by urinary catecholamines  
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Wilson's dz   auto rec, Copper accum, Kayser-Fleischer  
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Glomerulonephritis   hematuria, proteinuria, RBC casts  
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Nephrotic syndrome   pronteinuria, edema, hypoalbuniuria  
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renal artery stenosis   fibromuscular displasia (young women), atheroscerolsis  
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Bladder Ca risks   smoking, schistosomiasis, aniline dyes  
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acute tubular necrosis   ischemia or toxins, resolves in weeks, may need dialysis  
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uremic syndrome   CNS changes, asterixis, pericarditis, N/V, yellow-brown skin  
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polycystic kidney dz   auto dom, hematuria, HTN, UTIs  
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central pontine myelinolysis   correcting hypoNa to fast  
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epididymitis   support relieves pain  
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testicular torsion   adolescent boys, elevation does not relieve pain  
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hydrocele   can be transilluminated  
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vericocele   "bag of worms"  
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seminoma   painless lump, does not transilluminate,  
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prostate CA   firm, nodular, irregular  
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Head and neck   T1-4  
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Heart   T1-5  
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Respiratory system   T2-7  
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Esophagus   T2-8  
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Upper GI   T5-9, stom - duod  
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Middle GI   T10-11, duod - right colon  
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Lower GI   T12-L2, left colon  
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Appendix   T12  
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Kidneys   T10-11  
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Ureters   T10-11,12-L1  
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Bladder   T11-L2  
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Trich   yellow, green bubbly, strawberry, metro  
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BV   copious fishy d/c  
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venereal warts   HPV 6,11  
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Vulvar Ca   squam, after menopause, pruritis  
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Cervical ca   HPV 16,18,31, postcoital bleeding  
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Endometrial ca   unopposed estro, obesity, nulliparity, early menarche, late menopause  
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breast ca   nuliparity, early menarche, 1st delivery after 30, fixed, irregular painless, 90% invasive ductal  
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DDx breast mass   Ca, cyst, fibroadenoma, fat necrosis  
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Endometriosis   dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, infertility  
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PCOS   high LH, low/n FSH, hirsutism, obesity  
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Incontinence   DIAPERS - Dementia, Infection, Atroph vag, Pharm, Endocrine, Restricted motility, Stool impaction  
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first stage of labor   from regular painful contractions to complete cervical dilation  
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second stage of labor   from cervical dilation to delivery  
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third stage of labor   birth to placenta  
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early decelerations   normal, occur with contraction  
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late decelerations   begin, peak and end after contraction, fetal hypoxia  
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variable decelerations   cord compression, reposition  
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