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WVSOM FA -- 12
WVSOM -- First Aid Key Associations Page 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cerebellar tonsillar herniation | Arnold- chiari malformation (often causes hydrocephalus) |
| Chronic arrhythmia | atrial fibrillation (associated with high risk of emboli) |
| Chronic atrophic gastritis (autoimmune) | predisposition to gastric carcinoma (can also cause pernicious anemia) |
| Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina | DES exposure in utero |
| Congenital adrenal hyperplasia | 21-hydroxylase deficiency |
| Congenital cardiac anomaly | VSD |
| Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemias (black liver) | Dubin-Johnson syndrome (inability of hepatoocytes to secrete conjugated bilirubin into bile) |
| Constrictive pericarditis in developing world | tuberculosis |
| Coronary artery involved in thrombosis | LAD>RCA>LCA |
| Cretinism | iodine deficit/hypothyroidism |
| Cushing’s syndrome | 1. Corticosteroid therapy 2. Excess ACTH secretion by pituitary |
| Cyanosis (early;less common) | tetralogy of fallot, transposition of great vessels, truncus arteriosus |
| Cyanosis (late; more common) | VSD, ASD, PDA |
| Death in CML | blast crisis |
| Death in SLE | Lupus nephropathy |
| Dementia | 1. Alzheimer’s disease 2. Multiple infarcts |
| Demyelinating disease | Multiple sclerosis |
| DIC | gram-negative sepsis, obstetric complications, cancer, burn trauma |
| Dietary deficit | iron |
| Diverticulum in pharynx | Zenker’s diverticulum (diagnosed by barium swallow) |
| Ejection click | aortic/pulmonic stenosis |
| Esophageal cancer | squamous cell carcinoma |
| Food poisoning | S. aureus |
| Gene involved in cancer | p53 tumor suppressor gene |
| Glomerulonephritis (adults) | Berger’s Disease (IgA nephropathy) |
| Gynecologic malignancy | endometrial carcinoma |
| Heart murmur | mitral valve prolapsed |
| Heart valve in bacterial endocarditis | mitral (rheumatic fever), tricuspid (IV drug abuse), aortic (2nd affected in rheumatic fever) |
| Helmith infection (US) | 1. Enterobius vermicularis 2. Ascaris lumbricoides |