FOCUS on CARDIO; legit nothing on infectious DZ I don’t think (except Lyme DZ)
Lyme question: what is the most IMPORANT thing to do? Physical exam? Rx doxy? Order a titer? Idk
Lots of questions on EKG / what artery was
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FOCUS on CARDIO; legit nothing on infectious DZ I don’t think (except Lyme DZ)
Lyme question: what is the most IMPORANT thing to do? Physical exam? Rx doxy? Order a titer? Idk
Lots of questions on EKG / what artery was stented based on where ST elevation was know the EKG chart / what
artery is involved aka the LAD vs. RCA
Stable vs. unstable vs. variant/prinzmental angina (3 questions on this)
Know what test to order for someone to evaluate bleeding (someone comes in w/ epistaxis) PT (pt/inr isn’t an
answer so I said PT)
What BP drug causes tinnitus? Amlodipine?
Lipid goals (ex – healthy pt vs someone with a recent CABG) know trigs, LDL, and total chol.
Asthma Tx (know Flonase / fluticasone)
Dressler’s syndrome; acute pericarditis (positional)
What kind of MI? lateral.. inferior… anterior wall based on where ST elevation was
Sleep apnea
PATHO of BP meds – which class decreases afterload? – DHPs (aka CCBs – are potent vasodilators that decrease
afterload)
What BP med can you use with someone w/ severe asthma? Carvedilol vs. nadolol (NOT propranolol)
What is the MC virus that causes the common cold? Rhino? Coronavirus? Idk
Something about pneumonia – H. flu vs. strep pneumo
Which of the following is not a common sx of acute prostatitis? Back pain I think
Tx for Chlamydia Doxy or macrolide (in the question someone has an allergy to one of the abx) Pt. comes in w/
new sexual partner and discharge Rx doxy
COPD vs. asbestosis (in a construction worker with a cough x 10 months)
KNOW lung sounds / physical exam for pneumothorax, atelectasis, vs acute asthma attack (ex – atelectasis trachea
deviates TOWARD affected side) – know fremitus, hyperresonance, decreased or absent lung sounds etc. for these
conditions
KNOW + PPD readings: ex 5-10mm for someone who is HIV+ (>15mm for healthy, general population) 2 questions
on this
Primary Care I
Cases from Dr. Nguyen
45 y/o AA truck driver – 230 cholesterol, mild DM mostly diet a1c 6.5/7 BP 158/98. Non- smoker BMI
35
- Amlodipine 5mg once/day – palpitations, lower leg edema (take @ night)
o Minimal SEs
- HCTZ 25 mg once/day (mild incr. in cholesterol, increase peeing, mild hyperglycemia)
- HCTZ – mild hyperglycemia
- ACE – not in AA initially
- He develops mild kidney dz ACE or ARB w/ pts with any EVIDENCE of nephropathy
Classic renal artery stenosis – middle age man w/ accelerated HTN (ACE puts him into AKI)
55 y/o cauc software engineer 160/100
Total chol mild elevated 238
- Lisinopril-HCTZ 20mg/25mg
- Other option? Metoprolol – impotence, hypotension, fatigue, depression, HA
- D/c meds and begin Losartan 25mg acute renal failure!! – don’t miss this!
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