Usmle Guide Note
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Second Aid: USMLE mnemonics
Thisis a list of medical mnemonics, side-notes, and generalizations I wrote down while
going through m !"#" $irst Aid %oo& while su''lementing with !"#! $alcon, (a'lan,
and a %it of )ol*an+ I sto''ed at around three-uarters of the tet %ecause I got tired andfelt li&e not man 'eo'le would %e interested./Update: sorr, %ut I0m too %us to go
%ac& and t'e the rest1 234+
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Varicocele: clin +/- ache(pain) in testicle, feel of heaviness, visbile palpable enlargd
vein. PE bag worsl !ass of enlarged vein that develops in speratic cord. cc
"#-$#% &eft sided varicocele or bilatersl s'spect renal vein throbosis seen in reneal
cell carcinoa or neprotic sndroe
rt ligate of affected speratic vein. ransill'inate negative
hdrocele-fl'id in t'nica vaginalis or if congentinal it is incoplete obliteration
(f'sion)*)of process's vaginalisoe% painless enlarged scrot'. lined to indirecting'inal hernia
pospidiasis-incoplete f'sion of 'rethral folds
ehavioral cience:
Statistical distri%ution:
5ositi8e s&ew 9 me0n2me1ian2m2de
5ositi8e s&ew 9 al'ha%etical from greatest to least
e'orta%le diseases:;It was re'orted that studl Mr+ Shigella ate salmon, chic&en, and li8er;:
;It was E5I)ELLA aT? Salmon, 6hic&en, and Li8er;
ST=s: AI=s, )onorrhea, S'hilis, 6hlamdia /@IB14
MM: Measles, Mum's, u%ella
Shigella
T?
Salmonella
6hic&en 5o >e'atits A, ?, 6
>ealth care 'ament:
6AE for the Elderl, AI= the destitute
Medicare - elderl, Medicaid - low income 'eo'le
Earl de8elo'mental milestones:
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C of %loc&s stac&ed 9 age in ears @ D
! word sentences at !
;'ee at three; triccle at three
;four-suare at four; 9 can ho' at four
drawings:
Do 9 circle
Fo 9 7
Go 9 suare
Ho 9 triangle
See reference
iocheistr:
Sto' codons: U)A, UAA, UA)
U )o Awa, U Are Awa, U Are )one
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E'ress Eons, Itrons are I the wa
5roto-oncogenes:Mi&e0s sis returned with her two new %reasts she was a%le to grow %ecause of her%s+
;MJ60s SIS ETurned with >E!eu %reasts she AS A?Le To-)row ?6l of hE?s+;
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T)$al'ha
%cl!
E?-?#, ?!
6ollagen: The higher the num%er, the smaller and softer it gets
T'e # - bone/s&in4 -
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5rader-Nilli 9 5aternal deletion
AngelMan0s 9 Maternal deletion
)enetics:Autosomal =ominant: ha8e familial or hereditar in name 7
;A ?rain =warf named Marfan 8on >i''el-Lindau hired ME to >unt for 5otatoes+; ?rain 9 eurofi%romatosis#, !
=warf 9 Achondro'lasia
Marfan
8on >i''el-Lindau
ME#, !a, !%
>untingtons
5otato 9 Tu%erous sclerosis
-lin&ed recessi8e:
;=u&e $a%r0s ?rutal )o'her >unter, Lesch, Nas-Actuall a $ragile Al%ino>emo'hiliac+;
=u&e 9 =uchenne0s
$a%r
?rutal 9 ?ruton0s
)o'her 2 )H5her 9 )H5= deficienc
>unter 9 >unter0s
Lesch-han
Nas-Actuall 9 Nis&ott-Aldrich
$ragile
ocular Al%inism
>emo'hilia A, ?
$ragile 9 tra large testes, *aws, ears
$ra)ile 9 c)g trinucleotide re'eat
moTonic dstro'h 9 cTg trinucleotide re'eatAutosomal trisomies: 5at Ed =own 9 #D, #O, !#5u%ert at #D, Election at #O, =rin&ing at !#
=own sndrome is associated with ALL /and AML4 and ALzheimers and decreased
AL'ha-feto'rotein 2 ALL fall =
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6eliac =isease /associated with dermatitis her'etiformis4
Annular 5ancreas
>irsch'rung congenital megacolon /failure of neural crest cell migration: no
Auer%ach or Meissner0s 'leus 2 consti'ationKmeconium ileus4
Edward0s: watch PP %alloons
5atau0s: roc&er %ottom 5edalsKfeet, cleft li'K5alate, holo5rosence'hal /sonic hedgehog
deficienc4, 5oldactl
Nilliam0s sndrome: Nill $arrell in Elf: elfin faces, mental retardation, well-de8elo'ed8er%al s&ills, etreme friendliness
=i)eorge sndrome: 6AT6>-!!
6left 'alate
A%normal facies
Thmic a'lasia /T-cell deficienc4 6ardiac defects
>'ocalcemia /secondar to 'arathroid a'lasia remem%er third 'harngeal
'ouch: inferior 'arathroids are grown with thmus and descend together4
microdeletion at chromosome !!##
Bitamin ?#: Thiamine
Thiamine 'ro'hos'hate /T554 is needed for a num%er of enzmes, %ut is rarel reuiredalone+ Nhene8er ou need ?#, ou usuall need $A= /?!4, A= /?D4, 6oA /?G4, and
Li'oic Acid, so *ust grou' them together: ",$,3,#+&0.Enzmes that use ?#, !, D, G 7 LA:
)lcolsisKT6A: 5=> / 9 lactic acidosis T: &etogenic Leucine, Lsine 7 high
fat diet4
T6A: al'ha()=>
>M5: trans&etolase
%ranched chain AA=> / 9 Ma'le Sru' Urine =isease 2 se8ere 6S defects,
M, and death4
elated 'ro%lems:
Li'oic acid is antagonized % Arsenic, which causes rice water diarrhea and garlic
%reath+
?# deficienc in alcoholics 2 Nernic&e-(orsa&off, %eri%eri
5=> deficiencKdsfunction 2 ina%ilit to continue T6A 2 di8ersion to lactic
acidosis %rain star8es for energ 2 neurologic defects+ To &ee' %rain from
star8ing, T with &etogenic amino acids LEU6IE and LJSIE and high fat diet/%eta oidation of fats will 'roduce acetl 6oA 2 T6AK&etogenesis4+
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Bitamin ?H: 5ridoine
Ma*or 'athwas that use ?H:
)lcogenolsis LS: )lcogen 2 )#5 8ia glcogen 'hos'horlase
>eme snthesis LS: Succinl 6oA /T6A4 7 )lcine 2 delta aminole8ulinic acid
/ALA4 8ia deltaaminole8ulinic acid snthase
6steine snthesis: >omocsteine 7 Serine 2 6stathione 8ia 6stathione snthase
/ 9 homocsteinuria: Marfanoid S7M7atherosclerosis4
ote: 6stinuria due to 56T rea%sor'tion defect 2 staghorn cstine &idnestones T: acetazolamide to al&alinize urine
ALTKAST transamination:
Alanine7al'ha()/T6A43ALT25ru8ate/glcolsis47glutamateAs'artate/Urea ccle47al'ha()/T6A43AST2lmalonl6oA 2 Succinl 6oA 8ia methlmalonl6oA isomerase
homocsteine 7 -MET>lT>$ 2 MET>ionine 7 T>$ 8ia homocsteinemethltransferase
A%sor%ed in the ileum /6rohn0s, gastric %'ass, s'rue, =i'hllo%othrium latum4 with I$
/'ernicious anemia4 use Schilling test to determine if it0s inta&eKa%sor'tion or lac& of I$
'ro%lem+ ?#! stores last for JEAS+ =eficienc causes an increase in methlmalonic
acid /'eri'heral neuro'ath4 and homocsteine /megalo%lastic anemia4+
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A8idin in egg-whites A8idl %inds ?Q+
Bitamin 6: Ascor%ic Acid
Iron a%sor'tion and $e!7 state maintenance
6ollagen snthesis: hdrolation of 'roline and lsine within fi%ro%last E 3
S6UBJdo'amine 2 E 8ia do'amine %eta hdrolase, %loc&ed % eser'ine
Bitamin =: the longest name with a #: /#,!G-/4!=D4 6alcitriol 9 acti8e form /Pstimulates con8ersion of li8er0s !G8itamin = to #,!G-/4!=D in idne% "alphahdro4lase4
Bitamin E: E is for Erthroctes it0s an antioidant that 're8ents hemoltic anemia andneurodsfunction
Bitamin (: in*ect new%orns with it to ma&e sure the0re o( /'re8ent hemorrhage4deficienc 9 normal %leeding time, %ut increased 5T and a5TT
ote:
'latelet dsfunction 2 ?T
etrinsic /shorter4 'athwa 2 5T /shorter name4 BII monitor wK Narfarin
intrinsic /longer4 'athwa 2 5TT /longer name4 monitor wK >e'arin
6ar%amol 'hos'hate snthetase: U5 #, !+
Urea ccle LS: 65S"
Primidine snthesis LS: 65S$
>M)6oA RRR:
;Jou alwas want to E=U6E our 6>M)6oA snthase 9 &etogenesis /our %rain wants to SJT>ESIE
(ETM5 shuntK5entose 5hos'hate 5athwa:
)H5 2 i%uloseG5 7 !A=5> 8ia LS )H5=>
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i%uloseG5 2 i%oseG5 2 'urine snthesis
A=5>:
fatt acid and steroid snthesis
oidati8e %urst /A=5> oidase 9 6hronic )ranulomatous =isease4
'FG"
glutathione reductase A(A ?6 antioidation
)H5= deficienc 9 /-r4 2 no A=5> 9 no glutathione reductase 9 oidati8e damage
9 hemoltic anemia /%ite cells - ?6s 'artiall eaten % macro'hages /M"0s4, >einz
%odies - oidized >% that 'reci'itated in ?6s4
=rugs that cause hemoltic anemia in )H5= deficienc:;5rima had to ta&e As'irin when she I>aled her I+?+5rofessor =a'sone0s Sulfurous
$a8a %ean itro$arts+;
5rima 9 5rimauine
As'irin
I> /Isoniazid4
I+?+5rofessor 9 I%u'rofen
=a'sone
Sulfurous 9 Sulfonamides
$a8a %ean
itro$arts 9 itrofurantoin
6)= /chronic granulomatous disease, =: negati8e itro%lue tetrazolium reduction4 9
A=5> oidase deficienc 2 susce'ti%le to 6atalase7 organisms:;The recoiling ed As' wasn0t Sorr towards the moaning 6at %ecause it had oheart+;
recoiling 9 E+coli
red 9 Serratia
As' 9 As'ergillus
Sorr 9 S+ Aureus
moaning 9 5seudomonas
6at 9 6atalase 7 organism
o>eart 9 ocardia
=isorders of RR meta%olism:RR-&inase is the enzme that immediatel follows the %rea&down of RR:
)lucose 2 )H5 8ia )luco/>eo4&inase
$ructose 2 $#5 8ia $ructo&inase
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)alactose 2 )al#5 8ia )alacto&inase
=eficiencies of $ructo and )alacto&inases causes MIL= sm'toms /res'ecti8e sugars are'resent in urine4+ The SEcond ste's cause SE8ere sm'toms /Aldolase? and Uridl
transferase, res'ecti8el4+
Natch out when ou see AL= /6ATAA6TS4
ote: Sor%itol 2 $ructose 8ia Sor%itol=>
)alactose 2 )alactilol 8ia Aldose eductase 7 A=5> /6ATAA6TS4
$ructose#5 2 )lceraldehide and =ihdroacetone5 8ia Aldolase ?
/$U6TEJLALAIE/$4, Isoleucine/I4,
Leucine/L4, Methionine/M4, >istidine/>4, TJ5TA/N4, A)IIE/4,
LJSIE/(44
egati8el charged amino acids:
egati8e e'erience to %e %urned % Acid:
As'artic acid and glutamic acidote: As'artate and )lutamate /as -acetl glutamate4 are in8ol8ed in Urea ccle
elimination of ammonia
Amino acids with three titrata%le >7:ic& 6an0t >ate E=
(J 6 > E=
Arginine/4 - #!+G
Lsine/(4 - #"+G
Trosine/J4 - #"+#
6steine/64 - O+!
>istidine/>4 - H
As'artic acid/E4 - F+D
)lutamic acid/=4 - D+Q
The num%ers aren0t im'ortant ece't for >istidine+ ust &now the order and that it goes in
descending '>0s+ $JI: 6
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Urea ccle enzme deficienc 2 decreased T6A intermediates 2 T6A I>I?ITIJ5EAMMF7 ecretion4+
S: asteriis, slurred s'eech, somnolence, %lurr 8ision, 8omitingT: less 'rotein in diet 7 ?enzoateK5henl%utrate /%ind a+a+2ecrete4
drolaseKBit6, %loc&ed % eser'ine42 6E
/5MTKSAM42Epinephrine
rptophan/ in >artnu'0s4:
/?H42 6iacin732 601+/601P+/ 9 5ellagra4
/?>F42 erotonin2 !elatonin/slee'4
Lsosomal storage diseases:
Ta-Sa 9 >eosaminidase A 2 incr )M!: no he'atos'len cherr macula,
onion s&in lsosomes
;$a%-)al is into 6eramics;
$a%r0s 9 al'ha)ALactosidase A 2 incr 6eramide triheose: 'eri'heral
neuro'ath, angio&eratoma, 6BKrenal disease
;)auched out m femur when I was on a sugar high;
)aucher, $emur ecrosis, Sugar >igh 9 )luco6ere%rosidase
)aucher0s 9 %eta)lucocere%rosidase 2 incr glucocere%roside: ase'tic femurnecrosis, he'atos'lenomegal, crum'led tissue 'a'er cto'lasm
?lind Intelligent Intergalactic 6ra%
Intelligent Intergalactic 9 )alactocere%roside(ra%%e0s 9 )alactocere%rosidase 2 incr galactocere%roside: %lindness,
'eri'heral neuro'ath, de8elo'mental dela, glo%oid cells
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iemann 5ic&0s his nose with his'hinger
iemann-5ic& 9 S'hingomelinase 2 incr S'hingomelin: cherr macula with
he'atos'lenomegal, neurodegeneration, foam cells
;Sulfur tides are multicolored;
Sulfur tide 9 Sulfatide
Multicolored 9 MetachromicMetachromic leu&odstro'h 9 Arl sulfatase A 2 incr Sulfatides: central and
'eri'heral demelination with ataia, dementia
Muco'olsaccharidoses:
>urLer0s 9 al'ha-L-iduronidase 2 incr he'aran sulfate, dermatan sulfate:
corneal clouding, gargolism, airwa o%struction
>unter0s 9 iduronate sulfatase 2 incr he'aran sulfate, dermatan sulfate: utchinson0s teeth 7 Mul%err Molars 7 frontal %ossing4
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Maternal =ia%etes: h'erglcemia 2 incr fetal insulin 2 decr lung
de8elo'ment 9 can0t %reathe mermaids also can0t %reathe air 2
maternal dia%etes causes A=s and sirenomeliaKanal atresia /also, trans'osition ofgreat 8essels4
Um%ilical cord:
Allantois: ! arteries, # 8ein /arteries is ! as long as 8ein4
Allatois /urachus42 media um%ilical ligament
Um%iLical arter 2 mediaL um%ilical ligament
Um%ilical 8ein - ligamentum teres he'atis
Allantois 2 Urachus /w&D4: urachus failure to o%literate 9 %ladder to na8el connection:
um%ilical urination or %ladder out'ouching
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6left 9 ectoderm /Veternal hollow s'aces4
Arches 9 mesoderm /Vmuscles4
5ouches 9 endoderm /Vimmune organs a%o8e the nec&4
?ranchial 6LE$T - ectoderm: Veternal hollow s'aces
6left #: eternal auditor meatus
6lefts !-F: tem'orar cer8ical sinus /fail to o%literate 9 lateral nec& %ranchial cleft
cst4
?ranchial cleft cst /lateral nec&4 8s Throglossal duct cst /midline nec&, mo8es withswallowing %ecause attached to tongue4
?ranchial A6> - mesoderm: Vmuscles
The ner8es that su''l the %ranchial arches are all ? motor and sensor:;Some/I4 Sa/II4 Marr/III4 Mone/IB4 ?ut/B4 M/BI4 ?rother/BII4 Sas/BIII4 ?ig/I4
?rains/4 Matter/I4 Most/II4; /S 9 sensor, M 9 motor, ? 9 %oth4
@@L MUS6LES MA(E U5 N>ATA6>@@ or use the following mnemonic:
;6hewing made me grimace so I swallowed, cho&ed, then called for hel'+;
chewing 9 arch # /B!,D4 9 muscles of mastication, ant+ !KD tongue 7
malleusKincusKtensor tm'ani
grimace 9 arch ! /BII4 9 facial e'ression 7 sta'esKsta'edius /defect 9 Treacher
6ollins0 mandi%ular h'o'lasia and facial a%normalities4
swallowed 9 arch D /I49 stlo'harngeus /defect 9 fissure from nec& to tonsils4
cho&ed 9 arch F /, su' larngeal49 'harngeal constrictors and cricothroid
called for hel' 9 arch H /, inf larngeal49 intrinsic larn muscles ece'tcricothroid
ote: Arch FWH ma&e u' 'ost+ #KD tongue
?ranchial 5 - endoderm: Vimmune organs a%o8e the nec& 7 middle ear
5ouch # 9 auditor tu%e, middle ear, mastoid air cells
5ouch ! 9 tonsils and tonsillar sinus
5ouch D 9 inferior 'arathroid 7 thmus /the descend together4
5ouch F 9 su'erior 'arathroid 7 'arafollicular 6 cells of throid
$ailure of Drd and Fth 5ouch 9 =i)eorge0s: no thmus /9 T cell deficienc4, no'arathroids /9 h'ocalcemia 2 tetan4
;6D, F, G &ee's the dia'hragm ali8e+;
(idne em%rolog: main 'laer 9 Metane'hros:
Ureteric ?ud 9 ureter2'el8is2collecting ducts
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Metane'hric Mesenchme 9 glomerulus2=6T
=efecti8e ureteric %ud 9 renal agenesis ?KL renal agenesis 2 oligohdramnios 25otter0s: 'ulmonar h'o'lasia 7 faceKlim% deformities
@@M6 site of o%struction 9 Uretero'el8ic *unction with &idne 2 fetal hdrone'hrosis
)enital em%rolog:
Male 9 Mesone'hric
5emale 9 5aramesone'hric
;Men are Nol8es; 9 ;Nolffian ducts; 2 ;SEBE; in ;SEBE U5; /Seminal
8esicles, E'ididmis, Bas deferens, E*aculator duct, 9 nothing4
;Nomen Mull o8er 'ast arguments; 9 ;Mullerian ducts; 2 fallo'ian tu%es,
uterus, and u''er #KD of 8agina /lower !KD from urogenital sinus of endoderm4
$emale 9 default genitals
>ormone o8er8iew: 5rolactin stimulates =o'amine inhi%its 5rolactin
5rolactin inhi%its )n>
)n> 2 incr $S>, L>
L in L> and Ledig: L> stimulates Ledig cells to 'roduce testosterone 2
de8elo' Nolffian duct
S in $S>, Sertoli, and S'erm: $S> stimulates Sertoli cells to 'roduce S'erm,
Inhi%in, and Mullerian inhi%iting factor /MI$4 MI$ inhi%its female'aramesone'hric duct de8elo'ment
)enital homologues:
Urogenital sinus:
ul%ourethral glands 9 artholins greater 8esti%ular glands
'rotate gland 9 &ene urethral and 'araurethral glands
Etro'h of %ladder is associated with E'is'adias /fault 'ositioning of genital tu%ercle4
8s+ >'os'adias 9 more common, failure of urethral fold closure, incr ris& of UTI
!icrobiolog:
Enca'sulated organisms: /7Xuellung reaction: uell ma&es ca'sules swell4
;6laustro'ho%ic 5astor Salmon Echoed ?ac&: Jersinful 6r't-dar& Stri' 6lu%s are5seudo->omes to ice Men $rancis and ?ruce+;
6laustro'ho%ic 9 6lostridium
5astor 9 5asturella
Salmon 9 Salmonella
Echoed 9 E+coli
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?ac& 9 ?acillus anthracis /=-glutamate4
Jersinful 9 Jersinia
6r't-dar& 9 6r'tococcus /India In&, narrow-%ased %udding in meningitis4
Stri' 9 Stre'tococcus
6lu%s 9 (le%siella
5seudo 9 5seudomonas
>omes 9 >aemo'hilus
ice men 9 eisseria meningitidis
$rancis 9 $rancisella
?ruce 9 ?rucella
;?A=; - acillus 0nthracis0 uniue ca'sule contains 1-glutamate
;Staff of gra'es; 9 Sta'hlococcus is in clustersBS+ Stre'tococcus 9 'airsKchains
S'irochetes: S'iraling ?oris Le't then Tri''ed
S'iraling 9 S'irochetes
?oris 9 ?orrelia /)iemsa stain 9 aniline de rela'sing fe8er 9 result of antigenic
8ariation4
Le't 9 Le'tos'ira
Tri''ed 9 Tre'onema /=ar& $ield Microsco', B=L cardioli'in screening,
$TA-A?S confirmation4
Mco'lasma 8s Mco%acteria
?acteria ha8e cell walls /Mco%acteria ha8e mcolic acid in their cell walls that
stain acid-fast4
5lasma mem%ranes ha8e sterols /Mco'lasma ha8e sterols and no cell wall4
Stains:
)iemsA stains ?orreliA, MalariA, 6hlamdiA, Tr'anosomA
5ASs the sugar and whi' cream /5AS stains glcogen and = Nhi''le0s disease4
;Legions who Sustained in*uries get Sil8er stars;: Legionella, grow with 6steine,
sil8er stain water source
S'ecial 6ulture:
;ice >omes ha8e chocolate;: eisseria and >aemo'hilus grow on 6hocolate
agar 7:
eisseria 9 Thaer Martin media: Bancomcin /8s )74, 5olmin /8s
g-4, statin /8s fungi4
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>aemo'hilus 9 B /A=74 and /hematin4
;If I Tell-U the 6orn *o&e ight, ou0ll Laugh;:
TellUight 9 tellurite agar
6orn 9 6orne%acterium
Laugh 9 Lofflers media
;T? and ;: M+ tu%erculosis on lowenstEI-ensen agar /ta&es D-F wee&s to grow,
%ut diagnostic4
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Tum%le 9 Listeria
In 9 intracellular
M 9 Mco%acterium
ote: intracellular 'athogens reuire cell-mediated immunit /6MI4, so neonates are at
ris& /E+)+, Listeria 2 neonatal meningitis: tum%les, has endotoin, and a narrow zoneof %eta hemolsis4
?acterial 8irulence factors:
'rotein A for sta'h+ Aureus: %inds $c of Ig to 're8ent o'sonization and
'hagoctosis
M 'rotein /'re8ents 'hagoctosis4 2 stre'+ 'ogene0s rheuMatic fe8er /S:
su%cutaneous 'laues, 'olarthritis, erthema marginatum, chorea, carditis4
IgA 'rotease /to colonize res'irator mucosa4 7 anti'hagoctic ca'sule /infects
0P&E6;9'atients %Kc decr M" and IgMKcom'lement 6D acti8ation /E+)+,
Sic&le 6ell autos'lenectom44 7 causes meningitis 9 S>iote: can also undergo transformation /'ic& u' =A from en8ironment4
tre' 'neumo
+ influenza t'e ? /? 'olsaccharide4
6eisseria meningitidis
Eotoin 8s Endotoin:
Eotoin 9 from Eogenous source /'lasmid or %acterio'hage4 and Ecreted
from %acteria, Etremel toic /e8en small dose4, Eact effects /different toins'roduce different sm'toms4 Vheat-la%ile
E=
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e'losi8e release of I$gamma and IL! /non-s'ecific immune res'onse4:
S+ aureus 9 TSST-# 2 Toic Shoc& Sndrome /fe8er, rash, shoc&4
S+ 'ogenes 9 Erthrogenic toin 2 Scarlet fe8er with Toic-Shoc&-li&e
sm'toms
ote: S+ 'ogenes also has Stre'tolsin < /lses ?64 =: heumatic $e8erwith anti-Stre'tolsin-< anti%od /ASE6 "#GQ:>Q - clea8es host cell rAKinacti8ates H"S also,
incr cto&ines 2 >US
otulinum toin - inhi%its A6h 8esicle release from 'resna'tic neuron 2
flaccid 'aralsis
9holera toin - acti8ates )s 2 incr cAM5 2 incr 6l- secretion into gut 9 decr
a7 a%sor'tion 2 water diarrhea
1i'theria toin - A=5-ri%oslating A-? toin /li&e 5seudomonas eotoin A4 - ?
%inds, A enters and ri%oslates E$! 2 no more 'rotein snthesis 2 cell death'seudomem%rane formation
Erthrogenic /su'erantigen4 toin of Stre'+ 'ogenes 2 Scarlet $e8er -
acti8ates %oth T>#/6=F4 and M>6II 2 incr I$gamma 7 IL! 2 incr M" andT-cell non-s'ecific immune res'onse 2 VToic Shoc&
)ram 5ositi8es: crstal 8iolet 7 iodine 9 %lue
6oag negati8e Sta'h: SEsiti8e: ta'h+ E'i 9 6o8o%iocin SESITIBE /BS+
Sta'h+ sa'ro'hticus 9 o8o%iocin resistant4
al'ha hemoltic Stre':
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E'osureK5IMAJ T?:
)hon com'le 9 )hon focus of Ls pil's protein undergoesantigenic variation114
ote:-+ meningitidis 9 res'iratorKoral s'read 2 meningococcemia and Naterhouse-
$riderichsen adrenal hemorrhage /h'otension and =I64
-+ gonorrhea 9 ST=2 high fe8er, se'tic arthritis, neonatal con*uncti8itis, 5I=,$itz->ugh-6urtis /cer8icitis2sal'ingitis2li8er ca'sule infection4
Entero%acteriae: 6A5SULE 9 BIULE6E $A6Te&toen Agar4 7 motile /flagellar > antigen4:
5roteus /swarming, urease7, staghorn ammonium stru8ite stones4,
Salmonella
ote: Salmonella and Shigella %oth in8ade mucosa 2 %lood diarrhea
Salmonella is motile /wK $ flagellar antigen variants4 and 'roduces >!S,
S+ t'hi of T'hoid fe8er causes a%dominal rose s'ots and can remain
chronicall in gall%ladder Shigella is more 8irulent, mo8es % actin'olmerization and H"S deacti8ating toin induces >US+
oidase 7 organisms: when ou go 6am'ing at a uiet 5asture ou0d Moan More with
ice Bi%rators
6am'ing 9 6am'lo%acter
5asture 9 5asturella
Moan 9 5seudomonas
More 9 Moraella
ice 9 eisseria Bi%rators 9 Bi%rio
B=L false 'ositi8es: B=L
B 9 8iruses: E?B, he'atitis
= 9 drugs
9 heumatic fe8er /= wK S+ 'ogenes AS< titers4
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L 9 Lu'us and Le'ros
6hlamdia: = 8ia )iemsa stain /6hlamdiA, MalariA, ?orreliA 7 Tr'anosomA4
Elementar %od is Enfectious and Enters cells 8ia Endoctosis
eticulate %od e'licates in cell % fission
;Tric& =ic&;: 8;99 serot'es 1?@:
2 M6 5I=, cer8icitis, ecto'ic 'regnanc
2 $itz->ugh-6urtis li8er ca'sule infection /from s'read of 5I=4 7
8iolin string adhesions of 'arietal 'eritoneum to li8er
2 neonatal 'neumonalKcon*uncti8itis
2 8E;E8>: 6an0t see, can0t 'ee, can0t clim% a tree 9
con*uncti8itis, urethritis, arthritis
BS+ tr09hoa9 serot'es A-6 2 blindness
BS+ L#-LD 9 &phogran'loa vener': ulcers 2 lm'hadeno'ath, rectalstrict'resmista&en for 5I=
T: mothers and infants with 6hlamdia with Erthromcin estolate, though there
is a ris& of maternal acute cholestatic he'atitis
At'ical /wal&ing4 'neumonias: M 6lamm Legion wal&ed T: macrolides
M 9 Mcoplasa/IgM 9 cold agglutinins 2 agglutinate or lse ?6s grown
on Eaton0s agar T: tetraccline or macrolide4
6lamm 9 6hlamdia /T: tetraccline or macrolide4
Legion 9 Legionella /T: macrolide4
$ungi:
=imor'hic: cold 9 mold, heat 9 ea/s4t 7 ?last >is 6oc& 9 East 6oast to Nest 6oast/T: (etoconazole4
?last 9 ?lastomcosis 9 east of Mississi''i i8er
>is 9 >isto'lasmosis 9 Mississi''i i8er and is Nood'ec&er ?lasted Nood into =ust;:
>is Nood'ec&er 9 >isto'lasmosis from %irdK%at dro''ings 9 macro'hage filled
with round east >isto >ides within macro'hages
?lasted Nood 9 lastomcosis in wood 9 road-ased-udding fungi the
handle of a base%all bat loo&s li&e it0s budding off the shaft4
=ust 9 6occidiomcosis 9 large s'herule filled with endos'ores %arrel-sha'ed
arthroconidia 9oc& is filled with 'erm, 9occidio is filled with 'ores
Actinomces 9 Acute Angles, Se'tate
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/BS+ MucormcosisKhizo'us 9 Nide angles, non-se'tate Vin =ia%etics4
>elminth drugs:
Norms 9 ?endazole
5raziuantel 9 foods: 5or&, $ish, 6ra%, Snails
5or& 9 Taenia
$ish 9 =i'hllo, 6lonorchis
6ra% 9 5aragonimus
Snails 9 Schistosoma
Antigenic shift 8s+ drift: S5E=
Shift /reassortment 8ia segmented 8iruses4 9 5andemic
E'idemic 9 =rift /random mutations4
Baccines: Li8e: See MM+ Sa%in0s small ellow chic&ens li8e+
MM 9 Measles, Mum's, u%ella
Sa%in /5olio, oral4
small 'o
ellow fe8er
chic&en 'oKshingles
(illed: I5 Alwas
a%ies
Influenza
5olio /Sal( 9 (illed, in*ected4
Adeno8irus
ecom%inant: >RB
Norms 9 ?endazole
5raziuantel 9 foods: 5or&, $ish, 6ra%, Snails
Biruses:=A 8iruses: ee Po5a 5arAde: first three 9 en8elo'ed
>e 9 >er'es
>e 9 >e'a=A />?B carries s'ecial T: =Ad=A'4
5o 9 5o /small'o, molluscum contagiosum carries =AdA' and re'licates
in cto'lasm4
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5a 9 5a'illoma />5B: /H,##4: condlomata acuminataKgenital warts,
&oiloctes9suamous cell with 'erinuclear cto'lasmic halo /#H,#O4: 6I anal
suamous cell 6A4 7 5oloma /6, 5ML demelinating ence'halo'ath4
5ar 9 5ar8o 9 ?#PKErthema infectiosum /ss=A4
Ade 9 Adeno8irus /swimming 'ool con*uncti8itis, gastroenteritis4>er'es: ! Sim'le 6hic&ens ?arred Sight from ose 5atches
! Sim'le 9 >SB#,!
6hic&ens 9 >>BD: 6hic&en 'o /truncal rash 2 etremities lesions of different
age4Kshingles
arred 9 >>BF: EB /mono, ur&itt0s, large cell non->odg&ins Naldeer0s
ring, naso'harngeal 6A, hair leu&o'la&ia on lateral tongue infects cells 8ia
91$"-E?B rece'tor4
Sight 9 >>BG: 6MB /retinitis, negati8e mono-s'ot mono, T %oth
intranuclear owl-ee and cto'lasmic inclusion %odies4
ose 9 >>BH: oseolaKErthema su%itum /high fe8er 2 rash4
5atches 9 >>BO: (a'osi-sarcoma
A 8iruses:
7A 9 5io5la9o6a: middle D 9 en8elo'ed
5i 9 5icoA 9 5E6onA:
5 9 5olio /%oth colonizes naso'harn and causes meningitis li&e >i% 2
malgia and 'aralsis4
E 9 Echo8irus: swimming 'ool ase'tic meningitisKmocarditis
6 9 6osac&ie: ase'tic meningitisKmocarditis, hand-foot-mouth /'alm
and sole 8esicular rash also seen in secondar s'hilis and ic&ettsial
oc& Mountain S'otted $e8er4
n 9 >I
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ellow fe8er causes ellowing s&in /*aundice4 and %lac& 8omit
6o 9 6orona /common cold, SAS4
6a 9 6alici 9 orwal&, 6A 6ruises /gastroenteritis from cruises4
-A 9 all en8elo'ed 7 AdA'ol
eo8irus 9 dsA, segmented: e'E8irus 9 >EB /water e'idemic, onl dangerous if 'regnant4
of 'urine snthesis AE: hemoltic
anemia, teratogen4 or SB5 Liz where 5 Liz 9 5ali8izuma% which%inds 5aramo $ 'rotein, 're8enting res'irator e'ithelial snctia
formation
M! 9 Measles and Mum's:
Measles: A 5AA U?J weasles caught SS5Ecial Measles 9
'aramo, ru%eola, SS5E com'lication, Measles0 D 60s 9 cough,corza, con*uncti8itis 7 (o'li& s'ots rash from head down li&e
u%ella
Mum's: 'arotitis, orchitis, ase'tic meningitis
Segmented 8iruses: ?anta hemorrhagic fe8er4
< 9 AB 9 5icorna /7A4 fecal-oral /ice cu%es, shellfish4
>?B 9 >e'a=A /en8, ds=A4 %lood /renal dialsis, needle stic&4, se, mother
=: 56
>6B 9 $la8i /en8, 7A4 %lood /IB=A, transfusion4 =: T-56
>=B 9 =elta /defecti8e en8, -A4 infects with >?B
>EB 9 >e'E8irus /7A4 fecal-oral /water e'idemic4
To6>S: he'atos'lenomegal, *aundice, throm%octo'enia, growth retardation
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T 9 Too'lasma: TooTriad: intracranial calcifications, chorioretinitis,
hdroce'halus 9 SAME TIA= AS 6MB11 from cat feces, ring-enhancing %rain
a%scess4 T: Sulfadiazine75rimethamine
9 u%ella /Toga8irus, 7A4: 5=A, cataracts, deaf, %lue%err muffin rash
maternal rash and arthritis
6 9 6MB: Too'lasma triad /intracranial calcification, chorioretinitis,
hdroce'halus4 7 UILATEAL hearing loss, seizures
> 9 >SB /7>IB4: tem'oral lo%e ence'halitis, her'etic lesions /fingers4
S 9 S'hilis: hdro's fetalis still%irth 2 >utchinson teeth, saddle nose, sa%er shins
ote: ?#P also causes hdro's fetalis
?actericidal drugs /all else 9 %acteriostatic4: Se'hiroth Met Bancou8er 5en'al Amina in$lorida, then (ILLE= >E =:
Se'h/iroth4 9 6e'halos'orin
Met 9 Metronidazole
Bancou8er 9 Bancomcin
5en'al 9 5enicillin
Amina 9 Aminoglcosides
$lorida 9 $luorouinolones
Antimicro%ial drugs:
inhi%its 5) cross-lin&ing 2 no cell wall: 6e'h 6hills-in Zam watching 5)mo8ies:
6e'h 9 6e'halos'orin
6hills-in 9 Zcillins /%inds 5?5, %loc& trans'e'tidase cross-lin&ing 5enicillin 9
endocarditis 'ro'hlais /%efore surgerKdental4, s'hilis 'ro'hlais4
[am 9 AztreoAM /%inds 5?5D for 5encillin-allerg 'ts 8s SEE(5seudomonas- Serratia, E+coli, Entero%acter, (le%siella, 5seudomonas4,
Mero'eEM and Imi'eEM76ilastatin /Mer'enemKImi'enem 8s+
e8erthing, es'+ Entero%acter, %ut causes SEIUES 6ilastatin inhi%itsrenal dihdro'e'tidase I to inhi%it renal tu%ule Imi'inem inacti8ation4
%loc&s 5) snthesis:
?acitracin /8s+ S+ 'ogenes /)AS44Bancomcin /%inds =-Ala-=-Ala and interferes with 5)-elongating
transglcoslase
8s+ resistant )7 inc, !80 and 9.diffAA
;T
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8s+ g- % disru'ting cell mem%ranes: 5olmins /neos'orin4 - detergent 8s cell
mem%rane AE: neurotoicit, acute renal tu%ular necrosis
8s+ )7Kg- % %loc&ing folate 2 no nucleotide snthesis /megalo%lastic anemia4:
Sulfonamides /com' inhi%it 5A?A for dihdro'teroate snthetase 2 no
=>$ snthesis AE: infant &ernicterus /a8oid in 'regnanc4, S,ne'hroto, )H5= hemolsis4
Sulfamethoazole-Trimetho'rim /TM5-SM4 8s UTI, 5+ *iro8ecii
'ro'hlais in AI=S
Sulfadiazine75rimethamine 8s Too'lasma
Sulfadoin75rimethamine 8s Malaria
Trimetho'rim, 5rimethamine /=>$dihdrofolate reductase2T>$ li&e
Methotreate4
8s+ UIs /S+ 'neumo4, UTIs, )ITIs, and 5seudomonas % %loc&ing to'oII /=A
grase4 and IB: $luorouinolones /AE: cartilageKtendon ru'ture, incr XT, )H5=
hemolsis4
8s+ Mco%acterum, 'ro'hlais for >i% and +men % %loc&ing =AdA' 9 no
transcri'tion: ifam'in
5rotein snthesis inhi%itors: Xuinn get in Line and ta&e G"M60s to D"ST:
Xuinn, Line G"M60s 9 Xuin-=alfo, Linezolid, Macrolides,
6hloram'henicolK6lindamcin %loc& G"S
Xuin-=alfo /stre'togramins4: Xuinu'ristin 're8ents elongation,
=alfo'ristin changes G"S conformation for %etter Xuin-%inding
Linezolid: %inds G"S 5-site and %loc&s Q"S assem%l
T: Xuin-=alfo and Linezolid is good for ALL ESISTAT?A6TEIA: BE, MSA
MA6rolidEs /A6Emcin 9 Azithro, 6larithro, Erthromcin4:MacroLI=Es 're8ent sLI=ing of mA 9 inhi%it translocation
% %inding to !DS of G"S
T: 5US - at'ical 5neumonia, UI0s, ST=s
AE: 5+ flu, + men, Stre'+'neumo4 AE: a'lastic anemia and gra %a% resistance 8ia
A6ETJLATI
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AE: 5seudomem%ranous colitis li&e Am'icillin
D"ST 9 Stre'tomcin /aminoglcosides4, Tetraccline %loc& D"S
;Amina didn0t hear the )ATS %ecause she was %us reading;:
Aminoglcosides /)ATS 9 )enta, eo, Ami&acin, To%ra, and
Stretomcins4 cause ototoicit /and ne'hroto4 and act % %indingto #HS and causing mA misreading 8s+ g- rods EXUIES
U5TA(E so ineffecti8e against anaero%es resistance 8ia
modification of D"S /acetlation, etc4
etracclines %loc& A from %inding A-site and discolors
eethK%ones
caion-chelator, do ?edoom - Bi%rio, acne, 6hlamdia,urea'lasma, urealticum, Mco'lasma 'neumonia,Tularemia, >+ 'lori, ?orrelia, ic&ettsia
resistance 8ia decr u'ta&e, incr e'ort
EL5S &ill5seudomonas with Sul%actamK6la8ulanic acid /%eta lactamase inhi%itor4:
> 9 >aemo'hilus
E 9 E+ coli L 9 Listeria
5 9 5roteus
S 9 Salmonella
ote: Am'icillin 9 intra'artum in*ection, )?S 'ro'hlais
;T65 Ta&es 6are of 5seudomonas;:
Ticarcillin
6ar%enicillin
5i'eracillin
6e'halos'orins:
#st generation /cefa4: )7 7 5Ec(: 5roteus, E+coli, (le%siella
!nd generation /fur fo fo0tetan4: )7 7 >E-5Ec(S: >aemo'hilus,
Entero%acter, eisseria, 5roteus, E+ coli, (le%siella, Serratia
;$ur ca'; - 6efuroime for 6ommunit Acuired 5neumonia
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;Linda ?rought a $ragile $o fo0Tito; - 6lindamcin, ?+ fragilis,
6efuroime, 6efotetan
Drd generation /tri ta taz4: Meningitis, )onorrhea, T'hoid fe8er
/Salmonella4
6eftriaone 9 C# 6efTAidime is for 5seudomonas li&e TAo%actam75i'eracillin /%ut
causes neutro'enia4
Fth generation /6efe'ime4 9 )7 7 'seudomonas
Metronidazole: forms toic meta%olite that damages =A T: )ET )A5 on theMET+ 5lori /7 %ismuth 7 amoicillinKtetraccline4
Anti-T?: I>-S5IE: AE: he'atotoic
I> 9 Isoniazid /inacti8ates mcolic acid snthesis enzmes enol-acl carrier
'rotein reductase /InhA o8ere'ression 9 resistance4 and
%eta&etoaclA65snthase /(asA4 (at) gene encodes catalase 'eroidase that
acti8ates I>4 solo-T? 'ro'hlais AE: he'atotoicit, neurotoicit /'re8ented
% ?H4, drug-induced lu'us /anti-histone A%4 S 9 Stre'tomcin /aminoglcoside 8s D"S mA reading4
5 9 5razinamide - acti8e in acidic '>, inhi%its mco%acterial growth in M" AE:
h'eruricemiaKgout
/I 9 I>4
9 ifam'in - inhi%its =A-dA' 9 no transcri'tion /ra'id resistance4 A=
%loc&s 'ac&aging and assem%l of 8iruses induces c'FG" 'ro'hlais for +
men and >i% AE: red secretions, sto' thera' with 'ur'ura, %one marrow
su''ression
E 9 Etham%utol - AE: o'tic neuro'ath /red green color%lindness4
Antifungal:
Am'hotericin ?:
Am'hoTEAicin TEAS holes in fungal mem%rane /%inds ergosterol and
forms 'ores4
Am'hoTEi%le: AE: fe8erKchills, h'otension, ne'hroto, arrhthmia,
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anemia, IB 'hle%itis
Anti8iral:
;AM! cure A $LU; 9 0mantadine imantidine %loc& M! 'rotein /8iral
uncoating4 8s+ Influenza 0 AE: 0tai0
>er'es 9 6clo8ir0s /8irall acti8ated guanosine analogs4 7 Trifluridine/thmidine analog4
6MB 9 6id0s )ang lo8ed seeing $oam Scarlet 9 6idofo8ir /6tosine analog 7
5ro%enicid to 're8ent ecretion4, )anciclo8ir /intraocular im'lant4, $omi8irsen/intraocular in*ection, anti-sense A thera'4, $
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?-cells are alwas found in /white4 $ollicles closer to the outside of the L or s'leen
BS+ T-cells are found in the dee'er medulla/L4K5ALS/s'leen4
Lm'h drainage:
rectum a%o8e 'ectinate line 9 internal iliac
um%ilicus to legs /inc, su'erficial genitals and anal canal %elow 'ectinate line4 9su'erficial inguinal
testes 9 'ara-aortic
M>6 I and II: ule of O0s
#@O 9 M>6I 6=O 9 O
!@F 9 M>6II 6=F 9 O
atural (iller cells: detects M>6I
;)otta (IL to sur8i8e; /(I 7 (IL 9 sur8i8e4
(I onl 9 release 'erforins and granzmes 2 a'o'tosis
Anti%od clea8age:
5a'ain clea8es A% into D 'ieces: 5a 5a In /e8enl s'lits into D4
5rotease clea8es A% into ! 'ieces: 5rot Ease /e8enl s'lits into ! com'lement can
still %ind hinge4
6to&ines: >ot T-?one stEA&
IL# /and ILH4: hot 9 fe8er secreted % M"
IL!: T 9 T-cell 'roliferation secreted % Th#
ILD: ?one 9 ?one marrow stimulation /acts li&e )M-6S$4 secreted % T cells
ILF: E 9 IgE /and Ig)4 class switching secreted % Th!
ILG: A 9 IgA /and eosino'hil4 'roduction secreted % Th!
eutro'hil chemotais: 6IL(: 6Ga, ILO, LT?F, (alli&rein
ILO: O loo&s li&e multilo%ed nucleus of neutro'hil 9 5M chemotais
LT?F0s ? also loo&s li&e neutro'hil multilo%ed nucleus
Immunosu''ression 8s+ IL!: /IL4! 5ro-6clists Secreted Tac&s in es'onse to
SeriousKSirius =a 're8ent trans'lant re*ection
8s+ 'roduction: 6clos'orin /8ia inhi%it calcineurin4
8s+ secretion: Tacrolimus /8ia %inding $(-'rotein4
8s+ res'onse to: Sirolimus /8ia MT
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8s T$: T: heumatoid arthritis
8s+ T$: Infliima%
8s+ T$ rece'tor: Adalimuma%
fa&e T$ rece'tor: Etanerce't
6om'lement:
6Rafor ana'hlais /histamine release 2 edema 2 h'otension, ana'hlais4
6Rbfor binding bacteria /o'sonizes and forms 'ores4
;low D causes D;: 6D deficienc causes >SIII /immune com'le de'osit4, seenes'eciall in glomerulone'hritis susce'ti%le to S+ 'neumo and >i% 2 se8ere recurrent
'ogenic sinus and res'irator tract infections
@@emem%er S>i: S/tre'+ 'neumo4 7 >i/%4 9 6D deficienc /eisseria4 9 6G-6PKMA6 deficienc
5assi8e immunit: To ?e >ealed a'idl - Tetanus ?otulism >B, a%iesK/SB in
'remies e8er winter month4
Immune deficiencies:
ruton0s agammaglo%ulinemia 9 /-r4 os with T( /trosine &inase4 defect
2 loc&ed -cell differentiation: recurrent acterial infection after H months/when mom0s Ig) disa''ears4 %Kc no Ig0s
Selecti8e Ig/04 deficienc: mil& 0llergies, %lood 'roduct 0na'hlais, giardi0
infections IgA is missing in mucus so recurrent sinus and lung infections@@ote: IgA deficienc also seen in 0ta4ia-elangiectasia:defecti8e =A re'air
enzmes, sensiti8e to ionizing radiation, cere%ellar atro'h 2 ataia, s'ider
angiomas /telangiectasias4 assoc+ wK lm'homas and acute leu&emias
>'er-IgEKo%0s Sndrome: I0m >'er Ecited for m $ATEd o%
>'er Ecited 9 'er IgE
$ 9 coarse 5acies
A 9 cold, noninflamed Sta'h 0%cesses
T 9 retained 'rimar eeth
E 9 Eczema
o% 9 o%0s
6hedia&->igashi /a-r4: )rand'a Al couldn0t eat Eastern food with his fingers+
)rand'a 9 )ram 'ositi8e cocci infections: Sta'h and Stre'
Al 9 'artial al%inism
couldn0t eat 9 defecti8e microtu%ules 9 defecti8e 'hagoctosis and
lsosomal fusion
Eastern 9 >igashi /higashi means East in a'anese4
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with his fingers 9 'eri'heral neuro'ath
Pharacolog:
(om'etiti8e inhi%itors incr (m, decrease affinitK'otenc /amount of drug needed for
effect4 sigmoid effect cur8e shifts right Linewea8er-?ur&e lines cross at J-ais
/BS non-com'etiti8e inhi%itors decr Bm, decrease efficac /maimal effect of drug4sigmoid effect cur8e0s 8ertical maimum effect is reduced Linewea8er-?ur&e lines *oin
at -ais4
ero-order elimination: constant amount of drug eliminated 'er unit time 9 5EA -5hentoin, Ethanol, As'irin
Urine '> and drug elimination: medicine gets tra''ed in o''osite urine '>:
acid /'heno%ar%, MT, T6A, as'irin4 tra''ed in %asic %icar%onate
@@ote: Acetazolamide al&alinizes urine % getting rid of %icar%onate T:
csteine stones and altitude sic&ness /h'er8entilation 2 res'irator al&alosis4
%ase /am'hetamine4 tra''ed in acidic ammonium chloride
5hase I 8s 5hase II meta%olism: # red o went ! con*ugate 'olar %ears+
5hase #: c'FG" red-o /7 hdrolsis4 geriatrics lose 'hase # first
5hase !: con*ugation /acetlation, glucuronidation, sulfation4 2 ields 8er
'olar renall ecreted inacti8e meta%olites
Thera'eutic inde: TILE= with ;9 &=CKE1C and the C0s adding u' to #"" saferdrugs ha8e higher TI0s
)-'rotein-lin&ed !nd messenger:
)s 9 adenll cclase 2 AT5-to-cAM5 2 5(A 2 cascade
)i 9 inhi%it adenll cclase 2 decr cAM5 2 decr 5(A
) 9 'hos'holi'ase 6 2 li'ids-to-5I5! 2 I5D incr intracellular 6a!7, =A)
stim 5(6 2 cascade
;(iss and (ic& Ztil ou0re Sic& of Se;
;XISS XIX SIX SXS;
) 9 al'ha #: ! contraction, driasis% incr stolic and 1iastolic P
)i 9 al'ha !: decr 6, decr ins'lin
)s 9 %eta #: incr heart rateand contractilit, incr renin, incr li'olsis
)s 9 %eta !: decr 1iastolic P, 8asoKbronchodilation, incr heart rate,contractilit, incr li'olsis, incr ins'lin release /thin& eta! stimulates eta
islet cells of 'ancreas4,decr 'terine tone
) 9 M#: 6S, enteric ner8ous sstem
)i 9 M!: decr >, decr atrial contractilit
) 9 MD: incr secretions, 'eristalsis, miosis, accommodation /ciliar muscle
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contraction4
)s 9 1": renal perf'sion /renal arter dilation4
)i 9 =!: %rain neurotransmitter
) 9 >#: 'ruritusK'ain, incr nasalK%ronchial mucus, contract %ronchioles
)s 9 $: incr gastric acid secretion/inhi%ited % -idines4
) 9 B#: incr 8ascular SM contraction
)s 9 B!: incr >!< rea%sor'tion in &idnes 6= /A=> action4
Signaling 'athwas:
cAM5 /)s, )i4: $LAT 6>AM5 7 calcitonin 7 glucagon
$ 9 $S>
L 9 L>
A 9 A6T>
T 9 TS>
6 9 6>
> 9 h6)
A 9 A=> /B!4
M 9 MS>
5 9 5T>
calcitonin
glucagon /incr cAM5 2 acti8ates 5(A 2 incr $#H?5ase 2
gluconeogenesis LS4
I5D /)4: hI5Dothalamic ))>
)n>
otocin
A=> /B#4
T>c)M5: 8asodilators
A5
< /< 8enodilates decreasing 'reload BS %eta-%loc&ers arteriodilate and reduce
afterload4
trosine &inase: the T( )rows In Mil&
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)>
I)$-#
$)$
5=)$
Insulin
5rolactin
steroid rece'tor: cto'lasmic /ece't throid hormone 9 intranuclear4
/Adrenal corte:4 Aldosterone, )lucocorticoid, Testosterone, Estrogen
5rogesterone
Bitamin =
TFKTD /intranuclear rece'tor4
)laucoma drugs: AA??6=$
009 0l'ha 0gonist: 8asoconstriction 2 decr a humor snthesis /notfor
closed angle glaucoma4
9 eta loc&er /Timolol4: decr a humor secretion
99 9holinomimetic /6ar%achol, 5ilocar'ine 5hs is for the Ees
5hsostigmine, Echothio'hate4: incr outflow /contract ciliar muscle and o'entra%ecular meshwor& into canal of Schlemm4
19 1iuretic: Acetazolamide /car%onic anhdrase inhi%itor4, Mannitol: decr a
humor secretion
59 5)5!al'ha /Latano'rost4: incr u8eoscleral outflow AE: des irises %rown
6holinomimetics:
?ethanechol: )i8e ?eth-ann-a-call if ou want our 5S stimulated: T: 'ost-
o' neurogenic ileus and urinar retention
Anticholinesterases 9 -stigmines 7 Edro'honium 7 Echothio'hate
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Sali8ation
Sweating
Atro'ine 'oisoning: what would ha''en if ou got lost in the desert: >ot, =r, ed,?lind /cclo'legia4, Mad /delirium4, urinar retention/Kconsti'ation4
>eamethonium: 5ut a >e on re$LE %radcardia - >eamethonium 're8ents Erefle %radcardia % %loc&ing all icotinic rece'tors /ganglion %loc&er inhi%its aK(
ligand-gated channels4
A6h rece'tors:
icotinic 9 aK( ligand-gated channels /AS and M4
/>eamethoniumKMecamlamine %loc&s these4
Muscarinic 9 )-cou'led rece'tors M#,!,D9XIX /Atro'ine %loc&s these4
S'ecific antidontes:
=e$Eoamine T0s $e /iron4
;6hildren Suc& on Lead 'encils;: Succimer T0s Lead 'oisoning in children /T
is 6aE=TA in adults4
=iMEca'rol T0s MEcur, arsenic, gold
;6o''er 5enn;: 6o''er, arsenic, gold T wK 5EIcillamine
ITo'russide turns into 6anide which is T0d wK ITite, hdrooco%alamin,
and thiosulfate
MET>lene %lue and Bit6 T0s MET>emoglo%in
ET>AA loo&s li&e a 5roton;: 5e'arin toicit
=rug reactions:
T6A0s D 60s: 6ardiotoicit, 6on8ulsions, 6oma
6utaneous flushing: BA6 9 Bancomcin, Adenosine, iacin, 6a!7 channel
%loc&ers
1ilated cardiomo'ath 9 1ooru%icin and 1aunoru%icin
Torsades de 5ointes: The Method to get D#Awesome XT0s is to wear a >alo and
is'er that ou %ought a Macro-5Ie from Xuinn+
Method 9 Methadone
D#Awesome 9 6lass III, 6lass Ia antiarrhthmics
>alo 9 halo'eridol
is'er 9 ris'eridone
Macro 9 macrolide
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5I 9 >IB 'rotease inhi%itors
Xuinn 9 6hlorouineKMeflouine
A'lastic anemia: 6hlora SAI= 5tue to Meth:
6hlora 9 6hloram'henical
SAI= 9 SAI=
5TUe 9 5TU /antithroid4
Meth 9 Methimazole /antithroid4
>emolsis in )H5=: 5rima had to ta&e As'irin after I>aling her I+?+5rofessor
=a'sone0s Sulfurous $a8a ?ean itrofarts
5rimauine
As'irin
I> I%u'rofen
=a'sone
Sulfonamides
$a8a %ean
itrofurantoin
;5seudomem%ranous colitis ma&es ou want to 6lAm' our ass;: 6Lindamcin,
AM5icillin
5hotosensiti8it: SAT for a 5hoto:
S 9 Sulfonamides
A 9 Amiodarone
T 9 Tetracclines
Ste8ens-ohnson rash: ZSeizures, Sulfa0s, and 6illins 7 Allo'urinol
Seizure drugs: ethosuimide, lamotrigine, car%amaze'ine, 'heno%ar%ital,
'hentoin
Sulfa drugs
5enicillin
Allo'urinol
SLE-li&e sndrome: S>I55
Sulfonamides
>dralazine />dra0s nec& Loo's /Lu'us4 around in circles4
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I>
5hentoin
5rocainamide
=isulfiram-li&e reaction: =run& 6e'h said he was 5ro-6ar /o&a to dri8e4 at
ight, %ut to a8oid a )ruesome accident, 6hlora made him Suffer the Metro+
6e'h 9 6e'halos'orin
5rocar 9 5rocar%azine
ight 9 itrofurantoin
)ruesome 9 )riseoful8in
6hlora 9 6hloram'henicol
Suffer 9 Sulfonlureas
Metro 9 Metronidazole
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'FG" inhi%itors: Nithout a (e, (im was inhi%ited from 5IES and uice
(e 9 (etoconazole
(im 9 6imetidine
inhi%ited
5I 9 >IB 5rotease Inhi%itors
E 9 Erthromcin
S 9 Sulfonamides
uice 9 gra'efruit *uice
See reference:
ima g e
Toicit %ear: 6umulati8el Toic =rugs and their escues
As'aragine: neurotoicit
6is'latin: ototoicKne'hrotoic T: Amifostine
BincristineKBin%lastine: 6hrist m ner8es, ?last m %ones - Bincristine
9 'eri'heral neuro'ath, Bin%lastine 9 melosu''ression
?leomcin: 'ulmonar fi%rosis
=ooru%icin: cardiotoic T =erozoane /for cardiotoicit4,
=imethl-sul'hoide /for 5 6a!7 channel %loc&ers
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>eart murmurs:
;M+ ASS and MS+ A=; 9
M 9 mitral regurg
AS 9 aortic stenosis
S 9 sstolic murmurs
and
MS 9 mitral stenosis
A 9 aortic regurg
= 9 diastolic murmurs
holosstolic 9 all regurg0s 7 BS=
murmurs that increase with %reathing:
rIght murmurs increase with Ins'iration
lEft murmurs increase with E'iration
;Nolf 9 Lone 6anis; - Nolff-5ar&inson-Nhite is treated with amioda
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2#" das: ris& for 8entricular aneursm /%ulging scar %ecause fi%rosis made it
lose its a%ilit to contract4 38entricular remodeling can %e 're8ented with A6E-
I0s
?acterial endocarditis: $T76>$ /decreases %oth 'reload and afterload4 >T7=M /protectiveagainst =ia%etic ne'hro'ath4
Antih'ertensi8e thera': A?6=:
A6E-IKA?s
?eta %loc&ers
6alcium channel %loc&ers
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=iuretics /L
L>
A6T>
TS>
5rolactin
endor'hins /share 5 and MS>4
)>
?aso'hilic 9 ?-$LAT: ?aso'hilic-$S>, L>, A6T>, TS> /BS Acido'hils-5rolactin,
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)>4
6euroh'o'hsis 9 5osterior 'ituitar /6eural tu%e of ectoderm4: secretes h'othalamicsu%stances: A 5air of 4
Adrenal steroids: In an enzme deficienc, if the first digit is a #, then the 'atient will %e
h'ertensi8e+ If the second digit is a #, then the 'atient will loo& male+
#Qal'ha hdrolase deficienc: >T, feminine
!# hdrolase deficienc /M64: h'otension, masculine
## %eta hdrolase deficienc: >T, masculine
5T> 9 'hos'hate trashing hormone /note: decreased free serum Mg!7, decreases 5T>
secretion common causes of decr Mg!7 9 alcohol, aminoglcosides, diarrhea, diuretics4
9alcitonin 9 from 'arafollicular 9cells of throid 9 neural 9rest deri8ati8e, secreted inmedullar throid 9ancer /MEII4
/Signaling 'athwa mnemonics were co8ered earlier4
Throid hormone functions: TD 9 G?0s
?rain /6S4 maturation /defect 9 mental retardation seen in 6retinism4
?one growth /snergism with )> defect 9 6retinism4
?eta# adrenergic effects /Throid Storm: incr >, contractilit 2 arrhthmia
T with 'ro'anolol or 5TU /
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mass ma in8ade into an inter8erte%ral e'idural s'ace and loo& li&e a dum%%ell
>''er'arathroidK>'erthroid
Iatrogenic: Thiazides
Multi'le meloma
5aget0s disease /when 'atients are immo%ilized, normall normocalcemic4
Addison0s disease
eo'lasms /e+g+, %reast cancer 9 osteoltic4
ollinger-Ellison sndrome /'ancreatic tumor 2 incr gastrin associated with
MEI /'arathroid tumor4
Ecess 8itamin =
Ecess 8itamin A /incr %one resor'tion 2 incr 6a!74
Sarcoidosis /or granulomatous disease4
>'er'arathroidism:
5rimar: 2 %one lesions
>'ocalcemia signs:
6 9 9h8oste& sign 9 9hee& ta''ing 2 facial muscle 9ontraction
T 9 rosseau0s sign 9 ight ?5 cuff 2 hand etan /s'asm4
=eamethasone 8s =emecloccline 8s =esmo'ressin:
=eamethasone 9 steroid to = A6T> diseaseKsndrome
=emeclo6J6Line 9 tetraccline A=> antagonist 8s 6J6Lo'hos'hamide-
induced SIA=> T: SIA=>
=esmo5ESSI 9 8aso5ESSI /A=>4 analog T: central =ia%etes insi'idus
/ote: ne'hrogenic =I is treated % hdrochlorothiazide /6a!7 s'aring diuretic4,indomethacin /decr renal %lood flow4, or amiloride /(7 s'aring aldosterone
rece'tor antagonist diuretic that closes a7 channels that also rea%sor%s Li to T
Li-induced =I4
Multi'le endocrine neo'lasias /ME4: /A-=4
MEI /Nermer0s4: D50s
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'ancreatic - Vollinger-Ellison gastrinoma - 'e'tic ulcers
'arathroid - incr 5T> - h'ercalcemia
'ituitar - V'rolactin or )> - amenorrhea, lactation
MEIIa /Si''le0s4: !50s
'arathroid - incr 5T> - h'ercalcemia
566 - incr catecholamines /E'iKor4, urine BMA and Metane'hrine
medullar throid /'arafollicular 64 - 'olgonal, incr calcitonin -
h'ocalcemia
MEII%: #5
566 - incr catecholamines, urine BMAKmetane'hrine
medullar throid /'arafollicular 64 - incr calcitonin - h'ocalcemia
Marfan0s ha%itus 7 oralKintestinal mucosal neuromas ote: MEII0s are associated with ret oncogene
Also, the II in MEII stands for the !60s in 566
=ia%etic drugs:
;Metformin )litters in Sunn )li'tin Tides;
!etforin9 incr gl'cose 'ptaein muscle and fat 8ia )LUTF /a&a incr
ins'lin sensitivitin 'eri'heral tissue4 and decr li8er glucose 'roduction 8ia incrAM5( and decr 5E56( /
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/glcolsis4
glucose 2 decreases cAM5 2 decreases 6A5-cAM5 %inding of lac o'eron 9
A 'olmerase can0t %ind to 'romoter
Bastrointestinal:
etro'eritoneal structures: I AS( =+ 56
5rimar retro'eritoneal /ne8er 'ushed into sac4:
IB6
A% aorta
Su'rarenal glands
(idnesKUreters
Secondar retro'eritoneal /'ushed into sac, %ut esca'ed4:
=uodenum /!, D, F4
ectum
5ancreas /head, %od4
6olon /ascending, descending4
e ma&es me feel ;nferiora%out m 'perficiala''earance %
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'o&ing near ell-b'ttonso I Eat &ess+
ectal anastomoses: /9hemorrhoids4
!;'perioris an 0ss:
Sstemic: !iddle and ;nferior ectal
to
5ortal: 'perior 8ectal
Um%ilical anastomoses: /9ca'ut medusae4
;nferiora%out m 'perficiala''earance % 'o&ing near ell-b'tton:
Sstemic: ;nferior, 'perficialE'igastricto
5ortal: Para'bilical
Eso'hageal anastomoses: /9eso'hageal 8arices4
Eat &ess: / 9 eso'hageal 8arices4
Sstemic: Eso'hageal /azgos4
to
5ortal: &eft )astric
Li8er anatom: #A?6
;#A?6;:
one" 90'ical surface of he'atoctes face ile 9analiculi 9 'eri'ortal
zone
Also, when ou thin& of A?6, ou should thin& of >e'atitis A, ?, 6.
one # 9 first affected % 8iral he'atitis %ecause closest to he'atic arter
/emem%er: 5ortal triad 9 %ile duct, he'atic arter, and 'ortal 8ein4
;The Drd letter in the al'ha%et 9 6;:
one 39 9entrilo%ular /'eri9entral 8ein4 9 where %lood drains into the
he'atic 8ein
%ecause it0s so far from the he'atic arter, it0s the first 'lace to suffer from
ischemia
also, since %lood 'ools in 8eins, ou can thin& of drugsK'oisons 'ooling
there, too
?ottom line: Cone " 7 s'sceptible to vir'ses, Cone 3 7 s'sceptible to
dr'gs/ischeia
$emoral region: ABEL with the Benous near the 5enis
Lateral to medial: er8e, Arter, Bein, Em't s'ace, /dee' inguinal4
Lm'haticsKLacunar ligament
ote: femoral sheath does notcontain femoral ner8e
Inguinal canal: ;6ternal /dee'4 inguinal ring 9 ;6direct hernia that ma go ;6to the
scrotum 9 lateral to inferior e'igastric 8essels
BS+ an alien 1irectl %ursting from our stomach 9 directhernia 9 'rotrudes from
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abdoinal wall edialto inferior e'igastric 8essels:thi s iswor se th a n a her ni ath o u g h
or M=0s don0t LIe: Medial 9 =irect, Lateral 9 Indirect
;$em-$em;: femoral hernias occur more often in females /and is the leading cause of
%owel incarceration4
)I secretor 'roducts:
;I$ ou 5ATJ too hard, ou0ll 8omit out a lot of )ASTI6 A6I=+;:
5arietal cells secrete I$ /intrinsic factor4 and >6l /gastric acid4
;5e'-'e' to the 6hief;:6hief cells ma&e 5e'sin
BitaminKMineral a%sor'tion:
=uodenum: $E= 9 $e /iron4 in =uodenum
e*unum: The ester is a $at $ool 9 e*unum a%sor%s most $ats and $olate
Ileum: The ileum is the last 'art of the small intestine it0s where ou sa ?e
?e to the SI: ?le acid, ?#!KI$ is rea%sor%ed in the Ileum
?iliru%in:
ules of thum%:
The two-named diseases don0t go together
The one named diseases are milder
;6direct 9 U6con*ugated 9 water ;6solu%le: 6rigler-a**ar, )il%ert 9
;(I) (
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water-solu%leKecreta%le form V )lucuronl transferase deficienc
1irect 9 con*ugated 9 Datersolu%le: 1'bin-ohnson, 8otor[s 9
1'bin-ohnsoncalled 8otor-rooter to fi his DaterPipes+
Jou get direct %iliru%inemia when there0s a 'ro%lem with %ile PipesKecretion
/E+)+, %iliar tree o%struction4
ote: =u%in-ohnson is worse than otor0s in that the li8er is 'igmented %lac&
Achalasia: AA??66
0chalasia
loss of 0uer%ach[s menteric 'leus
irds %ea& on arium swallow
associated with 9haga0s and 9EST
oerhaavesndrome 9 een-eaving transmural com'lication of Mallor-Neiss
088ett0s eso'hagus 9 ecomes 0denocarcinoma, 8esults from 8eflu
Eso'hageal cancer ris& factors: A?6=E$)>
Alcohol, Achalasia
?arrett0s eso'hagus
6igarettes
=i8erticuli /e+g+, en&er0s4
Eso'hageal we% /e+g+, 5lummer-Binson4, Eso'hagitis
$amilial
)E=
>ot dogs /nitrosamines4
Eso'hageal cancer e'idemiolog and locations:
uamous cell 9 'read out worldwide /most 're8alent worldwide4 u''er !KDs
/where striated muscle can %e found4
0denocarcinoma 9 most 're8alent in 0merica /lower #KD, location of 'ure smooth
muscle4
)astritis:
Acute gastritis /erosi8e4:
;?urned % 6urling iron;: 6urling0s ulcer 9 stress ulcer from %urns:
decr 'lasma 8olume 2 sloughing of gastric mucosa
;6ushion the %rain;: 6ushing0s ulcer 9 stress ulcer from head in*ur:
incr I65 2 incr 8agal stimulation 2 incr A6h 2 incr >74
6hronic gastritis /non-erosi8e4: A?-'airing
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T'e A /fundusKod4 9 0utoimmuneK0nemia:
AutoA% to 'arietal cells, 'ernicious anemia /A% to I$4, achlorhdria
T'e ? /0ntrum4 9 acterial:
>+'lori infection /duodenal 2 stomach ulcer4, increased ris& of MALT
lm'homa
5e'tic ulcer disease:
Bastric ulcer 'ain 9 Breater with food
1uodenal ulcer 'ain 9 1ecreases with food /will see h'ertro'h of ?runner0s
glands and clean 'unched out margins unli&e carcinoma raisedKirregularmargins4
Inflammator %owel disease /I?=4: 6rohn0s 8s Ulcerati8e 6olitis
6rohn0s: A 6ree' $at old 6rone /)rann4 went S&i''ing on 6o%%lestones
while 'um'ing her Arthritic $ist in the air+
6ree' $at 9 6ree'ing fat
6rone 9 6rohn0s disease
/)rann4 non-caseating )ranulomas
S&i''ing 9 trans'ralS&i' lesions
6o%%lestone 9 6o%%lestone mucosa
Arthritic 9 Migrator 'olarthritis
$ist 9 $istulas
;)um to ?um; lesions and e4traintestinal anifestations/sstemic4 li&e
erthema nodosum /Vshins4, an&losing s'ondlitis, and u8eitis
ote: this is disordered res'onse to intestinal %acteria
Ulcerati8e colitis: If ou ha8e a Lead 5i'e *ammed u' our ectum, ou0ll get
?lood =iarrhea+
Lead 5i'e 9 loss of haustra leads to lead 'i'e a''earance on imaging
ectum 9 U6 alwas in8ol8es the rectal mucosaKsu%mucosa and 'rocedes
continuousl u' unli&e 6rohn0s which tends to s'are the rectum
?lood diarrhea /another trait not shared with 6rohn0s4
ote: this is autoimmune
U6 is also associated with fria%le 'seudo'ol's, 'oderma gangrenosum,
and 'rimar sclerosing cholangitis
Mec&el0s di8erticulum: ule of !0s
! inches long
! feet from ileocecal 8al8e
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!Y of 'o'ulation
!o /or ounger4
! t'es of ecto'ic e'ithelia: gastric or 'ancreatic
6olonic 'ol's: BILLous 9 BILLain566KLnch which doesn0t ha8e man 'ol's and in8ol8es the5664
=ementia
Ence'halo'ath
$anconi0s Sndrome: defecti8e 56T rea%sor'tion
)allstones /cholelithiasis4: is& factors 9 F$0s:
$at
$ertile
$emale
$ort
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Acute 'ancreatitis causes: )ET SMAS>E= 2 =I6, A=S.
)allstones
Ethanol
Trauma
Steroids
Mum's
Autoimmune disease
Scor'ion Sting
>'ercalcemia, >'erli'idemia
E65
=rugs /E+)+, Sulfa drugs4
Antacid ad8erse effects:
Al 9 Alu!;6;!U!amount of feces: consti'ation
!g9 !ust Bo to the %athroom: diarrhea