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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+

    5+S+ If ou want to find a to'ic fast, I suggest 6trl7$

    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+;

    Mc

    sis

    ret

    >er!Kneu

    ras

    a%l

    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