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* FA review
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  pin - 10/03/07 16:52
 
  1.Those who are going to take test in a month or 2 and interested in first aid reveiw are welcome.

2.Post 5 topics from 5 subjects, or according to usmle distribution(more pathology and pharma).

3.Questions shoule be 1/2 liner and only from FA.(refer topic, subject, page number and edition of first aid)

4.The one who post dont have to answer.

5.Those who answer can open first aid or answer without opening first aid and answer should be bried too(to avoid time waste in typing).

6.If you can come up with a different question from same topic, go ahead, if there is no scope of a different question, post 5 more from different topic.(again, refer, subject, page number and edition of FA)

7. Provide adequate gap to make it easier to read.

So, are you interested? I will post one now. I will be away for a wihle.

 
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* Re:FA review
#1029696
  pin - 11/02/07 23:58
 
  thanks kaham for the questions,

1.C-ANCAS?.....wegeners granulomatosis
2.P-ANCAS?....polyarteritis nodosa
3.ANAs?..sle.
4. Anti Scl-70 Ab?....diffuse scleroderma
5.Anti Centromer?..crest
6. Anti Mitocondrial?.pbc..
7.Anti Ribonucleoprotein Ab?..sjogrens, and mixed ct.
8.Anti microsomal?..hashimotos
9.Anti Smith?..sle
10. Anti single-strained DNA Ab?..mixed ct and sjogrens
11. Anti double-strained DNA Ab?..sle
12.Anti Histone Ab?..drug induced lupus
13.Anti Neutrophil Ab?...vasculitis

7,9,12,13 forgot totally had to see the book.
 
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* Re:FA review
#1029984
  kaham - 11/03/07 09:59
 
  Great job pin.  
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* Re:FA review
#1029989
  kaham - 11/03/07 10:09
 
  12. anti single strained DNA... SLE drug induced. (I thing is the same Anti Histone)
7. anti ribonucleprotein Ab is 95% Dx for mixed connective tissue disease.

****SLE: Anti Smith... >specific. but not prognosis.
ANAs...........sensitive but not specific.
Anti double strained DNA....very specific and poor prognosis.
 
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* Re:FA review
#1030035
  kaham - 11/03/07 10:36
 
  Here we going again.....

Qx....
1. Berger VS. Buerger........
2. What is Orphan drug, 1 example and use.
3. Kawasaki clinical criterias (there are 5) and MCCOD.
4. Rheumatic fever clincial criterias (majors and minors) and MCCOD
5. male to male transm + multiple generations affected + don't skip generations = mode of inheritance?????
 
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* Re:FA review
#1032165
  pin - 11/04/07 20:00
 
  1. Berger VS. Buerger........
Berger's disease(IgA nephropathy): renal disease, deposition of IgA.
Buerger's disease: vasculitis, other name is thrombangitis obliterans, intermittent claudication, gangrene

2. What is Orphan drug, 1 example and use.?

3. Kawasaki clinical criterias:
vasculitis, affecting young, <5 yrs, thrombosis, coronary aneurysm, generalized rash, usually affected after viral infection, lymphadenopathy, fever,

4. Rheumatic fever clincial criterias (major and minor criterias are not in my fa edition, may be in the new ones)
major:
migratory polyartheritis
pancarditis
subcutaneous nodule
skin rash
sydenham chorea
minor:
fever
arthralgia
elevated acute phase reactants

5. male to male transm + multiple generations affected + don't skip generations = mode of inheritance-autosomal disease
 
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* Re:FA review
#1033985
  kaham - 11/05/07 20:42
 
  great job pin!....

about Q#2: orphan drug is a drug developed for treatment of very rare disease, prevalence<200.000. Companies taht work on the development of these drugs recieve spacial beneficts from gov and federal founds.

example: MESNA...... Tx of bladder toxicity (hemorrhagic cystitis) caused by ciclophosphamide. First Aid page 309 - 2006
 
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* Re:FA review
#1035895
  pin - 11/06/07 17:32
 
  thanks kaham, i know about mesna, but i didnt know its an orphan drug, poor mesna, thanks.

1. what are the toxicities of imipramine? 319

2. what are the toxicities of fluphenazine? 318

3. which diuretic is safe in sulfa allergy? 325

4. what are the side effects of sotalol? 330

5. wchich drugs causes agranulocytosis? 337

fa 2003 pharma.
 
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#1037774
  rasuccess - 11/07/07 16:21
 
  1.imipramine--Tri-C----- convulsions ,coma ,cardiotoxicity&resp.depression.
2.fluphenazine .---EPS side effects ,sedation,tardive diskinesia,neuroloeptic malignant syndrome .
3.thiazides
(frusemide cant be given as it is a sulfonamide )
4.torsades poitis ,excessive beta block.
5.clozapine ,carbamazepine ,colchicine
 
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* Re:FA review
#1038450
  pin - 11/07/07 22:55
 
  good job, rasuccess
but i think ethacryanic acid and mannitol only free of sulfa allergy,
in first aid, it says, thiazide causes sulfa allergy, so does, acetazolamide and frusemide.
 
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* Re:FA review
#1040342
  pin - 11/09/07 00:38
 
  1. what are the side effects of cyclophosphamide?

2. what are the side effects of vincristine?

3.uses of misoprostol?

4. what are the product of lipoxygenase pathway?

5.uses of amantadine?

6. uses of acyclovir? MOA ? toxicity?

first aid pharma.
 
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