INTERNAL MEDICINE BOARDS - PART 9 ppt
INTERNAL MEDICINE BOARDS - PART 9 ppt
...
erythematosus.
Anti-SSB (La) 0–2 5–20 60–70 Associated with neonatal
lupus.
Anticentromere 50
Anti-SCL-70 33 20
Non-ANA tests:
RF 70–80 20 75 25 25 33 50
CCP 47–76
ANCA 1–5 93 96
Anti-Jo-1 20–30
a
SS ... tests:
ANA 30–60 95 –100 95 80 95 80 95 80 95 0–15 Often used as a
screening test; a ᮎ test
virtually excludes SLE.
Anti-dsDNA 0–5 60 Titer generally correlates
with disease activity...
INTERNAL MEDICINE BOARDS - PART 1 ppt
... finger” in-
stead of “Osler’s nodes”).
TESTING AND LICENSING AGENCIES
American Board of Internal Medicine
510 Walnut Street, Suite 1700
Philadelphia, PA 191 0 6-3 699
21 5-4 4 6-3 500 or 80 0-4 4 1-2 246
Fax: ... 80 0-4 4 1-2 246
Fax: 21 5-4 4 6-3 633
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Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG)
3624 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 191 0 4-2...
INTERNAL MEDICINE BOARDS - PART 3 pptx
... ∼50%
COMPLICATIONS
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Eisenmenger’s syndrome:
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Long-standing left-to-right shunting causes pulmonary vascular hyper-
plasia, resulting in pulmonary arterial hypertension and shunt reversal
(right-to-left shunt).
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Symptoms ... available at all hospitals. Sensitivity is 98 % and specificity 95 %.
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Chest CT: Sensitivity is 94 % and specificity 87%.
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MRI: Highly sensitive (98 %) and specific (...
INTERNAL MEDICINE BOARDS - PART 4 ppt
... 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25-HD) in the liver. 25-HD is the pri-
mary storage form. 25-HD is converted to 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol (1,25-DHD) in the kid-
ney under PTH regulation. 1,25-DHD is the active form of ... ergocalciferol (D
2
)
7-dehydrocholesterol
UV light
Cholecalciferol (D
3
)
25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25-HD)
25-hydroxylase
1α-hydroxylase
1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol (1,25...
INTERNAL MEDICINE BOARDS - PART 10 pptx
... syn-
drome), 103
ventricular septal defect (VSD),
100–101
Acute pain management, 393 – 395
Acute renal failure (ARF), 4 89 496
approach to, 4 89 490
etiologies of, 490
specific causes of, 490 , 493 – 496
acute ... course of acute, 295
hepatitis B (HBV), 295 – 297 , 445
immunization, 32, 445
serologic patterns in, 297
hepatitis C (HCV), 297 – 299
hepatitis D (HDV), 295 – 297
hepatitis...
First Aid for the® Internal Medicine Boards Second Edition ppt
... finger” in-
stead of “Osler’s nodes”).
TESTING AND LICENSING AGENCIES
American Board of Internal Medicine
510 Walnut Street, Suite 1700
Philadelphia, PA 191 0 6-3 699
21 5-4 4 6-3 500 or 80 0-4 4 1-2 246
Fax: ... 80 0-4 4 1-2 246
Fax: 21 5-4 4 6-3 633
www.abim.org
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG)
3624 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 191 0 4-2...
INTERNAL MEDICINE BOARDS - PART 2 doc
... Principles of Internal Medicine, 16th ed. New York: McGraw-
Hill, 2005: 1445, as adapted from Braunwald E et al. Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 6th ed. Philadel-
phia, PA: ... ac-
count for up to two-thirds of cases.
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Other causes include hyperthyroidism, DM, chronic diseases, and infec-
tions. Difficulty with food preparation or intake from any cause (social iso-
l...
INTERNAL MEDICINE BOARDS - PART 5 docx
... alcoholic
cirrhosis.
HEMATOLOGY
FIGURE 9. 3.
Megaloblastic anemia.
Note the macro-ovalocytes and prominent hypersegmented neutrophil. (Reproduced, with per-
mission, from Kasper DL et al. Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, ... Kasper DL et al. Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine,
16th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005: 1822.)
Jaundice
↑ ALT
IgM anti-HAV
Fecal HAV
IgG Ant...
INTERNAL MEDICINE BOARDS - PART 6 docx
... from Fine MJ et al. A prediction rule to identify low-risk patients with
community-acquired pneumonia. N Engl J Med 199 7;336:243. Copyright © 199 7 Massachusetts
Medical Society. All rights reserved.
TREATMENT
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Outpatient ... chromosome,
t (9; 22), in 90 95 % of cases.
First-line treatment is
generally a tyrosine kinase
inhibitor called imatinib that
targets the unique gene
product of the...
INTERNAL MEDICINE BOARDS - PART 7 pot
... RIPPLE”487
NEPHROLITHIASIS 488
Acute Renal Failure 4 89
APPROACH TO ARF 4 89
SPECIFIC CAUSES OF ARF 490
Glomerular Diseases 496
GLOMERULONEPHRITIS (NEPHRITIC) 496
NEPHROTIC SYNDROME 497
Essential Hypertension 501
2° ... of Internal Medi-
cine, 15th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001: Plate IID-45.)
FIGURE 11.12.
2° syphilis.
(Reproduced, with permission, from Kasper DL et al. Harrison’s...