General Medicine — Flashcards

Most extranodal NK/T-cell lymphomas respond well to _____ therapy, but are resistant to chemotherapy.

_____ or more neurofibromas or one plexiform neurofibroma are used to confirm the diagnosis of neurofibromatosis

Less than 1% of cases of HCC are manifested with a paraneoplastic syndrome, generally with _____calcemia, Hypoglycemia, and Erythrocytosis.

Selective _____ deficiency is the most common 1* immunodeficiencyand increases susceptibility to Giardia infections

A patient of dengue hemorrhagic fever can be discharged if there is return of _____ and urine output is good, alongside visible clinical improvement

The criteria for AIDS is CD4 count less than _____, or confirmed HIV positivity with AIDS-defining opportunistic infections such as Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) or Candida esophagitis.

Pneumonia may present as _____ (respiratory rate) with pleuritic chest pain

_____ sign is positive if there is a fixed dullness to percussion in the left flank and shifting dullness to percussion in the right flank

Increased H2O reabsorption in CF results in abnormally _____ mucus secreted into the lungs and GI tract

Rickettsia prowazekii may result in _____ and joint pain