General Medicine Indian Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
Master General Medicine with OnCourse flashcards. These spaced repetition flashcards are designed for medical students preparing for NEET PG, USMLE Step 1, USMLE Step 2, MBBS exams, and other medical licensing examinations.
General Medicine Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 511: Glucocorticoid therapy is usually begun _____ initiating albendazole in Neurocysticercosis
Answer: before
Flashcard 512: What is the first-line ART for women with single-dose Nevirapine exposure in a past pregnancy?
Answer: Tenofovir + Lamivudine + Dolutegravir (TLD)
Extra: Current WHO and NACO guidelines recommend a **Dolutegravir (DTG)-based regimen (TLD)** as the first-line ART for all adults, including pregnant women and those with previous exposure to single-dose Nevirapine (sdNVP).
Historically, PI-based regimens (like Tenofovir + Lamivudine + Lopinavir/ritonavir) were used in patients with prior NNRTI exposure due to the risk of resistance, but DTG is now preferred due to its high genetic barrier to resistance and superior efficacy.
Flashcard 513: Third line rx for oral lichen planus is _____ agents
Answer: immunosuppressive
Flashcard 514: Jaundice is an _____ sign in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Answer: uncommon (common/uncommon)
Flashcard 515: Keshan's disease may present with _____ cardiomyopathy along with tumorigenesis and atherosclerosis
Answer: dilated
Flashcard 516: In which condition is a collateral circulation pattern on the abdominal wall observed with blood flow directed from below upwards (cephalad)?
Answer: Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) obstruction
Extra: In IVC obstruction, the blood flow in the dilated superficial veins of the abdominal wall is directed upwards (towards the heart/SVC) to bypass the obstruction.
**Comparison of venous flow patterns:**
1. **IVC Obstruction**: Flow is upwards (cephalad) both above and below the umbilicus.
2. **Portal Hypertension (Caput Medusae)**: Flow is away from the umbilicus (upwards above the umbilicus, downwards below it).
3. **SVC Obstruction**: Flow is downwards (caudad).
Flashcard 517: Scrofuloderma is a _____bacillary type of cutaneous tuberculosis
Answer: multi
Flashcard 518: The duration of treatment for multibacillary leprosy is _____ months
Answer: 12
Flashcard 519: _____ is due to the erosion of the wall of the pancreatic pseudocyst into the splenic artery.
Answer: Hemosuccus pancreaticus
Flashcard 520: Acanthosis palmaris, also called as Tripe palm is a paraneoplastic syndrome associated with _____ carcinoma
Answer: bronchial
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