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USMLE 2014 - B
USMLE 2014 - B
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Pathology
Professional
02/06/2014

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Term
What growth factor is most important for fibrosis ?
Definition
TGF-B
Term
What growth factor is used to heal diabetic foot ulcers (Regranex drug) ?
Definition
PDGF
Term
Regranex drug is what growth factor ?
Definition
PDGF
Term
What cells are least affected by chemo and radiation ?
Definition
Permanent cells like neurons, cardiac cells, and skeletal muscle
Term
Most common cause of delayed wound healing ?
Definition
Infections
Term
Keloid is what type of collagen ?
Definition
Collagen Type 3
Term
Hydroxylation of collagen is mediated by what ?
Definition
Vitamin C
Term
Cross-linking of collagen is performed by ?
Definition
Lysyl oxidase
Copper is a required co-factor
Term
What causes the proteinuria in nephrotic syndrome ?
Definition
Loss of negative charge of renal glomerular basement membrane
Term
What are some antibodies to Goodpasture Syndrome ?
Definition
Col 4 alpha 3 subunit
Term
What collagen is found in the epiphyseal growth plate ?
Definition
Collagen 10
Term
What is the first finding in kidney disease ?
Definition
Microalbuminuria
Term
Ostegenesis Imperfecta is a defect in what collagen ?
Definition
Collagen Type 1
Term
What causes edema in heart failure ?
Definition
Increased hydrostatic pressure
Term
What causes edema in liver disease, nephrotic syndrome, and protein deficiency (kwashiorkor) ?
Definition
Hypoalbuminemia and decreased colloid osmotic pressure
Term
What causes tissue swelling in Graves disease ?
Definition
Increased extracellular glycosaminoglycans
Term
What causes tissue swelling in Graves disease ?
Definition
Increased extracellular glycosaminoglycans
Term
Anasarca is ?
Definition
severe generalized edema
Term
What are the only two types of non-pitting edema ?
Definition
Lymphedema
Myxedema
Term
What drug overdose causes pulmonary edema ?
Definition
Heroin overdose
Term
Nutmeg liver photo)
1. What caused this ?
Definition
1. Right sided heart failure

2. Centrilobular zone (Zone 3)
Term
What is Bernard-Soulier Syndrome ?
Definition
Deficiency of platelet GP1b
Defective platelet adhesion

Look in vignette for history of bleeding in a family
Term
What is Glanzmann Thrombasthemia ?
Definition
Deficiency of GP2b/3a
Defective platelet aggregation
Term
What collagen is an anchoring filament and found in skin ?
Definition
Collagen Type 7
Term
How to treat DIC ?
Definition
Treat the underlying disorder, b/c
DIC is always secondary to another disorder
Term
Abnormal Ristocetin test can be found in ?
Definition
Von Willebrand's disease mostly

but also Bernard Soulier's disease
Term
Desmopressin can be used to treat ?
Definition
Hemophilia A
or mild von Willebrand's disease
Term
Factors C and S turn off what ?
Definition
Factor 8 and Factor 5
Term
Factor 13 deficiency has what clotting profile ?
Definition
Normal PT and PTT and bleeding from umbilical stump

But increase PTT and bleeding from umbilical stump can also be found in Factor 8 deficiency (Hemophilia A)
Term
Memorize Clotting Factors for each coaguability from Wikipedia page
Definition
Term
Pulmonary emboli arise from where ?
Definition
Deep leg veins (femoral vein, iliac vein, popliteal vein)
Term
Vasospasm from cocaine use or smoking can cause what two heart problems ?
Definition
Prinzmetal's angina and MI
Term
How to treat an untwisted testes ?
Definition
Twist it from midline to out

Vein is occluded first and is always a hemorrhagic infarct
Term
What causes the sudden death in a saddle embolus in like the pulmonary artery ?
Definition
Right ventricular failure
Term
Where do white (anemic) infarcts occur ?
Definition
They occur in solid organs with a single blood supply such as spleen, kidney, or heart
Term
Sequence of tissue events after an infarct ?
Definition
Ischemia
Coagulative necrosis
Inflammation
Granulation tissue (Collagen Type 3)
Fibrous scar (Collagen Type 1)
Term
What are the confirmatory tests for DVT and for HIT ?
Definition
Ultrasound for DVT

Serotonin release test for HIT
Term
Know characteristics of TTP and HUS ...see pg. 41 in notes
Definition
Term
Deficiency in ADAMTS13 occurs mostly in ?
Definition
TTP
Term
Do not give what as trt for TTP, ITP, and HUS ?
Definition
Do not give platelets
Term
PT and PTT tests do not measure what factor ?
Definition
Factor 13
Term
What are the only two factors made by blood vessels ?
Definition
Factor 8 and von Willebrand's factor
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